Would the real Tottenham Hotspur please stand up?
Last week I saw the best of Spurs on the pitch and the worst of them off it.
The club's handling of the Rodrigo Bentancur situation â particularly the decision to appeal the seven-match ban issued by the Football Association â does not sit well with many Spurs fans, myself included.
I have loved this joyous, heartbreaking, entertaining, infuriating, depressing, exciting and beautiful game since I could walk.
I spent the best part of a decade coaching football and, perhaps partly because of that, I am convinced by its power and potential to create positive social change far beyond the confines of a football pitch.
So it pains me that my beloved club has not made the most of this recent opportunity to prioritise and promote the value of education, and the importance and necessity of active anti-racism â instead deciding to double-down on their efforts to reduce a ban by one match.
I am hopeful that the right things â such as supporting player welfare and education on anti-racism â are being done behind the scenes as well, but it does not diminish my embarrassment in my clubâs very public refusal to accept the ban in its entirety.
Having done such a good job of disappointing me off the pitch last week, I was fully prepared for Spurs to embarrass me on it against Manchester City. Silly me.
We did not just beat City on Sunday â we humiliated them in their own home. James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski battled it out for player of the match, Vicario was immense in goal, and our make-shift defence kept out Erling Haaland.
Naturally, as a lifelong Spurs fan, I did not fully relax until the fourth goal went in.
Which version of Spurs decides to show up against Roma is anyoneâs guess.