Author Topic: Didier Drogba Thread. (Read 6187 times)

skins · « **on:** February 09, 2006, 02:26:36 PM »

Drogba: I'm better than Eto'o

The Elephants meet tournament hosts Egypt in Cairo with Drogba hoping to build on his match-winning semi-final strike against Nigeria.

Despite his impressive tournament, the Chelsea striker is riled by suggestions he is inferior to Barcelona's Eto'o, the current African Player of the Year who leads the goalscoring charts with five.

"I believe I am the best player in Africa and I am going to prove it tomorrow," said Drogba, whose club have been linked with a move for the Cameroonian.

"I am better than Samuel Eto'o, the only difference between me and Eto'o is that he knows how to publicise himself.

"If you are talking about football, I am a better player."

The Blues forward has scored three times in Egypt but believes he can match, and even beat Eto'o's mark against the Pharaohs.

He added: "I want to win this title, but not only that I also want to be the tournament's top scorer, so expect some goals from me."

Drogba's words are sure to stoke the fire ahead of a titanic encounter which will decide who will be crowned kings of Africa.

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/5318384

SOBRIQUET · « **Reply #1 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:30:25 PM »

I am a Chelsea Fan and a Drogba Fan, but he talkin pure rubbish! Eto is the best forward in the world right now.

Small Magician aka Wazza · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:33:26 PM »

bullshit drogba is better

eto is a wild foot shit hound and is only ronaldinho gettin him to look good all he hadda do is finish ronaldinho majic and he does throw away relll plenty he good buh not dat good i find he overated

once again my opinion

Ponnoxx · « **Reply #3 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:34:12 PM »

Drogba carried Marsielle already...He int score plenty for Chelsea but his work rate is incredible...I don't think he is better than Eto'o...None of them is the best forward in the World.

FF · « **Reply #4 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:35:28 PM »

Quote from: Ponnoxx on February 09, 2006, 02:34:12 PM

Drogba carried Marsielle already...He int score plenty for Chelsea but his work rate is incredible...I don't think he is better than Eto'o...None of them is the best forward in the World.

Yes Ponnox it only have one Ronaldo!

breezers · « **Reply #5 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:39:17 PM »

Me eh no bout allyuh, but ah starting Eto'o on muh team any day in front ah Drogba. Doh gemmeh wrong uhnuh,Drogba is ah good player..and he in ah great position tuh buss up he beak..seeing dat he is ah finalist and he was de hero in de game against Cameroon..while Eto'o was de villian...BUT NO WAY AH GO RISK MY HEALTH AND PUT MY HEAD ON AH BLOCK FUH DROGBA INFRONT AH ETO'O...CAUSE AH SURE AH GO GEH IT CHOP OFF!!!!!!!!

futbolfan · « **Reply #6 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:41:12 PM »

talk is cheap...the good thing about the beautiful game is dat this debate will be settled when chelski play barca in de champions league.....ah just hope Eto eh spit on nobody else an get ban for de match

Ponnoxx · « **Reply #7 on:** February 09, 2006, 02:42:58 PM »

I feel i does be here too often....FF yuh read me like a book

Brej · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2006, 03:08:12 PM »

drogba is a nice guy eh
buh wa planet he living on eto'o much better

vibetrini · « **Reply #9 on:** February 09, 2006, 03:50:38 PM »

I aint know fellas, too me dis talk only happens in football ... in cricket, u go never find a man like lara saying he better dan tendulkar or tendulkar saying he better dan lara, or Murali and Warne saying they better dan d other... cuz in cricket d players are taught to be sportsman like and play with honor... football gettin more n more egocentric

FLi ! · « **Reply #10 on:** February 09, 2006, 04:22:05 PM »

Quote from: vibetrini on February 09, 2006, 03:50:38 PM

I aint know fellas, too me dis talk only happens in football ... in cricket, u go never find a man like lara saying he better dan tendulkar or tendulkar saying he better dan lara, or Murali and Warne saying they better dan d other... cuz in cricket d players are taught to be sportsman like and play with honor... football gettin more n more egocentric

getting ...

Filho · « **Reply #11 on:** February 09, 2006, 05:02:27 PM »

Quote from: futbolfan on February 09, 2006, 02:41:12 PM

talk is cheap...the good thing about the beautiful game is dat this debate will be settled when chelski play barca in de champions league.....ah just hope Eto eh spit on nobody else an get ban for de match

how 2 games go decide who is better between 2 individuals? dat really eh making no sense at all.

who is the better footballer...I DOh KNOW...dat is a subjective thing. But one fact remains...Eto'o is a better goalscorer any day of the week. He scores more goals at every level....club and country. Even now in the African Cup of Nations, Drogba need 2 extra games to try and reach Eto'o goal tally...and he hadda score a hattrick in the final to pass him. Small Magician say Eto'o looks good because ah Ronaldinho...last time I check Ronaldinho didn't play for Cameroun and Eto'o was also bussin' de net at Mallorca. So that argument buss. Drogba have a chip on his shoulder because the general concensus is that Eto'o is better...that is why the man is African footballer of the year....and that is why Mourinho and Chelsea want Eto'o bad.

