And that was rock bottom... Match Reaction vs Udinese

[Edinburgh Gooner]

Who the f*** is David Ornstein?

I'm guessing a nobber from the BBC as that's where the quote came from

[Coney]

Supporting this team will probably give me high blood pressure and a heart attack by the time I'm 30 but it's nights like this that make it worth it.

Great result from us, a lot of players can hold their heads high as we were very good away from home against a strong crowd (and decent team). To come back from going a goal down was very promising.

Very good game from Gervinho, looks a tricky player going forward and hopefully we can see some of that in the Premiership. MOTM imo. Top save from Chesney, for all the talk about ManU spending 18M on De Gea I really think that we have the better keeper and thank fuck that we didn't buy anyone. Also very impressed with Jenkinson, he's started strongly with us and hope it continues.

Credit to Wenger, he's slaughtered on here when things that are his fault go wrong so has to be given credit for the right result today. The swap of Frimpong for Rosicky was questioned by a few (me included) but it yielded instant results and the performance was good on the whole by us.

Negatives...

Song seems to have lost everything that made him a top player, not sure what's wrong with him (perhaps off field troubles related to Cameroon) but he's been below par for a while. Need a midfielder to give him some competition.

The referee was shocking, didn't see the reason for their penalty clearly but didn't look like there was much in it, we should have had a penalty after Ramsey was tripped in the box and one of their players should have been sent off for elbowing Walcott. Walcott also received a card for nothing meaning he'll miss the first game of the group stages.

On the whole top stuff and hopefully the board + Wenger can add some quality so we have a shot at something this season.

The ref being shocking was not a negative. Although he made mistakes, our boys kept on at it and won despite that, which is a positive.

[Özim]

1st half Udinese had us on the rack, Di Natale was unstoppable.

Second half much better, the penalty save turned the game though, after that Udinese seemed to lose something and once we scored the 2nd it was all over.

Some good performances out there with Chesney and Gervinho the stand out players. Good result for us, we still need a number of top signings if we're going to compete though, Udinese were very good but did lose 3 of their most potent players over the summer as well.

Quality signings please.

[Tipsychubbs]

Rosicky was class and his introduction settled the midfield

Glad this is being highlighted. Ok injuries have degraded him a bit, but the amount of hate he's been getting in the last season or two has been extreme. His experience will help us, something that the younger players can learn from. At his best he is still a quality player.

Had a good pre-season too but people didn't seem to notice.

[Marc Overmars]

Rosicky's defensive game is very impressive. To me he's a complete non-entity in attack but I'm pleased to see he can still provide something else for the team.

[Marc Overmars]

Also, Gervinho taking on players.

We've really lacked someone who is just willing to run at players and go toe to toe with someone for pace. Great assist for RVP's goal and hopefully that is a sign of things to come.

[Tipsychubbs]

gervinho direct as usual.

should use this momentum in a positive way, really allow this to be the turning point in our season. go out and sign a couple of players.

Marc Overmars

Also, Gervinho taking on players.

We've really lacked someone who is just willing to run at players and go toe to toe with someone for pace. Great assist for RVP's goal and hopefully that is a sign of things to come.

We've been missing his style of directness for a while, apart from a handful of players like the now gone Nasri, Wilshire, Arshavin when he can be bothered or when Rosicky still had his pace and bursting runs pre-injury, or Hleb etc.

He's a player that makes things happen by carrying the ball and running at people; it seems he is actually Nasri's replacement as a wing forward on either flank (Nasri only played in the middle when Cesc was out). Ryo and AOC are also in a similar fashion.

Now if we can only get a Cesc replacement in the middle Central Attacking Midfield position to add to the squad, preferably someone direct who can carry the ball, someone like Lucho Gonzalez or Jadson it will cement our attack.

[AKBapologist]

RVP not pulling punches on whether or not he reckons we should strengthen the club. "We got a bit of money now... we can spend it good"

[cricketsi]

Glad I managed to find a bar to watch the match in St Petersburg. No idea why they were given a penalty though as there wasn't a single replay and I couldn't understand the Russian commentary. What happened?

[Marc Overmars]

Frimpong also had another good outing.

Lets say he's Denilson's replacement in the squad, they are worlds apart.

Frimpers.