'we'll Get Our Heads Down And Ignore All-ireland Final Circus'

Donegal skipper Patrick McBrearty said it would beryllium a "dream" to assistance Sam Maguire, but insists he is not looking past nan situation of Kerry successful Sunday's final.

The Kilcar man was an integral portion of Donegal's 2012 triumph and was besides progressive erstwhile they fell short successful nan 2014 last against Kerry.

Donegal person grounded to get backmost to nan large time since, but nan return of Jim McGuinness for his 2nd stint arsenic head has injected caller life into nan county.

During McGuinness' first tenure, Donegal reached an All-Ireland semi-final successful his first twelvemonth and went each nan measurement successful his second. While each successful Donegal are hoping lightning is astir to onslaught doubly pursuing past year's semi-final loss, McBrearty is ignoring nan extracurricular sound and focussing only connected nan 70 minutes ahead.

"It's each young lad's dream but there's a crippled to beryllium won yet," nan 31-year-old said astir nan imaginable of climbing nan steps of nan Hogan Stand.

"It's a crippled of shot astatine nan extremity of nan day. There's a large circus astir nan full point but we conscionable put our heads down and get fresh to go.

"There was a barren play there. We sewage Jim backmost location and past year, we mislaid successful nan 2nd past hurdle and past past Sunday, we sewage complete that hurdle and are successful nan large 1 now."

One of nan young guns successful 2012 and '14, McBrearty is now 1 of nan knowledgeable figures successful nan Donegal dressing room alongside Michael Murphy who was skipper erstwhile they lifted Sam successful nan first of those finals.

"I'm very fortunate pinch nan clip I came into nan sheet pinch nan guidance progressive and immoderate of nan team-mates I sewage to play with," said nan existent captain.

"You're only arsenic bully arsenic nan lads astir you, truthful I'm very fortunate to beryllium nan young lad coming successful and astatine 31, still astatine it."

As nan years pass, truthful excessively does nan model for occurrence and while nan 2014 nonaccomplishment to Kerry still stings successful Tir Chonaill, this play they person nan opportunity to dress up for it.

However, toppling nan Kingdom is nary easy task and pinch a star-studded formed successful nan Cliffords - David and Paudie - and Sean O'Shea to sanction a few.

McBrearty knows it will return Donegal's champion capacity of nan play to unafraid a 3rd title successful their history.

"These boys person contested tons of finals and they will person a hunger.

"They person a mates of exceptional players successful their ranks there. They sewage a spot of disapproval down successful their ain county, but they are location connected merit and a apical team, truthful we're going to person our activity trim out."

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