Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, has sung the praises of Park Ji-Sung.
Park scored the opening goal in what Wenger called “the most disappointing night” of his career, when United thrashed Arsenal at the Emirates in the Champions League semi-final last year.
We repeated that thrashing this season at the Emirates, with Park on the scoresheet again.
Wenger has praised Park for his hard working nature and good skill.
“I know that some of the Korean players are doing very well in England and of course it excites your curiosity,” said Wenger. “There are very few Asian players playing in Europe and especially in the Premier League but the Koreans look to have adapted very well here. Park has started very well. I think he has made his name at Eindhoven first and in the Champions League has convinced. When you play against him, he’s a very hard working player who sacrifices for the team but as well has good skill and scores important goals, unfortunately, against us. I’m convinced by his quality. He has a top level attitude.”
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He has had a fantastic career when you look back at it including a world cup semi final and four champions league semi finals (or better).
I hate it when ppl come and say he is not united quality . He has been one of our best performers in big games he deserves the credit
Manchester united secret weapon andthe most underrated player at united and maybe in the whole league
well, I think Arsenal`s style of play allows most of mutd unsung heroes go notice . Ever since that FA Cup win where SAf was in shocked how Arsenal played. Arsene deep inside was shame he`ll never want to win like that again and that`s why Arsene stubbornness won`t let us win it because he wants to win it w/ style
Don’t sell my park, my lovely ji sung park, I just don’t think he’ll understand, and if you sell my park, my lovely ji sung park, you’re gunna have a riot on your hands!
Time flies by. When did Park turn 29, lol? Seems like he is in the best shape of his life.
Park is a hell of a player, and very underestimated. Fast as fuck, and hard working man.
Yet, people seem to forget his value. Look at Milan, many saying that he was shite and forgetting the way he put Pirlo in his pocket.
Park is top quality.
But funny how you didn’t mention being outclassed by Arsenal at OT and needing a dive & an o.g. (one of the dozen or so you’ve had this season) to steal the points.
But in the words of The Joker…
“He who laughs last, laughs loudest”
@coldcalleddie
1) Park played the last 30 minutes of the 2-1 win. So why mention it?
2) The OGs are actually 10.
3) Agreed on the last part.
Sound’s like you’ve got a chip on your shoulder Eddie.
coldcalleddie- re: OGs, If your player or any of our opponents’ players score an OG, it still counts for us.
Funny how you didn’t mention being outclassed at the Emirates.
Costa my man not often I get to correct your facts mate but it’s down to 9 due to carrick getting awarded his goal.@codecalldie
he who is bitter on another teams blog is bitter the loudest
We outplayed your lot that you got confused by it all
and scored against yerselves!
”he who is bitter on another teams blog is bitter the loudest”……haha,well said.what is he doing here.As usual obsessed with united….
@GHTT
Did he now? I thought it went down as an OG. Good to know. And he deserved that one. Thanks for correcting me.
@GHTT
And that was a killer last quote.
In the past few games especially, he has been fantastic. He is the secret weapon to our Champions League campaign, and always seems to turn up in big games. He has the odd bad game but when on form he is simply marvellous and a vital player in our squad.
And it is great to know that even Wenger does SEE Park’s quality.
Now if only our fans would do the same.
Costa if I’d to pick one of those own goals that the player deserved it was the aforementioned nani goal against arsenal. I fucking live the dark knight film but it’s no Annie hall but if you go around on a different teams blog going against what your own manager says and quoting batman you come across as a 12 year old mark
@GHTT
Oh yeah, no doubt about it. Nani should have been awarded that goal. Who’s to say he wasn’t going for goal?
Love the Dark Knight too by the way…
Quote”Park for his hard working nature” I see him as many know doubt do as 3 Lung Park, ffs if anybody cant see the energy and commitment the Man possesses, is clearly blind.
He who laugh’s last, clearly did not get the Joke.
Costa
I’d love to know who’s on the dubious goal scoring comittie. I think the fa only gave carrick the goal because there were to many questions about how every og was an og for united but if it’s another teams it was given to there respected team. The own goal thing is a wonderful thing for the media to write about in there abu united are lucky tripe they always wanna write.
Annie hall is better
Same here ghtt, fcuking love the dark knight.
like most players he needs a run of games, and that has done him a world of good in the last few games.. We all love park tri lung
@GHTT
That’s probably it. In a season filled with bad luck for us, it’s funny how they only remember the OGs. And I think there is another reason why Carrick was awarded this goal: The amount of similar goals that Lampard has been awarded. The king of deflections.
