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Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by gibzzhd: 6:36pm On Mar 26, 2020
Drogba’s record in West London is presented as a rebuttal: nine cup final goals in nine finals (including four successive FA Cup deciders and three League Cup finals), the first and only African to score 100 Premier League goals, the leading Blues scorer in the Champions League with 37 goals, while his 164 Chelsea goals sees him sit fourth in the club’s all-time scorers chart.
He certainly had a modest return in the league over the course of his career in West London: 10, 12, 20, 8, 5, 29, 11, 5 and 4 were the Blues legend’s tally between 2004-05 to 2011-12 and 2014-15 where he returned for a season under Jose Mourinho.
Admittedly, he was past his prime in that title-winning season under the Portuguese manager, but previous returns were far from prolific, apart from 2006-07 and 2009-10, campaigns that ended with Drogba top of the league scorers chart.
Indeed, it’s surprising how Yakubu Aiyegbeni, another African striker who played in the Premier League around the same time as the Chelsea man scored 95 times in the top flight, but doesn’t get anywhere near the effusive praise that’s showered on the former Ivory Coast international, despite playing for much weaker clubs.
The Blues forward scored nine more goals than the Nigerian frontman, has a similar albeit slightly better scoring ratio – a goal every 2.4 games to 2.7 for the Yak – across the same number of seasons (nine each), yet Yakubu isn’t mentioned in the same breath as his fellow African.

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Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by myboyapk: 6:50pm On Mar 26, 2020
I'm not sure about that but she was a very good performer.
Yours, MyBoy
Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by Neroiam(m): 6:56pm On Mar 26, 2020
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Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by Nobody: 7:06pm On Mar 26, 2020
a good striker but definitely not world class

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Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by otipoju(m): 7:20pm On Mar 26, 2020
It's not by the number of goals you scored if not Kevin Phillip's of Sunderland will be considered a world class.

It's about the quality of goals, the movement, ability to strike fear into defenders and turning up when it matters most by scoring crucial game and title winning goals.

Drogba is a world class striker by any standard.

There are bad, average, good and excellent players in terms of skill level but being "world class" is about the ability to deliver and the feats you achieve in the biggest games.

Torres did not score many goals for Chelsea but he scored one goal worth his 50 million price tag.

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Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by Homers123(m): 12:06am On Mar 27, 2020
Bergkamp didn't score much goals in his career but the man is works class what I'm saying is, football is not just about Stats. You should understand that part of football.

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Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by Jokerman(m): 7:32am On Mar 27, 2020
A Barcelona fan as usual grin

Is Suarez a world class striker??
Re: Was Chelsea Legend Drogba Truly A World-class Striker? by Nobody: 5:44pm On Mar 27, 2020
otipoju:
It's not by the number of goals you scored if not Kevin Phillip's of Sunderland will be considered a world class.

It's about the quality of goals, the movement, ability to strike fear into defenders and turning up when it matters most by scoring crucial game and title winning goals.

Drogba is a world class striker by any standard.

There are bad, average, good and excellent players in terms of skill level but being "world class" is about the ability to deliver and the feats you achieve in the biggest games.

Torres did not score many goals for Chelsea but he scored one goal worth his 50 million price tag.


Yhh...dat Torres goal against Barca die minute.

Damn!!

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