Jim McGuinness points out that Donegal are getting younger, not older.

Highlighting one of the great achievements of his successor at the Tir Chonail helm, McGuinness expresses his admiration for the subtle manner in which Rory Gallagher has replenished what many wrongly consider to be an ageing side:

"For all the talk of Donegal ageing, the team continues to get younger, which is interesting in itself," the 2012 All-Ireland winning manager writes in The Irish Times. "Since he has become manager, Gallagher has introduced new players who have subtly but significantly altered the profile of the team.

"Eoin McHugh and Marty O'Reilly can inject serious pace while Odhrán MacNiallais and Ryan McHugh have become very important players. 

"So what he has managed to do is to quietly assemble a new team even while people are banging on about an old Donegal team."

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