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Taken from   http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/7108721.stm

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has said he may be interested in the England job after an apparent disagreement with the club's owners over transfer targets.
Benitez described his week as "not the best" after arriving late for a news conference following a conversation with George Gillett and Tom Hicks.

"Maybe I could be Steve McClaren's replacement if I improve my English," said the 47-year-old Spaniard.

"I was being serious. You never know what can happen in the future."


During his news conference, Benitez used the answer "I am focused on training and coaching my team" a number of times in response to a series of questions on various issues.

Despite a huge transfer outlay in the summer on players like Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel, Liverpool are fifth in the Premier League and in danger of failing to get beyond the group stage of the Champions League.

Benitez is thought to have already started making plans for the January transfer window, but the club's American owners have issued a statement suggesting that they are not thinking that far ahead at the moment.

"There are some very important games coming up in the next couple of weeks and all of us need to focus on winning those games and getting the best out of the players we already had at the club," said the statement.

"We will leave any talk of buying or selling players until we come across to Liverpool in December and sit down with the manager then."

Bingobus agree about Reina.  I think he has been our most consistent keeper in decades but would be worried about him deciding to head back to Spain and play for Athletico.  He has always said he wants to finish his career there and it would cost big money to replace him if Carson has gone

Agree with you about Vorinin.  Think that he and Torres could make a really good combination with Torres as an out and out striker and Vorinin playing off him. See as well that Liverpool and Villa seemed to have agreed a 8m+ deal for Scott Carson.  Pity because i think he is a good keeper who never really did anything wrong and has never got a chance. 

Played well.  Torres was just that bit of class we needed up front.  In 20 ish minutes showed exactly why we payed so much money for him.  Thought that Hyppia played well tonight along with Babbel when he came on.  Feel that he is beginning to get used to the physicality of the premiership and he can hopefully begin to push on from here. Again bringing Lucas on was also another good move.  Looks like he could be a player.
We need to use this as a springboard for the rest of the season and need to get another 9 points out of our next 3 games before we meet the Scum

Rory Gallagher is probably the most naturally gifted footballer that Fermanagh have produced in the last 15 years and if O'Rourke wants him in the panel i see no reason as to why he should not be there providing his attitude is right.  If his attitude is wrong then I do not think that O'Rourke will tolerate him being around.
As for welcoming Gallagher back i would say if he does the business on the field for the county all will be forgiven.
Another question is can he get a transfer from Cavan to Fermanagh??  Would he not need to rejoin a club in Fermanagh??
Also where are we going to be playing our National league games next year?
Brewster Park will not be ready until late Spring at the earliest, so what will happen there??

For once fair play to the county board.  They waited out and despite the rumours of O'Rouke turning them down, they got their man.
A good choice who has won an Ulster club and  different county titles with three different clubs.
His record is excellent and hopefully he has what it takes to bring us firstly up from division 3 and secondly a good campaign in the championship this year.
If Fermanagh are to have a good year O'rourke needsto get Big Stevie and  Carson out.
Paul Coyle and Peter Leonard are with him as well.  I am assumming that is Paul coyle from Devenish who would have played for the county in the 90's but i am not to sure exactly who Peter Leonard is.
CAn anybody shed any light??
As for the championship draw i am happy enough. Brewster should be ready(thankgod for this mild spell of weather) and i would not think that Monaghan would really be relishing the opportunity of heading to fortress brewster but after seeing Antrim v Cavan being drawn, i was praying for Fermanagh to be next out of the hat

Tempoman i have heard today that O'Rourke has declined and their really is nobody else unless Moran fancys a go at it.  Maguire has alot of support from inside the county board due to the upset U-21 victory that was achieved this year over Down.  Pity nobody remembers the subsequent hammering by Monaghan in the next round.
I will always remember him as the man who had one of the best minor Fermanagh teams of the last 15 years(most of the team went on the next year year to win the McRory with St Michaels, McGrath, Owens, Bradley,O'Reilly,to name but a few as well as the lyttles and Clucker who did not go to St Mick's ) and they got well beat in the first round of the minor championship. 
I suppose the best thing that comes about from his appointment is that at least it would mean Eamoon Maguire would definietly be in the team

firstly the table is
MANOR HOUSE SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1

