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*******BREAKING NEWS*******FERMANAGH LINE UP NOW IN:

Fermanagh:
           R Gallagher,
S Goan, S McDermott, P Sherry,
D Kelly, R MCCluskey, T McElroy,

M McGrath, M Murphy,

C McElroy, J Sherry, R Keenan,
E Maguire, L McBarron, M Little.

IMHO Malachy should make a few changes to Fermanagh's starting line up;

1. take out P Sherry and replace with a hard hitting defender, shadowing Stevie Mc won't suffice as he'll punish Fermanagh again if given any opportunity.
2. McBarron back in at full forward to give Francie a bit more of a hard time and keep McCabe for the impact sub approach which has worked so well this season already
3. take out J Sherry and replace with Brewster as he was ineffective and has not been at the races in this season's campaign, has potential but looks off the pace.
4. persuade the Gooch to play corner forward to look after the free-kicks....

stop shouting

ok I'll leave that til Sunday Uladh... I didn't think this was a techie-geek zone

WELL SAID FERMGAEL, BELIEF IS WHAT IS DRIVING THIS AND NO SET OF SUPPORTERS APART FROM WICKLOW COULD BE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT WINNING A PROVINCIAL TITLE.

FERMANAGH ALL THE WAY

They can and they will do it!

Sam will be brought home!

liv, don't get too carried away, Sam comes along in September, this is for the Anglo Celt Cup.

I am actually staggered with how confident all of the Fermanagh posters on this thread are for Sunday.

It really does appear that the average Erne follower thinks that Fermanagh will make less errors / iron out their mistakes from the first day, but that for some reason Armagh won't............

Smokin Joe, what mistakes did Armagh make?? they made the most of the opportunities they had, Clarke and O'Donnell were clinical and ruthless when they had possession. They just got a little complacent and ran out of steam

whats arrogant about Fermanagh people Uladh? dont you like being told that this Armagh team are not that good??? 

[Travis]

Jasus Sammy you have it all worked out, Any chance you could give me the lotto numbers for sat night?

No Onion Bag, I am a GAA expert, Malachy's right hand man, I don't do Lottery, thats for mugs!

But for your information, your chances of winning the jackpot is 1 in 13,983,816 or approximately 1 in 14 million.  

Travis I was at the game and it was prevalent from the Armagh players throughout, sickening to watch actually.

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pretty easy to spot the fowl tackle from behind... why didn't the ref? fair enough two men from the side or 1 in front plus one from the side but this type of tackling was going on by the Armagh players continually throughout the 70 minutes and should be stamped out of the game.

how is the player in possession supposed to play the ball when he is being mauled from all quarters? The GAA need to cut this out of the game!

Dry your eyes Sammy, what the Gaa need to Cut out is this diving, Fermanagh man dived in the dying seconds and was give a free against him for throwing the ball not for the dive, he should have been booked 

You bring your hankies on Sunday Onion Bag cos you Armagh boys will be the ones crying into your beers! All the pundits said this was an Armagh team in transition, it was going to be one of the most wide open Anglo Celts for many years and they were right BUT they were all plumping for Monaghan/Derry to come to the fore not Fermanagh and if this was any other team in Ulster bar Fermanagh, Cavan and Antrim, this Armagh side would be going in as the underdogs cos they are simply not that good. Yes, they have the experience but those experienced legs will be getting tired after two intense games when we get into the last twenty this Sunday and if Armagh do not have a sizeable enough lead then I can only see Fermanagh's fitness, determination and hunger prevailing. Armagh will probably have a man sent off in frustration near the end...

Boys... clarify, whats this WUM business? if you think I am winding people up then I fear not I am only passing on my comments on what has and what will happen

Sammy you have to be a WUM?

Fermanagh had to wait 26 years for an Ulster Final, now we have 2 in a week. The first one was a warm up for Sunday, it took us a while to get going and to really get into the game but when we got going we outplayed and outscored Armagh and missed a bagful of chances.

This Sunday we won't make the same mistakes and will put Armagh firmly in the Qualifiers

Open hands, aimed at the ball, looks ok to me...

Croi - no issue with O'Rourke or Kernan, but Toner should not be involved in the play, his left leg is stopping Keenan move forward with the ball and Keenan knows he cannot turn in that direction to move out of the tackle and play the ball. This is another reason why the fans and pundits complain about the style of negative play. I realise Fermanagh also like to pack the defense but they do not have 3/4 men surrounding the player in possession on regular occurences on each attack... it should be clamped down on by the authorities and referees (tackling from behind is not allowed in the rule book) as this is not enjoyable to look at or play against.

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pretty easy to spot the fowl tackle from behind... why didn't the ref? fair enough two men from the side or 1 in front plus one from the side but this type of tackling was going on by the Armagh players continually throughout the 70 minutes and should be stamped out of the game.

how is the player in possession supposed to play the ball when he is being mauled from all quarters? The GAA need to cut this out of the game!

Is the tickets out yet? whats the story on them? Hens teeth or whats the craic?

probably not even printed yet Onion Bag!

YeeeeeeeeeeeeHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! 

WE ARE GOING TO DESTROY ARMAGH ON SUNDAY!

Pos Team                           Pl  W  L  D    F     A         Dif Pts
--- ----------------------------   -- -- -- --  ----   ----  ---- ---
1. Fermanagh                       7  6  0  1  8-80   4-75    17  13

NFL DIV II
Pos Team                           Pl  W  L  D    F     A         Dif Pts
4. Armagh                          7  3  3  1  10-82  8-67    21   7

I know we were div 3 and Armagh were in two but Fermanagh remain unbeaten in 70 minutes football in 2008 and this is a top achievement by any county's standards.

Armagh were outplayed and outclassed in the 2nd half after Fermanagh decided to go for broke...

This game will have got rid of the nerves and tension

Surely nerves was not a big factor?

NONE OF THESE FERMANAGH LADS HAVE PLAYED IN AN ULSTER FINAL, SOME NOT EVEN IN A FERMANAGH COUNTY FINAL. THE HYPE AND THE BUZZ IN THE COUNTY WAS FANTASTIC LAST WEEK

THERE WERE NERVES, IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORMED IN THE 1ST HALF WITH SOME BASIC MISTAKES AND SOME PLAYERS AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES, TAKE CHANCES OR LOSING THEIR HEAD A LITTLE.

IF THERE WEREN'T THEN THEY WERE EITHER NOT BOTHERED OR NOT HUMAN.