Best EPL era Striker

mixed up

buyer95 wrote: »

I'm not doubting his greatness as a player, I was just pointing out that the guy who said he had " cut out " the diving in recent years was being wholly inaccurate. He was probably the best striker in the Premiership for most of his Chelsea career

I would have no problem saying he was probably the best striker to ever play in the premier league.The way the game has gone unfortunately most players dive now :eek: Roy keane has even been known to dive at times.

buyer95

mixed up wrote: »

I would have no problem saying he was probably the best striker to ever play in the premier league.The way the game has gone unfortunately most players dive now :eek: Roy keane has even been known to dive at times.

Alan Shearer, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona and Thierry Henry were all better strikers for my money. Still one of the best though

mixed up

buyer95 wrote: »

Alan Shearer, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona and Thierry Henry were all better strikers for my money. Still one of the best though

There's no way eric cantona was in the same league as drogba.

Will I Amnt

mixed up wrote: »

There's no way eric cantona was in the same league as drogba.

As an out and out striker no but as a footballer,very much so.

Oat23

mixed up wrote: »

There's no way eric cantona was in the same league as drogba.

Or Henry
Or Bergkamp
Or Shearer

mixed up

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Or Henry
Or Bergkamp
Or Shearer

I would agree but the three of them would be a hell of a lot better than cantona.

Red Crow

mixed up wrote: »

I would agree but the three of them would be a hell of a lot better than cantona.

and Drogba.

buyer95

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Or Henry
Or Bergkamp
Or Shearer

So what you think Drogba was the best striker so far in the Premier league era?:rolleyes:

Oat23

buyer95 wrote: »

So what you think Drogba was the best striker so far in the Premier league era?:rolleyes:

Cantona..I thought that was obvious.

buyer95

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Cantona..I thought that was obvious.

See above post were I said I thought, Shearer, Henry, Bergkamp and Cantona were better players then Drogba. I was shot down and told Cantona was inferior to all the above player...

Personally I think Cantana was the best striker to play in the Premiership so far

Mr Alan

Cantona isn't fit to lace the boots of Henry to be perfectly honest

FutureGuy

Mr Alan wrote: »

Cantona isn't fit to lace the boots of Henry to be perfectly honest

lol.

Mr Alan

FutureGuy wrote: »

lol.

I mean that quite literally.

It's just not even close.

FutureGuy

Mr Alan wrote: »

I mean that quite literally.

It's just not even close.

And I mean this quite literally. Lol.

Mr Alan

FutureGuy wrote: »

And I mean this quite literally. Lol.

As long as you recognise you hold that opinion solely because you're a Utd fan & anyone with half a brain will know you're incredibly wrong, that's fine.

LiamoSail

Mr Alan wrote: »

FutureGuy wrote: »

And I mean this quite literally. Lol.

As long as you recognise you hold that opinion solely because you're a Utd fan & anyone with half a brain will know you're incredibly wrong, that's fine.

Hang on, did you, a multi time winner of the annual biased poster award, just accuse someone else of bias clouding their judgement?

That's taking the pot and kettle to a whole new level

Oat23

buyer95 wrote: »

See above post were I said I thought, Shearer, Henry, Bergkamp and Cantona were better players then Drogba. I was shot down and told Cantona was inferior to all the above player...

He is inferior. Cantona was good, but he was/is overrated by mostly United fans because he was a huge fan favourite. I have done the same myself.

This thread is about Drogba, so we should just leave it there before it all kicks off!

Rekop dog

buyer95 wrote: »

See above post were I said I thought, Shearer, Henry, Bergkamp and Cantona were better players then Drogba. I was shot down and told Cantona was inferior to all the above player...

Personally I think Cantana was the best striker to play in the Premiership so far

Cantona played in English football when it was without doubt at it's weakest in the last ~40 years, he didn't make much of an impact in Europe against superior opposition. He was very good but Henry was easily the better player, don't even think it's particularly contentious.

Professey Chin

Rekop dog wrote: »

Cantona played in English football when it was without doubt at it's weakest in the last ~40 years, he didn't make much of an impact in Europe against superior opposition. He was very good but Henry was easily the better player, don't even think it's particularly contentious.

Tbf its really difficult to gauge how much of an impact he could have had in europe considering the foreign player restrictions and how long english teams had been out of it before the years he played in it.

carlop

I'm a United fan and Mr. Alan is not far off, though perhaps a little strong in his language.

Henry was one of the top 3 players in the world for a prolonged period, Cantona was never even in the top 10. He dominated the Premiership, but this was when the Premiership was relatively poor.

Applying the same logic (and to get slightly back on topic) Drogba for me was better than Shearer too.

Drogba would be a great addition to any Premier League side with the exception of the Manchester clubs who are well-stocked up front as is.

Hank Scorpio

Henry is the best striker the premiership ever had imo and I'm not an Arsenal fan! The guy was just on another level. I'd say Drogba would be in the top 5 for alot of people though, myself included. I'd have Shearer, Van Nistelrooy there aswell, no idea who the 5th would be

Amirani

Henry would be my first choice also.

Notable mentions to Drogba, Bergkamp, van Nistelrooy, Cantona and Shearer.

dfx-

When I think striker, I think in-the-box predator. Van Nistelrooy tops it for me, Fowler not far off.

