Fermanagh manager Rory Gallagher believes that the only way to put the disappointment of the Ulster final behind them is to book their place in the Super 8s.

The Erne County went down heavily to Donegal in the provincial decider last month, which was a major setback to a side that went into the game full of confidence.

They are still in with a shout of reaching the newly formed Super 8s, but standing in their way is a Kildare side that recorded an excellent win over Mayo in the last round of the qualifiers.

Gallagher feels that his charges can make amends for that defeat to Donegal with a victory over the Lilywhites this weekend.

"There was a huge level of disappointment," Gallagher told the Fermanagh Herald. "When you want to win something so badly, it's natural. At the same time there's a big prize at stake.

"This is the first ever year of the Super 8s. It's a wee bit of an unknown, but it looks like a very attractive place to be.

"That was a big help in getting the boys head around it. It's not just one qualifier to get into a quarterfinal, it's to get into a really special competition.

"We feel we didn't do ourselves justice too, albeit Donegal played very well on the day. But we'd be very disappointed in our own level of performance, that we didn't play anywhere near to the level we played against Armagh of Monaghan. If we had done that we could have made more of a contest of it

"We've got to look at our own performance, rectify a few of those things and try to make sure we play well enough to give ourselves a chance of winning the game, which I don't think we did the last day."

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