The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Wednesday, May 21
The day is HERE!
We all awake this morning with optimism pouring through our veins, but the permanent self-doubt lingering in the back of our minds.
Nevertheless, in just a few hours Tottenham Hotspur will be playing in the Europa League final. HUZZAH!
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It's hard to believe we are even here, considering how this season has gone. Your hoddler-in-chief sure as heck did not anticipate this back in December. How glad I am to be wrong.
Of course I want Spurs to win this for the sake of winning it. We need this.
But I want to point to two particular players in particular who I especially want to see lift the trophy:
Heung-min Son: Our beloved captain has made no secret he is tying his success at the club to winning a trophy. I disagree with this, but I am in no position to get into his brain. Son has stepped up bravely since the departures of Hugo Lloris and Harry Kane.
One of the most striking memories I have of his captainship is that first away game last season, where he brought the players to huddle before the Spurs away end. He's given us so many great moments. Let's have another one.
Ben Davies: The Welshman has been at this club for a decade. Gentle Ben has been a steady presence in the squad for 10 years, always coming in to play whichever position he's called ot. Whether that be his more natural left back, a centre back, or at times a bit further up the pitch, the man's always put in a hell of an effort.
Davies is out of contract this summer and there's no talks of it being renewed. If this is his penultimate match with the club, please let him lift the torphy.
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Fitzie's track of the day: Sanctify Yourself, by Simple Minds
And now for your links:
Alasdair Gold: 'Guglielmo Vicario names the PSG star he has been texting and why his parents are now celebrities'
Jack P-B ($$): 'Breaking down Ange Postecoglou's pre-final news conference: 'I don't think my job is done here''
The Athletic ($$): 'How Spurs reached the Europa League final against a backdrop of Premier League pain'
The Telegraph: 'Ange Postecoglou snaps at reporter saying he is 'no clown''
David Hytner: 'Postecoglou adamant work at Spurs is not done but sounds resigned to his fate'
Dan KP: 'Son out to change course of Spurs history with victory in Europa League final'
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Independent: 'Pedro Porro grateful to Ruben Amorim but now wants to disappoint his old boss'
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