It was a good team and had some great players, it was also littered with some players who would struggle at Sunday league level.
What...the point that you've lost all your humour since Moyes gate? You could always change your name to CityInBlue, they look good for a title this year. Maybe you'll cheer up too.
Ronaldo's on another planet though to all bar one other footballer in the modern era. Bergkamp didn't have a great scoring record for a forward either but boy was he brilliant to watch. Sometimes football is about entertainment, not stats.
your comparisons are dog ****. I couldn't care less what his goal to game ratio is (like I said, I'm not having this nonsensical argument with you yet again), if you didn't appreciate watching a player like Zola (or Bergkamp, another guy you don't rate for similar reasons) you may aswell stop watching football.
Zola was class. Never world class mind but a player you couldn't help but like. Bergkamp was a genius. There's no two ways about it. He was the same sort of striker as Sherringham in that scoring wasnt his primary function though Bergkamp had far superior technical ability. That's nothing against Teddy who was also class. These players come from the end of the 442 era. When teams played two strikers, often referring to the likes of Zola, sherringham and Bergkamp as second strikers. These types of player have now evolved into what we would now think of as something closer to a goalscoring number 10.
The 'logic' he used could be applied to our very own Eric Cantona. Got him in the cheap, never previously played for a big club, previous manager was happy to get rid, didn't have a good international career. None of this makes Cantona anything less than the utterly awesome player he was though! Nor should any of it 'prove' Zola was ****. He wasn't, he was a great player.
There needs to be far more Cantona's, Zola's and Bergkamps in the league. All an absolute joy to watch.Stats mean **** when talking about these types of players. Dito Figo, Zidane, Totti etc.
There's plenty of them but they now play in different positions. Zola today would likely play as Silva does for City while sherringham, bergkam etc would be number 10s. Henry would be pretty much the same, a striker coming in from the left, neither a 10 or a number 9 but a hybrid just like Ronaldo.
Cantona is one of the greatest examples of all this. Not a 30 goal a season striker but a player who could win you the title such was him influence on the rest of the side.
Winning is also entertaining....I'm sure you remember that. That drunk Scottish guy was in charge at the time, it wasn't that long ago...
Have to say I think Drogba at his peak was world class. I even feel at one point he was the best CF in the world tbh. I'm not really bothered by number of goals, it's the fact he was without doubt a game changer, a match winner. I remember a time in the premier league when it was either Torres or Drogba and given the choice I would have picked Drogba. Torres first touch was always suspect imo. BTW Costa isn't fit to lace his boots. If Mourhino bought him to emulate Drogba, it was a massive fck up.
That's a first for a chav, considering he played in the last decade. It's usually before that you have a problem remembering.
