Comments on: IS DROGBA THE PROBLEM?

By: craig macrae

craig macrae — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:49:10 +0000

im sorry but shall we recall what happened today…he singley destroyed arsenal, drogba is the best striker in the world… problem? all you chelsea fans who think that take your blue off your not a fan you should be bowing at the feet of drogba after todays performance

when drogba plays anelka gets less goals but thats the way it has to be as drogba is better in the centre role scores more and is a better striker, i dont see anelka complaining! chelsea had no big games in Jan the first of which has been arsenal….to claim the form has suddenly changed is bullshit they were small games you would expect chelsea to win with or without drogba, they struggled against hull earlier in the season to its more likely a problem with the tactics against hull or the tactics they play against chelsea… and it was none other than the drog who saved us earlier in the season opening day ;)! ANY CHANGES IN OPINION AFTER WATCHING HIM DESTROY ARSENAL?

DROGBA Problem? = WTF DROGBA = SOLUTION!

TRUE BLUE FOR LIFE

By: Bazooka Joe

Bazooka Joe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:21:23 +0000

Of course Drogba is a problem!
He’s PLs biggest CHEAT. It’s pathetic and sad to see such a a big muscular man fall, roll and bellyache every time someone comes near him. He must have a really LOW treshold for pain..like a 5 year old kid

By: Kjetil Naess

Kjetil Naess — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:43:14 +0000

I said it in the infamous matchday forum, and I still mean, that Drogba is a big reason why the attack suddenly failed to click. He was simply not involved in any constructive team play. He won a few headers from long balls, and made the odd one touch pass (with varying accuracy). Nicolas Anelka on the other hand is always moving around, finding space to recieve the ball. Granted, Drogba is fantastic at creating chances out of nothing and is arguably a better player than Anelka if you compare them. Football is however a team game, and CA should focus on putting out the best team available. NOT necessarily the best 11 players.

By: TonyBlue

TonyBlue — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:56:06 +0000

I have had this conversation with several just recently, and even heard it’s rumblings prior to him coming back. I believe against the likes of Hull etc, who will always crowd the defence and wait for the set piece, he is indeed less effective than January’s 4-3-3 formation. With the Barca-like three prong attack we were able to cut these defensive swathes to ribbons, but with the sole Drogba up front we go back to the eternal long ball trying to find him whilst he is constantly surrounded by scores of defenders. The rest of the team drops deeper and we find ourselves continually frustrated. The reason why Drogs often plays better against the big teams is that they obviously fancy the game themselves, thus open up at the back and let him play his game, which once unshackled there is none better. Maybe Carlo should look at resting Didier for the ‘lesser’ games now and again. This would have positives from a lot of angles, including giving our other attackers time on the pitch as opposed to unconditionally playing Drogba as a given.

By: nigel

nigel — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:20:07 +0000

Interesting piece, Martin. Thanks for that. My two-penneth: Drogba’s presence is such that when he’s in the side he quickly becomes the sole focus of attack. You can almost see others thinking ‘where’s Drog’ as they receive the ball. We end up becoming a bit predictable. Without him, the point of attack moves constantly. He’s a victim of his brilliance and personality, I suppose, but I guess we’d all rather have him in he side than not so, as David08 says above, let’s just hope he’s back in the groove a bit sharpish!

By: David80

David80 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:19:09 +0000

I must say that straight after the game I had this exact discussion with a fellow fan on the bus home from Hull. As good as Drogba may be when he’s on form, at the moment he is not good enough for our starting XI!

The best team at the moment is;

————-Cech
Ivanovic – Riccy – Terry – Cole
— Mikel —
— Ballack — Lampard
— Cole — Malouda
Anelka

But then again, if Drogba doesn’t play, he won’t be back on form. He was so-so in December, mixing great displays with absolute shockers. He had an indifferent ACN and against Hull he was really really poor with a first touch resembling an elephants.

Carlo won’t bench him, no way. So let’s just hope he’ll find his form asap!

By: Victor Chelsea Pihl

Victor Chelsea Pihl — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:01:11 +0000

A bold statement. I would like carlo to combine our 4-3-3 formation with Drogba. That is to say, why not play Drogba as the central striker (his best position) and then put Anelka and Malouda as wingers next to him? And Super Frank, Mikel and Ballack on the midfield, with Joey Cole as first sub?

That would be great, I remember our old formation 4-3-3 with José, with Gudjohnsen or Drogba, and then Cole and Robben – unbeatable!

By: sean

sean — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:54:04 +0000

I don’t think its drogba as such but the fact both drogba and anelka have been on such fantastic form this season that they have to play. This diamond system doesn’t work, we crave width. Were at our best with joey Cole and Malouda bombing down the wings and stretching teams, with Ashley and Ivanovic helping too. The fact both anelka and drogba deserve to start means we can’t play 4-3-3 as we would loose either a natural wingers like Malouda or loose anelkas influence if he was outwide. Even though Hiddink played that way I feel we need to play 4-4-2 with drogba anelka upfront causing mayhem, Cole and Malouda on the wings with thier pace and guile, this leaves lampard and essien (when fit) controlling the midfield, plus lamps will have his usual free role and recapture the fine form we are used to seeing year in year out