FOR THE FIRST time in nearly two decades, Jim McGuinness is not involved with a Gaelic football team.
However, the former Donegal boss says that even though his years with the Tír Chonaill were the best of his life, he is enjoying working with Celtic in the Scottish Premiership.
And McGuinness told Brendan O’Connor on the John Murray Show this morning he doesn’t miss life as an inter-county boss at the moment.
“Things are going really well. [Celtic] are still in the hunt for the treble which has only ever been done twice.
“This is the first time I have been away from Gaelic football and at the moment, to be honest, I don’t miss it. I’ve put so much into the last four years, it’s nice to be taking a step back.
“This is the first time since I was 19 years of age that I have had that step back and it has been refreshing.”
The 42-year old said the decision to walk about from the Donegal project was an obvious one considering he always intended it to be a four-year cycle.
“There is only so long you can drive people, you need people to drive themselves.”
McGuinness also paid tribute to his wife Yvonne for the support she has shown him since he left Donegal.
“I have a very understanding wife who is absolutely inspirational for me. She is on the road every single evening. [The kins] are at singing, speech and drama, Irish dancing, football, at French, at everything going.”
You can listen to the full interview here.
Jaysus Murray. You must have been typing since the weekend! Looks like a great article. Fair play.
Murray I dunno how your not doing TV punditry or backroom analysis with a provincial or AIL set up. Your level of attention to detail is phenomenal and makes for fantastic reading. Keep it up.
@Dara Ó’Mhaoilmhiaigh:
This is the best analysis I have seen anywhere, he should be in TV Punditry or better again a professional coaching setup, the attention to detail is excellent on all phases of play shown. I particularly liked the analysis of the first try driving maul and the attention on detail of how Sexton directs play in a way that cannot come true on real time viewing.
@ktsiwot: He was working with TV3 for the world cup, was he not?
@Shanahan: He was.
Jaysus thats some article. You could print that and have a 200 page book
Wait until the home leg is over before we tell them how we did it…it would take 2wks to read that tho :)
Good man murrary.
This isn’t an article on how Ireland beat New Zealand, It’s a thesis. Looking forward to reading it but will probably take to until the rematch to get through it all.
Great analysis. Keep em coming!
That’s the kind of in depth analysis that is missing – new players, kids, dads etc need more than a refs decision to understand why things happen on the field. Rugby is a far more intricate game than most people realise. Great article, keep it up!
Yawn………….
@Nick Drake: Go to bed.
Murray analyses all of Ireland’s games with the same level of detail, regardless of the opposition or result
Outstanding as ever Murray.
I hope there’s none of the allblacks coaching team reading this.
It was a glorified exhibition match. Get over it. Cringeworthy level of analysis for a game of egg chasing.
You should consider changing your egg supplier. I’m fairly sure a rugby ball got its oval shape from a pig’s bladder
I wonder could a smiling style of article be written about referees decisions? If you were to take an average weekend and pick out a bunch of decisions from them that people may have found dodgy and break down why it is or isn’t so. Maybe you cud do two or three of both good and bad. It’d be good reading for those seriously interested in all facets of rugby and could educate a lot of people. The ref can make or break a game at times, I think good analysis in the media could do some good as well.
Dessie alternative read – we scored more points than them.
Christmas analysis book next year please Murray.
Simply put, the power of 8…
Great stuff, Murray, grma!!!
Love these articles. Dunno how the other hasn’t been snapped up as some teams video analyst. Level of detail here is really superb.
well done . i wish ireland would feel confident they can beat these all blacks they really had no respect for ireland that day.,with the team theyfielded only to bring in big guns at late stage all world except new zewland love to see ireland win again as ab think they have a god giving right to win all games . their times is up like the french rest incl ireland have seen where they are weak . congrats ireland do it again without fear . you have skilled soldiers to beat them again,, but mebe not sat as they will be in a revenge mode i fear . but ireland will have to treat them just like any other world team. ireland are strong and are colnfident now
I love these breakdowns. Superb work Murray!
Great work Murray