Quote from: vibetrini on February 09, 2006, 03:50:38 PM

I aint know fellas, too me dis talk only happens in football ... in cricket, u go never find a man like lara saying he better dan tendulkar or tendulkar saying he better dan lara, or Murali and Warne saying they better dan d other... cuz in cricket d players are taught to be sportsman like and play with honor... football gettin more n more egocentric

doh try dat. dem cricketers have big egos all over the world and always fighting...but noone cares if 2 cricketers fight...dat newsflash would die quicker than a bucket ah kentucky.

Jefferz · « **Reply #12 on:** February 09, 2006, 05:19:13 PM »

eto hands down

Jumbie · « **Reply #13 on:** February 09, 2006, 05:51:42 PM »

see what happens when you play with nature..tooo much activator/Straightner... interfering with the man brain. better than Mr. Eto

dat must go dong as a classic.

I'll be bold enough to say that Eto is probably the deadliest striker in game today.

Gladman · « **Reply #14 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:00:03 PM »

Drogba is ah little boi, top class professionals never say that dey r better than anyone ,he could jus say i think im the best,but from the time he compare he slf to Eto'o he move real small dey.

chunk-a-loonks · « **Reply #15 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:04:36 PM »

Well said Gladman. I wasn't looking for Drogba there atall.

Anyway Eto'o have he number anyday. If Eto'o was playing for Chelsea, he would be like Lampard - playin every game.

trinidre · « **Reply #16 on:** February 09, 2006, 06:12:15 PM »

ah have to agree that drogba move real small when he make that comment and even though ah think drogba is good eto'o is plenty better than him but eto'o isnt the best striker right now and even though ronalidhino is may favourite player right now eto'o was doing he thing before he link up with ronalidinho at barca

juventus_fc · « **Reply #17 on:** February 09, 2006, 10:11:47 PM »

Like he brain get fried from all that falt iron de man flat ironing he head......he is a goat in my books ...just how eto have ronaldinho ...drogba have lampard so das no argument there....i doh like he at all....although it might not have to do with his football.....is just de f**king perm hoss...big man doh deal up with them ting

Savannah boy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 09, 2006, 11:50:58 PM »

Drogba full of it. What ah really wonder is why every blasted African I talk to say Drogba shoulda be in Broke Back Mountain even people from Cote de Ivoire.

SUPA · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2006, 02:28:48 AM »

Both players are extremely great forwards, but I is ah Barca fan, so ah go have tuh give it tuh Eto.

kicker · « **Reply #20 on:** February 10, 2006, 07:47:24 AM »

Quote from: Small Magician on February 09, 2006, 02:33:26 PM

bullshitÂ Â drogba is better

eto is a wild foot shit hound and is only ronaldinho gettin him to look good all he hadda do is finish ronaldinho majic and he does throw away relll plentyÂ Â Â he good buh not dat goodÂ i find he overated

once again my opinion

yuh talkin' mess smalls..........Eto'o was great before he paired up with Ronaldinho. I dunno how much Spanish football yuh watch, but your assesment of Eto'o is very very very inaccurate.....

futbolfan · « **Reply #21 on:** February 10, 2006, 09:10:06 AM »

Quote from: Filho on February 09, 2006, 05:02:27 PM

Quote from: futbolfan on February 09, 2006, 02:41:12 PM
talk is cheap...the good thing about the beautiful game is dat this debate will be settled when chelski play barca in de champions league.....ah just hope Eto eh spit on nobody else an get ban for de match

how 2 games go decide who is better between 2 individuals? dat really eh making no sense at all.

who is the better footballer...I DOh KNOW...dat is a subjective thing. But one fact remains...Eto'o is a better goalscorer any day of the week. He scores more goals at every level....club and country. Even now in the African Cup of Nations, Drogba need 2 extra games to try and reach Eto'o goal tally...and he hadda score a hattrick in the final to pass him. Small Magician say Eto'o looks good because ah Ronaldinho...last time I check Ronaldinho didn't play for Cameroun and Eto'o was also bussin' de net at Mallorca. So that argument buss. Drogba have a chip on his shoulder because the general concensus is that Eto'o is better...that is why the man is African footballer of the year....and that is why Mourinho and Chelsea want Eto'o bad.

