He didn't dive so much as collapse !! However I also can't remember one time he dropped to win a penalty.
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He didn't dive so much as collapse !! However I also can't remember one time he dropped to win a penalty.
There are lots of strange awards on Drogba's list to, like Chelsea player of the year, which is the same as our Matt Busby awards. But of the big awards Van Nistlerooy has better ones. He was the top goal scorer for a full decade. He was on a different level to Drogba, no doubt about that
So your using, as a piece of evidence to show RVNs supposed superiority, an award that Drogba wasnt even eligible to win?
Drogba isnt going to win the Sir Matt f**king Busby award no more than RVN is going to become the Ivory Coasts all time leading scorer
ok, that's 1, now name the other 24 that were better.Van Nistlerooy 347 goals in 589
Drogba 256 goals in 582
As you can see Van Nistlerooy has a miles superior goals per games ratio, and has a far more impressive list of individual honours, with 3 CL top goal scorer awards, and a top goal scorer of the decade award. Drogba wasn't in his class
Van Nistlerooy individual honours
Eredivisie Topscorer (2): 1998–99, 1999–2000
Dutch Footballer of the Year (2): 1999, 2000
Premier League Player of the Month (3): December 2001, February 2002, April 2003
UEFA Champions League Most Valuable Striker (1): 2001–02
UEFA Champions League Topscorer (3): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
ESM Team of the Year (1): 2001–02
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year (1): 2002
PFA Fans' Player of the Year (1): 2002
PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2001–02
PFA Team of the Year (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
Premier League Goal of the Month (1): March 2003
Barclays Player of the Year (1): 2002–03
Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2002–03
UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2002–03
UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2003
FIFA 100
UEFA Euro Silver Boot (1): 2004
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (1): 2004
Pichichi Trophy (1): 2006–07
IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Decade 2001–2010
Drogba individual honours
Onze d'Or: 2004
UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2003–04
Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2003–04
Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2003–04
Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2003–04
African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009
Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007
PFA Team of the Year: 2006–07, 2009–10
Ivory Coast Player of the Year: 2007, 2012
Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010
ESM Team of the Year: 2006–07
UEFA Team of the Year: 2007
FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2007
BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009
Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010
Time Top 100: 2010
Africa Cup Top Scorer: 2012
Africa Cup Team of the Tournament: 2006, 2008, 2012
Golden Foot: 2013
Ivory Coast all-time Top Scorer
They are only better if they have picked up a Pichichi trophy!!
The elusive Pichichi trophy, its the missing award in Drogba's medal display that he pines for!
I didn't say there where 25 better, I said he wasn't one of the best of the last 25 years. All these strikers where better than Drogba from 1989
Maradonna
Stoichkov
Papin
Lineker
Van Basten
Romario
Weah
Klinsman
Shearer
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Suker
Batistuta
Raul
Shevchenko
Van Nistlerooy
Henry
Ibrahimovich
Eto'o
Villa
Messi
I could probably think of more if I had more time on my hands. Even Torres in his Liverpool days was a much better striker than Drogba, though he has tarnished that reputation since
I didn't say there where 25 better, I said he wasn't one of the best of the last 25 years. All these strikers where better than Drogba from 1989
Maradonna
Stoichkov
Papin
Linekar
Van Basten
Romario
Weah
Klinsman
Shearer
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Suker
Batistuta
Raul
Shevchenko
Van Nistlerooy
Henry
Eto'o
Villa
Messi
I could probably think of more if I had more time on my hands. Even Torres in his Liverpool days was a much better striker than Drogba, though he has tarnished that reputation since
You really are an absolute idiot.
Papin, Weah, Baitistuta, Eto'o, Villa, Torres, Shevchenko, Suker - HA HA HA
I can't even begin to get over your stupidity, it's actually mind blowing how much of a ****ing clown you are.
I didn't say there where 25 better, I said he wasn't one of the best of the last 25 years. All these strikers where better than Drogba from 1989
Maradonna
Stoichkov
Papin
Lineker
Van Basten
Romario
Weah
Klinsman
Shearer
Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
Suker
Batistuta
Raul
Shevchenko
Van Nistlerooy
Henry
Ibrahimovich
Eto'o
Villa
Messi
I could probably think of more if I had more time on my hands. Even Torres in his Liverpool days was a much better striker than Drogba, though he has tarnished that reputation since
pfft.
But none of these guys ever won BBC African Footballer of the Year!
That proves Drogba owns them all!
