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Every cloud...

I said I would give it until the first week of February before starting to question my optimism. So, let the questioning begin...! Optimism 0 Pessimism 1 The Liverhampton and Pompey results providing the only silver linings today. We limp on...

Permission to ditch my optimism please. I'm ready to join the doom and gloom club.

Same thought occurred to me earlier. One wonders how much the injury was made worse by him carrying on.

Tickets go on sale to members on Tuesday

Forster Bertrand Yoshida Gardos Cedric Romeu Davis Hojbjerg Boufal Redmond Long Subs: Hassen, McQueen, Stephens, JWP, Clasie, Tadic, Gabbiadini

Adam Blackmore ‏@bigadamsport Wow - Claude Puel just told me that Virgil Van Dijk will not be fit for the EFL Cup Final and faces 'many weeks' out #SaintsFC

Given the predictable content of that thread and that it's also the 2nd February today....

Just flying back from Copenhagen. Been out of the loop re: Saints news the last few days. Anything happened whilst I've been away...?

Someone should buy your mate a phone with a camera so he can take a photo next time... #earlobes

I predicted 8 of the starting 11. The 3 I got wrong were Yoshida (Gardos), Romeu (Reed) and Redmond (Isgrove).

For those of us straw-clutchers that scrabble around for silver linings on occasions like this... we now have 15 days off before the League Cup final...

Yes, lets. What a fabulous idea #seewhatididthere

Which makes our league game vs Swansea in 3 days quite important then...? Good job we rested most of our starting 11 today in that case...

Dreadful defending

Good plan by Puel to throw this game in that case

Great ball from Martina to Long and a great shot. Good save.

One of these days Hojbjerg will actually hit one of those on target...

Very unhappy with our starting 11

Indeed

Yeah, you're right. On reflection, I'm dreadfully unhappy with the team. Puel out.

And there's the inevitable Spurs winner

Another equaliser for Spurs