Welcome to the hoddle, dear hoddlers. Last week I asked you all who you would like to be the next hoddle hero. And, by a sizable margin, you have chosen Micky van de Ven as your next hoddle hero.
Huzzah! Huzzah!
It’s a fitting choice. He gave us one of the greatest moments in recent history. Here are the full results of the poll:
Micky van de Ven - 29% (145 votes)
Pedro Porro - 17% (87 votes)
Heung-min Son - 12% (60 votes)
Dejan Kulusevski - 10% (51 votes)
Richarlison - 9% (45 votes)
Brennan Johnson - 8% (40 votes)
Djed Spence - 5% (26 votes)
Beth England - 4% (20 votes)
Kevin Danso - 3% (17 votes)
Molly Bartrip - 2% (10 votes)
I’m not at all surprised by the results here. Maybe I am surprised by the margin, and perhaps I should’ve made the poll slightly smaller (who did Johnson, Spence et al take votes away from?).
I was also curious to see how many of you were committed to the whole ‘Kevin Danso’ thread bit. Not many!
For those of you who forgot or are new here, these are the rules. Micky van de Ven will remain the hoddle hero until one of these happens:
Tottenham Hotspur announce a senior team signing
That player leaves the club
Spurs go through the rest of the season without signing anyone
(Please don’t let it be No. 2)
Who knows how long this’ll last though. As we know, Spurs are apparently close to signing Kawasaki Frontale centreback Kota Takai and also keeping tabs on Eberechi Eze.
Enjoy the VDV hoddles while you can.
Fitzie’s track of the day: [Nothing But] Flowers, by Talking Heads
And now for your links:
Alasdair Gold: “What Kota Takai transfer means for Luka Vuskovic and Tottenham’s young defenders”
The Standard: “Tottenham line up £68m move for Eberechi Eze as statement signing to kickstart Thomas Frank era”
BBC: “Scoring machine or freak season? What Mbeumo could bring to Man Utd”
Matt Law (from Monday): “Fabio Paratici’s Tottenham consultancy role to run for entire transfer window”