Cleary: We are better than that

'Last year, the most we were beaten by in any game was four points, so to be defeated like that the first day was very disappointing'

PENSIVE: Cork manager John Cleary after his side's defeat in Ballybofey. 

Donegal certainly made an impression on Cork manager John Cleary, who witnessed first-hand the returning Jim McGuinness.

Cork were beaten 1-20 to 2-6 in Ballybofey by a Donegal side who lined out their scoregetter-and-chief Oisin Gallen - out with a tight hamstring - and still won pulling up. The fingerprints of McGuinness’s intensity are already over his young team, with Cork only really playing in pockets of the contest.