We have a group of strong technical players now- saka, foden, grealish, bellingham, rashford etc. And a top class centre forward who wins a free kick every time someone glares at him.
We are not exactly blessed with the beat defenders but they are not bad. Shedding our football identity was well overdue.
That's the trouble, I'm afraid, that's what I mean; if international football isn't about identity then what IS it about.
"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."