Team Pld         Won Lt Drn For Agt Diff Pts
Newtownbutler 16 11 5 0 222 163 59  22
Belcoo             16 10 5 1 237 195 42  21
Teemore          16 9 5 2 210 181 29   20
Derrygonnelly    16 8 6 2 197 178 19   18
Devenish         16 9 7 0 186 199 -13   18
Lisnaskea         16 7 6 3 183 177 6     17
St Patrick's      16 8 8 0 201 179 22   16
Enniskillen       16 6 8 2 169 205 -36   14
Roslea            16 6 9 1 164 193 -29   13
Irvinestown     16 0 15 1 160 259 -99 1

But even more worringly
Taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/7016190.stm

Sylvester Mulrone and Sean Maguire are emerging as front-runners for the vacant manager's role with Fermanagh.
The pair had previously assisted former county boss Charlie Mulgrew who stepped down after the All-Ireland qualifier defeat by Meath on 14 July.

The pair's apparent joint application could find favour with the Fermanagh Board.

Malachy O'Rourke was in line to take over but it is believed he has opted out due to work commitments.

O'Rourke is also heavily involved in managing the Cavan Gaels club.

Both Mulrone and Maguire were selectors when Mulgrew was in charge and have intimate knowledge of Erne football. Maguire is father of current county forward Eamon.

Former Derry manager Mickey Moran had also been linked with the vacancy.

Have no bother with Syd, a good gaa man and knows a good deal about football.  But as For Maguire, he does not have a clue.  We could end up playing division 4 football if he is in charge. 
Please no!!!!

Coa have done very well in the last while largely due to the fact that Enniskillen Gaels had such a successful senior team, the underage teams in the club were not given the proper preparation and  were over looked.
But as well as this the current Coa team included some players whose family have very strong ties with the Coa club and they now just happen to live in enniskillen.  These players would never have togged out for the Gaels anyway. 
Fair play to Coa and I hope that in the next couple of years they can make the step up into intermediate football.

Lads was just wondering what anybody thought about a bet with the England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales not to qulaify for the quarters.  I heard odds last night of about 150/1.  Would this be a good bet??  Anybody any way of getting a confirmed price for this??

Manor House SFL Div 1 Round 10 @ 3.30pm
Belcoo v Derrygonnelly
Lisnaskea v Devenish
Roslea v Enniskillen
Teemore v Newtownbutler
Irvinestown v St Patricks

B. McCaffrey & Sons Erne Cup 4 Semi-finals @ 5pm
Tempo v Maguiresbridge @ Donagh
Derrylin v Derrygonnelly @ Belcoo

Obviously looks like Roslea vs the Gaels is a winner stays up match.
With the top 4 all playing each other this weekend, the league final picture is not as clear as I thought it would be.
Heard that Teemore were 8 or 9 points up at half time and Belcoo came back to get within a point. 
Must have been some game

Derrydonnelly 0-6 Enniskillen Gaels 1-4.
Was not at the game and just got a text with the score and some basic information.  Gaels had Clucker back at Center half back and apparently he was the difference between the 2 teams.  Big Brew scored the all important goal.
Also Teemore beat Belcoo and have not heard the other result but i would presume that Newtown beat Irvinestown.
If Newtown did win that leaves the table as follows:
                         Pld   W    D     L     Pts
Newtown           16    11    0     5      22
Belcoo               16    10    1     5       21
Teemore            16    8       2    5     20
Devenish            16    9      0     7      18
D'gonnelly          16    8      2     6      18
Lisnaskea           16    7      3     6       17
St Patricks         16    8      0     8       16
Enniskillen         16    6      2     8      14
Roslea              16    6      1     9      13
Irvinestown       16    0      1    14      1