You guys signed 2 of those players when you had Drogba, as Drogba clearly wasn't delivering the goods. As for a few of the others George Weah is the best African to ever play football, everyone knows this. Eto'o aswell is another African who was superior to Drogba. The Eto'o of a few years ago was world class
pfft.
But none of these guys ever won BBC African Footballer of the Year!
That proves Drogba owns them all!
Eto'o has 4 African player of the year awards to Drogba's 2
Davor Suker was a premiership flop and has no right on that list or to be mentioned in the same paragraph as Drogba. Papin, another decent player in ****ty French league and unworthy of note. you truly are a **** of epic proportions. 
Davor Suker was a premiership flop and has no right on that list or to be mentioned in the same paragraph as Drogba. Papin, another decent player in ****ty French league and unworthy of note. you truly are a **** of epic proportions.
Suker was over the hill by the time he came to the PL, he had a great record in Spain though, and had an outstanding record for Croatia 45 goals in 69 games, including the 98 World Cup golden boot. Papin was a quality striker, he won the Ballon Do'r, and averaged a goal every 2 games throughout his career
Suker was over the hill by the time he came to the PL, he had a great record in Spain though, and had an outstanding record for Croatia 45 goals in 69 games, including the 98 World Cup golden boot. Papin was a quality striker, he won the Ballon Do'r, and averaged a goal every 2 games throughout his career
Stastics are always only a part of the story. By far the most important factor is which team the striker played for, and what sort of service they got. You're wasting your time if you think any argument you put on here will change people to your way of thinking.You might as well just say " my dads better than your dad".
This isn't about how good strikers are, but how generous a person Drogba is. How much has Van Nistelroy give by the way?? Ever ??
Suker was over the hill by the time he came to the PL, he had a great record in Spain though, and had an outstanding record for Croatia 45 goals in 69 games, including the 98 World Cup golden boot. Papin was a quality striker, he won the Ballon Do'r, and averaged a goal every 2 games throughout his career
The point you miss about Drogba, KS, is that he was the best big game player.
He scored winning goals V Barca, Bayern, United, etc regularly.
His goal-scoring rate was not as good as Suarez or RVN because he did not bag four against Norwich.
Drogba: big game player.
RVN, Suarez: flat-track bullies
Suker was over the hill by the time he came to the PL, he had a great record in Spain though, and had an outstanding record for Croatia 45 goals in 69 games, including the 98 World Cup golden boot. Papin was a quality striker, he won the Ballon Do'r, and averaged a goal every 2 games throughout his career
Wiki twat
Suker, Batistuta and Papin made me laugh the most. Shergar dislikes Drogba and is letting that get in the way of his judgement, that's the only explination I have for not rating Drogba as one of the best strikers over the past 25 years. It's not even that he's saying some of these players are 'better', it's how much he's dismissing Drogba's ability and basically calling him average.
Basically, if you average a goal every 2 games or more then you are good.
Basically, if you average a goal every 2 games or more then you are good.
This sums it up. Drogba pretty much stands alone as the man up top on his own type striker. He scored all sorts of goals, brilliant in the air, held the ball up brilliantly, scored against all types of teams, bullied defences. He's pretty much won more major trophies than most of those players KS listed, some of which were laughable comparisons.
Drogba also never took penalties for us and was behind Frank in the free kick standings. Therefore almost all his goals game from open play and he still won 2 golden boots in the premier league. Scored tap ins, worldies from outside the box, headers. What more do you want.
The guy is arguably the best striker in the P.L era because of his fantastic record in cup finals and against the best at home and abroad. No one really gives a **** about banging 4 in against the Norwich City's of this world. It's scoring in the semi final v barba and final v Bayern on the way to winning the champions league that really matters. Or all those FA cup final goals including 3 winners.
KS you are embarrassing yourself more than usual with this one.
Drogba scored 2 goals against Man Utd in 8 years, and one of those was miles offside. I'd hardly call that scoring against us regularly.
Suarez I wouldn't disagree with you, about being a flat track bully, but Van Nistlerooy certainly wasn't, this is a player who bagged himself 3 Champions League golden boots in only 5 seasons with us. Flat track bully's don't consistently score against the best sides across Europe. Drogba was never good enough to win even one of those awards.
Drogba was without a doubt on a level below the likes of Van Nistlerooy, and all the facts prove he was. Strikers are in the team to score goals, and Van Nistlerooy was better at it, simple as that