If Fermanagh are to get their hands on the Anglo-Celt Cup for the first time in their history then they will have to overcome Donegal after Declan Bonner’s side booked their place in the decider with victory over Down last Sunday in Clones.
Fermanagh had sealed their spot in the final the week previous when captain Eoin Donnelly came up with a late goal to bag the win over Monaghan and for Rory Gallagher and his charges the focus will now be on beating Donegal on Sunday week to claim that first ever Ulster title.
And the Erne manager is expecting to have a full hand to pick from for the June 24 clash with no reported injuries at present.
“We have everybody who came through unscathed. James McMahon had a wee niggle and he didn’t train for a few days but he is back in training now and please God we will have a full deck to play with,” he said.
Gallagher admits that he had expected Donegal to come through from their side of the draw.
“We probably knew all year that if we looked after our business and got to the final then it was more than likely going to be Donegal. 
“If we are honest, we expected them to win and they did it in some style,” said Gallagher, who was in Clones last Sunday to see the one sided encounter.
Of course, the current Fermanagh boss knows all about the threats that Donegal will pose having been involved with the senior team both as assistant manager and then as manager for the last three years and while he feels that knowledge can’t be a bad thing, he knows Donegal will know plenty about his side as well. 
“It doesn’t win you the game, far from it, but we are quite content that we’ll know Donegal inside out but I’m quite sure their management will make sure that their players know us inside out as well,” he added.
Donegal will bring a different challenge to the one provided by Armagh and Monaghan and have been racking up big scores in their three championship games to date. 
Gallagher acknowledges that Fermanagh will have to be wary of the Donegal threat but he is more keen that they focus on getting their own performance right on the day.
“Probably one of Donegal’s greatest strengths in comparison to Armagh and Monaghan is that they have more scoring threats from all over the pitch, they have a lot of attack minded players but we are well aware of that and it is up to us to manage that situation and get our match ups right and that. However, we have got to focus on ourselves and bringing a really top level performance.
“The biggest thing we have is to make sure of is that we prepare ourselves really well and we train really well to give the best performance we can possibly give. 
“At times during the year we have gave very good performances but I don’t think we have come anywhere close to giving the complete performance, I still see a lot of improvement and that’s the challenge for us now,” he said.