It could just be the nature of Italian football. Also why their players don't travel particularly well (obviously the Pog isn't actually one of theirs). In England, ordinarily we'd tell him to never take more than three touches, if possible, and forbid him from shooting; Supporters' Player of the Year, easy. If there's no decent forwards about anyway.
Wasn't it your chap who said, the Italians can't beat you but you can easily lose to them. Most insightful and suggestive, I reckon.
"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."
No. They were an exciting spectacle indeed.
Not, however, infallible. We shouldn't fall into the trap of believeing everything was perfect.
Adams and Dixon allowing Giggs to run through them in '99. Adams looking like a donkey as Owen skinned him in the cup final. Bergkamp missing that penalty. They were great, but the difference between them and the team that could have won the league the year Eduardo got smashed was minimal.
"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."