It terrifies me to write this, but Arteta also gave minutes to players he may need this season. Yes, Cedric. We are short at back and it’s very likely that Cedric is going to play minutes. While I am intensely curious to see how good Walters can be, if we need some RB cover, Cedric is likely to get the call and playing him to prepare him makes sense. Same with Nelson (although it’s less terrifying to consider) It also hard to know, but I suspect it’s a really big deal for a youth player to make a CL bench. It’s a plane, not a bus, it’s the anthem, a sell out, hostile fans, and so on. To me, the 3 travelled and didn’t play (thinking of Matt Smith) but like you commented, that may actually be a giant milestone for a kid who is probably wide-eyed at everything.
It terrifies me to write this, but Arteta also gave minutes to players he may need this season. Yes, Cedric. We are short at back and it’s very likely that Cedric is going to play minutes. While I am intensely curious to see how good Walters can be, if we need some RB cover, Cedric is likely to get the call and playing him to prepare him makes sense. Same with Nelson (although it’s less terrifying to consider) It also hard to know, but I suspect it’s a really big deal for a youth player to make a CL bench. It’s a plane, not a bus, it’s the anthem, a sell out, hostile fans, and so on. To me, the 3 travelled and didn’t play (thinking of Matt Smith) but like you commented, that may actually be a giant milestone for a kid who is probably wide-eyed at everything.