Martin Breheny: Ignore the spoofers hailing Donegal’s win as a Jim McGuinness masterclass

Over-thinking is the new fad in football tactics but it ignores some cold hard realities

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness and Derry boss Mickey Harte shake hands before their Ulster SFC clash

Martin Breheny

It has started already – Jim the genius strikes again. Such has been the avalanche of reverence towards Jim McGuinness since Donegal beat Derry that you might think that he had re-invented the wheel, leaving everyone else to scratch along on Fred Flintstone’s footmobile.

Jimmy’s winning matches is back on radio, superlatives are swirling and there’s hushed anticipation of what intellectually-advanced manoeuvres he will inflict on others.