There is a very good John Finnemore sketch in which he hires a car and then tries to bet that he can crash it (or something like that) that skewers the idea
That didn't sound very good. You cut a long story short, imo.
"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."