Fermanagh v Antrim

[FermGael]

Well the ulster championship kicks off next Sunday with the glamour tie of the preliminary  round.

Antrim will be buoyed by their promotion to division 4. The have a lot of men back and will fancy their chances of causing an upset in Brewer.

Fermanagh had a good league campaign but have been hit by some injuries to key players. McCluskey is definitely out and Eoin Donnelly and Che Cullen must be rated as extremely doubtful.
The loss of probably the best midfielder in ulster at the moment and our full back would be a big blow to Fermanagh but I would still expect us to come through by a couple of points.

[Avondhu star]

Fermanagh will have to do it the first day. They put in some good shows in the league so we will see how McGrath has them next Sunday

[imtommygunn]

I would have fermanagh as favourites by 4 or 5 but missing donnelly would level it a good bit as would mccluskey.

[AQMP]

Well the ulster championship kicks off next Sunday with the glamour tie of the preliminary  round.

Antrim will be buoyed by their promotion to division 4. The have a lot of men back and will fancy their chances of causing an upset in Brewer.

Fermanagh had a good league campaign but have been hit by some injuries to key players. McCluskey is definitely out and Eoin Donnelly and Che Cullen must be rated as extremely doubtful.
The loss of probably the best midfielder in ulster at the moment and our full back would be a big blow to Fermanagh but I would still expect us to come through by a couple of points.

Yeah, Div 5 can be a very lonely place   Pains me to say it as a Saffron in Fermanagh, but I can't see anything other than a comfortable Fermanagh win, 6-8 points.

[seafoid]

Fermanagh might be an outside bet for Ulster

[Ethan Tremblay]

Def leading the chasing pack but Tyrone, Monaghan and Donegal still out in front. 

[AQMP]

Fermanagh might be an outside bet for Ulster

If Fermanagh beat Antrim, they play Donegal and if they win that they play the winners of Tyrone/Derry.  That's just to get to the final.  A tall order to win it from that side of the draw.

[seafoid]

Fermanagh might be an outside bet for Ulster

If Fermanagh beat Antrim, they play Donegal and if they win that they play the winners of Tyrone/Derry.  That's just to get to the final.  A tall order to win it from that side of the draw.

Pete McGrath is cute. They will be coming in under the radar

[oakleaflad]

Def leading the chasing pack but Tyrone, Monaghan and Donegal still out in front.

I don't think Fermanagh are better than Derry and that's with us being a bit of a mess at the minute. I think they will win this one with 3 or 4 points to spare though.

[Rossfan]

One thibg for sure Fermanagh won't fear Antrim

[bannside]

Was in Roslea on Sunday Fermgael selling tickets for our club fundraising draw and was talking to a few guys there in the know who say that Fermanagh will have both Donnelly and Cullen available.

[FermGael]

Seen that.

What's the story with McVeigh Bannside?

Always rated him as a good footballer but why didn't he start against Louth?

[AQMP]

Was in Roslea on Sunday Fermgael selling tickets for our club fundraising draw and was talking to a few guys there in the know who say that Fermanagh will have both Donnelly and Cullen available.

Donnelly is a serious footballer, but I remember Bam roasted one of the Cullens two years ago, can't mind whether it was Lee or Che.

[bannside]

Sean Mc Veigh is an option for midfield or full back where he was experimented with during the league and it worked out well. I was expecting him to feature against Louth especially as it was clear we needed a pull out in midfield. He will definitely get game time on Sunday and may even start. Sean didnt cover himself in glory last year so will be keen to make amends, especially as he has worked hard on fitness all year and is leaner now than ever.

Antrim have a few injury concerns so I cant see management naming team until the last minute, or if so dont be surprised to see a few changes.

We will go down with reasonable confidence. We are better prepared than last year...but Fermanagh have kicked on also. Bam Neeson needs another field day like two years ago, and that day Mick Mc Cann and Niblock were awesome, so they too will need to get back to that level though both were below par against Louth a few weeks ago when we needed them. Conor Burke will attempt to curtail Sean Quigley once again but thats no easy task.

Looking forward to this. Neither team fear each other so the gloves will be off.

[tonto1888]

Fermanagh might be an outside bet for Ulster

If Fermanagh beat Antrim, they play Donegal and if they win that they play the winners of Tyrone/Derry.  That's just to get to the final.  A tall order to win it from that side of the draw.

don't Armagh/Cavan play Tyrone/Derry?