It’s quiet today as you might imagine with all the players heading off on international duty. Not only do internationals disrupt our team’s momentum they make blogging much more difficult. Yet another reason to consign national teams to the dustbin.

In what little news there is Arsene Wenger has praised Robin van Persie’s development both mentally and physically. He says:

Today he is much stronger. You would be surprised how he resists challenges that he didn’t two years ago. He looked a little bit lean and weak. We had to strengthen him. As well I think he is much more confident now.

I can’t believe some people wrote off his goal against Charlton as a ‘shinner’. They need to watch the replays again.

AW also says he never lost faith despite the slow start to the season citing Hamburg and United away as turning points.

Gilberto says we shouldn’t put pressure on Theo Walcott while Aston Villa defender Martin Laursen says only lack of hard work will prevent Nicklas Bendtner from becoming a ‘big player’.

And that’s about it. Just a couple of quick notes. If you are bored during the international break you could play the demo of Football Manager 2007. As usual my good pals at Sega will have some prize packs to give away when the game is released in a couple of weeks time. Also, I’m toying with the idea of an Arseblog podcast so any comments on that are welcome in the arses. That does depend on a couple of other things though so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Ok, go forth and multiply my friends.