Wednesday Whiff – Analysis, the fixture list, defensive value signings, Adebayor, Torres, Aguero, injuries, and weekly whiffs

• You should feel more comfortable starting with Aguero or Dzeko in your Fantasy lineup. Daniel Taylor explains how Tevez has become marginalized at City, quoting Mancini: “At this moment, there are players who are better than him.” However, Mancini had earlier talked about rotating his forward players this season.
• Until City have De Jong back the defence could struggle, as Zonal Marking points out in his analysis of their draw against Napoli.
• QPR played with “pace, movement, fluidity and imagination” against Wolves, according to Richard Rae. The Fantasy value of Wright-Phillips and Barton increase.
• Lambert has now deployed four formations in five games, making six changes for Norwich’s game against Bolton. It is hard to count on Norwich players, even as cheap rotators.
• Zonal marking disseminates Tottenham’s dominance of Liverpool, even at 11 v 11, praising the successful partnership of Defoe and Adebayor. Twohundredpercent.net agrees, noting that Adebayor’s “accomplished performance was arguably the highlight of a very good afternoon for Harry Redknapp“, while Four Four Two illustrates Adebayor’s influence.
• Four Four Two comments on Manchester United’s dodgy defence; United have “allowed more shots this season than any other Premier League team so far“.
• Gerry Cox lauds FantasyFormation.com pick Cabaye’s “vision, passing and willingness to shoot“, while Paul Doyle claims that “Yohan Cabaye was the best player on the pitch against Villa“.
• Mark Ogden feels Lampard’s “end is nigh“, noting his withdrawal at half-time against United. Daniel Taylor agrees that “Lampard is fading fast” suggesting that he reinvent himself in a “more deep-lying role”, an opinion Henry Winter agrees with, saying that Lampard should “reinvent himself as Chelsea anchorman“. Peacemaker J highlights Torres’ “miss of the century“, while Cech wants us to focus on his improved form. Alan Smith also puts the focus on Torres’ great game instead of the much publicized miss, and Never Captain Nicky Butt also notes his superb game.
• Guardian’s chalkboard analysis demonstrates Bent’s lack of influence in Aston Villa’s new style of play.

• Villas-Boas advocates the use of B-teams in the lower tiers of English football, citing the successful examples in Spain. On the subject of Villas-Boas, Amy Lawrence argues that the Chelsea manager is trying to transform the way Chelsea play, to a possession based football based on speed, while Chris Mann notes the evolutionary look of Chelsea, hinting that they will become better as the season progresses.
• Manchester United players continue to receive plaudits, with Paul Wilson celebrating the gifted Rooney, Daniel Taylor praising the more professional Anderson, and Ferguson himself confirming his belief in David de Gea. Mahesh Balas believes United’s recent success is partly thanks to their new style of play, based on lessons learned from the Barcelona losses. Amazingly, Ferguson is not fully satisfied with United’s performance.
• Fulham fight back against City, prompting Mancini to moan about the lack of City’s squad depth! Amy Lawrence puts it nicely:  ”The Italian summoned the chutzpah to curse the fact that his squad was lacking numbers. With a straight face.“
• From the Arsenal – Blackburn game Alan Gardner writes that “a top-four finish is beginning to look beyond Arsenal” and Blackburn manager “Kean deserves the chance to change his luck”.

This weeks…

…whiff of scandal: Mong-Joon claims that Blatter is like a dictator and “a little brat“.

…whiff of fresh air: Adebayor talks of how he has changed since the attack on the Togo bus: ”When you realise that I was one minute from passing away, it’s all nothing“.

…whiff of annoyance: Carvalho banned from Portugal international duty after walking out on the side last month; a sad ending to Carvalho’s Portugal career.

…whiff of temper: Joey Barton calls Karl Henry a Sunday league player and then retweets Nietzsche. Karl Henry responds by calling Barton “embarrasing”. Classic. Jim Campell, of the Football Ramble, approves.

…funny whiff: If only I had as much passion as Tiziano Crudelli. It’s hard not to simultaneously giggle and admire the man’s passion.

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