its the...*** Official ARIS MATCH THREAD*** (!!)

[ruralblue]

How many blues have made the trip? Do we know?

ITV said between 800 - 1000.

[city9_4eva]

what the fuck was barry doing!

[The Original Special One]

Another STUPID error by Hart!

[Sheikhermaker]

That was some bizarre shit just there.

[lovecity8utd]

City looking very scrappy all of a sudden - should have capitalised on possession earlier

[Tru_Blu]

Kolorav is useless in the midfield

[xavi6]

Kolorav is useless in the midfield

Good thing he isn't playing there tonight so.

[Tru_Blu]

so how many shots on goal do we have?

[Manx Blue]

HALF TIME

[hyper]

Well that was shit. Half time 0-0

[Slim]

If I played FIFA11 with the controller upsidedown, telly turned around and me blindfolded, I think I'd have a higher pass completion rate than City this half.

[Tru_Blu]

Kolorav is useless in the midfield

Good thing he isn't playing there tonight so.

oh seemed like it since he always there

[lovecity8utd]

plenty of possession but can't see how we will get a goal with the midfield being so pedestrian

[The Original Special One]

we've allowed ourselves to sink to their level in the last 20 minutes.
They're not a good team, despite beating Atletico Madrid.
We need to come out with all guns blazing in the second half

[trout man]

I am fast coming to the opinion that dzeko is possibly one of the worst buys we have made in a long time in terms of value for money. He turns like an oil tanker, he is slow, his first touch is poor....I could go on. I really don't make a habit of slagging our players but he really is a poor player. It is going to take something of the scale of extreme makeover to convince me he is worth the money.

[Sheikhermaker]

Need to keep the ball on the deck, would like to see Balo on at some point in the second half. Lets not forget (as I'm sure the ITV half time team surely will remind us) that Aris haven't been beaten in European competition at home for 40 years or something. Comfortable enough, wouldn't be unhappy taking a 0-0 back to COMS.

[hyper]

so how many shots on goal do we have?

BBC Stats:

Possession
Aris Salonika 42% Man City 58%

Attempts on target
Aris Salonika 4 Man City 3

Attempts off target
Aris Salonika 2 Man City 3

Corners
Aris Salonika 2 Man City 3

Fouls
Aris Salonika 7 Man City 7

[paddyblue]

we are way too slow

[Blue Blood]

plenty of possession but can't see how we will get a goal with the midfield being so pedestrian

You aren't wrong the midfield has moved at walking pace, I lost count of the times that half Dzeko was coming back into midfield just so he could get the ball.

Up the tempo in the mid in the second half and we will win this with ease.

[Manx Blue]

We're controlling the game....I'd like to see us tear into them after a half time. Maybe putting three up front, or Balotelli on for Dzeko.