cloud over

The bullpen concerns will hang like a cloud over the team going forward.

And it is the lack of silverware that will always cast a dark cloud over his chairmanship.

“It definitely puts a dark cloud over the day for all of us.”

"It feels like there's been this huge black cloud over the town for the last couple of months and we've had moments of hope and that hope has been dashed," she said.

Never rule out a squad containing such quality, although they will desperately hope the lingering clouds over the fitness of Rodri - their most important player, who missed nearly all of last season - roll away.