I like Annie Hall too. I’ve only watched it once (under pressure from my best friend who is a huge Woody Allen fan), but I found it great.
He’s a good midfielder… not a good winger. Thats the difference when you judge him. Shooting is still terrible though. His runs are alright… they just don’t add much going forward(once again note his position).
Sorry, but i just don’t rate him. Someone earlier said he’s fast as fuck, i think we’re watchin a different player.
Dont get me wrong i think he’s a fantasic squad player, has a great attitude and works his bollocks off. His movement is also very good and sometimes need to be there to appreciate it.
He’s just not quick or strong enough so struggles to beat a man and his lack of goals and assists means he doesn’t make up for it.
I think anyone who is a United first choice winger should be more creative and quick (exciting to watch). Also it would be nice to have someone who can take a corner and free kick.
Or maybe i’m just describing Ryan Giggs and should lower my standards
Toms – His shooting has actually improved of late. Smashed that effort against the bar against West Ham then hit the post at Wembley. Very unlucky on both.
I really do like Park. You could tell he has been injured as at the start of the season he was well under par. He has been superb recently especially with his mazy runs through the middle. Just imagine a full strength United team. Hargo, Fletch and Scholes/Carrick in the middle. The pace of Park/Nani/Valencia and the craft of Giggs on the flanks. Best striker in the world up top and two marauding wingbacks in Evra and Rafael. Now that is a proper attacking team.
If Emily was a boy she would of been called woody
@toms tell me do you think berbatov is overrated aswell
Stretford972 – He is fast mate. When you look at United’s best counter attacking moves there is a common denominator. Parky. He never struggles to keep up with Wayne or Ronnie last season. Just recently he has been beating men infact two or three at a time a la the final on Sunday.
@GHTT
Lol, another big Woody fan. If I ever have a son, I actually plan on calling him Ryan.
@ghtt
Dont start the berba debate, we’ll be here all night.
If berba and park had real pace, how good would they be. I see O’neil is still banging on about the vidic red card, they need to get over it.
Lol, has anyone seen this? A prank on tiny tears!
http://www.rs.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2010/03/05/1819638/john-terry-asked-to-say-sorry-wayne-in-autograph-prank
King Eric – I think I’m gonna have to start looking harder. Too many times I see him turning back onto his right foot when we break. When he doesn’t have the ball he can keep up but not effective when he’s leading the break himself wth the ball at his feet. Not sure about him beating defenders either, he seems to get muscled out of it more often than not.
I genuinely hope he proves me wrong mate, just like Nani did, but as it stands to 2 players i’d like to see in most like to see brought in are proper replacements for Giggs and Scholes, just like every other year.
WoW. So many people have good things to say about park. Surprised because when we get a bad result he is the first one to be called ‘shit’ and fans say he ‘brings nothing to the team’
Willierednut
it wasn’t a real question I could just guess that he was one of the weekday berba haters. Tomorrow berbatov will play amazingly again and people will post on here Saturday night/ Sunday saying yeah he was good today but why can he do it on a regular basis( same thing after every match) then on Monday he’s shit again for that 40% of people berba park Gibson and oh let’s not forget that even thou the guy hasn’t got a photo taken yet with a united scarf but yet smallings is a united flop
silly people make me smile
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/A/405794448?-11193
New signing.
Rumours going round that Rooney didn’t travel with the squad to Wolves. Can anyone confirm?
don’t be surprised AIG,
PARK IS THE BEDROCK OF OUR SQUAD!! and he likes daggs!
I seriously rate the man! Never gets tired, never moans! makes Tevez look like an obese moaning brat! …well, he is… but anyway, always rated Park! I’d kill to see him on Ninja Warrior!!!!
ps. Red Phil that chant had me going man!! absolute classic :O)
@Park likes dags
I like park a lot. he isnt the most gifted or quality player you will see but his hard work and total commitment to the cause more than make up for it. he is in good form and hope it continues till the end of the season.
However if you visit the blog after a United defeat or a poor performance Park and Berbatov receive a lot of stick, sometimes it happens even if they dont play they still get slagged.
I think Park is often overlooked because he’s Korean. Let’s face it, nobody expects a guy from the far east to be -that- good. If he was a Brazilian, or hell even English, then the sky would be the limit for expectations of his quality, because people have seen great Brazilian and English players before. But he’s not, he’s literally the first great Korean footballer, probably indeed the best far Eastern player ever. And nobody really knows what to make of that. It’s not racism or anything sinister, it just catches people off guard.
