Declan Bonner’s Donegal begin on front foot

Donegal 2-20 Cavan 1-15

Although Cavan gained promotion to Division 1 in the spring and might’ve even waved at Donegal on their way past as they hurtled towards relegation, yesterday in Ballybofey it was the hosts who were much the stronger and showed an impressive variety in their attacking options.

While in yesteryear Donegal were built from the back looking forward, Bonner, starting his second championship tenure yesterday as manager some 20 years after his first, suggested the way they might play it is to make use of the attacking options available to him.