Rom vs Drogba

[nine nine nine]

Drogba in his pomp was a massive handful for any defence and much more than just a striker although 157 goals in 341 games for Chelsea was none to shabby inc the game changing equaliser in the CL Final v Bayern.

4 PL titles, 4 FA cups, 3 League cups and the CL was none to shabby too.

Will Lukaku get anywhere near the above?

Who knows but Drogba is a legend and whilst not impossible it will take a lot of catching up to get alongside what Drogba achieved at Chelsea. Time will tell.

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[maverick1973]

Would have never paid the money for Lukaku if it was me.But what do I know!

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[Chucky McChuckface]

Dog’s can’t look up?

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[maverick1973]

Roman should do the decent thing and sack Jose.

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[Pagan]

So Lukaku doesn’t turn up for the big games according to some, Drogba didn’t turn up for the lesser games was often heard on the Chelsea forums, which possibly explains why he was out scored by a midfielder for all but 2 of his seasons at Chelsea.

They’re different people with different mentalities, and Lukaku is only 24, whereas Drogba was 26 when he went to Chelsea, and I think that Drogba only scored over 20 PL goals in a season twice.

There is a difference between a forward and a striker, Drogba was a forward, Kane is a striker, which way Lukaku goes depends on what is better for team he plays for and what he’s asked to do…Pagan

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[Chelsea.man]

Let history judge him. Drogba can sit back and enjoy his contribution. he has scored 9 finals. i think any comparison is futile. at 24 yrs of age Drogba was leading OM in to the Uefa cup final back in 2004. i don’t know how he could be compared to a player who has never played a final. i know you have beaten us last week. but respect the legends. we have tremendous respect for Giggs, Scoles, and Cantona.

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[Pagan]

CM, no doubting Drogba’s big game pedigree, it was the times he couldn’t get himself up for the smaller games which was a little infuriating. I believe though Drogba would have been 26 in 2004….Pagan

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Pagan

Its un-insult to compare him to Lukaku. there is no way he should be compared. all big teams know who Drogba was. Ask Barca, Juventus, Bayern. isn’t that how world class players judged?

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[Pagan]

Lukaku has time, just needs to find a team that plays to his strengths, or adapt his game to suit where he is. Lukaku hasn’t been given the chance to play on the big stage with a big team until this season, let’s judge him at the end of his career not midway through it….Pagan

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[Chelsea.man]

Its not that Lukaku is a young player. he will be 25 in may. so that age Drogba played his first final. and since then he has never looked back. this is not fair. you can’t compare a legend who has done it at every stage to a player who has never even played a final.

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[Pagan]

Drogba was 26 when he played in the UEFA final, Lukaku will be 25 when any finals come around this season, which conceivably Man U could feature in, so if he gets to a final either this year or next he’s on par, and if he wins he’s ahead. As I’ve said judge him at the end of his career. Out of interest how many senior goals had Drogba scored at the same stage of his career as Lukaku?…..Pagan

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[Chelsea.man]

there is an 12 month difference Pagan. and we all know that is not an excuse.

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[Pagan]

CM, and Drogba’s record at 25 was??? Think you’ll find Lukaku is streets ahead at that age, that’s why you have to judge at the end of boths careers, conceivably Lukaku could be a World Cup winner, CL winner and have won domestic leagues and cups, who knows, only time will tell….Pagan

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[Chelsea.man]

And you know Drogba is from AFrica, and a country in a civil war. which makes his achievement impressive. its not that he had the luxury of being born in Europe i think.

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[Pagan]

That would be the civil war that started in 2002 then, he was in French teams academies from 1988 when he was 10…Pagan

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[Chelsea.man]

Anyway the bottom line is where Drogba started and where he finished is very impressive.

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[cm]

Chelsea man-

I am only comparing Roms and Drogba’s goal per game ratio. I said that if Rom ends up developing in to a player any where near to the quality of what Drogba was, then that is a good news for United. At present Rom is miles away to the player Drogba was. Drogba was a beast, he was more than about goals, he was about bringing others in the game, a big game player etc. Rom is no where near his level yet and only time will tell if he ever will be.

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[Editor]

I’ve yet to hear a suggestion of who Utd should have signed instead of Lukaku who was both available and a guarantee of goals in the PL, while not costing a Neymar type fee. The only realistic alternative would have been Morata, and so far, I’d say we look to have got by far the better bang for our buck there.

For all the comments about how Utd should have been able to get better, I’d have expected a huge list of alternatives by now!

Is he as good as Kane? Of course not, but even Utd can’t pay £300mil or whatever Levy would have wanted for him. Benzema, Lewandowski, Cavani? No thanks, all too old. Griezman? Not convinced he would be that great in the PL and we did try for him but got knocked back. Anyone else?

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[Editor]

I’m also not quite sure what point is being made in regards to articles comparing Lukaku’record against the top sides with others in the league. So, we learn that Aguero and Kane have better records against the top sides. Could we have realistically got either as an alternative? Definitely not.

It would be like having an article comparing Hazard’s goalscoring record to Messi and Salah’s and then coming to the conclusion that Hazard is not good enough for Chelsea because there happen to be better records out there.

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[nine nine nine]

cm@12:56am: a very fair summary.

Ed, Also a very fair summary United needed a striker and there were very few available and now given how transfer fees have gone £75m looks a bit of a bargain for a player who had PL experience and scored goals in that League.

Ed, on Morata he’s not in a good place right now but he had a bit of a crisis of confidence pre Christmas and has been pretty much injured since then and missed a lot of matches he’s also come to a new country, a new city and a new league which can take time to fully settle to and previous to Chelsea he wasn’t a regular for either Real or Juve so he’s having to get used to that to. In his first 4 months he looked a player but the jury’s out presently as to whether he can get back to that form and kick on from there.

Wish we had a young Drogba right now though and despite all of his problems getting rid of Costa looks a mistake. Cheers both 999

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