Park was in inspiring form for South Korea and notched up a goal in their win. Since his arrival at Arsenal, I’ve seen him notch up goals every time he has gone away to play for South Korea but he has struggled to stake a claim as a first team product, largely because of the world class form RVP is in. One thing we can all agree with is Park has moved ahead of

A week without Arsenal is like a week without sex!…. Pardon my choice of description. I actually was excited about the interlull but the reverse has been the case since I was dished a weekend of bore fest.

The international matches played this past week, be it competitive games or friendlies were nothing to write home about.

The only big plus about the past week is that I was able to watch the much improved Koscielny make his debut for his national side against USA. He was impressive and shut out Altidore who like the others(Torres, Crouch, Messi, Remy) didn’t get a sniff. Hopefully he keeps his place and is selected to represent France at the Euros in the summer.

Two key matches I thought would make my weekend turned out to be a waste of my viewing pleasure… One was a competitive world cup qualifier (Argentina vs Boliva) while the other was the much hyped England vs Spain.

England beat Spain in a ‘friendly match’ and the media would have us believe that England are favourites to win the Euros. England came out tops in a game they defended from start to finish and would have lost easily if Spain had taken their chances.

There were lots of positives to take away from the international matches played in the past week. Like I said earlier in my write up Koscielny made his National team debut, played well and lasted all 90mins without any hitch.

Park was in inspiring form for South Korea and notched up a goal in their win. Since his arrival at Arsenal, I’ve seen him notch up goals every time he has gone away to play for South Korea but he has struggled to stake a claim as a first team product, largely because of the world class form RVP is in. One thing we can all agree with is Park has moved ahead of Chamakh in the pecking order.

Rosicky was another player who did well for his country. He has fallen behind Ramsey as a starter and with Jack nearing a return it becomes all the more difficult to get games but with his performance on display for Czech against Montenegro, where he set up 2 goals in their Euro play-off win then he puts himself right at the reckoning for a starting berth.

Ramsey captained his country to a 4-1 win against Norway. According to reports he was impressive and tired out as the game wore on. Do I blame him…. No! He has played loads of game for us and he needs a breather.

Wenger got talking with Holland’s coach Bert van Marwijk and  persuaded him to release RVP. Holland’s coach had this to say to the media;

“Arsene asked me if I could please not play Robin in both games. I had a good talk with Wenger and we decided that Robin would play only on Friday. After that we would send him back to London. I won’t use Robin against the Germans.”

RVP has had  a lot of games to play in the past month for Arsenal and a week rest comes at the right time. We have got some tough fixtures coming up starting with an away trip to Norwich and getting our captain adequately rested and fresh for the games ahead is highly welcomed.

Like the media have said a lot of times this season, we are a one man team so we have to treat our main man like an egg because we don’t want our season going toast when the worst happens….. Don’t worry, the worst won’t happen, trust me!!!

Speaking about a ‘one man team’, I came across an interesting stat on twitter courtesy @Orbinho, Only Man City (12) have more different goalscorers this season than Arsenal (10).

So as I come to the end of this write-up I leave you with a question to ponder upon….. Where is this one man team coming from if the stats are there to prove otherwise?