My overriding hope is that we turn up to have a go.
I’d rather lose, even heavily, if we have chased, tackled and battled for every ball rather than lose by just making up the numbers, rather like the villa park game.
There is no disgrace in losing if everyone of the team has given 100%.
It will be a disgrace if we lose because we were scared before we even started.
And, if everyone gives 100%, you never know.