not saying that 2 games will decide who is better....but drobga bumpin he gums bout he better dan eto eh real doing nothing for the masses....if he think dat he better, den let him go out on de field in those two games and prove it...I want to see head to head competition....certain people think eto now startin to shine,is donkey years(although he is 25)now eto bussin de net...ah know REAL vex dey let him slip away

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andre samuel · « **Reply #22 on:** February 10, 2006, 11:26:19 AM »

Quote from: trinidre on February 09, 2006, 06:12:15 PM

ah have to agree that drogba move real small when he make that comment and even though ah think drogba is good eto'o is plenty better than him but eto'o isnt the best striker right now and even though ronalidhino is may favourite player right now eto'o was doing he thing before he link up with ronalidinho at barcaÂ

the are both very good players and are equal in my opinion. Drogba carries his team while Eto'o doesnt. I think that Drogba only reacted like that cause he was fed up of all the comparissions.

But u have to remember, Ivory Coast qualified for the world cup in from of cameroon, while they also triumphed over them in the quarters. Part 4 will be the champions league next week (i am a chelsea man) Drogba has lampard while Eto'o has Ronaldinho, but they both scored heavily berfore they were paired with these midfielders.

Ps: If Eto was at Chelsea, he would have been rotated with Crespo the same way Drogba is.

ah love it!!

Aymir · « **Reply #23 on:** February 10, 2006, 03:46:06 PM »

eto'o hands down.

the best there is right now i reckon.

JDB · « **Reply #24 on:** February 10, 2006, 03:48:32 PM »

I surprised this have so much debate. In my mind there is no comparison, Eto'o is streets ahead of Drogba.

Just compare the first touch of the two players and you'll see that Drogba is not ready yet.

Aymir · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2006, 04:00:49 PM »

drogba just proved in the african cup final why he is not better than eto'o.

drogba just missed an open goal during the match and a penalty during the shootout. his team lost.

that left him two goals short of what eto'o accomplished in even two less matches.

drogba should never have opened his mouth. he embarassed himself.

Flex · « **Reply #26 on:** July 17, 2020, 06:15:27 AM »

Drogba fails to score player support for run at Ivory Coast FA presidency
insideworldfootball.com.

Former Ivory Coast icon Didier Drogba’s hopes of becoming the next president of his country’s football federation has suffered a serious setback after the failure of his fellow players to support his candidacy.

Drogba, who played in three World Cups with the Ivory Coast and twice helped them to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, is one of three candidates standing for election in September but is struggling to gain the support he needs.

He was expecting to be backed by the footballers’ union, headed by former teammate Cyrille Domoraud, but they are supporting Idriss Diallo, one of the two other candidates.

“The majority of our members decided to grant our endorsement to the list led by Mr. Idriss Diallo,” said a statement by the Association of Ivorian Footballers, adding they were remaining loyal to a grouping formed three years ago to contest the elections, before Drogba had declared his candidacy.

Flex · « **Reply #27 on:** July 25, 2020, 05:50:27 AM »

FIFPro suspends Ivorian players' union for not backing Drogba's FA candidacy
AFP News

Abidjan (AFP) - Global footballers' union FIFPro has suspended the Ivory Coast Footballers Association (AFI) for failing to endorse Didier Drogba's bid to head the country's football federation.

In a letter dated Thursday and addressed to the president of the AFI Cyrille Domoraud, FIFPro said it was suspending his organisation "with immediate effect."

The letter said that this "exceptional intervention" was motivated by "extreme urgency".

The AFI decided last week to not sponsor Drogba to run for the presidency of the Ivorian federation (FIF) in the September 5 election and instead backed Idriss Diallo, the current FIF vice-president.

Candidates need an endorsement from one of five Ivorian football organisations to enter the presidential race. With only the association of medical staff yet to announce their endorsement, the former Chelsea and Marseille striker does not have a sponsor.

In its scathing letter, FIFPro attacked what it called the "iniquitous decision" of the AFI saying it is likely "to have a negative impact, in the Ivory Coast and beyond, on the defence of footballers, the chief objective of FIFPro and its members".

"Your decision shows a flagrant omission of this obligation and a total lack of consideration for your members," the letter continued.

FIFPro said the choice "is the result of various serious statutory breaches committed by the AFI in recent years" and had failed to take into account the "strictly democratic expression of the will of Ivorian footballers."

"The suspension means that the AFI immediately loses all its rights as a FIFPro member, and in particular its rights to income," it said.