The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Wednesday, June 20

Hi, everyone!

Those World Cup matches yesterday were wonderful, weren’t they? Too bad they ended. Let me briefly tell you an uninteresting tale about what I watch when I desperately need World Cup, or at least what I did last night.

Ramble of the Day

I have begun lightly binge-watching Zumbo’s Just Desserts on Netflix, a two-year-old Australian baking competition show. I accidentally spoiled myself on the winner while Googling the show, which is unfortunate, but I am still enjoying it. (I am the person who knew how Breaking Bad ended before she started and managed to watch it like a normal person.)

On Zumbo’s, the contestants are essentially only allowed to bake wild things because Adriano Zumbo, the show’s namesake, is known for making somewhat outrageous desserts. I will now proceed to show you examples.

Of course, the show has amusing contestants, like Daniel, who once said romance was overrated but dessert was not. Zumbo’s, ultimately, does its best of keeping me occupied while I can’t watch the World Cup, and makes for good casual viewing while I’m writing these things.

Let’s get back to the World Cup, though.

tl;dr: Look! Desserts!

Links of the Day

Dele Alli picked up a thigh strain against Tunisia and may miss England’s match against Panama.

Neymar left Brazil training after 15 minutes yesterday with an ankle injury.

David Squires’s latest cartoon is about the World Cup so far, including England’s victory over Tunisia and VAR.

Transfer roundup: Arsenal have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen; Issa Diop joins West Ham from Toulouse as the club’s record signing; Monaco have signed 16-year-old Willem Guebbles from Lyon

Today’s longer read: The New York Times’ Rory Smith chats with the paper’s chief fashion critic Vanessa Friedman about World Cup kits