It's the kind of game management attitude we have been lacking.... apart from the managing of the game part, that is.
Perhaps the application of the laws has changed; surely yellow, at worst, for an ankle-tap way out on the touchline there. But he has a reputation, so I gather ..
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."