Drogba Dramatique
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If you had to choose, would you rather have the Frank situation as we had it, or the drogba situation if he leaves?
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They wouldn't have made the playoffs without him. Hell, we might have made the knockout round if they didn't have him. Frank kept Poku on the bench and scored 3 goals. Drogba played 2 games more than Lamps and scored 11 goals (granted, not the same position).
It's basically a choice between hoping Drogba stays or wishing Frank would leave, haha. I'd go with Diddy, even just for 11 games. He carried them to the playoffs on his back. I think he was their top goal scorer of the season.
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In fairness this is a hindsight argument. Back in June the sentiment on these boards was that Drogba was too toxic. No one was predicting he would go on the rampage he did.
I'm a little bit surprised given his comments denying any possibility of a loan spell after Montreal was knocked out of the playoffs ("I signed a 1 1/2-year contract, I always like to respect what I have signed") but I guess this is a different/unusual situation since he would be joining as staff, not a player. If he does re-join Chelsea I would imagine he's thinking about his future beyond next year
First, despite the reports, I don't believe Drogba would leave Montreal to go back to Chelsea purely in an office position. I think there has to a playing/transition to front office deal being discussed. He showed he can still play, and he does not seem the type to quit while he's still able to perform.
With that assumption, the Drogba situation is standard: when a player on a small team/league is wanted somewhere larger, and the player wants to go, the small team can't hold on to him, even though he is under contract, but at least the small team will get paid. You can fault Drogba for chasing money/glory, but that's how it always works. Plus if he does go back to Chelsea I bet he ends up disappointed with his role and playing time.
With Lampard, he lied to us, NYCFC lied to us, CFG lied to us, and MCFC lied to us, all from the start in July 2014 when it was announced he signed with NYCFC and he really secretly signed with MCFC. And because the deal was not how it was originally explained to us, i.e. we never had him under contract and MCFC did, we did not get paid when he/they decided to keep him there longer.
So, yes, I think we got the worst of it compared to Montreal and Drogba.
And if I'm wrong about Drogba's potential role at Chelsea, and it really is just front office, then the Drogba situation is even less bothersome, because Montreal is just having to deal with a player retiring earlier than expected. That's not even something you can get annoyed about. If he wants to retire that's his prerogative and good for him going out on a high note.
With that assumption, the Drogba situation is standard: when a player on a small team/league is wanted somewhere larger, and the player wants to go, the small team can't hold on to him, even though he is under contract, but at least the small team will get paid. You can fault Drogba for chasing money/glory, but that's how it always works. Plus if he does go back to Chelsea I bet he ends up disappointed with his role and playing time.
With Lampard, he lied to us, NYCFC lied to us, CFG lied to us, and MCFC lied to us, all from the start in July 2014 when it was announced he signed with NYCFC and he really secretly signed with MCFC. And because the deal was not how it was originally explained to us, i.e. we never had him under contract and MCFC did, we did not get paid when he/they decided to keep him there longer.
So, yes, I think we got the worst of it compared to Montreal and Drogba.
And if I'm wrong about Drogba's potential role at Chelsea, and it really is just front office, then the Drogba situation is even less bothersome, because Montreal is just having to deal with a player retiring earlier than expected. That's not even something you can get annoyed about. If he wants to retire that's his prerogative and good for him going out on a high note.
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How many games did Chelsea play with both Drogba and Costa? I think Drogba played on the wing when he came back with Costa in the lineup. My inner fifa career mode is pissing itself thinking about a 4-1-2-1-2 with Hazard at CAM and Costa + Drogba up top beating the shit out of Demichelis and Mangala while Kompany watches from the stands.
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They didn't play together too often, usually if Chelsea was chasing a game or something like that. Drogba filled in when Costa was injured or suspended. He did very well for the first part of the season but literally terrible for the second.
Is he really going to leave Montreal for a 5-month position as an assistant for an interim coach?
If the guy retires, Montreal fans have no real beef -- but the guy sure looked like he was having a lot of fun last year...
I don't think anybody could have expected 11 goals, but pretty much everybody (I'm giving everybody the benefit of the doubt) knew that MLS didn't have a single defender that could stop him from taking the shots he wanted to take.
Totally agree with that. We just all thought his team would hate him by his third game here. Maybe Montreal was the perfect placement for that. He was able to immediately step in and claim the team as his own.
Reports are Drogba is retiring and joining coaching staff at Chelsea.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/...pacts-didier-drogba-retire-join-chelsea-coach
http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/...pacts-didier-drogba-retire-join-chelsea-coach
Given how dominant he was, this plays right into the horribly selfish Drogba storyline. Didn't get the outcome he wanted at the end of the season. So he bails on his team after 6 months.
I'll take Frank.
Our situation may have stunted our first 6 months growth, but seeing how Frank contributed in second half I am confident that we will be building a lot of momentum in 2016. Montreal got a shot in the arm followed by a kick in the ass. No thank you.
I'd take that with a grain of salt. If Montreal is training in Qatar then I'd figure he'd be going there just to train. I doubt MTL is doing that though. If they are then disregard what I'm about to say. He could easily be going there to be looked at by a different team. It's obviously not England but a scout could be there looking at someone else or he could be training with a team there that might pay him a ton of money.
Just since he's going all the way to Qatar, IMO there's a second motive there. He could just be training in MTL or down south like many teams are. He could even train in England. Just seems weird to me that he's going that far just to train.
And yes part of this is me hoping he doesn't come back cuz he was brutal.
Qatar would pay a guy like Drogba 7 figures just to fly over there and hang out for a couple of weeks.
Maybe I would give Lampard or Pirlo a pass if they had performed like Drogba did for the approx. half a season played and they decided to train on their own, but as a general rule I think it's odd for a player to go off and "prepare" for the season by missing half of the pre-season
IDK, have you seen the price of oil lately?
