Thursday Morning Hoddle Of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News And Links For November 29, 2012

Happy Thursday, Spursland! When my team finds itself in times of trouble LOLpool comes to me, tossing away the game, let it beeee. And in our hour of darkness, Gareth scored a free kick in front of thee, speaking "we're in 5th place" let it beeeee.

And now the "news"

Bale Denies Diving Allegations- Sky Sports

All Spurs fans everywhere look down at the floor awkwardly when this happens. You know, because he dives like that little blonde boy in the Olympics.

LOLpool Boss Blames Uncalled Penalties -BBC

Oh, boo hoo, but I can't hear you over the sound of Moussa playing the world's tiniest violin.

VIDEO: AVB Condemns Racism, Is A Low Talker- The Guardian

Feel free to play this at work without headphones in. The person in the next cube couldn't hear what he is saying even if they had one of those hearing aids paranoid/nosy asshole have. I honestly couldn't tell what he said. For all I know, he said that racism is awesome.

Eriksen Not Thinking About Transfers- Caught Offside

There was some talk yesterday in the comments about "rumors" that the Ajax star really wanted to come to Spurs, followed by many many people ruining their pants at the thought. These rumors were of course, crap, and now we have proof.

UEFA Has idea, It Doesn't Suck For Once- SB Nation Soccer

This will make explaining "how soccer works" to my dad way easier. Without fail, every time we explain the championship structure and how everything fits together, the league process makes sense to non-soccer fan Americans, but once we get to European competition we get the same result like every time. it usually goes something like "wait, why are their two champions of Europe? What do you mean that only one really counts? Fuck this, is Top Chef on?"

Rafa Benitez Is Tacky And I Hate Him- SB Nation Soccer

After reading this I feel like Kevin could punch Rafa's wife in the face and then come up with a great argument for the justification of punching her in the face.

The List: Coaches You Would Wish On Your Worst Enemy- SB Nation

I'd like to add Davey Blake of Western Maryland McDaniel College to that list. #GoBears