"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."
Nay - not as a football writer not as a person. And I think you overplay the glamorous nature of a football writer a bit too much. Rudd never goes (or very rarely) goes to a game outside the M25 so she's always home quickly after a game. Similarly, except for European away games I doubt the four you mention spend much time in hotels either