The Comparison: Drogba versus Rooney

Well,I agree I am entering a never-ending debate,but after learning that Rooney was chosen as Barclays Player of the Season, I really start wonderiong what basis these guys use for such awards.No doubt,Rooney is one of the finest strikers in the League,But frankly,there have been better,in fact only this season,I feel Drogba performed much better than him.

Manchester Utd are now rueing that Rooney was injured,which robbed him of the chances to increase his goal-tally to win the Golden-boot,and lead United to the title.But,Didier Drogba missed One full Month of League Football due to African Nations Cup,and he also hardly has had an Injury-free season.In fact,Drogba and Rooney made exactly same number of appearances in Premier League this seasons.Rooney scored 26 goals in 32 appearances,while Drogba scored 29 in the same number of games.Close, you say? In fact,the figures that really show who is more useful to their team is the number of assists they made to their teammates.Rooney's 4 assists are woefully short of Drogba's 13 assists,and that's where Drogba wins hands down as a Footballer.

Just after Rooney scored 4 goals vesus the likes of Hull City and AC Milan (a pretty pathetic Milan,I have to say,they even lost a match to 9-men Inter!!!),He was already being compared to Messi,as the best player in the world.But,I don't think there is really a competition between the two.Lionel Messi has proved enough at the moment to be called the Best player of this Generation,alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.Although Barca failed to retain the Champions League Crown,they are almost certain to hold onto their Spanish League title,while All Rooney has managed to lead ManUtd to is the Carling Cup.

I agree Drogba hasn't got best of the disciplinary records,but thats just because he just passionate about the game,he has been criticized so many times for Diving on the slighetst touch from the defender,but come on,we see every other striker in world football doing that,and people always end up villifying only certain individuals.Last year,Bosingwa was suspended by UEFA for calling the refree a "thief".We see people getting yellow cards for showing dissent at the referre,but how many times has Rooney been punished for openly abusing the referee with the F-word??? I hardly remember any incident.

I think Messi and Ronaldo are unmatched at the moment in the race for the best PLAYER,but I really feel Drogba is the best Forward in the world right now,just because of his versatility .He not only is an excellent Target-man,but he can anytime drift wide on the wings to produce sublime crosses for his team-mates.And the biggest advantage is he always go back to help out his defence in Set Piece situations,Most forwards just go back to make upthe numbers doing nothing else,but not Drogba.He puts himself on the line to every header,in the either half !!! Thats why Carlo Ancelloti said he wouldn't swap Drogba for any other forward in the world.

So,I really believe that It's time the world sees Beyond ony the Bad things about Didier Drogba,because only then they will find that what lies beneath is one hell of a footballer !!!