Jim McGuinness
10 results

Mayo - players and supporters - rage against the dying of the light
- Gaelic Games
- August 2, 2019, 14:49
Football won’t end this Mayo team. Physiology will. That and old age. The 2011 All Ireland semi-finals heralded a new age in football. Jim McGuinness (...)

Seán Moran: Tyrone’s inability to counter Donegal raises key questions
- Gaelic Games
- June 12, 2019, 07:00
There had already been an unusually warm ripple of approbation for this year’s Ulster championship even before last weekend but this was always in the(...)

Kevin Cassidy writes cheery epilogue to an eventful career
- Gaelic Games
- February 15, 2019, 06:00
There is an irony at the heart of how Kevin Cassidy assesses the complications of his football career. On the national stage he has won two All Star a(...)

Jim McGuinness: Mayo are the greatest team never to win an All-Ireland
- Gaelic Games
- July 3, 2018, 07:00
I felt fortunate to be in Newbridge on Saturday night with the crowd, the atmosphere, colour and intensity. There’s no doubt that the pre-matc(...)

Jim McGuinness: Fine details are key as real business starts
- Gaelic Games
- June 26, 2018, 07:15
This was the most significant weekend of the championship so far. The bigger teams all made their move and it was interesting to see the impact of top(...)

Jim McGuinness: Intensity is key to Galway's success
- Gaelic Games
- June 19, 2018, 06:00
The Connacht final threw up some tantalising questions: could Roscommon put titles back-to-back for the first time since 1991 and it was also a test o(...)

Jim McGuinness: D-Day for Tyrone as Harte prepares real questions for Dublin
- Gaelic Games
- August 8, 2017, 07:00
You could see Dublin’s intentions clearly in the first 30 seconds of Saturday’s quarter-final. Paul Mannion took a very good score off his left foot. (...)

Seán Moran: Anxiety is about to take over a relaxed summer
- Gaelic Games
- July 19, 2017, 05:00
Now that the provinces have closed for business, it’s timely to reflect that the football championship has become like Russian roulette. Provincial ch(...)

James Horan an exceptional leader of men
- Gaelic Games
- August 5, 2014, 12:28
“Last year they mastered many new skills and brought football to a different level on many fronts… particularly in the area around physicality. They r(...)

Donegal back to 2012 form and can beat Dublin
- Gaelic Games
- July 23, 2014, 12:00
People are fickle, aren’t they? When Donegal were coming through in 2011 and 2012, people were up for them because they were an underdog. Then when th(...)