There's a fine line between cynicism and reality sometimes!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Optimism ??
After the dreadful split squad pre-season & the awful opening run of fixtures, that is pushing it.
The pretty limited transfer activity in terms of players to go straight into the starting line up plus the fact we cannot defend & judging by the dire Arsenal performance, we cannot score, do not inspire confidence.
The tedious sideways passing across the back line with an ageing goalkeeper, lacking a number of the basic skills, doesn’t inspire confidence either.
This could well be a game where the bindippers could score at will☹️.

I really hope our manager, coaching staff and, above all, the players do not go into this fixture with the negative attitudes exhibited here.

At least playing on Monday night it might be a bit cooler than Saturday afternoon if you are playing a top team, 30 in Manchester on Saturday afternoon, 19 and possible light rain showers Liverpool Monday night. They didn't look much against Fulham but we don't have the likes of Mitrovic in attack to ruffle their feathers. Don't expect a pasting, think 2-0 to them, would be 3-0 if Mane was still playing, although his replacement Nunez looks a handful. COYP !!

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

that'll do !

Kids,tired of being bothered by your pesky parents?
Then leave home, get a job & pay your own bills, while you still know everything.

I'd prefer it really hot. A lot of our players are of African heritage - they have a couple of scousers who, being basically Irish, cannot stand the heat at all. Monday night suits them better than us. We're losing sharpness, they're gaining fitness. They needed the break, we need a game.

Red and Blue Army!