In the other two seasons, Drogba's seasons were badly disrupted by injury and unstable situations with various managers such as Luiz Felipe Scolari, who flat out dropped Drogba for almost 2/3 of the season for some unexplainable reason. Had Drogba not had those seasons disrupted so badly, it's easily conceivable he would have won at least another golden boot. For example, Drogba only scored 15 goals in 07-08, but he only played 31 games. A top striker at a top club would expect to play 50 games in a season I think. Had Drogba played that many games, Mathematically you would predict he would have scored around 25 goals that season. A much more respectable total.

Anyway, basically I just wanted to defend Drogba, because I do get tired of seeing certain criticisms being aimed at him and I don't think the people who make these criticisms are actually aware of what his career was like and the things he did achieve, the goals he did score, but also the difficult circumstances he played under during various seasons. I hope, reading this, if you are in that boat, you can understand better why Drogba is such a special player to most if not all Chelsea fans. For me, he's without a doubt Chelsea's greatest player due to the incredible moments he created by winning just an incredible amount of big games with his goals. As a Chelsea fan, my time watching Chelsea would be exponentially less enjoyable had it not been for Drogba, and so I'm so thankful for everything he did for the club.

You got mad love for Didier

Would you suck him off?

Very good striker, even better play-actor

Wow

that wow was aimed at the sucking off comment, not you dazzle dude

No worries

Only a REAL Chelsea fan shows this much love to the Didier

Lovely tribute dude

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Only a REAL Chelsea fan shows this much love to the Didier

Lovely tribute dude
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Thanks Hawk dude, appreciate it.

Good article

I still think that Shearer, Aguero and Henry are/were better but you make a compelling argument Erik.

There is no denying that Drogba was a fantastic and influential player for Chelsea.

You clearly revere him in the way City Fan's do and will continue to revere Sergio and rightly so.

You make a good point about his goal ratio. Maybe a better arguemnet people *could* have against him is that he was more inconsistent than a Kane, Shearer or Aguero. Because Drogba at his best matches them in goalscoring rate or close to anyway. He just didn’t do it every season.

BK, at his best Drogba was a 30 goal a season striker ultimately. It was more circumstance that prevented him from hitting that target more seasons than he did rather that inconsistency I'd say personally.

One thing I've observed with Drogba is he's basically like the opposite of Paul Scholes. During his career, Drogba was very highly rated, but as time passes, people seem to have started rating him less highly, probably because those big game goals have more impact in the moment rather than several years later when only Chelsea fans are likely to remember them

comment by FishMCFC (U16301)
posted 8 minutes ago
Good article

I still think that Shearer, Aguero and Henry are/were better but you make a compelling argument Erik.

There is no denying that Drogba was a fantastic and influential player for Chelsea.

You clearly revere him in the way City Fan's do and will continue to revere Sergio and rightly so.
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I respect your opinion, but regarding Aguero, I don't have any doubt in mind most CBs would rather play against Aguero than Drogba on his day. but Aguero does have the better record in the end of the day, and I can understand why you feel the way you do.

I think we can indeed both agree on that last point though. both Drogba and Aguero are legends not only for their respective clubs, but also in PL history in general

It's easy to forget how much more Drogba offered to our team as well.

His passing and link up play was brilliant; there's a reason why Lampard's most prolific seasons came when Drogba was leading the line.

He was also the ideal hold up man, you could knock a 50 yard ball up to him and know he'd do something with it, whether it was hold it up and lay off to Lamps, win a freekick, or score a beauty like he did against Everton.

comment by Kunta Kante (U1641)
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You make a good point about his goal ratio. Maybe a better arguemnet people *could* have against him is that he was more inconsistent than a Kane, Shearer or Aguero. Because Drogba at his best matches them in goalscoring rate or close to anyway. He just didn’t do it every season.
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He definitely was not as consistent. However, it could be claimed that Drogba consistently turned up in big games, even during his bad seasons. Also, Drogba's consistency was mostly down to poor management at the club and his own fitness. When the guy was focused and fit, he won two golden boots!

Once again, Wahl puts out a well thought out and eloquently put article

I may not necessarily agree that Drogba is second after Henry but this well constructed article put the debate forward to be discussed.

That's a great point as well Brolag. With most strikers people mention in these kind of discussions, they've all predominantly been the main goalscorer in their team. Drogba and Lampard actually mostly shared that responsibility for Chelsea.

