World Class Debate

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Henry was better than Drogba but Henry isn't the yardstick for being world class. Drogba was as complete an athlete in football as you will find. Fast, powerful, outrageously good in the air, like Alan Shearer good (and I know most don't like Shearer) decent on the ground, if he had a decent chance you trusted he'd take it more times than not, smart runs, played off the shoulder, could drop deep and like Giroud would head the ball over the half way line away from his own goal when defending for his team.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Yaya played in that Barca team at their prime and looked limited to some. When he came here we realised that that wasn't the case at it. He is as complete a midfielder as you will find. At his best it looks like the best secondary school kid playing with the year 6 primary school kids half the time. You can't get near him.

He has a touch of the languid, lazy, deify me touch about him at times (a little like Ozil) and he does get thwarted against the better players on occasion, but I think even the better players often do. It doesn't take too much away from their quality. Suarez doesn't score as many against top half teams, but we all agree on his abilities. Well mostly.

Yaya is their top scorer this season and has been instrumental in them retaining the title (which they will do make no mistake) with 20 odd league goals. If we're being honest there is nothing he can't do really and I think he would have stood out in any era of football.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Come on now. Drogba was world class.

Unplayable during his peak years. Done it in the big games too.

Top top player.

[Bury Da Bwoy]

By world class I take it we mean a special player who stands out in terms of skill, intelligence, attitude and application. Henry was so far ahead of Drogba in terms of being a world class talent you wouldn't have a tape long enough to measure it. Drogba was effective, not world class. Right player, right team, right time. A blunderbuss that smashed his way to the result. But Bergkamp, Henry, van Basten, Ronaldo, Messi... Drogba? All sense of reason lost when you add his name to just that short list. Many, many others several levels up from him too.

Are you being serious? Lmao



Judging by this thread, nasri and yaya were 100% right when it concerns goonersweb


And yaya had to move on because he didn't fit in barca's system as well as busquets did at that time. Wenger was trying to get yaya for years, could you imagine us as we are now with yaya? We'd be killing it



And lord knows how you couldn't say drogba was world class back in his prime? He gave many defenddrs nightmares and with us killed senderos all by himself lol


Players like drogba and yaya are who we need the most

[GP]

Yep, it takes a truly world class player to get the better of Senderos.

[Globalgunner]

Yep, it takes a truly world class player to get the better of Senderos.

Thats hardly the point. The point is no one in his right mind could argue that Drogba wasn't world class. He was the top scorer in this league for like 3 seasons running. He used to do things to this Arsenal team back in the day, that frankly should be illegal.

[Niall_Quinn]

World class - a stupid and misleading term. Apparently some kid called James Wilson(?) is now world class after one game. Media whores and their stupid shit.

Top tier is probably better, the top level of players that we all know stand above the rest. Pele, Maradona, Messi, van Basten, Zidane, Henry, Bergkamp, fat Ronaldo, queer Ronaldo, Ronaldinho etc, etc. We know who they are.

Toure? Drogba - Don't be clowns please, these guys aren't anywhere near that level. They are/ were very effective as the blunt trauma instruments in billionaire teams and they are good players in their own right as they could probably replicate some of that effectiveness wherever they went. But let's keep them on the level where they belong, along with Wilson and all the other media chip wrapping sensationalism. I've even heard people say Rooney is at the top level. That's how ludicrous it has become.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Drogba done it against the best defenders in the world.

World class.

[AKBapologist]

Your a fucking retard if you don't think Yaya and Drogba are world class. One of the best players in that generation for their positions and single handedly won plenty of games for their respective clubs time and time again.

Also, since when did world class suddenly need to mean best player of all time?

[Munchies]

Agree ^^ , Drogba was world class.

Done it in all the big games, and rescued the champions league for the Chavs.