Yawn! The Interlull! Yawn!

Yaaaaawn! One week without football and the international break is only halfway gone. Thankfully the first of the international games will be played this evening and we'll get to see a few games without any emotions and pray silently that all members of the red and white army who have been conscripted to go do battle for their various countries will return in one piece.

The club has confirmed that the Koscielney scare from yesterday was just that -a scare. He passed a medical examination yesterday afternoon and was back in training by evening.

Thankfully there are other ways to get Arsenal entertainment when the team is not doing it on the green grass.

Sagna graced the Twitter takeover couch recently and took on a few questions

 

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I usually hate the international break with the kind of passion that I only reserve for bad breath and BO but this time I welcomed it with a loving bear hug and hoped to hibernate for the two weeks that it will last.

I welcomed the break because I saw Gibbs limp off against West Ham last Saturday and after watching his replacement, Santos for the rest of the game I was convinced that he isn't the ideal cover for Gibbs. I really am fond of that cheerfully disposed Brazillian but whatever else Andre Santos may bring to the team, defending isn't one of them. I will be glad to see Gibbs back, fit and ready to man that left-back position; the international break will afford him time to rest and get back to first team duties. He was on England's list for their two games during the international break but that injury against West Ham put paid to that.

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On song for France

The last of the international games were played yesterday evening; thank goodness for that. Now we can all turn our attentions to some real football this weekend.

Before we do that though we need to take stock and assess the state the boys who left to do battle for their countries have returned in.

I guess everyone's biggest worry was Abou Diaby; he was mine. After what I saw him do against Liverpool in the last domestic game before the international break, I believe he's an integral part of this team and it was with trepidation that I watched him go off to play for his country. The France game against Finland was not aired in my neck of the woods but I monitored it closely and was glad to hear he scored the game's only goal. I was even more glad to hear that he came out of it unscathed.