Samuel Eto'o

[Shirib]

Nobleman is a not so bad expert in these kind of things but i think Oxidant is right when he says Eto'o is a better finisher than Drogba. Eto'o is faster and way more skillful of the two which makes him more deadly near the goal. Eto'o used to score 30+ a season for several years whereas Drogba averages 10-15 a season except for this season.

And the reason why Eto'o performance declined in Italy is because of two reasons 1) players who go to Italy after playing La Liga usually find it difficult to adopt to the Italian style of football 2) he wasn't playing in his natural position so that is why he never scored many goals this season. Oxidant is also right when he says Eto'o always shines at big games more than Drogba.

Fair point from you and shirib. But I'd certainly take drogba ahead of eto'o today even though drogba is older and so would about any other manager. Drogba is also good with set pieces and has put away a fair few free kicks. In my opinion eto'o only has him beat on pace, but cant come near him in many other attributes. Also drogba fired an average team marseille to the uefa cup final, where as eto'o was sidelined by real madrid who once owned him.

Eto'o comes back to play on defense

Even on the games where he scores nothing he seems to be really critical for the team. If Drogba doesn't score, its as if he didn't play

just a couple of other things Eto'o is also better than Drogba at,

btw I think Drogba is the better striker, but I'd take Eto'o on my team cause I think he does some thing that are intangible to winning, that Drogba doesn't do

[*Nobleman*]

Nobleman is a not so bad expert in these kind of things but i think Oxidant is right when he says Eto'o is a better finisher than Drogba. Eto'o is faster and way more skillful of the two which makes him more deadly near the goal. Eto'o used to score 30+ a season for several years whereas Drogba averages 10-15 a season except for this season.

And the reason why Eto'o performance declined in Italy is because of two reasons 1) players who go to Italy after playing La Liga usually find it difficult to adopt to the Italian style of football 2) he wasn't playing in his natural position so that is why he never scored many goals this season. Oxidant is also right when he says Eto'o always shines at big games more than Drogba.

Fair point from you and shirib. But I'd certainly take drogba ahead of eto'o today even though drogba is older and so would about any other manager. Drogba is also good with set pieces and has put away a fair few free kicks. In my opinion eto'o only has him beat on pace, but cant come near him in many other attributes. Also drogba fired an average team marseille to the uefa cup final, where as eto'o was sidelined by real madrid who once owned him.

Eto'o comes back to play on defense

Even on the games where he scores nothing he seems to be really critical for the team. If Drogba doesn't score, its as if he didn't play

just a couple of other things Eto'o is also better than Drogba at,

btw I think Drogba is the better striker, but I'd take Eto'o on my team cause I think he does some thing that are intangible to winning, that Drogba doesn't do

That aspect of defending from the front is only under mourinho. Jose loves that negative aspect of a strikers game and often instructs to defend from the front when protecting a lead. That is def not an aspect of his natrual game. Drogba is one of the few strikers that give rio and vidic problems in most encounters. Also compare drogba at marsaille and eto'o at mallorca and u'll see drogba is a better choice.

[Cumar-Labasuul]

Eto'o is one of the best finishers in recent years, forget about african I'm talking the world. Whereas Drogba has only started to hit top form in recent years before that he was a hit-an-miss player. When given a chance Eto'o makes no mistake to finish it, just like the champions league finals against Man Utd and Arsenal. Whereas the only CL Final Drogba played in he cost his team and didn't take his chances.