by bigmick » Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:48 pm
Couple of points. I think Drogba is a top class striker who will go close to being top goalscorer in the Prem next season if Chelsea persist with him. It's funny when we sign guys who come in and don't settle it's "remember Pires/Henri/Reyes etc etc". When players at another club take a season to really settle then immediately they are sh!te and a terrible buy. At Marseilles Drogba was a fantastic player and looked to me like a bloke a bit short of confidence last term when he came back from injury. He'll come back if you ask me. Put it this way, if he was for sale at around 15m I would absolutely take Mourinho's arm off at the elbow if I was Rafa. I know lots will disagree with this view but there you go, it's all about opinions. WE'll see if I'm right next season.
On the question of Crouch, I think he's a good player aswell. I read an article in one of the broadsheets the other week where the writer stated the word coming out of the England camp was that a lot of the senior players were very impressed and surprised with the ability of Crouch. So was Sven, he had planned to play him in both games until the tall bloke got injured, so impressed was he with Crouch's ability. I keep saying it, players can improve and it's not always a gradual process. Two or three years ago Drogba was playing in the French lower leagues, it happens and it's happening to Crouch right about now in my opinion.
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