Right onto Olympiacos now and to be honest the Greek football scene has been going downhill for years. However they've made it this far so they must have something going for them. The team tomorrow isn't the strongest side going and more injury news means that we will be without Koscielny, Djourou, Walcott and Gervinho. So the side will be interesting, particularly in defence and there will be a test. A win would be very handy tomorrow night as Olympiacos are probably the weakest team in the group.
Olympiacos are currently 5th in the Greek Superlig but they've only played twice due to their appearance in the Champions League and they've won them both. As I said Greek football has been going downhill but I think much of this is due to their economy which as well all know is right down the shitter, but as I said they've got this far so we can't take them lightly. I can't say I know much about their squad so we'll just have to see ow it pans out.
In other news it appears Jack Wilshere could be sidelined for up to 5 months following the surgery on his Ankle yesterday. This isn't the sort of news we wanted to hear by any means and if we hadn't strengthened the midfield then I'd be concerned but we have Arteta and Benayoun and as pointed out by Arseblogger, we also have the battle for games between Frimpong and Coquelin. Don't get me wrong its a blow and we will miss him but it could be worse.
To finish today I just wanted to say a bit about Van Persie and his reluctance to sign a new deal. Now of course the papers are going ballistic about him leaving but as Wenger said, I think its been blown out of proportion and all he said was "there is no rush". He's right he has 2 years left and we're in a busy period so now might not be the best time to talk about a new deal, but we all know he's waiting to see how this season pans out and really who can blame him?
Until Saturday, COYG!
Prediction: Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos
