Eamon McGee isn't fazed by the prospect of having to shackle Kerry target man Kieran Donaghy in Sunday's All-Ireland SFC final.

McGee did a fine marking job on the big full forward when Donegal edged out the Kingdom in the 2012 All-Ireland quarter-final, and could be handed a similar role this weekend. 

"Whoever picks him up, be it me, Neil (McGee) or Frank McGlynn or whoever, it's going to be a big, big challenge and we'll certainly need to be at the top of our game," the teak-tough defender told the BBC.

"Jim (McGuinness) identifies the few men every day and it's an important part of the battle to shut down those quality forwards.

"In the semi-final against Dublin, you had Bernard Brogan, Eoghan O'Gara, Paddy Andrews, Diarmuid Connolly and a load of others and it was a case of putting fires out all over the place. But whatever job Jim tells you to do, you'll be more than happy to do it."

McGee also revealed how Donegal were confident of shocking Dublin after analysing their strengths and weaknesses during a five-day training camp at the Johnstown House Hotel in Enfield.

"Jim had them down to a tee - where they were weak and where they were strong," he continued.

"That gave us a massive amount of belief and coming out of that, we knew we were going to win. We were away for a few days and we sat down and analysed the Dubs and how we were going to go about approaching the game."

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