Arsenal fans are fickle and rather dumb, I've firstly never said we definately weren't winning tonight, just that its a distinct possibility we wouldn't.
The team were rubbish until the goal, complete rubbish, and with a bit of luck on his side Di Natale would have scored 4 tonight, woodwork, penalty, etc, etc. The only time Arsenal looked good as a whole was after Di Natale's penalty miss, they fell apart.
Udinese aren't good, they weren't great in the first leg, they weren't great tonight, yet for 2/3rd's of both games they quite easily outplayed us and missed really chance after chance.
If Di Natale's 2-3 chances had gone in to make it 2 or 3-0 then Arsenal would be the team whose head's dropped and dissappeared from the game.
This doesn't make us a better team, it doesn't mean we can beat Utd, it doesn't somehow mean we'll do well in the league, nor win the champs league.
Its better than a kick in the teeth, by a long shot, but somehow I can't see a huge amount of positives for relying on Di Natale's luck infront of goal being completely out tonight.
Theo got a goal, big whoop, when have I said he can't finish when in the box and in behind, Udinese were chasing the game and leaving big gaps, what about all his other shots, the passing to the keeper from 25yards pathetic shots, the missing from 10 yards out where he had time to pick his spot, and hit the keeper, Gervinho was much improved in the 2nd half, yet most of the game he still insisted on hanging on to the ball too long and losing it.
One result doesn't magically change how good the team is. We've playing an actually good team next, very good, and what do you think the score will be with them if we play as crap for 55mins?
The biggest thing tonight did was hopefully make it easier to bring in some actually good players, we've had months, and have a week left, the signs aren't promising as of yet.
