Very Impressed with Udinese

didnt thought udinese would play that good...

they lost hell of a talent in sanchez, a great winger, inter a great box to box midfielder, and zapata, a colossal defender, and yet they continue impressing.

arsenal played well too they didnt have VP, and wilshere. should be interesting encounter in next leg.

di natale even though he wasnt in his best was ... great!! this guy gets better and better all the time.. age hasnt taken a toll on him.

btw armero was beast... interesting talent to look at.

Szczesny won us the match along with Vermaelen n koscielny

Lex wrote:

kiranr wrote:Walcott is super useless. All that pace and he can't do anything with it. Arsenal could have settled this tie if the guy was any good....

Words fail me

Not surprising!

RealGunner wrote:Szczesny won us the match along with Vermaelen n koscielny

Exactly...

Asamoah was udinese's best player on the pitch in my opinion

I think Kos was poor. But Vermaelen and Sznynyznyzbyn were good

frak, is our defense looking solid after a few thousand years?

Good things are coming.

Once we fix our attack, that is.

kiranr wrote:Not surprising!

Uh huh Walcott is useless, even though he got us a goal that's given us a platinum advantage in the return leg. If not for him, there basically wouldn't be a tie to tie up

But you're right, he's crap

walcott and gervinho spotted leaving the stadium on a moped

So much for Serie A fans cursing Udinese to the depths of hell for embarassing Italian football then...

It's snowing in London?

Heeeey wait, no it's not! I live here and i know it's not! That picture is obviously fabricated...

Walcott was basically doing everything by himself, since Chamakh was invisible and Gervinho was having an off day.

He also scored the goal with a nice finish. Had a good chance at the end which Handanovic saved (solid keeper, BTW).

But he's still crap? The frak?

Quick question:

What did you guys think of Jenkinson? I thought he was fantastic defensively

kiranr wrote:

Lex wrote:

kiranr wrote:Walcott is super useless. All that pace and he can't do anything with it. Arsenal could have settled this tie if the guy was any good....

Words fail me

Not surprising!

yes ,its not surprising that words fail to define how ignorant you are lol

We are missing our 3 best players, 1 got sold, 2 defenders just got injured. We dont even have our manager. No wonder we got dominated in the second half........

Udinese played really well and deserved atleast a draw. i still think they will go through.

Iceman wrote:What did you guys think of Jenkinson? I thought he was fantastic defensively

His name is not Chris Smalling and he doesn't play for United, so no-one besides us will notice how good he actually is

Iceman wrote:Quick question:

What did you guys think of Jenkinson? I thought he was fantastic defensively

He was solid. Hell, I'd say if we're not buying an LB, train him there and he can do a Lahm and play as an inverted profile FB

Sushi Master wrote:frak, is our defense looking solid after a few thousand years?

Good things are coming.

Once we fix our attack, that is.

Just when we start improving our defense, we screw up our attack. OMG

Art Morte wrote:So much for Serie A fans cursing Udinese to the depths of hell for embarassing Italian football then...

Just Imagine if Udinese still had Zapata ,Sanchez and Inler..

Anyways we Serie A fans were skeptical about Udinese's chances in the champions league because they dint actually sign like for like replacements instead they signed up a few unknown quantities from lower leagues on cheap..

But these unknown quantities turned out be a surprise package honestly..Neuton and Ekstrand in defense were quite impressive today ,And badu another relatively unknown name in midfield was quite efficient although i have to say Udinese lacked the cutting edge on the day..

Props to the Udinese scouts..They manage to discover some amazing talents..

Lex wrote:

Iceman wrote:What did you guys think of Jenkinson? I thought he was fantastic defensively

His name is not Chris Smalling and he doesn't play for United, so no-one besides us will notice how good he actually is

Chris Smalling is actually a very good young defender, that's why he recieves praises. He was getting them even when he was at Fulham.

The Verminator wrote:Geez wtf is wrong witht his forum? When we play Man Utd and we dominate but lose to a single goal, everyone says "Yanited deserved their win coz they took their chance when they got it". When we win 1-0 against Udinese "Arsenal didn't deserve it"........ Crazy........

Ding ding ding

We have a winner.

Refereeing mistakes aside, the team who deserves to win is the team who comes out victorious.

If you Arsenal fans cannot see how he managed to squander some extremely promising counterattacks, you are all such fan boys..

Let me tell you something else. If it was Pires and Ljumberg operating today, instead of Gervinho and Walcott, Arsenal would have won 3-0.

But yeah, Walcott was brilliant today. I am ignorant LOL!

tsgooner1 wrote:

Sushi Master wrote:frak, is our defense looking solid after a few thousand years?

Good things are coming.

Once we fix our attack, that is.

Just when we start improving our defense, we screw up our attack. OMG

Attack is our strength, so improving it will be no problem. A few signings and Ramsey growing as a player and we should be set.

Once we start improving our weakest area, then we're doing great.

But we have to make sure to never, ever, nunca, play Squillaci again.

Iceman wrote:

The Verminator wrote:Geez wtf is wrong witht his forum? When we play Man Utd and we dominate but lose to a single goal, everyone says "Yanited deserved their win coz they took their chance when they got it". When we win 1-0 against Udinese "Arsenal didn't deserve it"........ Crazy........

Ding ding ding

We have a winner.

Refereeing mistakes aside, the team who deserves to win is the team who comes out victorious.

I agree with this, but i cannot help notice that anytime a fan says this, it means his team was not playing really well!

kiranr wrote:If it was RVP and Wilshere operating today, instead of Gervinho and Walcott, Arsenal would have won 3-0.

We'll just have to wait for the return leg to find out