The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur news and links for Tuesday, August 20

good morning!

Welp, that’s Match Week 1 in the books.

What did we learn? Well, if you’re hear to learn about Tottenham, let me just redirect you to Menno’s talking points from yesterday’s 1-1 draw vs Leicester.

But we learned a couple other things: Villa are pretty darn good, Ipswich Town aren’t going to get rolled over this season and at least we’re still not Chelsea.

Let’s take a look around at some of the best pictures from MW1:

Ipswich Town vs Leicester

Premier League football is back at Portman Road. For proof, take a look at Leif Davis here.

It’s nice to see some clubs freshen up the top flight. Luton Town last year was nice, so was Nottingham Forest that first year (then it just got weird). Now we’ve got Ipswich Town. I’m rooting for them to stay up. There’s enough bad clubs out there to give them some hope.

Everton vs Brighton

Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images

This was a pretty bad weekend for Everton. Losing 0-3 to Brighton at home to kick off the campaign is ominous for the rest of the season.

But here let’s look at the giant screen in the background, explaining why Ashley Young received a red card. A step in the right direction for transparency.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester

Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images

This one’s mostly for fitzie. Jamie Vardy puts the captain’s armband on Harry Winks as he gets subbed off during the Foxes’ 1-1 draw vs Spurs.

Love to see Harry winks become such a big part of Leicester’s leadership after only a season or so.

Fitzie’s track of the day: Turned Out I Was Everyone, by Sasami

And now for your links:

The Athletic ($$) with talking points from yesterday’s Spurs-Leicester game

Dan KP on a ‘familiar frustration’ with Tottenham

Ange Postecoglou says Rodrigo Bentancur ‘conscious and communicating’ after head injury

Brighton sign Georginio Rutter for club-record fee