Match Reaction v Udinese

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't get it, it's only half time yet we results wise we pretty much did what we needed to do, that's without RVP, Nasri and a shit tone of new signings. Would you have had the attitude "this is just half time" if we where 5 nill down. Hence my indignation at all this phoney outrage at what should have been a humbling defeat knowing what we should have known about the squad.

What humbling defeat? We were playing Udinese, a team that is still acquiring match fitness and has lost most of its key players. half time and 1-0 coupled with an extremely ordinary performance doesn't usually give rise to wild celebrations does it? Especially as we travel for the next leg.

[Coney]

A performance that gives some degree of confidence the return leg won't be a complete lottery would be better.

Sure. But if this was manu's game, the commentators would be falling over themselves to say how champions can play really badly but still get the result. So from what we've seen this year, the PL and CL are in the bag.

[Aaron Wilshere]

I didnt think this a couple of months ago but i think it now, midfield looks shit.

Cesc is gone, Nasri is going, Ramsey not yet good enough, Song is a DM playing as an AM and a shit one at that, Frimpong is a pub teamer

Wilshere cant do it on his own.

Parker is needed asap. Get Hargreaves in as well tbh and keep him fit

I agree with your sentiments that the midfield looks weak, but the criticism of Frimpong is ridiculous and unhelpful. He's an inexperienced kid who isn't ready, but to be so derisory is a bit pathetic.

[Cripps_orig]

So now the defence isn't good enough, the midfield is lacking and we're poor up front.

Sounds like a major rebuild is required to me.

We need 4 players minimum. 4 quality players at that. Not Gervinhoesque, Jenkinsonesque pub teamers.

Players that will come in to the first team and produce from the off. Agueroesque.

Will it cost money? Yes it will but we have it so shouldnt be a problem. We have just sold Cesc and will sell Nasril, thats £50m right there added to what whatever we had before so why arent we after Sneijder? Cant see him wanting to take 47 steps down from Inter to join us but never know til we try.

If we aim for big players, we might get them. If we sign mid table players, we become a midtable team

[Xhaka Can’t]

Sure. But if this was manu's game, the commentators would be falling over themselves to say how champions can play really badly but still get the result. So from what we've seen this year, the PL and CL are in the bag.

That might actually have a little bit to do with them being Champions and all.

[Marc Overmars]

Sure. But if this was manu's game, the commentators would be falling over themselves to say how champions can play really badly but still get the result. So from what we've seen this year, the PL and CL are in the bag.

Except that cliche actually means something for them.

For us it's usually a good indicator we are actually struggling.

[Özim]

We need 4 players minimum. 4 quality players at that. Not Gervinhoesque, Jenkinsonesque pub teamers.

Players that will come in to the first team and produce from the off. Agueroesque.

Will it cost money? Yes it will but we have it so shouldnt be a problem. We have just sold Cesc and will sell Nasril, thats £50m right there added to what whatever we had before so why arent we after Sneijder? Cant see him wanting to take 47 steps down from Inter to join us but never know til we try.

If we aim for big players, we might get them. If we sign mid table players, we become a midtable team

Pretty much agree with you, we shouldn't be gambling now, just going out and buying quality...we have the cash.

There's really no excuse not to, especially after selling Cesc....but you can tell from the manager's words he's not looking for quality players, just the cheaper ones that so he can be smug about savig money and taken the morally superior stance.

[Cripps_orig]

I agree with your sentiments that the midfield looks weak, but the criticism of Frimpong is ridiculous and unhelpful. He's an inexperienced kid who isn't ready, but to be so derisory is a bit pathetic.

Exactly so why are we depending on him to come on in a CL game? Our squad is awful

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Couldn't give a toss to be honest, I don't care about our 2-3 missing players which we should have cover for, or those players who have departed and we should have bought cover for.

We should be ready and have all we need at this stage, the season has started and you can therefore judge what you see, what I saw was a shower of sh*t. There's no more leeway now, not after 6 years.

Italian football isn't that great these days either, Udinese lost their best players as well, yet they were better than us and deserved more, if we repeat this we'll get turned over in Italy.

There's only one excuse, the sorry excuse for a manager we have.

Yep we should be ready but were not, its a fecking CL qualifuier a nothing game not sure why your pissed you don't want us in the comepetiton any way so why moan, some people just love a moan ahey.


You go on like Udinese are a shite team when infact they are not, Ok so we were not at the races and it was not the best game but when won, then again we could have won 7-0 and you'd still bloddy moan.

If your pissed with Aw then make a fecking Anti Wenger thread and rant in their all you like but stop clogging up the forum with tedioud shite.

I agree we should have won by more we never the games over move on or stay in the past, but im focued on the pool game now.

[Niall_Quinn]

Sure. But if this was manu's game, the commentators would be falling over themselves to say how champions can play really badly but still get the result. So from what we've seen this year, the PL and CL are in the bag.

I don't think anyone is bothered by what the commentators are saying? I'm guessing they are more bothered about whether we can pull out a result in Italy if we play like that again. It's 50/50, I suppose people might also be thinking back to how we threw away automatic qualifying last season. We shouldn't even be here playing these qualifying games. If Utd had collapsed like we had, sold their best players and then struggled through a qualifying match against a mediocre Italian team I doubt the commentators would be saying it was the stuff of champions.