"Too many things for me fall in Donegal's favour"

Donegal's Ciaran Moore celebrates scoring a goal against Meath in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final at Croke Park ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Former Tyrone star Enda McGinley feels that Donegal can “tap into a very special energy” and take down Kerry in tomorrow’s hugely anticipated All-Ireland senior football championship final.

The last two teams standing in the race for the Sam Maguire Cup are set to collide at Croke Park at 3.30pm, with the Kingdom as slight favourites over the Ulster champions with the bookmakers.

Writing in his column for RTE Sport ahead of the final, three-time All-Ireland winner McGinley says he’s leaning towards a Tir Chonaill triumph at headquarters tomorrow.

“Donegal have played Louth, Monaghan and Meath in their last three games. With all due respect, all those games were winnable from Donegal’s perspective and didn’t require a massive motivational edge,” wrote the ex-Red Hands midfielder and former Antrim manager.

“With that, they have scope to tap into a very special energy to take on and take down the might of the Kingdom.

“Kerry on the other hand, have already tapped into that energy to bounce back from their Meath defeat with ruthless wins over Armagh and Tyrone and have quietened down a lot of noise back home. Now they must rise themselves again.

“Can they do that? Yes, they can. Will they? I’m not so sure.

“Too many things for me fall in Donegal’s favour. But then of course there is David Clifford!”