After losing a few of their better players from last years promotion winning side we are basically playing a mid even lower table Championship team .
The fans will be fired up and the team may be early doors . If we had been playing them after half a dozen games or so when others had knocked the stuffing out of them this would be an easy 3 points we really could not be playing them at a worse time .

Im still confident Roy will have prepared us for this one though and I expect us to be top of the league come Saturday night, 4-0

Yep agree with Gary St.Andrews, 2-1 Palace, Schlupp and Eze.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

But with my glass half full head on(for a change) we’re pretty good against teams around or below us(yes I know we’re all on 0 at the moment ) we’ve got Eze and Edouard is on a roll, he’s got one on the trot

Edited by monkey (10 Aug 2023 8.48am)

They have sold their 4 best players and not replaced them. Also plenty of injuries. Their owners want the club sold. We may not get an easier 3 points all year. Comfortable win for me.

In their shoes, Palace would be the last team I’d want opening game. If we play like we did against Lyon, We’ll be too good for them. Ayew will play a blinder and score. Comfortable win.

I predict a win, but not a comfortable one as some have suggested. More like a 1-0 because the Blades will be fighting hard to make a good impression on their own ground in front of their own supporters on their return to the PL.

In our favour is the fact that they have lost a couple of key players in Ndiaye and Berge so that'll have an impact.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.