Quote Originally Posted by Gooner23 View Post
Is the lack of fans making it easier for Arteta to keep playing Willian? You can be sure he'd be getting a proper booing if there were fans inside.

What's really frustrating is the young players are so quick to be dropped if they put in a quiet performance (Nelson & Martinelli), yet Willian is being given chance after chance despite not deserving it in any way. The 'non negotiables' thing is now being shown up as a bit of a nonsense.

The first half was great yesterday, the youngsters were brilliant again and I thought Ceballos was excellent. Hopefully Auba has his mojo back after this as well.
I think the lack of fans is what has arguably kept Arteta in the job. We were so bad before Christmas he and the team would have been receiving dogs abuse. This season is shit anyway without fans, I’m watching these games and even the commentators can’t be bothered most of the time to show any enthusiasm.