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RustyKarma076 on April 6, 2026 1:09 am He was nuts. At his best you could just hoof anything down the field towards him and he’d turn it into a shot on goal.
Drewskibroho on April 6, 2026 1:18 am Honestly a lost art with the way that most of the big teams play out from the back
jerrystuffhouse on April 6, 2026 1:27 am This style of play disgusts me. Give me the sophisticated patterns that start in the back and have intricate 20 pass patterns to dribble it into the goal
Chelseanick22 on April 6, 2026 1:32 am My god it really is hard to remember what having a proper striker was like. It’s been so fucking long. Costa was good I suppose but not Didier
Clear_Requirement880 on April 6, 2026 1:40 am I never considered Drogba the best but one of the top strikers about at the time. Nowadays other than Haaland I can’t see anyone doing that in the PL And yet people say it’s just nostalgia and the stats merchants nowadays are better.
CliffDagger on April 6, 2026 1:56 am Also I remember he was also great for clearing opponents corners. He’d get his head on so many of them.
coreyslip43 on April 6, 2026 1:57 am Back when we had a proper striker and keeper. Sighs. Drogba deserves all the praise and rightfully so, but Cech was insane with his long balls too.
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He was nuts. At his best you could just hoof anything down the field towards him and he’d turn it into a shot on goal.
You don’t see this much nowadays.
Honestly a lost art with the way that most of the big teams play out from the back
This style of play disgusts me.
Give me the sophisticated patterns that start in the back and have intricate 20 pass patterns to dribble it into the goal
He’s a trend setter. Wasn’t no one like him
My god it really is hard to remember what having a proper striker was like. It’s been so fucking long. Costa was good I suppose but not Didier
I never considered Drogba the best but one of the top strikers about at the time.
Nowadays other than Haaland I can’t see anyone doing that in the PL
And yet people say it’s just nostalgia and the stats merchants nowadays are better.
Also I remember he was also great for clearing opponents corners. He’d get his head on so many of them.
Back when we had a proper striker and keeper. Sighs.
Drogba deserves all the praise and rightfully so, but Cech was insane with his long balls too.
Who had better hold up play than drogba?