So we haven't looked like world beaters in the first few weeks of the new season. We were shocking against West Brom. But we did play some decent football against Sunderland, and against QPR. *****al haven't exactly been impressive so far this season. They could, and should, have been trashed by Dortmund, what a one sided game that was. They lost to Southampton on Tuesday, and even though they would claim that happened because they started a bunch of youngsters, they also did play with quite a few senior players. They've been drawing a lot, and haven't exactly looked like a team that we should really fear at this point in the season.
Our defense is looking dire, sure enough, but I don't think there's any need for the amounts of negativity we see here, really. It's a derby game, it's completely open, and even though we're not looking particularly good, *****al certainly don't look too good either.
I don't think we'll win, but wouldn't be surprised if we get a point.