I suppose my comment was 'puerile' because it included some degree of conjecture (unavoidably, I would argue, since we were talking about a hypothetical scenario)?
Whereas yours is pure logic despite containing the qualifying terms "we could", "who knows", "we might" and "said striker might" in the space of 3 sentences?
Fair enough. Am sure you're right.
This bloke is too clever for you Insider and perhaps one or two others! For a start his grammar is good; his penultimate para made monkeys out of your argument. Take heed and learn