Fermanagh will play the second of their postponed National League games this Saturday when they have Limerick as the visitors to Lisnaskea.

With three successive victories under their belt, Fermanagh have established themselves as one of the prime contenders for promotion and should they take both points from Saturday's tie they will have moved into undisputed top spot in the table with just three games remaining.

So far so good then especially in view of the fact that as yet it has not been possible to field what could be considered a full first choice selection. The quality of the panel overall is being tested and it has not been found wanting.

A rotation policy in operation in regard to the goalkeeping slot, three highly capable choices here and all have had a run.

Defensively there has been some reshuffling and it is likely that the initial selection for last Sunday's meeting with Louth will show some significant changes.

The presence of Ryan McCluskey has gone a long way to stabilise this sector while in the middle of the park, Mark Murphy has been running into a fine vein of form.

The absence of Martin McGrath will continue to be felt however and he will not be available for another fortnight. Also out of the reckoning here is James Sherry who has been sidelined through injury.

Up front, ever present have been Matthew Keenan, Patrick Cadden and Mark Little in the three starting lineouts so far. Eamon Maguire, perhaps the most accomplished attacker we possess missed out the Leitrim game through illness but returned for the Louth encounter. Elsewhere in this sector there has been some rejigging.

For the Limerick match the full forward slot will probably be assigned again to Jonathan McGurn who did a decent job of work in Tempo last Sunday.

One of the criticisms to be offered is that against Louth there was a tendency to over elaborate and a chronic unwillingness to attempt a shot. Also in several instances, and this applies not just to the attack, persistence in carrying the ball into contact with the opposition.

Far too often it results in lost possession due to over carrying infringements. A little more first time play would eliminate some of this.

But overall the team is going well and confidence should be high thanks to those three hugely encouraging wins.

Limerick then next on the agenda and needless to say they will be no pushover. They showed their mettle last Sunday in drawing with leaders Wexford and really should have taken both points. They were galloping well ahead by the interval but then lost their way and were overhauled at the end.

Central plank of their side is the centrefield pairing of Cooke and Galvin with centre back Stephen Lavin supplying a solid base in the half back line. Limerick will be coming to Lisnaskea knowing that they need to take the win to stay alive. They have dropped three points from six so another slip and they would be almost certainly out of the reckoning.

A win for Fermanagh would leave the race for promotion reduced to just three creditable contenders, the Erne squad, Down and Wexford.

So a win on Saturday would go a long way to setting the stage for a pulsating run in with Fermanagh having both Down and Wexford on the agenda.

One game at a time though. Top priority is maintaining the winning sequence.