Declan Bonner feels that Donegal paid a heavy price for ‘inconsistency’ over the last three years after stepping down as Donegal manager after five years.
The 1992 All-Ireland winner guided Donegal to back-to-back Ulster titles in 2018 and 2019.
However, Donegal bore obvious scars after losing to Cavan in the 2020 Ulster final and they were beaten by Derry in this year’s provincial decider having slipped against Tyrone in a semi-final last summer.