Olympique de Marseille (A)

We got there, after a blinding 25 minutes, a wobble and then a dominant second half, we got our 3 points and mainly thanks to that man upfront RVP. Our second goal was tremendous and as much as an equal for Larssons finish that gave Szczesny no chance, I instantly thought back to the goal I saw him score against Wigan in our final season at Highbury. He came to our rescue again and I began to think, where would we be without him? As good as his current form is it's worrying that he appears to be our only source of goals, should he get injured, touch-wood he doesn't, we'd be in trouble. People also seem to think that we're back to old ways, however this is ridiculous we're far from playing classic Arsenal football.

Anyway tomorrow sees us take on Marseillie in France and a game that I'm not sure about at all. They're having a few problems domestically at the moment, much like us and sit 15th in a 20 team league. However they took Dortmund apart at home last week and that proves that they are dangerous. Its gonna be testing tomorrow night and their fans will get behind the team. They have some real threats in Loic Remy who is on form this season, other threats come from Valbuena, Gonzalez and Ayew.

It will be a test for the defence especially Mertesacker who we all know lacks pace. The Marseille attack will be fast and he'll need to be sharp in order to keep up. On the other side of things they haven't conceded a goal yet in the group so our attack may also have a job on their hands. I will imagine after a good performance at the weekend Gervinho will start on the wing with Walcott on the other side and RVP upfront alone. I would expect our team to be the same as that which started on Sunday, bar Gibbs who picked up a stomach injury so we should see Santos start. 

Talking about injury Vermaelen is still 2-3 weeks away. As he was all of last season. But on the plus he has just signed a new deal which is a positive. We still have a few big contracts to sort including Walcott and of course Van Persie who will continue to spur stories of big money moves until he signs, despite what he said in the Arsenal Programme on Sunday.

There are no doubts tomorrow will be a real tough game and if we win then we're laughing but i somehow just can't see it. We can all hope anyway, COYG.

Prediction: Olympique de Marseille 1-1 Arsenal