Donegal boss Jim McGuinness is optimistic that the new football rules will bed in without major difficulty when the Allianz League begins this weekend.

The Ulster champions begin their campaign with an away tie against Kerry on Sunday but McGuinness is not anticipating chaos as the Football Review Committee’s deliberations are put into practice.

“I think a lot of it is going to work to be honest. I don’t think it’s going to be that difficult to police either,” the Donegal manager told BBC Sport NI.

McGuinness says that the only new rule that has been causing Donegal significant issue in training and challenge games is the change requiring three players to remain in the opposition half when a team loses possession.

“We’ve had a referee on the sideline trying to police that for us as they were dropping back in, to help the man in the middle. Apart from that they haven’t been too difficult.”

McGuinness predicted than an “unintended consequence” of the new rules could be lengthy periods of “possession football” by teams in the opposition half.

“You might have a situation where that could end up happening in the attacking half and slowing play. We’ll have to wait and see. Will goalkeepers be as brave in reality as they are in the off-season or the pre-season tournaments.”