Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
This fukking guy man
TobiOT
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Same guy that threw his season ticket on the floor in the same video.
I was football crazy around this time, and was in my final years of school so i literally ate, slept and breathed football. My opinion is purely based on what was happening at the time, not taking in to account what drogba did in the following seasons. Which you guys clearly are doing, and I can respect that.
The diving (flopping) thing was some racial shyt in the media to discredit Drogba. I remember that shyt CLEARLYYYYYY. Back when white people were running with the 'foreigners dive' shyt. Personally I would not even include that in this discussion.
Like I said earlier, you guys are doing some retrospective takes on this, looking at the stats etc which clearly paint this picture. However if you was around at the time and lived through it, no way this narrative can run.
Drogba wasn't inconsistent at all. Looking back at the stats, it paints that narrative but in reality he was the most feared striker in the prem (not including henry who was at god level).
The diving (flopping) thing was some racial shyt in the media to discredit Drogba. I remember that shyt CLEARLYYYYYY. Back when white people were running with the 'foreigners dive' shyt. Personally I would not even include that in this discussion.
Like I said earlier, you guys are doing some retrospective takes on this, looking at the stats etc which clearly paint this picture. However if you was around at the time and lived through it, no way this narrative can run.
That is what i just said, nikkas i know drogba was a breh and we want him to have his respect,which he has from pretty much any football fan living, but stop revising history.
When folks retire or die folks overestimate how good they were
Na playa, I don't necessarily think you are wrong in what you're saying. Stats show he scored more goals after his first couple seasons and I aint tryna argue that.
But to make out like he didnt hit the ground running because of his stats were better the following seasons is just absurd. and I say that as someone who remembers vividly when he joined Chelsea and the impact he had on the prem. He was the best striker in the prem outside of Henry when he joined.
Don't do this please.
TobiOT
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bigdaddy88
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When he joined chelsea he wasnt even better than ruud van nistelrooy, he wasnt even in the same stratosphere at that time
Kunty McPhuck
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like you was the only person in to their football back then. Cmon breh you better than that to use this as an argument. D Diddy was a terrible flopper, what he got away with in France didn't wash in England, like most foreign players find out and they become more crafty. And that's exactly what Drogba become more crafty with his flopping. Prime example is the CL 2012 first leg semi final. When he played strong Barca defence couldn't handle him, when he was on his own no support he flopped to win freekicks. C dot got shyt for flopping, Bale got shyt for flopping Andy Johnson got shyt for flopping and winning so many pens at Palace. If you flop you get shyt in England, why you think Jurgen Klansmann did the dive celebration because people were calling him a diver before he even played a game for Spurs.
D Diddy finishing was inconsistent in his first 2 seasons at Chelsea, any decent Chelsea fan will tell you that. When he had too much time to think he would fluff the chance. Once he allowed himself to be more instinctive he became better, which was in his 3rd season. Thus the double in goals tally.
When he joined chelsea he wasnt even better than ruud van nistelrooy, he wasnt even in the same stratosphere at that time
2004 Van Nistelrooy, his legs were GONE. Pretty sure Utd sold him that season aswell because of it.
Like I said, I don't hold no bias in this discussion I just know those seasons better than any other PL season.
Van Nistelrooy didn’t leave till 06 I believe.
D Diddy was a terrible flopper, what he got away with in France didn't wash in England, like most foreign players find out and they become more crafty. And that's exactly what Drogba become more crafty with his flopping. Prime example is the CL 2012 first leg semi final. When he played strong Barca defence couldn't handle him, when he was on his own no support he flopped to win freekicks. C dot got shyt for flopping, Bale got shyt for flopping Andy Johnson got shyt for flopping and winning so many pens at Palace. If you flop you get shyt in England, why you think Jurgen Klansmann did the dive celebration because people were calling him a diver before he even played a game for Spurs.
D Diddy finishing was inconsistent in his first 2 seasons at Chelsea, any decent Chelsea fan will tell you that. When he had too much time to think he would fluff the chance. Once he allowed himself to be more instinctive he became better, which was in his 3rd season. Thus the double in goals tally.
Like I said the whole diving debate was the typical white english 'these foreigners are not built like us' false superiority shyt, I remember that clearly and taking no notice of it for said reasons. The Euros where C dot winked at Rooney after diving sent the media into overdrive with diving.
In regards to your last paragraph, would you agree with what I'm saying that he was one of the top 3 strikers in the prem 04/05 05/06?? And that he had a major impact in the prem straight out the gate? Because even though the stats are not there, my point is he was hot as fukk at the time without a doubt one of the most feared.
Trajan
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Yeah I checked you're right.
03/04 RVN was prime RVN
04/05, 05/06 RVN wasn't top draw in my memory at all. Not sure if you agree but thats how I remember it.
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
if u say so
If u consider drogba in his first 2 seasons WC then ur standards are lowwwwww
If wanna say the talent was clearly there and was inconsistent as hell, we agree but WC is been used very loosely, like the word classic
Bruvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv. Certain times I feel like I'm going crazy ya kno, I'm glad someone remembers.Yh he was highly anticipated. I even remember one of the headlines "Drog deal" lol
Drogba was THE GUY when he came, no debates. Thats why I'm triggered hearing this 'his first couple seasons he wasnt all that'.
He came in the Prem moving different, NO ONE had that power, speed, and tekkers combo he was a class above.