When the guy was focused and fit, he won two golden boots!
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Exactly hawk dude, and the thing is, I'd argue those are the only two seasons Drogba had where he was focused, he was fit, he was at his best, and the management wasn't causing problems at the club. Every other season something happened that disrupted things.

comment by Erik (U21750)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by FishMCFC (U16301)
posted 8 minutes ago
Good article

I still think that Shearer, Aguero and Henry are/were better but you make a compelling argument Erik.

There is no denying that Drogba was a fantastic and influential player for Chelsea.

You clearly revere him in the way City Fan's do and will continue to revere Sergio and rightly so.
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I respect your opinion, but regarding Aguero, I don't have any doubt in mind most CBs would rather play against Aguero than Drogba on his day. but Aguero does have the better record in the end of the day, and I can understand why you feel the way you do.

I think we can indeed both agree on that last point though. both Drogba and Aguero are legends not only for their respective clubs, but also in PL history in general
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Definitely

I remember Drogba for several reason's

1. Going batsh*t crazy after THAT game against Barcelona. Completely justified by the way. Chelsea were robbed blind.

2. The equaliser in the CL Cup Final. What a header. What a moment. Something I look back on with fondness just because... Why wouldn't you?

3. His penalty in the Shootout. Winning the CL with his (what we then thought was) his last kick for Chelsea. Brilliant stuff. A fitting tribute to the end of a great career at Chelsea and one of those real football moments. Chelsea's and his AGUEROOOOOO moment. Or vice versa depending on your perspective.

And last but not least. The crowning glory.....

4. Scoring a goal against City, assisted by the most one of the most blatant handballs you will ever see. I mean, he practically caught it. Right in full view of the lino as well. To add insult to injury, Distin then got sent off when he tried to talk to the officials about it. WTAF!!!!

Happy Days!

Erik Drogba was the topscorer in Premiership in 2009/2010 season under Carlo Ancelotti and he enjoyed playing for Chelsea the most in that season in my view.Drogba was great for Chelsea in his second and third season under Jose Mourinho.

comment by Erik (U21750)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by FishMCFC (U16301)
posted 8 minutes ago
Good article

I still think that Shearer, Aguero and Henry are/were better but you make a compelling argument Erik.

There is no denying that Drogba was a fantastic and influential player for Chelsea.

You clearly revere him in the way City Fan's do and will continue to revere Sergio and rightly so.
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I respect your opinion, but regarding Aguero, I don't have any doubt in mind most CBs would rather play against Aguero than Drogba on his day. but Aguero does have the better record in the end of the day, and I can understand why you feel the way you do.

I think we can indeed both agree on that last point though. both Drogba and Aguero are legends not only for their respective clubs, but also in PL history in general
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Erik, I really think that depends with the CBs, some players find it easier to defend against a big target man.

Aguero's movement is what causes problems by dragging defenders around into uncomfortable positions.

Fish dude



Well that sums up Drogba doesn't it! You remember him for his very best moments as a footballer, but you also remember him for the not so good things he did on the pitch as well . And yeah coming onto the pitch in flip flops after the game to lay into the ref and swear at the cameras is something I'll definitely never forget. A lot of poeple got mad at him, but I fully understood how he felt, because I and probably most Chelsea fans felt the same way. It was actually great to see he cared that much.

Yeah, that night was pretty bad, although it did make it better and almost feel like destiny when we ended up beating Barcelona 3 years later at that same semi final stage on the way to winning to competition.

I remember being underwhelmed when Drogba first joined, but he grew into a fantastic player.

My stand-out memory of him was in the CL final where he played out of his skin, not only attacking like his life depended on it, but also defending and using everything at his disposal to win. I could tell how much it meant to him.

Very good article, the second paragraph is bonkers (in a good way)

He'll always be one of those strikers whose remembered as great but will always have that question mark hanging over him because of the overall consistency. There's enormous parallels with Ibrahimovic when you compare how people see them, only Ibra's question mark is Drogba's strength and vice versa.

An amazing player no doubt. Could make an argument he redefined the complete forward role which paved the way for less technically gifted teams to play one striker effectively in this country. Every average joe club play a one striker set up now with a physical (or at least aggressive) forward who works the channels even if he's not the best link guy, he proved it was possible. Strikers like Diego Costa leading the line solo would've been a farcical thought, in this country, before Drogba