Actually changed the game. Hope he can string together some good games. That way his tenure here wouldn’t be a complete and utter failure.
Joga Bonito has finally arrived.
id put him ahead of Pepe.Hopefully his assist doesn’t cement his place in the pecking order about Mart, Pepe and even lacazette.
I fear it will though.
Literally he did everything... Any of us could be playing in the pitch and give him that 3m pass to Tierney and have one assist for Arsenal. It's like giving a pass to Messi, he dribbles 3 - 4 players and you have an assist wow!Wonder if you guys would think the same if KT didn't score. I get that it's an assist even though Tierney did like 90% of the work there and FB's usually score like 2-3 goals per season so it was more luck than anything else.
Other than that, I didn't think he did much, it was Tierney who changed the game by himself, and later Saka added a piece of his magic.
To say that he made an impact you would expect that he run at players, had a couple of shots or something similar, which didn't happen.
Arteta is already wanking over him, so I guess we'll watch the game more than we should
Yeah you're right, it gets toxic sometimes really. He's certainly been a scapegoat for our poor form. It was a silly decision to sign him and he's not going to set the world alight, but we can at least hope he becomes a serviceable player eventually. Maybe the creativity issues we had at the start of the season made him play as terrible as he did. Our entire attack did terrible at that time. Creative players often improve when they play with other creative players. So I'm just staying patient, maybe he eventually starts improving. The only thing is Arteta really needs to concentrate on Pepe, I feel like he neglects him a lot.I’ve never quite understood the extent of the William hate. It’s like people don’t want him to do well. We all understand that he has been very disappointing but we all saw that he can do better like he did at Chelsea so should be hoping for that. Just like Aubameyang has had a bad patch but is coming good so can Willian. Arteta sees him in training week in and week out and can make the judgement better. The fact that he brought William on when the season and his job were literally on the line tells me a lot. He’s an expensive resource not performing at his best. Any good manager would try to unlock his potential. That unfortunately for the rabid mob, means playing him.
I’ve never quite understood the extent of the William hate. It’s like people don’t want him to do well. We all understand that he has been very disappointing but we all saw that he can do better like he did at Chelsea so should be hoping for that. Just like Aubameyang has had a bad patch but is coming good so can Willian. Arteta sees him in training week in and week out and can make the judgement better. The fact that he brought William on when the season and his job were literally on the line tells me a lot. He’s an expensive resource not performing at his best. Any good manager would try to unlock his potential. That unfortunately for the rabid mob, means playing him.
I understand fans liking Auba more. what I don't understand is people wanting Willian to fail. It's like they feel because he's not been an instant success he is completely useless and must be discarded, regardless of whether the manager sees that this is not the case. Willian was Chelsea's most creative player last season, has he suddenly become unusable overnight? If we could get that player back would it not be a good thing? And do we not think the kind of support fans give a player can have an impact - they are human beings, not robots! I am not happy with how he has played this season but I am desperately hoping for a turnaround - like we are seeing with Aubameyang. It can only be better for Arsenal.Auba didn't come here from Chelsea, and Auba has scored over 80 goals for us, that's maybe why fans are more inclined towards him. Willian came here from Chelsea on big wages and played badly in basically every game, how do you expect fans to react?
I understand fans liking Auba more. what I don't understand is people wanting Willian to fail. It's like they feel because he's not been an instant success he is completely useless and must be discarded, regardless of whether the manager sees that this is not the case. Willian was Chelsea's most creative player last season, has he suddenly become unusable overnight? If we could get that player back would it not be a good thing? And do we not think the kind of support fans give a player can have an impact - they are human beings, not robots! I am not happy with how he has played this season but I am desperately hoping for a turnaround - like we are seeing with Aubameyang. It can only be better for Arsenal.