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Everybody seems to disagree. The whole team changed when he came on and he offered them so much more.

At something stupid like 5M/season yes they are But according to some source the figure 3.5M was mentioned. Quags and Vucinic combined earn more so no we could afford it quite easily when we clear some deadwood.

If people want us to get a great bench option upfront who's in the prime of their careers then such a move would come at the expense of a Winger and a formation change So, yeah if we have to pick up free agents to replace Quags and Vucinic then so be it. As has been pointed out the sale money +...

Yeah, their combined wages covers Drogbas wages And their transfer fees however insignificant would be ours to keep. Picking up a free agent would help our cause if anything.

I'll be pissed off too if we don't sign a top Winger. But I am 100% certain that buying a bench striker doesn't affect the outcome on our search for a top Winger whether we land one or not.

Of course he does. But the point is, our bench right now sucks. We have to play the likes of Vidal in almost every league game because the alternatives are so mediocre that they could throw away the league. So we end up playing our full team just days before a big CL game. Unlike the clubs we're...

I highly doubt the two are connected. It's not a case of one or the other. I just hope that if Drogba comes and Sanchez doesn't, people don't flip and blame Drogba :lol:

And I've said for a long time that simply upgrading our bench would help us in Europe as it keeps our key players fit by not using them 3 days before against some fodder Serie A side. So even if Drogba barely gets a game in the CL, he can start the games directly before a big CL match and...

I'd say 3.5M wages is fair. Anything more and we should pull out but I couldn't complain at all with 3.5M wages.

Yes but the point is Gabbiadini would only be fit to play in matches against lowly Serie A teams. We need bench options that can come on in BIG games and not be phased. Hence for now Drogba is a better option. Come on, who would you seriously like to see start a CL knockout game away in...

Oh and keep in mind, Gab might turn out to be a very useful player. But like Berardi, he's not ready for us imo. He would be such an average bench option at this point in time, and he'd seldom get opportunities in important games which is no good to him

Well he's playing as a Winger now. And i'm saying even if we treat him like a striker he'd be our least capable striker. He's not a solution to anything at this point in his career Also he has the lowest shot conversion rate out of all the forwards in the league. So if you think he's going to...

Gabbiadini has not even impressed that much at Sampdoria. I don't see how he'd even improve our bench in terms of strikers as he's basically a 1 dimensional winger at this point in his career with a knack for taking poor long shots with his left foot.

Perhaps you can't read very well. But where, exactly in that sarcastic post did I say Drogba is still World Class? The whole point of the first two lines of that post is that players who are older can have great success in Serie A.

No I am clearly not. You're arguing that for me apparantly :lol: Nobody is saying he's still in his Prime. But dismissing a player on age is beyond stupid. Do I think he's still good enough to be a reliable back up player? Yes

Starters like Sanchez should be the No.1 priority I agree. However our bench is far from great and Conte himself clearly has issues trusting most of our bench to do a job even against lowly Serie A sides. Hence our insane lack of rotation. We literally run our best players into the ground then...

Name me 10 world class footballers who are 6 foot 5 or taller. No? Must mean Ibrahimovic is actually shit. - - - Updated - - - I'm joking lol I am fine with Drogbas move. But people here are overreacting just because he's old. My point is, age doesn't matter in the short term. If a 20 year...

That was sarcasm you fuck, did you not gather that from the first 2 lines?

You must be mistaken, football is a young mans game you see. And historically, older players have always struggled to cope with the extreme intensity and pace of Italian football. Which is why instead of paying Drogba 3.5M we should put all of our efforts into signing Alberto Paloschi as he'd...

If it came down to it, I'd pick Morata as the striker coming in over Drogba. But we need 2 new strikers unless we can do to Southampton what Gala done to us and keep loaning their player until they have to sell him for a ridiculously low fee.