There was one loss... but Gavin’s root-and-branch review ensured there wouldn’t be a repeat

The Tuesday night after Donegal scraped through the 2014 All-Ireland quarter-final, Jim McGuinness crammed his players into a makeshift portable building at Donegal’s yet-to-be-built Centre of Excellence in Convoy.

“I know how to beat Dublin,” he began, speaking of their daunting semi-final against the back-to-back All-Ireland chasers.