Zambia v Ivory Coast - ACON Final

[Santiago. 1,500]

You have just named a bunch of random games in your list. You must understand that most players are SOMETIMES not going to perform to the best of their ability in big games its because football players are human at the end of the day. He has scored so many big big goals for Chelsea in his career in fact he has saved our bacon more times then any striker in recent memory.

When i mentioned he sometimes doesn't show up in big games, European matches for instance, why did you feel the need to post what could be a contender of laughable post of the year, in seeing how i don't watch Chelsea matches and how you somehow got the idea i was portraying all of that to Drogba's career?

You just dug your own hole

[Ollie 4,400]

Dunno how this turned into a Drogba abuse thread. The whole team didn't play how they can in this final including Gervinho, Yaya Toure and Kalou. The best player today for them was Max Gradel when he came on for Kalou. They bottled it.... again.

[Santiago. 1,500]

Abuse? It's a fact that Drogba sometimes is absent in big European or International Matches

[eldo 868]

Gradel bottled it when he tried to volley that ball.

[Badboy 1,526]

When i mentioned he sometimes doesn't show up in big games, European matches for instance, why did you feel the need to post what could be a contender of laughable post of the year, in seeing how i don't watch Chelsea matches and how you somehow got the idea i was portraying all of that to Drogba's career?

You just dug your own hole

What player on planet earth doesn't show up in big games ''sometimes''. I once upon a time seen Messi not show up in a Championsleague knock out game against Liverpool. I have seen lors of games were Ronaldo and Henry have not played very well in big games, these guys are human deal with it.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Could we please just shut up about Drogba and big games and just praise Zambia for a great performnce?

[Ollie 4,400]

Abuse? It's a fact that Drogba sometimes is absent in big European or International Matches

Who isn't? Even Messi and Ronaldo are very absent in international matches and they are the 2 best players in the world. Look at Rooney in the 2010 world cup, he's Englands best player. Look at Lamps and Gerrard for England, look at Henry for France.... Come on mate, nobody plays well in every big tournament.

[Kojo 4,676]

What player on planet earth doesn't show up in big games ''sometimes''. I once upon a time seen Messi not show up in a Championsleague knock out game against Liverpool. I have seen lors of games were Ronaldo and Henry have not played very well in big games, these guys are human deal with it.

Yeah typical liverpool lucky bastards, i don't know why but the best players never play good against them a lot of the time.

[Badboy 1,526]

Yeah typical liverpool lucky bastards, i don't know why but the best players never play good against them a lot of the time.

Yeah typical liverpool lucky bastards, i don't know why but the best players never play good against them a lot of the time.

Yes its because opposition managers single them out in their tactics. The big players especially lone strikers like Drogba usually will have 2 world class defenders and a holding players clogging up their space. Wide players are a bit harder to negate because they play on the fringes of the pitch.

[Badboy 1,526]

Anyway well done to Zambia for a spirited win !

[Santiago. 1,500]

What player on planet earth doesn't show up in big games ''sometimes''. I once upon a time seen Messi not show up in a Championsleague knock out game against Liverpool. I have seen lors of games were Ronaldo and Henry have not played very well in big games, these guys are human deal with it.

That isn't even the discussion you laughable fool. The argument was that i clearly stated in my claim that drogba sometimes doesn't show up in big games, and you felt the need to post a ridiculous counter claim in that , he does show up in big games, he saves our ass, that i don't watch Chelsea matches, that there should be a test to enter this form and other laughable posts as well. In which your claim has no relevance to the fact that it only supports mine, you clown.

To sum it up for you, i said he sometimes, that's the key word, sometimes doesnt show up in big games

You said, he does show up in big games

I provided many examples in when he was missing

You claimed, he is only human, that he someitmes goes missing...

So what the fuck are we arguing for???

Who isn't? Even Messi and Ronaldo are very absent in international matches and they are the 2 best players in the world. Look at Rooney in the 2010 world cup, he's Englands best player. Look at Lamps and Gerrard for England, look at Henry for France.... Come on mate, nobody plays well in every big tournament.

Please provide where there is abuse? It's a known fact he sometimes doesn't show up as well as every player in the world. The thing you're not understanding is that my claims are directed towards "badboy", who has made a fool of himself in this argument we just had.

[Ollie 4,400]

Yep, all said n done, congrats to Zambia in the same place as the 1993 tragedy. This win is for those guys.

Semia.... you said Drogba sometimes doesn't play well in big games did you not? I'm just saying that it's impossible to be great in every game and the best players in the world are the same. It's football.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

THIS IS ALL KALOU'S FAULT

[Santiago. 1,500]

Yep, all said n done, congrats to Zambia in the same place as the 1993 tragedy. This win is for those guys.

Semia.... you said Drogba sometimes doesn't play well in big games did you not? I'm just saying that it's impossible to be great in every game and the best players in the world are the same. It's football.

Enough, you get the point

[Steve 10,227]

To be fair Zambia played a very good game, and they deserved there win. We all wanted Ivory Coast to win for Drogba but at the end of the day they did not show up. Drogba could of won in with his penalty but he decided to take the penalty the way he takes free kicks and it clearly back fired. All he had to do was pick a corner and place it there and he tried for too much. It's a shame because this might of been his last chance to win it.

[True_Blue 469]

Nice it ended,get the fuck back Drogba we need Torres on the bench,you too Kalou to erase the memory of Malouda forever.

[Kieran. 6,317]

To be fair Zambia played a very good game, and they deserved there win. We all wanted Ivory Coast to win for Drogba but at the end of the day they did not show up. Drogba could of won in with his penalty but he decided to take the penalty the way he takes free kicks and it clearly back fired. All he had to do was pick a corner and place it there and he tried for too much. It's a shame because this might of been his last chance to win it.

I can see him playing til his late 30s for the IC.

[Blue Armour 4,280]

I can see him playing til his late 30s for the IC.

I really hope he can, at least as a sub....A small selfish part of me wanted him to win this tournament so that he could bring some of the winning mentality into our games, and this result has now made me doubly upset...

Oh well, that's sports for you!