Not not Guus, DROGBA!

If what I have been reading is correct, and Drogba wants to sign a new contract...I think we would be mad to sell him off. With Drogba and Anelka in the squad, all we need is one more striker and another winger and we are set.

For the past couple seasons Drogba has publically moaned about leaving, and has ended up staying. This season I haven't heard one pip from the man.

Please Roman, sign him up.

:D

Were you in a sealed container for the first half of the season?

This season I haven't heard one pip from the man.

have you been asleep for most of last year? thats all he did do for the first 3 months of the season. if it was all about the football on the pitch then i would be more than happy for him to stay. but his attitude towards the club and more importantly us fans is disgraceful and i will be more than happy to see us get rid of him.

have you been asleep for most of last year? thats all he did do for the first 3 months of the season. if it was all about the football on the pitch then i would be more than happy for him to stay. but his attitude towards the club and more importantly us fans is disgraceful and i will be more than happy to see us get rid of him.

Fair enough. I suppose I was only referring to the last several months.

Can't really blame him too much under Scolari though to be fair. If one of the best strikers in the world wants to sign a new contract with us and he seems to have a decent attitude (as he has lately), then I would love to have him back.

Get him to stay and bring in one more striker as back up so we have four strikers to rotate from (like Man U did a few years back)

For me, it all comes down to the style of football the new gaffer wants to play (or, if it's Ancelotti, the style that Roman tells him to play).

If they are keen to persist with our style of old, or a slightly modified version of it, then we would be stupid to get rid of a fit and motivated Didier (as much as I find the man tiresome to the extreme).

If however, the decision is that we need to move on, and bring through other, younger players and a new system to boot, then I suppose his presence is probably better off elsewhere, as he will not be happy being a bit part player and would then inevitably disrupt the new dressing room.

In a way it comes down to the Riccy C conundrum again - ie, at what point do you move on your older players? Do you milk them for all the years they have, knowing this will mean you get no return for them once you do sell and that it might hamper the development of the next generation of players, or do you get rid the moment they start to show a few signs of wear and tear, knowing that you can still get a decent sum for them, which will then finance buying the replacements?

For me, it all comes down to the style of football the new gaffer wants to play (or, if it's Ancelotti, the style that Roman tells him to play).

If they are keen to persist with our style of old, or a slightly modified version of it, then we would be stupid to get rid of a fit and motivated Didier (as much as I find the man tiresome to the extreme).

If however, the decision is that we need to move on, and bring through other, younger players and a new system to boot, then I suppose his presence is probably better off elsewhere, as he will not be happy being a bit part player and would then inevitably disrupt the new dressing room.

In a way it comes down to the Riccy C conundrum again - ie, at what point do you move on your older players? Do you milk them for all the years they have, knowing this will mean you get no return for them once you do sell and that it might hamper the development of the next generation of players, or do you get rid the moment they start to show a few signs of wear and tear, knowing that you can still get a decent sum for them, which will then finance buying the replacements?

Time for Riccy to go, we have adequate back up the same of which cannot be said for our striker department

If we get him to sign one year extension it would be great. Drogba can be a total w*nker but he is the only player in our squad, well maybe with Lampard, who can perform in big games and make a difference.

I think Drogba reacted on Scolari when he saw that it is not going to work for him and perhaps the whole team. He doesn't keep his opinions to himself, but he's been living in France most of his life so what do you expect. French workers go to strike even with the smallest reasons...

He knows his value maybe too well...It can be totally irritating but when you are in a final you can rely on Drogba to score.

I don't want to see him in Inter for example. If we face them in the CL and lose to a Drogba goal that would just be a shame

Fair play for your opinnion,but Drogs is just as likely to fall out with the next manager,what happens if say "Ancellotti" prefers Anelka and another striker?

His attitude is the biggest concern for me. And the fact that his diving and petulance gives a bad name to the club, I'd rather see him off to somewhere else and get some money for him while we can and spend it the way the new manager wants to.

I agree Geezer and I was actually going to go on to post that but was too lazy.

As you rightly point out, we have ample back up in defense, and sod all up front, so IF we were to decide to cash in on an ageing and increasingly injury prone Didier, we would absolutely have to invest that money in a replacement (or two).

I agree Geezer and I was actually going to go on to post that but was too lazy.

As you rightly point out, we have ample back up in defense, and sod all up front, so IF we were to decide to cash in on an ageing and increasingly injury prone Didier, we would absolutely have to invest that money in a replacement (or two).

