I'm ok with a respectable loss today - they are in a different planet, let alone league, than us currently. And it don't cost us relegation.
But I am looking for two things - desire (awareness of our position) and energy (they have not played for 8 days). If we see another lifeless, listless display, it tells us everything about the manager, his coaches, the players, and the club generally - and the wholesale changes required to even think about ever competing back in this league again