Jim McGuinness: 'We were chasing our tails'

“So we were chasing our tails. There were a couple of moments before half time, a five-point game, then we lose possession, we give possession away, and then it ends up a seven-point game. That was a tough one to take."

CHASING THEIR TAILS: Donegal's manager Jim McGuinness said his side were chasing their tails. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

No ifs or buts or maybes from Jim McGuiness after Donegal’s comprehensive All-Ireland final loss to Kerry.

Out-thought and outplayed on the day, the Ulster side never got to grips with the puzzle posed them by Jack O’Connor's side and ended up on the wrong end of a 10-point defeat that absolutely no-one thought likely beforehand.