"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."
Craig Eastmond wasn't very good which to some degree may explain why his career has worked its way down to Conference level football with Sutton.
A talented footballer in his own right of course but one of many players who history will reflect on and question if in fact they really did play for us.