MENEZ!!!

Great goal

The Spanish commentator in my stream keeps referring to Armero as 'Armentero'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Mexes saves the clean sheet after Armero does a Muntari (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Armero is a half decent backup, but there is no way he should start ahead of DS if he's fit

Overall positive performance, although there are still many things that need to be improved on.

On a very positive note though, I don't remember Lopez making one save, routine or otherwise.

That's because Udinese were absolutely horrible.

That's simply not true. He had some very good through passes as well.

Anyway, good game, good result. Essien with red unfortunate, but de Jong should be at least as good as him there. Hopefully we'll continue to see more of van Ginkel and the rest (Poli, Monto). Pazzo seems motivated and inspired, so next match we could try him from start.

And this is what worries me. Not a single shot on goal.

This means we weren't so good, but Udine were just terrible.

Yeah, I think the same. We weren't bad by any means, but weren't that good either.

We've played against other horrible teams this season and still they made us look like amateurs defensively at least once or twice during the game.

I think we handled them relatively well today, no matter how terrible they were, we usually best our opposition in the defensive department in the terrible stakes


What through passes? He was absolutely awful in the second half whenever ha passed the half way line btw.

Don't generalize, Han. No team we've faced this season has played as badly as Udinese did today.

Chievo and Parma come to mind. Inter last week were bad as well...

And haven't Udine been pretty decent this season in general?

No. This is their 7th or 8th consecutive game without winning.

You seriously think Inters play can be compared with Udine? Think twice.

As for Bonera, I'd have to take a re-watch. I stand by my initial post, he made a few very good crosses that weren't to high as you said (btw. see Abate up until recent times), but only unfortunately missed (timing). The he had a couple of through balls for Honda/Menez as well. Second half he made only one worth combination, but saying he was "absolutely awful" is just too much han.

His passes in the second half simply weren't connecting with anyone, he kept making errors when he passed it forward, he was decent overall today, he usually is at RB, I don't really ever remember him having any awful games in this position, it's when you put hm in the centre that he really starts to f@ck up

But if Abate was the one making the crosses Bonera made today you'd be complaining about how he can't cross. You're mostly looking at something and trying to make it overly positive to defend his place in side, when in reality he really shouldn't be in it

Yet Parma managed to score 4 goals to us. Only Chievo were bad against us, but not as bad as Udinese were today. No matter what excuses you might try to find, Udinese so far have been the worst opponent we've faced, and the fact we managed to win doesn't necessarily mean we played well. Like I said, we weren't bad, but not good enough either.