Training ground buzz is back as Irons get ready

There’s increasing confidence in the dressing room that the Irons big three will be back in action for the key battle at Anfield this weekend.

Michail Antonio, Aaron Cresswell, Cheik Kouyate are all making progress and have received  a “better than fifty chance” of making the the squad from our sources.

Both Cressie and Antonio are recovering well groin pulls and Kouyate is believed to be in good shape after taking a knock in training before the Arsenal game.

And training ground sources have told ClaretandHugh that there has been a real “buzz and banter” around Rush Green after the miseries of the Arsenal game.

Whether the manager’s lack of intensity remarks from the manager were designed to publicly point the finger at the squad remains a moot point.

But we were told: “All the sessions have had a buzz, Maybe the manager was involved in some reverse psychology because there’s been a lot of laughter and hard training going on.

That – along with the good news on Michael, Aaron and Cheik is all good – and there’s a lot of confidence returning after the weekend dramas.