The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham news and links for Friday, July 17

Good morning everyone!

Today’s a big day for cinemas (and Spurs fans, tangentially). Odyssey is hitting the big screens!

The epic film (with an equally epic nearly three-hour run time) follows the Greek mythologic figure Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan war and his long journey home.

It features a lot of the characters I read about during my Latin classes: Athena, Agamemnon, Sinon, Poseidon, Polybus, Telemachus, Penelope, and many others.

You need a lot of actors for something like this, but there’s only one that matters for us: Tom Holland.

The Tottenham Hotspur fan plays Telemachus, son of Odysseus and Penelope, and prince of Ithaca. Telemachus plays a major role in The Odyssey and I wonder how heavily it’ll focus on Holland’s character considering the trailer featured only a snippet of him.

I think we can all agree that the more Tom Holland, the better. And boy are we in luck because apparently there’s another Spiderman coming out in a couple weeks (spoiler alert: Holland players Spiderman).

Your hoddler-in-chief is off to the cinema later this evening for The Odyssey. He’ll report back next week.

Fitzie’s track of the day:Freddie Freeloader, by Miles Davis

And now for your links:

BBC: “Some England players disappointed at tactics as Tuchel questions team’s DNA”

Matt Law: “Tuchel privately rejects claims he told England to hang on against Argentina”

The Independent: “Jude Bellingham could face Fifa disciplinary action over post-match ‘slap’ on Argentina player”