Oisín McConville: Weary Donegal players need a new direction; Anywhere but back to the well...

Donegal are a team who have gone to the well that often over the last six years, they know the depth of it to the nearest fathom.

When they’re labelled, rightly or wrongly, a tired team, is it any wonder? Since 2010, they have appeared in five Ulster finals and a pair of All-Ireland finals, winning four provincials and one Sam Maguire in 2012. This has been achieved with largely the same panel of players.

However, this only tells part of the story. It’s not necessarily about the amount of football they have played. Perhaps the games were light relief in the context of the general regime under Jim McGuinness.