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Post by sdm3 on Aug 15, 2017 10:12:47 GMT
Colts - Antonio Cromartie was a long-time Colts killer, with multiple death blows dealt to the team while playing for the Chargers and Jets. Picked off Peyton three times in one game, and a rookie Luck in another. Helped dump the Colts out of the 2010 playoffs. MJD, Andre Johnson and Chris Johnson were top players who always had big games against Indy.
Reds - Roy Oswalt. For a long time it didn't seem that the Reds would ever win a game against him; Albert Pujols' numbers against Cincy look like an MVP statline; Chase Utley - plenty of key hits against the Reds; Lance Berkman was a big-time killer of the Reds as a member of the Astros and Cards.
Bucks - The obvious answer is Michael Jordan (of course he killed a great number of teams). What's particularly annoying about him is that home games against the Bulls in the 90s would be attended by more fans in Jordan jerseys than Bucks jerseys.
As an Arsenal fan, Didier Drogba defines this. In big game after big game against Chelsea, Drogba would be a constant threat. In multiple Cup finals against Chelsea (which Chelsea would win), Drogba would score, usually the winner. He bullied Arsenal's defense time after time with his physicality.
More of a fan of the NHL as a whole rather than rooting for a specific team - but if I had to choose one team that's closest to my heart, it would be the Canucks. For those, the answer must be Patrick Kane, Dustin Byfuglien and Jonathan Quick. They destroyed the franchise's chances for its first championship when the Canucks were at their best from 2009-12. Brad Marchand and Milan Lucic also bullied, pestered and humiliated the Canucks in the 2011 Final.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 15, 2017 10:57:16 GMT
GMT 2 sdm3 said:As an Arsenal fan, Didier Drogba defines this. In big game after big game against Chelsea, Drogba would be a constant threat. In multiple Cup finals against Chelsea (which Chelsea would win), Drogba would score, usually the winner. He bullied Arsenal's defense time after time with his physicality.
Great thread.  Drogba was a beast in his heyday. Almost unplayable, and by the looks of it, Arsenal as you said, usually got it the worst. At his best, he was unstoppable and I was very surprised to learn later on that he did rarely score more than 20 goals (I think most of the time he was around 8-10 goals a season in Premier League during his Chelsea years) and his presence was so powerful during his first time at Chelsea that I was sure he must have at least 15-18 goals a season, but then again he would prove more than once be the crucial difference between two team in a tight and very thrilling Cup final or a big match in the Premier League or in Champions League and that is probably a bit more important than to have a striker who goes hiding in the big matches then comes out and bags 10-15 goals against some crappy ass sides. The goal he scored against Man Utd in the F.A. Cup final of 2006-07 still hurts, as the match was incredible even and I think it was not long before penalties and having just witness the heavy defeat in the Semi-final against AC Milan, winning the Cup final against this powerful Chelsea side would have felt like a great way to ease the pain of another year of European "failure", but at the end of day, United won the league and Chelsa got the Cup, so it was not the end of the world, but still seeing Drogba bury the hopes of a double that year was painful. I loved seeing Vidic vs Drogba, that was some great battles which for a period felt a bit like the rivalry between Roy Keane and Vieira. I remember Drogba being interviewed some year later on by Rio Ferdinand (I think) and he said that behind the "hate" or rivalry there was still a lot of respect between them, and that the duo of Rio and Nemanja was maybe his toughest opponents, as I do not think he scored that many goals against them, but when he did, they were fantastic to watch (which is hard to admid as United fan) and they were crucial and would often kill the games off imedieately.
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Post by sdm3 on Aug 15, 2017 11:17:30 GMT
Drogba was a menace. He even scored against Arsenal while playing for Galatasaray in the Emirates Cup, and again for the MLS All-Stars in 2016! If I recall correctly, he has 16 goals against Arsenal in 17 games.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 11:25:20 GMT
But are there any strikers who don't lick their lips at the prospect of facing that Arsenal defence?
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Post by sdm3 on Aug 15, 2017 11:26:30 GMT
But are there any strikers who don't lick their lips at the prospect of facing that Arsenal defence? Point taken, as Arsenal have historically managed to make guys like Diego Forlan and Ji-Sung Park look world-class, but Drogba was the worst offender. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 11:34:14 GMT
But are there any strikers who don't lick their lips at the prospect of facing that Arsenal defence? Point taken, as Arsenal have historically managed to make guys like Diego Forlan look world-class, but Drogba was the worst offender. Yep, Drogba was particularly well suited to playing against Arsenal, with his size and physicality. |
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Aug 15, 2017 11:43:02 GMT
I guess this guy do not need any introduction, as Duncan Ferguson always seemed to love unleashing his most lethal scoring and bullying abilities against teams such as Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.
However, I really miss the guy. He was quite the character and I guess the kind of player who would not stand much of a chance in todays Premier League as if he had continued his no nonsense way of playing, the red cards would be flying within seconds of time, each game.
Even when not at his beloved Everton, Duncan would score some stunning goals, especially against some of the best defenders of that era.
I remember well how he single handly destroyed Man Utd when playing for Newcastle, and it was not some weak ass defence that he was up against but guys like Jaap Stam, and still he would have few problems scoring several times.
At the end of the day, I guess his negative discipline record along with several injuries might have something to do with the fact that he never become a truly great Premier League striker, but for many people he is more of a cult figure these days.
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