- Oct 19, 2004
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I thought it quite interesting in the Chelsea vs Arsenal game how the commentators referred to the fact that Drogba only has one hat-trick in the EPL.
That might be true... but what Drogba offers is regular goals rather than the Feast/Famine we seem to be getting at the moment.
Consistency is key and currently our strikers for whatever reason don't seem to be able to score on a regular basis.
What is hurting us most though is still the lack of goals from midfield at the moment.
Again as a comparison, how many goals do Lampard, Gerrard, Fabregas get a season?!
Lennon is the one player I feel we have missed the most... and whilst Bentley is taking his chance well, we need goals as well as performances from himself and any of the other 3 playing across the middle.
R.
Drogba is an interesting comparison, because he goes on season-long scoring sprees, but also has near-season-long droughts. On form I will hold that he is more effective than Torres (and hence the most difficult striker to play against in the world), but off form he is bizarrely leaden and lacks basic ball control, which he then compounds by falling over and sulking even more than usual.
Torres is the only striker who hasn't had a run of bad form in front of goal. Most other strikers score in bursts. Keane always used to have half a season of almost a goal a game, and there are plenty of others who have done stunning half-seasons followed by prolonged droughts - for us, Mido was another, while Rooney has tended to follow that model in the past, or Anelka, and Viduka was another prime cuplrit, genius or disaster depending what day you caught him.
Defoe is just another striker who blows hot and cold. Our problem now is we are too dependent on him. Just as Keane might have been worth a run ...