Push comes to shove though he’s been at United a decent amount of time and by all accounts his professionalism, his commitment and dedication to training are second to none. He has earned the respect of players and staff and, I would think, the respect of fans who know what they are talking about because of it. And he’s an awesome player. Fair dos he doesn’t seem to do anything especially brilliantly in terms of skills, but he’s everywhere, all game. By the time you get to seventy minutes and other players are flagging he looks like an impact substitution.
@AIG
Don’t forget Carrick mate.
@park like daggs
Emilys singing a version of that song 18 months now
ha ha ha it sounds funny hearing it now a days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB9H8IU5csU
10 alsations roming down the street 10 alsations roming down the street and if Ji Sung Park fancies one to eat there will be 9 alsations roming down the street…
Heard this on the tube on the way to wembley, absolutly loved it haven’t been able to get it out of my head since haha
@Welbz19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CS2b98LXg0
if there is 2 players wenger should be impressed with apart from wayne its park and fletcher but
park = a very hard working player who sacrifices for the team but as well has good skill and scores important goals,
fletcher = anti football
@costas
yeah mate.carrick also gets a lot of stick.just like in parks case carrick may not be a pirlo or xavi but he does his job very well and hardly gets praised for his performances
@ DogHouse never has a truer word been spoken. They idolise him in Korea and he carries a playful yet classically Honourable aura (birthday vid is fucking class..) but here people must think they love him coz he’s the only one’ or ‘United bought him for shirt sales…’ … utter bullshit!! I especially hate that last quote!! makes me cringe.
At Park-’Playahaters’ (and Berba-bashers alike..) don’t get hung up on comparing… it’s the worst way to enjoy football!
Park is a total player. He may be a ‘jack of all trades, master of none’, but he’ll do THE job. He’s a squad player. A true squad player. unselfish, reliable, adaptive And the best thing about him is that he is happy here and knows/feels his importance. Star players (ref. Chamionship Manager) get constant injuries, niggles, media attention, suspension, praise…
Squad players like Park, O’Shea, Fletcher, Brown will do the JOB anywhere to the best of their abilities. In times of need they save our bacon.
The worst thing for them is that most of us don’t even realise it.
No one said about Starting XIs… legend replacements… as far as I’m concerned, football adapts, you don’t try & repeat greatness. SAF taught me that one :O)
COMPARISON IS FUTILE.
@ghtt haha never heard it before thought it was quality! Would be great to hear it get going in old Trafford!!
rofl GHTT, that’s a classic!! definately agree with Welbz19
think about the nursery rhymes idea mate!(if u’ve seen my comment on YT..)lol I reckon with a marketable concept (eg DVD with emily chants/nursery rhymes) the club would hop on it! maybe do it after the glaciers subside! and maybe pick out some politically correct ones.. only for the presentation of course!! ;O)
@ AIG, I know!! I hate people that are never happy with what they’ve got! Which surprisingly means a lot of fucking people!lol but at United we are so spoilt. we should appreciate it at every moment. especially bad ones…
I regularly visit this blog, (O: it’s my home page! :O) and has been for years now.
what can I say, I fucking love a bitter (absolute) beating here. they come on when we lose or from newsnow with their one-time-*ohspunkinpants*-pathetic-idea of ‘wit?’… No, Utter bloody nonsence!!
unfortunately even our own ‘fans’ at times..
thankfully stallwarts like yrself GHTT, KEric, Costas, RCWIS, ABClosing, Willi, Denton Davey, hell even Boogeyman sort em out before I can even get my laptop open!haha
Much love! …for today! … there was FINALLY an article about Tri Lung Park! My fucking Hero!
Hey, Where did Lassie go!?!?!?!?!?!?!ha
for he eaaats dogs in his hooooomee cooooouuntryyee!!!
it could be worse
He could be a scouse!? (*bluuugrhhahhrggh)
eating rats in his council hooooouse!!!
