The tape has only just started rolling but Duncan Ferguson is laying down the ground rules for the next 30 minutes as only he can.
'I don't usually do these,' he says, in the broadest Scottish burr, before fixing a piercing gaze on this observer. 'I'm not givin' ye' any tactical information if that's what you're spearin' for!'
A theatrical pause follows but he cannot maintain the pretence. Soon, he is laughing.
'Go on, son,' he continues. 'On you go...'
Interviews with Ferguson are rare. He barely gave them as a player and would prefer to remain in the shadows now he is a coach but, after some persuasion, the Everton icon is here and ready to talk.