Fermanagh Manager Joe Baldwin was delighted to see his side register their opening win in this year’s Nickey Rackard Cup competition as they easily disposed of Warwickshire at Brewster Park on Sunday.

And Baldwin thought his side showed just what they can do as they hit a big 2-31 score in the sunshine.

“It just goes to show what the boys can do,” said Baldwin.

“I was a little bit restricted in the first two games because of the higher grade that we are playing in now, but the boys showed exactly what they are capable of.

“I thought the movement of Caolan [Duffy], Luca [McCusker], Tom [Keenan] – Sean was outstanding and Danny did a lot of the donkey work; I just thought they were very, very good and we had a lot of different scorers too.

“I was listening to the national media on about Limerick scoring 30 points and people were raving about it; Fermanagh scored 2-31 on Sunday, we were just very good.”

Fermanagh tweaked a few things to ensure that that they were more attacking on Sunday with Caolan Duffy pushed further forward and he chipped in with 1-03.

“We chopped and changed a bit, Caolan moved in and out and that was the whole idea. We spoke about that last week; we were going to try and push Caolan forward and get him attacking more, and he definitely did that.

“He is a fabulous player and has matured massively as a player,” said the Erne boss.

Fermanagh led by ten points at half time on Sunday and when Warwickshire then had Anthony Hands Red Carded early in the second half, the game was over as a contest.

It also allowed Fermanagh to take off the three players they had Yellow Carded to avoid losing a man themselves.

“The three boys on the cards just had to be retracted; we couldn’t take the chance and you saw what happened the minute that Warwickshire lost a man.

“You could say that Warwickshire were poor, but they did look dangerous early on and cut us open for two goals, but when they lost the man the game was over as a contest,” he said.

Baldwin, while acknowledging the importance of the win, is not satisfied simply with that – he is now targeting another.

“The win was important; it’s not a monkey off our back as such, but we knew from the first two games that we can compete at this level and the only thing that was missing was the win.

“Now that we have got the win I’m looking for two wins. The second win now is the important thing; one win might keep you up but two wins will definitely keep you up.

“But it is not just that, it is not just trying to get up and survive – we are trying to get up to compete and not just compete, but win.

“I don’t think there is a million miles between any of the teams in the competition.”

Next up is Armagh on Saturday week in the Athletic Grounds, and Baldwin wants his side to build on Sunday’s result.

“I want the boys to push on. I’ve said it all along: nobody holds any fear for us, it is just the belief we have in the boys.

“We will look to move on this week, get the bodies right and look to get a few players back from injury and strengthen the squad again.

“We will do something light this week – we are not going to get any fitter or any sharper than what we are – we want to be as fresh as possible going into the Armagh game.

“Things aren’t going so well there, and they have lost a lot of players but Terence McNaughton knows the game inside out, and they will be coming gunning for us,”he added.