Tottenham Hotspur 2017-18 last 16 of the champions league contestants v Brighton and Hove Albion newly promoted side to the Premire League via Gillingham and the Withdean Stadium .
This is one of the first games this season where even my optimism has been reigned in; 3-1 loss for me. At least against the other "big" teams we started confidently and kept our shape. Even against Liverpool we started off that way, until their attacking prowess had heads dropping. Now with a 2-0 loss to a team we would have really been hoping to take points off - our confidence has got to be at its lowest point all season so far. Add in whatever weird things are going on behind the scenes with Knocky's alleged disciplinary action and we don't look as united as we once did. Still, it would have been naive to think we wouldn't go through bad spells like this in this league. Overall, we're still doing much better than I think all of us could have dreamed. Hopefully January signings will give us that little boost we need and we'll get back to picking up points for survival!