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should we retire the number 11 shirt for Drogba?

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i just found out that Oscar is going to wear the number 11 shirt for Chelsea, previously worn by Drogba. But am I the only one who think it should be retire to honour Drogba, the guy who scored the equalizer and winning penalty in the champions league final in Munich. I mean it was our first Champions league trophy.

 
Hate people suggesting this. He was a very very good player but he's not up there with Ossie, Chopper, Zola & our most succesful captain JT. So for me it's a big fat NO.

 
TomW said:
Hate people suggesting this. He was a very very good player but he's not up there with Ossie, Chopper, Zola & our most succesful captain JT. So for me it's a big fat NO.
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Agree 100%

Alan

 
If we do retire the number 11 shirt for Drogba, then we should also retire the #9 (Osgood), #7 (Cooke), #6 (Harris), #1 (Bonetti), #8 (Hudson), #4 (Hollins), and #10 (Hutchinson).

 
Totally agree with you, BB. I think we should not retire the 11 shirt, but I may be in the minority in that opinion.

 
Like it's been said before, having a tradition of passing on the shirt is better than retiring a number. Oscar takes the shirt knowing he has a lot to live up to.

 
No numbers should be retired. You'd be depriving all those future #11 stars of wearing the shirt.

 
blueisthecolour96 said:
i just found out that Oscar is going to wear the number 11 shirt for Chelsea, previously worn by Drogba. But am I the only one who think it should be retire to honour Drogba,
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Yep, looks like you're on your own there mate!!

 
We could maybe retire his number if it were 83 or 67, but not a number every team uses.

 
TomW said:
Hate people suggesting this. He was a very very good player but he's not up there with Ossie, Chopper, Zola & our most succesful captain JT. So for me it's a big fat NO.
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I have to disagree he is up there with those guys even passed some of them. We wouldn't of had the success if it wasn't for his goals scored or him being the powerhouse up in attack.

But I do agree not to retire the shirt.

 
No.

Don't see anything good about retiring a shirt.

The shirt number should be passed on and the history and heritage of the number is therefore handed to a new player for them to attempt to emulate and have their name added to the 'hall of fame' for the number in question.

 
TomW said:
Hate people suggesting this. He was a very very good player but he's not up there with Ossie, Chopper, Zola & our most succesful captain JT. So for me it's a big fat NO.
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Disagree myself, I think he can be mentioned in the same breath as those players. Very difficult to judge who is better when you are comparing players of different positions as it's not a game of top trumps but in my opinion he is in the elite bracket of players who has worn the shirt.

His 2 golden boots and 157 goals making him the 4th highest scorer of all time would certainly back up that statement.

And in terms of the contrubution made against trophies won I would say he can go toe to toe with anyone.

But still no in terms of retiring the shirt.

 
Retiring a number for something other than dying as a player, or a lifetime of service, implies that the player is bigger than the club. And Drogba, while immense, is not that.

 
No , to retire a shirt you have to be SUPER SPECIAL to the club , like Maldini was to Milan and Zanetti is to Inter. I know at times Drogba has been great to us but there has been times where i couldn't stand the guy.

 
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