Leaves next weeks game in Roslea as a winner stays up game and looks like it is between Belcoo and Teemore for 2nd place and a league final place.
As for Brewster you can do nothing about the weather and it will be ready when it is ready.  You can not sow grass if it is raining all the time as it has been this summer.
The weather has been dreadful but with prunty doing the work you can be sure it will be a good job. 
Has harmed both Fermanagh and the Gaels this year but the county board knew that this work had to be done and did nothing to develop an alternative venue within the county.  You just have to look at our neighbours in Tyrone to see that their county board and clubs have developed a couple of alternatives to Healy Park for national league games.  If memory serves me right Healy park was closed a couple of years ago for the National league and Tyrone still played their home games within the county.
Brewster park still belongs to the Gaels club and they did not envisage such a long process.  The county board has not developed an alternative and although they have got some good training facilities for the county(Lissan), they have to pick one of the other grounds within the county and develop it to hold at least 12000 people.  Whether that ground is Irvinestown, Tempo, Kinawley or Lisnaskea they must take action now so that this situation does not happen again.
It has probably cost Fermanagh at least division 2 NFL football this year

o-o Final Score.
Just not good enough. 

TAKEN FROM www.impartialreporter.com
It is the local paper in fermanagh and as McGurn is the fitness guru they have been doing a weekly section with him.  Here's what he had to say

Mickey McGurn has rubbished claims that the Irish team are either under-prepared or over-trained after the hard fought manner of the wins over Namibia and Georgia have left question marks over their credentials to be one of the main players at the tournament.


Speaking ahead of Ireland's titanic clash with hosts France in Paris on Friday, the Irish Strength and Fitness conditioner dismissed the claims.

"Granted, we have played way below expectations and we realise a lot of people in the media and at home are taking a pop at us, but we have 30 players busting themselves over here to get it right," explains Mickey.

"We are not, as has been quoted, over-trained or are we under-prepared. This is the best conditioned and fittest Irish team to ever play in a world tournament.

The players have not gone out to deliberately perform badly and they are as frustrated as everyone else that the performance on the pitch is not up to the usual standard."

Despite the negativity surrounding the opening two performances, Mickey says that little has really changed in terms of the dynamic of the group and the qualification permutations.

"We always knew before the tournament started we would have to beat France and Argentina to progress past the group stages and that has not changed. We are now in knockout mode and we know that if we lose we will be coming home. But, in saying that, our destiny is in our own hands at this stage and we are looking forward to the France game,"

Mickey admits that there has been a fair bit of reflection by the players in the wake of the displays against Namibia and Georgia.

"There has been a lot of soul searching and self evaluation over the last two games and everyone involved in the set up are doing their utmost to ensure this team kicks-on and produces the quality rugby it is capable of."

And, no better place than in Paris, tomorrow (Friday) with a game against France that had assumed critical proportions two weeks into the tournament, especially after France's opening day defeat to Argentina.

Eddie O'Sullivan has rung the changes with Eoin Reddan, Andrew Trimble and Jerry Flannery coming into the starting line-up and Mickey reveals that the mood in the camp is positive.

"The mood in the camp is good, after all we have won two out of two. Training has been going really well, we have looked sharp and focused, and maybe this allowed us to hang in at the end of the Georgia game where previous Irish teams may have crumbled under a similar onslaught," he concludes.

Sport's fine line between success and failure will be readily evident in Paris with the winner of Friday's encounter sure to tackle the rest of the tournament with renewed confidence and vigour while the vanquished will be left to lick possibly fatal wounds.

Much then at stake and much to play for with Ireland, McGurn and the fans looking for the spark that will ignite the level of performance that was readily evident throughout the Six Nations.

They say form is temporary, class is permanent. Tomorrow night will tell the tale.

Bradley, McCabe, The 2 Keenans obviously, The 2 Brewsters, and Clucker

All of the above players are out injured at the moment except the two Keenans who have not been seen since they got sent off in the League against Newtown by plug.  And I would be surprised if you see them in a Gaels shirt again this year.
The closure of Brewster has been a huge loss to us because it really does suit the way we play football and with 2 'away' matches against each team it has made things tough.
Honestly think we will get relegated this year.
Would be an awful shock for the club but we have flirted with relegation before and only the old playoff system saved us.
We have a decent minor and U-16 team coming through and with our U-14 team doing the treble it has not been all doom and gloom at the club this year.  The youth rebuilding has restarted and hopefully that all means things look good for the future.
But whether these lads will be plying their trade in the 1st or 2nd division is a good question.