Right, but what's the harm in signing a young striker in addition to having Anelka and Drogba? Someone like Dzeko, Tevez, or Aguero.

add Tevez, and Ribery to our attack and a fit Joe Cole - job done!

Right, but what's the harm in signing a young striker in addition to having Anelka and Drogba? Someone like Dzeko, Tevez, or Aguero.

That's exactly what I said wasn't it? Sign someone else as a back up and have four strikers in rotation. Anelka, Drogs, Di Santo and one other.

That's exactly what I said wasn't it? Sign someone else as a back up and have four strikers in rotation. Anelka, Drogs, Di Santo and one other.

I was responding to Tim, not you. He hinted at an opinion that cashing in on Drogba wouldn't be too bad an idea (aging, injury prone)

I myself would be happy to see drogba leave chelsea

as i still hav not forgiven him for what he did in the champions league final

slapping vidic ( well done thou lol )

my view is that if he stayed on the pitch

he could have taken john terry`s penalty and we could have won ??

it`s the constant moaning and his on field antics that he does

he gives the club a bad name & as a massive chaelsea fan i dont liek that not 1 bit

aka the slap & the barca semi final rant

i never remember him being like this with jose

if he is going to be like that from now on then yeah just get shot of him and get someone else in PERIOD

yeh ok he came back and scored some impotant goals for us & i am gratfull

just if he keeps his mouth shut

lets the goals do the talking

then yes id be happy for him to stay

but at the moment no way

Edited May 28, 200915 yr by Ant

I myself would be happy to see drogba leave chelsea

as i still hav not forgiven him for what he did in the champions league final

slapping vidic ( well done thou lol )

my view is that if he stayed on the pitch

he could have taken john terry`s penalty and we could have won ??

it`s the constant moaning and his on field antics that he does

he gives the club a bad name & as a massive chaelsea fan i dont liek that not 1 bit

aka the slap & the barca semi final rant

i never remember him being like this with jose

if he is going to be like that from now on then yeah just get shot of him and get someone else in PERIOD

yeh ok he came back and scored some impotant goals for us & i am gratfull

just if he keeps his mouth shut

lets the goals do the talking

then yes id be happy for him to stay

but at the moment no way

Interesting paragraph structure...almost poetic. ;)

And more of them on the way LOL

i reckon drogba only wants stay because no one else will pay him the money is on at the bridge

The guy have scored almost all our important goals for the club in recent years (along with Lampard) and still you complain. I really don't care that he might seem as a total c*nt. I much rather see Drogs drop to the ground and roll around and score the winner for the final than some player who makes a good effort and fails to make a difference.

He looks like a c*nt, he rolls like a c*nt, he complains like a c*nt so he probably is one but the biggest c*nt he is for the opposition by scoring goals that make them lose!

When we buy someone in who has already proven to be everybit as good Drogba then I'll happily wave him goodbye. As we haven't yet brought in anyone who is everybit as good Drogba, (and that's because there isn't anyone available who is everybit as good as Drogba), I'm not one of those who would merrily kiss our trophy contending days goodbye. Selling your best players and buying up inferior replacements is not a policy I would recommend. Unless you want to be Arsenal.

And why do people think we have to sell Drogba to utilise a new formation? The poor sod has been stuck up front on his Jack Jones for most of his Chelsea career, (and made a damn fine fist of it as well for the most part). The one season he had another strike partner played up centrally alongside him, (albeit an aging ex-superstar), for any reasonable spell he bagged a record number of goals for us.

In summary. Vote Drogba. For a brighter tomorrow.

And why do people think we have to sell Drogba to utilise a new formation?

Because to keep him playing, we'll have to play the way we do now or some slight variation of the same. If the formation or style of play is dramatically changed, he might not fit it which will make his presence in the squad a nuisance rather than an asset. He'll not play a bit part role in the squad and would disrupt the harmony of the dressing room.

Because to keep him playing, we'll have to play the way we do now or some slight variation of the same. If the formation or style of play is dramatically changed, he might not fit it which will make his presence in the squad a nuisance rather than an asset.

"He might not fit in it" ???? Why?

How do you know he won't fit in it anymore than say Essien or Lampard? As I said before, we have pretty much seen a 4-3-3 formation, (or slight variations of it), since the Jose days with Drogba principly employed as a lone striker. The only time that was altered for any significant period was when a change was made to accommodate Roman's piick, Shevchenko, up alongside him. And whilst Sheva may not have flourished in that formation, Drogba certainly did.

SIGN HIM UP!

SIGN HIM UP!

What? Why do you say that? Here's with us already and is going nowhere...