You wouldn't see RvN flicking the ball up outside the box and volleying it over Barthez, for example.

Shearer was top class. A beast of a centre forward.

Bergkamp was a genius, Henry was class but just a notch below him. Cantona wasn't in the same bracket as these guys tbh, particularly these two.

gosplan

All this romance stuff is rediculous. Cantona wasn't even close to being the best EPL striker at Utd.

Anyone

Shearer or Henry for me.

Caveman1

I'm biased as a Chelsea fan but I'd say Drogba simply because he would play upfront on his own and down right bully defences, he was just a machine, Henry would be my no.2 just a class act altogether.

A good way of deciding this would be to imagine your a defender, who would you least like to play against?

killwill

A strikers job is simply to score goals. RVN, RVP and Drogba would be the best goalscorers off the top of my head in that order.

killwill

killwill wrote: »

A strikers job is simply to score goals. RVN, RVP and Drogba would be the best goalscorers off the top of my head in that order.

Shearer?

Van Nistleroy isn't even in the top 10 epl goalscorers of all time, Drogba neither for that matter.

Milkers

Shearer and Henry comfortably the two best strikers imo.

Will I Amnt

rarnes1 wrote: »

Shearer?

Van Nistleroy isn't even in the top 10 epl goalscorers of all time, Drogba neither for that matter.

There's variables in fairness.
You have to take into consideration the time spent in the league.

Someone could have 250 goals in 10 years to someone else's 200 in 5 years.
Who is the better striker there?

That said,I'm voting Amir Zaki

Giggsy11

Drogba has scored more than 20 league goals only twice. He is a great player and unplayable on his day, but he is very much overrated. I rate him as one of the best strikers to play in the league but no way he is the best.

As an out and out striker or goal scorers there are better strikers.

In 8 seasons he has scored 20 plus goals 2 times and 10 plus goals only 3 times. (barely crossed 10 goals mark)

racso1975

Jimmy Greaves



Edit: Top scorers: Shearer, Cole, Henry, Fowler

Will I Amnt

racso1975 wrote: »

Jimmy Greaves

EPL era,lol.

jaykay74

As a striker RvN was way beyond Drogba.

General Relativity

killwill wrote: »

A strikers job is simply to score goals. , RVP

LOL. In his 8 seasons in the EPL hes only hit more then 10 in 4 seasons. Hes only scored more then 20 once, last season.

LuckyLloyd

I love the 'what do you mean Cantona wasn't the bestest evar!!??' rubbish we need to wade through every time this topic comes up.

Will I Amnt

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I love the 'what do you mean Cantona wasn't the bestest evar!!??' rubbish we need to wade through every time this topic comes up.

Don't think anybody said that.

Inspector Coptoor

In no order:

Bergkamp
Le Tissier
Shearer
RVP
Henry

Red Crow

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I love the 'what do you mean Cantona wasn't the bestest evar!!??' rubbish we need to wade through every time this topic comes up.

lol no one said that. Cantona has a cult hero status at United and he was a very good player but he's not in the top 5 for Manchester United nevermind the PL.

racso1975

http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Statistical_Analysis_of_Top_100_Premier_League_Goalscorers.html

djPSB

Fowler was up there with the best.

It's a bit of joke if people are rating Drogba higher than RVP and Torres in his prime.

Red Crow

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I love the 'what do you mean Cantona wasn't the bestest evar!!??' rubbish we need to wade through every time this topic comes up.

Furthermore these threads end up as a Cantona bashing thread.

The best striker was probably Henry and then Shearer.

Red Crow

djPSB wrote: »

Fowler was up there with the best.

And the Liverpool Torres.

Neither should get near a top 10.

racso1975

racso1975 wrote: »

http://www.myfootballfacts.com/Statistical_Analysis_of_Top_100_Premier_League_Goalscorers.html

James Beattie > Cantona

LuckyLloyd

cambo2008 wrote: »

Don't think anybody said that.

Eli Manning wrote: »

lol no one said that. Cantona has a cult hero status at United and he was a very good player but he's not in the top 5 for Manchester United nevermind the PL.

buyer95 wrote: »

Personally I think Cantana was the best striker to play in the Premiership so far

.

LuckyLloyd

Thierry Henry 2001 - 2006 is as good as it has got to date imo.

Red Crow

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

.

One guy.

buyer95

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

In no order:

Bergkamp
Le Tissier
Shearer
RVP
Henry

Le Tiss was hugely overated imo, thats why he only ever won 8 caps for england.

PhlegmyMoses

Bergkamp and Cantona were on a similar level. Not the best ever seen but very good nonetheless. Drogba barely ever broke 20 goals a season so he can feck off. Rooney is a better striker than him. Actually, Rooney is up thee on record alone. This doesn't even take into account his creative abilities and link up play.

It has to be one of Shearer, Henry and RVN. One player who hasn't been mentioned is Andy Cole which seems harsh considering his record is incredible, without taking pens.

djPSB

Eli Manning wrote: »

Neither should get near a top 10.

There wasn't a better striker out there when he was in his prime.

RVP is alot better than Drogba ever was. Fowler was also a class act, one of the best finishers the game has ever had.