Jim McGuinness has rubbished suggestions that Donegal went out with the intention of losing to Tyrone so they could avoid reaching the Allianz Football League final.

The Donegal manager made a whopping 11 changes to his starting line-up as the reigning Ulster champions suffered a 0-19 to 0-25 defeat to their relegation-threatened neighbours in Letterkenny.

“I never want to be in a spot where I’m standing on the sideline in my own county with the mind of not trying to win a game. I never want to be in that spot,” McGuinness told reporters as next month’s Ulster SFC quarter-final against Derry comes into focus.

“I don’t tend to get involved in that stuff anymore, but I did see a few comments that we were going out there trying not to win. I don’t know how someone can put pen to paper and write that.

“They must know my thoughts if they can write that. They have to know what I’m thinking, but that’s not what I was ever thinking.”

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