Jim McGuinness’ aura is forcing Donegal’s rivals to change the way they play this season

Few other managers could exude such an aura that forces other teams to change how they play

Lee Costello

Remember a few years ago when Virgil van Dijk was at his imperious best and ended the season for Liverpool with the Premier League title, the PFA Player of the Year award and the incredible stat of having let zero players dribble past him?

The Dutchman was so consistently colossal in every single game that eventually strikers and wingers started to make the decision not to take him on one-on-one, and this then meant that his reputation alone started to alter how the opposition played.