Coming back from the brink

FEW counties have warmed to the underdogs status more than Fermanagh but their captain Barry Owens doesn’t find it as comforting right now.

He’s not playing possum when he talks down the advantage of coming into tomorrow’s Ulster quarter-final against Derry under the radar. The haemorrhaging of players during the league strike naturally contributed to that. If he is to believe the bookies, John O’Neill’s side haven’t a hope.

“I think New York were better odds to a win a match than we were at one stage,” shrugged Owens.