Derry’s defeat was down to their own failings, not genius of Jim McGuinness

Jim McGuinness and Mickey Harte after Donegal's win over Derry

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.