The opening weekend of the Premier League season saw Arsenal cruise to a 3-0 victory at Fulham, their new signing Willian quickly endearing himself to fans with a hand in all three goals.
The Gunners faithful were hugely optimistic about the new campaign and the signing of the experienced free agent Willian looked like it could have been a shrewd bit of business, despite reservations over his £220,000-a-week wages.
Three months later, the former Chelsea man is being labelled one of the worst signings in the club's history.
And it's hard to argue with such claims.
Willian has been an ever-present in an Arsenal that have made their worst start to a season in 46 years.
The Brazilian, brought in to add dynamism and creativity to Arsenal's attack, has contributed one assist and no goals in 15 games in all competitions since that day at Craven Cottage.
Mikel Arteta's 'revolution' has crumbled, the north London club currently sitting 15th in the Premier League with Saturday's defeat at Everton extending their winless run in the top flight to seven matches.
And Willian is deservedly getting a lot of the blame.
With Mesut Ozil cast out, the onus has been on the 32-year-old to be a driving force for Arsenal going forward. He has failed miserably.
Arteta's side have managed just 12 goals in 14 league games and that is largely because their ability to create clear chances has been almost non-existent.
Willian has created four in his 12 top flight appearances. Even more alarmingly, he has managed just one shot on target in that time.
In terms of numbers, all of his key statistics are well down on his final season with Chelsea, where he actually enjoyed a strong Project Restart.
He is averaging just 0.88 key passes a game, down from 1.16, and 0.63 shots, down from 1.67.
The worrying numbers don't end there with the Brazil international going art a rate of just 1.5 dribbles a game, a drastic decline from the 4.3 per 90 minutes he was managing last season.
The reaction to Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Everton told a familiar story, Arsenal supporters flocking to social media to slam Willian's display.
It had been another one devoid of any spark or flair, or any justification of his seemingly guaranteed place in the starting line-up.
Such an established Premier League player shouldn't need time to adapt and at his age you have to feel that Father Time has caught up with him.
Speaking after Saturday's game, club legend Tony Adams said the signing of Willian was 'lazy recruitment'.
'You've got to really question the recruitment process at Arsenal at the moment,' he continued. 'You wouldn't have even considered Willian if Arsene Wenger was still in control at the club.
'For him a forward over the age of 30, physiologically he doesn't think he can get that player to consistently to perform to the levels that Arsene would want him to get, it wouldn't even have been on the agenda.
'This is a straightforward agent recommendation, he's got the same agent as the sports director [Edu] so it's an easy option for him, three-year contract, there we go. I think it's really poor recruitment.
'One shot in 12 games. I'm like, 'hold on put [Joe] Willock out there', we've got [Gabriel] Martinelli back in there. You've got other options.'
Sportsmail columnist Chris Sutton was equally damning in his assessment, saying Willian 'may as well be playing in his slippers' at the moment.
Perhaps it is time he put some on and stayed at home.
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