Jim McGuinness always on the move

Fifteen minutes inside the head of Jim McGuinness.

The time passes by in a flash. In his days as Donegal manager, you would need a good hour or more of space on the dictaphone before sitting down with him for a chat and you got the sense as he moved on to the next interview yesterday he had only just been warming up.

It was time enough to flit through a good chunk of topics: from Donegal’s encouraging spring and their injection of pace and youth to Dublin’s well-being after their league final loss, Mayo’s lack of marquee forwards and the difficulty in giving root to a culture of success in counties like Cavan and Roscommon.