Arsenal v Udinese Tuesday August 16th 19:45

[StamfordBrdige]

Udinese are awful. For an italian team they really suck at defending.

[Master Splinter]

All their chances have come from midfield mistakes.



Apart from Di Natale's FK.

[Master Splinter]

Song got the final block.

It was his fault - twice - in the first place.

[Cripps_orig]

You're a supporter of Chamakh. A strike that refuses to shoot when clean in on goal. He's bloody worse.

[Aaron Wilshere]

Vermaelen really is a quality defender.

Missed him so badly last season

[StamfordBrdige]

The standard of football on show right now is terrible. I've lost count of the football equivalent of 'unforced errors' from both sides.

[Power n Glory]

It was his fault - twice - in the first place.

He's having a stinker but he made the effort to get back and block the shot. They'd have scored otherwise.

[Master Splinter]

Chamakh

[Syn]

In recent years we don't expect to deal with long throws or aerial threat, but one thing we're sure as fuck meant to be half-decent at is technique. The first-touch of most players is, at best, average for top division standard. Our players need 2 or 3 touches to set themselves before making a pass longer than 15 yards let alone a shot.

[AKBapologist]

The ref isn't giving us anything is he?