van_Pommel
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- May 10, 2004
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I have found the gradual transformation of the modern day striker fascinating. It has got to a point now where a striker has to be efficient at pretty much everything besides keep goal to be a success at a top club. I found this bit in me dailly email from the Times interesting.
[FONT="]ASK THE EXPERT: THERE IS A STRIKER BETTER THAN DROGBA[/FONT][FONT="]
Today, we ask: "Is Carlo Ancelotti right to call Didier Drogba the best striker in the world?"
Tony Cascarino responds: "When Didier Drogba has got the bit between his teeth he is as good as anyone in the world. But the problem I have with Drogba is that he isn't always mentally right and that has cost Chelsea in the past, in fact his attitude has probably cost them at least one Champions League title.
"Is Drogba as good a finisher as Fernando Torres? No. Does he have more of a physical presence and is he more of a handful for defenders? Yes. But if it came down to a choice between the two, I would take Torres because I could trust him to produce the goods time after time.
"Outside of those two, you look at Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He has started this season sensationally, but we have seen him drift in and out of games in the past and he doesn't have the consistency to threaten Torres and Drogba. Elsewhere, Real Madrid's Karim Benzema is a player who could develop into one of the world's best.
"Wayne Rooney is certainly among the best forwards. He has been moved into a more central role this season after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo but until he scores 20-plus league goals a season, which he hasn't done at Manchester United, he can't be considered alongside Torres and Drogba."[/FONT]
[FONT="]I really dont think Spurs will break the top 4 until we find a striker like this. He needs to be tall, strong, aggressive, good finisher, good header, quick, the lot really! They are few and far between. Any ideas who might be the next one to come through?
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[FONT="]ASK THE EXPERT: THERE IS A STRIKER BETTER THAN DROGBA[/FONT][FONT="]
Today, we ask: "Is Carlo Ancelotti right to call Didier Drogba the best striker in the world?"
Tony Cascarino responds: "When Didier Drogba has got the bit between his teeth he is as good as anyone in the world. But the problem I have with Drogba is that he isn't always mentally right and that has cost Chelsea in the past, in fact his attitude has probably cost them at least one Champions League title.
"Is Drogba as good a finisher as Fernando Torres? No. Does he have more of a physical presence and is he more of a handful for defenders? Yes. But if it came down to a choice between the two, I would take Torres because I could trust him to produce the goods time after time.
"Outside of those two, you look at Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. He has started this season sensationally, but we have seen him drift in and out of games in the past and he doesn't have the consistency to threaten Torres and Drogba. Elsewhere, Real Madrid's Karim Benzema is a player who could develop into one of the world's best.
"Wayne Rooney is certainly among the best forwards. He has been moved into a more central role this season after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo but until he scores 20-plus league goals a season, which he hasn't done at Manchester United, he can't be considered alongside Torres and Drogba."[/FONT]
[FONT="]I really dont think Spurs will break the top 4 until we find a striker like this. He needs to be tall, strong, aggressive, good finisher, good header, quick, the lot really! They are few and far between. Any ideas who might be the next one to come through?
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