Mole_Toonfan Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Did you miss his seasons at Marseilles? All 1 of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Did you miss his seasons at Marseilles? All 1 of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Drogba would have been 25 during that transcendent season at OM. When Eto'o was 25, he scored the equaliser in the Champions League final, won the Pichichi, and was top scorer for the best team in the world. I like Drogba much more tha Eto'o, but the Cameroonian's consistency at the top level is astounding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm really sad about this. Always been my favorite non-NUFC player in PL and seems like a nice guy with all those charities. There's so many memories watching him play thinking he's totally unplayable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Did you miss his seasons at Marseilles? All 1 of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Weah exceeds both IMO, Eto'o probably shades Drogba because he's done it more consistently for longer and I don't think Drogba would be as good in a more tactical league whereas I firmly believe Eto'o would've torn the PL a new one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o adapted to Italian football and being outside of Barca far more than I ever imagine he would. Made me realise just how good he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Time Top 100 Along with the other great players Lady Gaga, Barack Obama... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 From Wiki: After playing in youth teams, Drogba made his professional debut aged 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans. A late bloomer, he signed his first professional contract aged 21; it was not until the 2002–03 season that he realized his potential, scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances in Ligue 1 for Guingamp. During the same season he made his first international appearance for Côte d'Ivoire, in September, and scored his first international goal the following February. He moved to Olympique de Marseille in 2003 for £3.3 million. Can't help but think that if we had our scouting network set up like it is now, back then he would have joined us and we would maybe have a trophy that isn't 40+ years old. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Google image searching for that picture of fucking Eusebio took me to a dodgy site and installed a virus on my computer, which I've just spent the last 4 hours trying to get rid of. Mint. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fuck's sake. Sorry about your ordeal, but the smiley is hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 From Wiki: After playing in youth teams, Drogba made his professional debut aged 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans. A late bloomer, he signed his first professional contract aged 21; it was not until the 2002–03 season that he realized his potential, scoring 17 goals in 34 appearances in Ligue 1 for Guingamp. During the same season he made his first international appearance for Côte d'Ivoire, in September, and scored his first international goal the following February. He moved to Olympique de Marseille in 2003 for £3.3 million. Can't help but think that if we had our scouting network set up like it is now, back then he would have joined us and we would maybe have a trophy that isn't 40+ years old. :lol: But we have it now. http://i.imgur.com/DpeBc.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 No offence to the lad but Freddie Shepherd had never heard of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Did you miss his seasons at Marseilles? All 1 of them? Certainly sounds like you did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 can someone put a small cross or something in the thread title when the drogba/eto'o debate is over so the rest of us know, ta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Did you miss his seasons at Marseilles? All 1 of them? Certainly sounds like you did. Nah not really, but i was talking about his time at Chelsea in any case and anyway it seems to me that you did because you referred it as "seasons" He was only there for 1 year ffs He was a great player but not consistent and definitely not on Eto'o's level imo. Anyway iam going to leave it at that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Need I remind you of what you actually said? So his prime consisted of 2 seasons in his whole career? because thats the only time he scored goals for fun, the rest were just poor, average or decent seasons. His time at Marseilles wasn't poor, average or decent. He was f***ing phenomenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. I'm 100% sure I didn't have any impact on these awards and I'd be amazed and impressed if either of you did. But you specifically said we should ignore personal opinions and then tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards, the majority of which are opinion based...surely you can see why I've laughed at that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. I'm 100% sure I didn't have any impact on these awards and I'd be amazed and impressed if either of you did. But you specifically said we should ignore personal opinions and then tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards, the majority of which are opinion based...surely you can see why I've laughed at that? I tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards? Wow. Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. My first sentence has nothing to do with the awards. I just posted their individual awards for everyone to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yes, thanks for doing that. Made your point really clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. I'm 100% sure I didn't have any impact on these awards and I'd be amazed and impressed if either of you did. But you specifically said we should ignore personal opinions and then tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards, the majority of which are opinion based...surely you can see why I've laughed at that? I tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards? Wow. Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. My first sentence has nothing to do with the awards. I just posted their individual awards for everyone to see. Why the hell did you post that list then?? If that had nothing to do with it, your conclusion was that, removing personal opinions, Eto'o is better?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrSundlofer Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. I'm 100% sure I didn't have any impact on these awards and I'd be amazed and impressed if either of you did. But you specifically said we should ignore personal opinions and then tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards, the majority of which are opinion based...surely you can see why I've laughed at that? I tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards? Wow. Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. My first sentence has nothing to do with the awards. I just posted their individual awards for everyone to see. Why the hell did you post that list then? Didn't I told you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o has never been as polished a footballer as Drogba. It's clear you favors Drogba, and Drogba is a world class forward, but if we ignore personal opinions, Eto'o is the better player. Samuel Eto'o: Young African Player of the Year: 2000 African Player of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008-09, 2010–11 FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006 UEFA Team of the Year: 2005, 2006 African Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 2006, 2008 UEFA Champions League Best Forward: 2006 La Liga Top Scorer: 2006 African Cup of Nations All-Time Top Scorer RCD Mallorca All-Time Top Scorer Cameroon All-Time Top Scorer 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Third UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match 2006 FIFA Club World Cup – Golden Ball 2010 CAF Starting XI in the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2006 Didier Drogba: Onze d'Or: 2004 UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 2004 Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2004 Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2004 Ivorian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2007 African Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2009 Chelsea Players' Player of the Year: 2007 Premier League Golden Boot: 2007, 2010 PFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2010 UEFA Team of the Year: 2007 ESM Team of the Year: 2007 FIFPro World XI: 2007 BBC African Footballer of the Year: 2009 West African Footballer of the Year : 2010 Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010 Time Top 100: 2010 Côte d'Ivoire all-time Top Scorer This is quality If we ignore personal opinions, and rate them on loads of things that are decided only by personal opinions we come to a far fairer decision I highly doubt he, you and I have anything to do with all the awards these players have won. I'm 100% sure I didn't have any impact on these awards and I'd be amazed and impressed if either of you did. But you specifically said we should ignore personal opinions and then tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards, the majority of which are opinion based...surely you can see why I've laughed at that? I tried to prove one player was better than the other based on who had a longer list of awards? Wow. Sorry to disappoint you, but I did not. My first sentence has nothing to do with the awards. I just posted their individual awards for everyone to see. Why the hell did you post that list then? Didn't I told you? for everyone to see? So your conclusion is: ignoring personal opinions; Eto'o is the better player. In your opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o adapted to Italian football and being outside of Barca far more than I ever imagine he would. Made me realise just how good he is. Being rapid is pretty useful in any nation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Eto'o adapted to Italian football and being outside of Barca far more than I ever imagine he would. Made me realise just how good he is. Being rapid is pretty useful in any nation http://www.prlog.org/10278164-gabriel-obertan.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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