Wenger isn’t so myopic afterall it seems… on second thoughts
I have had far too much time & beer tonight!haha
Hope we go top tomorrow! And stay there!!!!! :O)
Fuck England Wayne, concentrate on United. Bit of a concern this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/mar/05/sir-alex-ferguson-wayne-rooney-clash
park is good simply because fergie says so and thinks so. he uses park well in most games, and park responds. to fergie thats great. consistency and carryong out team orders is what fergie expects from the players. you dont have to be the best in your department all the time, just the best when you play with the team fergie puts out.
consistency is the most underrated aspect of a player’s skill set. everyone wants the glam factor and the skilled tricks etc. but fergie does not need all that from everyone. that is why park is there. that is why fletcher was given the time to be there. fergie knows what he is doing with the players, and he makes sure they understand too. in your department, do what you are expected to do at the right time.
consistency! thats what park brings. how many players are overrated because of their skills in one off games, and are not chosen because of lack of consistency? look it up, you have loads of players like that world over – how many players get to play game in and game out, and why? simply because they are consistently putting out performance of 7/10 and above on a more than regular basis
GHTT and Costas carricks dad’s on the dodgey goal commitee so am not suprised he got his goal
bet emily can’twait to see the game next week can she matey,
fort i met you the other week GHTT, i was in london for the arsenal game. and got chatting to a big united fan for ireland(dublin if i remember rightly), he had to dash but gave us £20 for a round of drinks, top fuckin guy
@vidic will get ya 15
Really? Haha! Conspiracy! Nah, he deserved it anyway.:D
@King Eric
Capello isn’t innocent in this. Rooney didn’t exactly twist his arm to play 85 freaking minutes. Fergie couldn’t stop him from going(even though he gave him a good platform by saying he felt some pain) and Rooney loves the game so much he will always want to play. Capello was the only one who could have stopped this. After today’s game we will know how costly this decision was.
these internationals are fuckin ridiculous, be better off having another round of league fixtures, then finish the league earlier and have another friendly before the world cup, common sence i’d say, as for england and capello don’t give a fuck about them, green and gold in the summer to me thinks, brazil brazil, although be funny in the argie cunts won it as the money grabbing whore said he’d retire i if he won the world cup, funny to see the smug bitter blue if that happened
Wayne rooney cant be blamed for wanting to play for england.he knows his body condition best and if he wants to play so be it.
Easy to say ‘who cares about england’ and ‘club is more important’.try telling the players that and they will tell you that there is no bigger achievement than playing for your country.
Rooney was playing for england after 3 months.its up to united to ensure he stays fit,not england by resting him for one friendly
anyways why are people worried,when i said a few weeks back we would struggle without rooney i was ridiculed saying we have berbatov,diouf who can do the job.surely we can cope
aig – No need for sarcasm. Owen was part of that equation then. United pay Rooney’s wages not Ingerlund mate.
Don’t fcuk with Park, or he’ll eat your dog for a lark!
Hey, is Wenger hoping to buy Park?
King Eric
United pay Rooneys wages so United should do better to ensure he stays fit, not England.Rooney spends most of his time with United, not England Rooney hardly plays 8 -10 games for England in a year compared to 60 games for United so he is at united for most of the time. When you play for your country its about pride not who pays your wages. You may not care about England but not all english fans think that way.
I had also said then that we cant trust owen to play regularly given his injury record and i was told he has had a couple of bad injuries in his career thats about it.My doubt was never much o do with Owens quality but i had my doubts about his fitness and his ability to play consistently for a long time.
Not saying i was right or anything like that. I am gutted for him and it is a blow for us but we have to admit Rooney is our main man and without him we will struggle. Not saying we are a ‘one man team’. Rooney is our main man means the team is built around him and when we need inspiration we look to him which is fair enough.
PARK PARK WHEREEVER HE MAY BE!!
Park is by far my favourite player…I cant care less for flair players who can win games, what i want to see is the blood and sweat and so fletch parko etc win my vote!!
Forza Utd!!!
Fuck ingerlund
@ AIG
I get what u’re trying to say mate……But common sense should have come into it…. Rooney did not need to play for 86 mins in that game. Its a worthless friendly bang in the middle of the business end of the season…..it should have been used by Capello to test other players to see if they are good enuf to go to the world cup, not to just keep playing his best 11 all the time…
With all due respect I think Capello acted like a right twat by keeping him on for 86 mins…… I still dont think resting rooney for a couple of games would not have been a problem if Micky Owen was around because that guy would be bursting his lungs trying to prove a point to Capello as he was during those 41 minutes in Wembley…..
aig
i think your putting to much taught into the importance of a pointless game for someone like a stating man like rooney
asscole is out so it shows who should play there
rios out so its a chance to see who can play there
rooney,who sir alex said on sunday shouldnt of played, played 86 pointless minutes . nothing good can come from it and with what happened to micheal owen(fuck sky sports news) hammy he should know what thaqt pitch can do
He is a great player,united dont sell him
@Red Devil
It looks like needless friendly but Capello cant think that way. this is the last game they play before he announces his squad for the finals.Rooney is a guranteed starter but Capello intentionally played Defoe and Crouch because he wanted to see who can do better with Rooney. heskey did not play for that sole reason. That is also the reason Rooney played 86 mins. Capello wanted to give Rooney-Defoe and Rooney-Crouch patnership time and see how they perform.
