Tottenham lost their opening Women’s Super League match 2-1 against reigning champions Chelsea on Sunday but, much like with Ange Postecoglou’s men’s team, signs of evolution under their new manager were evident
Less than 90 seconds into the YouTube video, new Tottenham Women’s manager Robert Vilahamn motions for Ange Postecoglou walk through the open door of Spurs’ Women’s training facility only for the Australian to insist to his opposite number ‘no, please, Robert, you first.’
The sheer unadulterated good manners on a sunny September morning and the subsequent exchange is viscerally breathtaking, a cinematic masterpiece featuring near-identical hand gestures and the wearing of what looks to be the same innocuous navy t-shirt of the clubs’ newest hotseat occupiers.
Altogether, the effect is an overwhelming sensation of endearing dad power. A mutual politeness overload not in the unctuous contrived social media way but rather in the authentic just-like-you way.
A revolution has taken over at Tottenham Hotspur this season. Postecoglou’s so-dubbed ‘Ange-ball’ and its corresponding renaissance has incited a dangerous fever of optimism in a fanbase accustomed to pain and self-inflicted suffering. Everyone is singing, smiles abound, Robbie Williams is on replay and the football is good.