Yeah, and Villa was perfectly healthy this time last year too..... How is that working out??????
Whether or not he would be one of the best strikers in the league is irrelevant because it depends on how he will play with our team. I have no doubt that if you switched Villa with Drogba for Chelsea Villa would look a whole lot better than Didier, and you see how hard of a time he is having in the MLS.
How so? He left Chelsea, went to an average team in an average league, came back for one season because of Mourinho, has played pretty terrible, and is now leaving to a much inferior league, or retiring. Plus most NYCFC fans are looking for a player that can be up there with the best players in the league, week in and week out.. not players that will struggle to play every game and struggle to play the majority of every game. Sometimes its players like Robbie Keane that might not have reached the same heights, but are a bit younger and have the drive to do better.
Really????? So you are saying that a 37 year old is no more prone to injury that a 23 year old? Before you answer that, let me now how your bones feel when you get out of bed tomorrow compared to when you were 23.......
Hmm. I doubt the idea that Drogba could not make runs at all in MLS. He's lost a step in pace, but he's lost nothing in his ability to control the ball. Also undiminished is his strength. While Drogba won't make the runs that Shelton can, I would expect that he could get by plenty of defensive midfielders and defenders.
Here you have a point. While Drogba is my all-time favourite player, and while I firmly believe that he's well in excess of MLS quality, I don't necessarily think that he'd be right for this struggling team. Even I admit that he'd be unlikely to play 90 minutes very often (though both Raul and Senna played the full 90 for the Cosmos in their last match).
The "best" league is where it has been proven that he can't hack it anymore. Nobody here thinks MLS is the best league in the world, or anywhere close to it. We do know however that an old guy who can't hack it in the EPL anymore will often struggle over here as well. It's been proven over the years. Just because you are stepping down on the level of play, you will still be faced with young players who are faster and stronger and last longer than you. Plus, MLS is an extremely physical league which is not well suited for older players anymore.
Exactly this. Plus nobody said Drogba isn't good enough for the league. Just that he isn't our top pick for a DP.
Who are you thinking of? I can think of two, Dempsey and Henry, who were washed up in the prem, then dominated MLS.
The difference with them was that they had fallen a step behind of the Prem, but most likely could have remained. The still had great skill and the ability to make runs for 90 minutes, especially Dempsey. Big difference from someone who most likely can't play his best for 90'. Believe it or not, 90' in MLS is the same amount of minutes as 90' in the EPL.
Woahhhh...Dempsey was washed up in EPL? No way. His club situation wasn't great, but it wasn't that he was no longer any good. He played in like 35 games for Spurs his last year there, despite his injuries.
