Digging away at the modern, media-trained footballer for even the tiniest nugget of gold that may be of interest to readers can sometimes make you feel like you’re the last panner to turn up in the Yukon wielding a tennis racket.
But when the subject matter is so interesting, and the subject himself - Trevor Carson in this case - is so warm and open, the only issue is how on earth to fit an hour-long chat that whizzes by in a flash into a newspaper-friendly format.