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I understand that the Irish News is doing a feature about the top fifteen players to play for each County ever. Readers must vote for each County's Top 15.

The 30 players from each County with the most votes are then put forward for selection in the 125 greatest players from Ulster ever.

So who makes your county's top 15?  (There is a risk that this will get corrupted by myopic fans - although then again a Tyrone team that won three All-Irelands or an Armagh team that won seven Ulster titles in ten years warrants a fair representation).

For what its worth I had a stab at picking 15 Fermanagh stalwarts (some of whom are listed on reputation only as i'm too young to have seen them play!):

Peter McGinnity
Barry Owens
Martin McGrath
Tommy Durnien
Colin Curran
Rory Gallagher
Raymond Gallagher
PT Treacy
Mick Brewster
Paul Brewster
Tom Brewster
Ryan McCluskey
Stephen Maguire
JJ Treacy
Ciaran Campbell

That's three from the 1959 All Ireland Junior Football Championship winning team, two from the Ulster Finalists of 1982, four from the All Ireland B Championship side of 1996, five from the All ireland Semi Finalists of 2004 and Tommy Durnien, the first Fermanagh man to win a Railway Cup medal.

A pretty fair representation of the glory days of Fermanagh football

Mickey Harte forgets to shave for two days and gets lost in a sea of his own dandruff

David Blaine is said to be devastated at news that his world record of spending 48 days in a box doing nothing has been broken by Robbie Keane!

They have used the same format as ESPN on my other fantasy six nations but have restricted my country selection to 3 rather than 4...hmm

agree and disagree FermPundit.
Monaghan did not have a full team on today.
Woods and D Freeman came of the bench

From what I read on the Monaghan message boards Damian Freeman is a spent force and is unlikely to feature much this year, whilst Woods is heavy but granted will improve as the year goes on

Division 2 will be a battle.  Murphy is the big loss at the minute.  We could probably survive without any of the others apart from him and Marty.  Indeed if Sherry could've stepped up to the plate then we could have moulded Womble into the Full Forward that we were so lacking last year....

What about Niall Leonard? No sign of him getting a run out in the full back line?  Put him FB and Lyons CHB?

Are we sure its the bearded one and not the also quite famous Mickey Joe Harte who could write a column on the fortunes of Lifford Naomh Padraig and Donegal GAA in general?  It could be a bit like the celebrity out and about columns you get in the Sun or the Star..."Devenney spotted last night with Gráinne Seoige eating chips in Bundoran" etc

Aye snowed in in London here meself.  At least 6 inches here now and its still coming down.  Think the office may shut down tomorrow too.  If I had of known I would have stayed up for the end of the Super Bowl!

Mon 2-12 Fer 1-10

Fermanagh 1-10  Monaghan 2-10

Shane O'Brien two points

Ferm 1-6 Monaghan 1-7

Sherry on for Kelly after Y card
D keenan seems to be on
Yeah Ferm missed penalty in first half

Monaghan just got a pen too. Freeman v Gallagher. Goal

Aye and the winner of the half time draw...but sure it all adds to the atmosphere!

Monaghan 1-7 Ferm 1-4

D Kelly yellow card

S O Brien playin well in MF for Ferm

Finay good point and few for Tommy

Cavan 1 Longford 1

Gary MacEnaney on for Gary McQuaid - foot injury

big loss for Monaghan

D Kelly on for R Foy
M McGrath off M Little on
P Sherry off T McElroy on

John Bannon to referee - great