It wasnt just england all the major teams like France,Spain,Brazil played their full strength teams
never lets the team down,and a big game player thats for sure.could do with some shooting practice but he’s not in the team for his goals
One should never doubt THE PARK KNIGHT
James Gordon Jr.: Why’s he running, Dad?
Lt. James Gordon: Because we have to chase him.
James Gordon Jr.: He didn’t do anything wrong.
Lt. James Gordon: Because he’s the hero United deserves, but not the one it sees right now. So we’ll slag him because he can take it. Because he’s not a hero.
He’s a silent guardian.
A watchful protector.
THE PARK KNIGHT
@aig alex is god
Completely agree with what you’ve said. I think representing the country is an honor for any sportsman, be it football or any other sport. Also Capello has to determine his best combination and decides who makes the final 23. That would explain him trying out different combinations.
@ AIG
fair enough……but if Capello is going to make those kind of decisions on the basis of just 45 mins each with rooney in one game, then I’m pretty sure he’s off his rocker and England are fucked!
These kind of decisions aren’t taken on basis of a stupid friendly when the other team is probably not even fully up for it…… I hardly think Egypt players were giving their 110% as they were in the African cup of nations….Also if that was the case why did he take off Frank lampard —-surely its not gonna be Barry and carrick and Gerrard in the midfield, more likely to be Lampard+Gerrard+Carrick, so he should have subsituted Barry and not lampard….
Also, other teams played their full strength but all made huge changes at half-time…..For eg — David Villa, Cesc Fabregas and Puyol all came off at half time for spain..
@Red Devil
Egypt were at their best and had their best team out. 9 out of 11 players who played the final of african cup of nations started
Capello gave a good 40 minutes to both partnerships to try and make an impact. Thats the best he can do because he has no more matches until he announces his final squad
Spain pretty much know what their starting 11 will be and hence dont have to try too many things unlike england
Lampard was removed because he was awful, not for any other reason.missed a few sitters
@ AIG
fair points again yaar…..
But you missed the point, which was that if Capello is having to wait till the final competitive game to make that kind of important decision, then he’s not doing a very good job of it….. Besides what if Rooney gets a prolonged spell on the sidelines now, say 3-4 weeks (hypothetically!!) and loses the red-hot run of form he’s in…. Capello will be kicking himself to play a player for 86 mins who was not fully fit (remember he was declared fit to play at the last minute…) Besides to play any player for more than 45-50 mins on that dreadful pitch is inviting problems…. Who knows if Owen could have scored a few goals for us and been selected for the World cup, He could have ended up saving Capello’s and Ingerlund’s ass in some big game coming of the bench!
@Red Devil
It depends on form. Since the last game England played Defoe has done well and scored plenty so he had to be considered. He and Rooney couldnt combine very well hence Crouch was thrown in the mix. As i said earlier england played their last game over 3 months back and a lot of things can change in that time including players getting back in form. They have to be considered.England dont have 2 out and out world class forwards like Spain and hence have to do more research to find the best partner for Rooney
Finally someone realize. I been convinced Park quality and quantity.
@ AIG
I guess you’re right….its just my passion for United I guess which just wants to bash everyone in Ingerlund setup for overplaying rooney!!
I think Sir Alex wouldn’t mind throwing a few punches and hairdryers also !
Don’t delude yourselves. He’s as average as they come.
i was so excited signing Park and couldnt wait to see him put a United shirt on, been one of his biggest fans since day one and i couldnt believe how well he fitted in and how he turns it on in big games …also Arsene must of had a few drinks before before being asked that question, i dont think ive heard so much praise for a player that isnt in a Arsenal shirt haha
Park is a good player.
He’s never going to be good enough to start a run of games but he’s a good option.
I don’t see how Park is worse player than Nani, Obertan on the left.
Never going to be good enough to start a run of games but who is ?
I love Park.
Corea i think the difference between Park and Obertan is clearly 8 years of age. Obertan is going to be class.
and Nani has already showed what he’s capable of.
PARK JI SUNG … JJang !!
PARK Is BBiyong ..yongpark haha
BBiyong is sandfly( blood-sucking insects )
First great Asian player in europe?
You forgot CHA BOOM from bundesliga