Who was a better striker… drogba or shearer?

Priv said:
Shearer scored 30+ premier league goals a season at blackburn in 93-94 (31 in 40), 94-95 (34 in 42) and 95-96 (31-35). That doesnt say Drogbas peak is better than Shearers to me. If shearer went to man utd hed have way more trophies than Drogba without doubt. Instead he chose his hometown c;lub, so that cant be held against him.

As for international its not comparing apples with apples.

Drogba was brilliant in the best african team of that generation. However alot of his goals were in friendlies and african nations games and african nations qualifying.

The only genuine comparison is world cup goals and they both have the same albeit shearer played less games,
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29 in 32 is a better goals per game return than all of those though.

Very, very marginally better with 31 in 35, but it's still better.

The answer over the whole career is definitely Shearer though.
 
TeaCider said:
29 in 32 is a better goals per game return than all of those though..

Very, very marginally better with 31 in 35, but it's still better.

The answer over the whole career is definitely Shearer though.
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Maybe per game but id rather my striker scored 31 than 29 in a season. On no metric ever is scoring less better. The point was he managed it 3 seasons in a row. Consistency Drogba could only dream of.
 
Priv said:
Maybe per game but id rather my striker scored 31 than 29 in a season. On no metric ever is scoring less better.
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More games, more chances to score.

He got 31 because the Premier League had more games back then.
 
Shearer

1993/94 - 42 game season - 31 goals
1994/95 - 42 game season - 34 goals (top scorer)
1995/96 - 38 game season - 31 goals (top scorer)
1996/97 - 38 game season - 25 goals (top scorer)
 
Priv said:
That tally was 95/96 when it had 20 teams.
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Woops, my mistake then, forgot he'd done it twice.

But the same point stands, one played more matches than the other in their 38 game peak.

I presume they both missed matches through injury in those respective seasons.

Like I said though, it's clearly Shearer over the whole career.
 
Pak_Doo_Ik said:
If Newcastle sign Shearer instead of Asprilla do they win the league in 96???
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Arguably if they don't sign anyone they win the league.

As good as Asprilla was, he seemed to upset the momentum of that side a bit. Tight knit group on a roll and in lands a high profile maverick who you need to give game time too.

They also took their eye off the ball a bit, remember Keegan talking about whether Asprilla would play enough to qualify for a winners medal.

Of course we'll never know.
 
Priv said:
Shearer scored 30+ premier league goals a season at blackburn in 93-94 (31 in 40), 94-95 (34 in 42) and 95-96 (31-35). That doesnt say Drogbas peak is better than Shearers to me. If shearer went to man utd hed have way more trophies than Drogba without doubt. Instead he chose his hometown c;lub, so that cant be held against him.

As for international its not comparing apples with apples.

Drogba was brilliant in the best african team of that generation. However alot of his goals were in friendlies and african nations games and african nations qualifying.

The only genuine comparison is world cup goals and they both have the same albeit shearer played less games,
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Aye, he did, at a worse rate than Drogba at his best (which didn't last long). Shearer was at Blackburn fair enough, but they still finished 2nd and 1st then too and he had good supply, and the side was 100% geared to set him up. He also had his stats padded by Penalties and Free Kicks. Drogba had five Premier league penalties in his career (scored 4), but only one in 09/10 (his best year). For the three seasons between 93-96 for Blackburn Shearer had 16 (and missed one). Take the penalties away and Shearer never got over 28 goals, despite playing more games per season.

Of course Shearer was a great penalty taker, as well as free kicks and someone has to take them, but penalties certainly helped his stats, they were a 5th of his goals.

If Drogba had been at Man Utd at that time he would have had more trophies too, it's Shearer's fault he never went to Man U.

Shearer's England record is not that great, despite playing in very strong sides, but the whole squad underperformed and was quite negative for a lot of it, so that's not a criticism. Sure, Ivory coast played in AFCON etc, and played some weaker sides in qualifying and friendlies, just like England did. Of course at major tournaments, Shearers' record should be better, as England are better than IC, so should be creating more chances etc. IC didn't win it when Drogba was at Chelsea, they came second twice, out of five tournaments.
 
Pak_Doo_Ik said:
I wasn’t asking in who was better way, I was asking in a, 9 months after signing Asprilla they sign Shearer. Drogba would have been about 18 in 96 so I’m not sure he would have made that much difference to be honest.
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Yeah he would have been 18 that's suppose why I put at his PEAK.
 
Priv said:
I dont think he will, i reckon alot will pick lampard and terry and it would likely be a three way split.
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I’m sure I’ve seen Chelsea players of that era talking about this and Drogba is the Don.

It’s a bit like when you ask any Spurs player who played in the era with Modric and Bale who their best player was, and they all without hesitation say Moussa Dembele.

I’m pretty sure Drogba was the king of that team, which is interesting because there were some huge personalities and great players in there.
 
Shearer for me. If he'd chosen his next club wisely when he left Blackburn in 96 he'd have won every honor in the game. I know he says he doesn't regret it but does anyone really believe him?
 
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