ermanagh defender Jonny Cassidy says that they will be looking to finish off their league campaign on a winning note when they travel to Limerick this Sunday.

Limerick need a win to secure promotion to Division Two while Fermanagh chances going up were more or less ended last Sunday in Mullingar.

Cassidy though feels it is important for Fermanagh to produce a performance as they look to build towards championship.

“We will want to keep building towards Tyrone so it is important we go down there and put in a performance.

“Limerick look to be a decent side with some top players, and it is a must-win game for them in terms of promotion for them, so it makes for a good game,” said the Enniskillen Gaels man.

Fermanagh had hoped that they would still be in the mix, going into the final round of fixtures, but the controversy of the Sean Quigley point that wasn’t given has cost Kieran Donnelly’s side the chance to make a push.

And as Cassidy explains, it is not only promotion that is up for grabs for the top two sides in the division.

“Our goal at the start of the year was to get promotion to allow us to play in the All Ireland series, and we knew a win in Mullingar would have made that possible, and for that to be taken away by match officials is really hard to take.

“It is unfortunate that we have basically nothing to play for, going into the last day; to have a blatantly obvious decision go against you is a real kick in the teeth,” he said.

Fermanagh have had a mixed bag of results in the league but the competitive nature of the division has meant that no team has gone unbeaten.

“Division Three has been really competitive and every team has been beaten in it.

“It is a real minefield where anyone on their day can beat anyone. If you play well on a given day, you can beat anyone from top to bottom of the table.”

Cassidy, who is one of Fermanagh’s go-to men at the back, admits that they have shipped too many soft goals and that is something that they are looking to address, starting this Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds.

“We are getting goals but then conceding sloppy ones at our end, and it is something we have identified and we need to cut out, and hopefully we can do that on Sunday.

“We have lost our concentration at vital times, especially in the Laois game where we conceded two soft goals and we were fortunate to win the game and again on Sunday, we probably fell asleep for their goal, which gave us an uphill battle. We have to stop conceding goals,” he commented.

He is though enjoying things under the new management, and feels that the team has been steadily improving.

“I’ve enjoyed it, there has been a freshness to it with Kieran bringing in his own ideas and so has Fergal and Clucker, and every week I feel as if we are improving.

“I think with every game we have been improving and hopefully that will be the same again on Sunday.”