No sooner had Ange Postecoglou claimed the 'fog is lifting' on his Tottenham rebuilding project than the heavens opened and another vital opportunity to assess his players vanished.
Spurs should have played Leicester in Bangkok on Sunday but the friendly was washed out by a torrential downpour which started an hour before kick-off and refused to relent at the Rajamangala National Stadium.
The two teams warmed up before returning to the dressing rooms where they waited for in the hope conditions might improve but, with large areas of standing water on the surface and no sign of an end to the rainstorm, there was little option but to call the game off, 40 minutes after what should have been kick off time.