Chelsea Are Better Off Without Didier Drogba

Of course, there were also times when his natural ability took over and the quality of his goals were second to none. And there were other times when Drogba looked to take out his frustrations at the others around him. His constant grumblings in the dressing room and about his manager's tactical decisions spurned even more trouble than Chelsea could afford to handle.

Whenever conflict of some sort came his way, he would always look to divert it towards someone else. Because in his mind, there was no player on the pitch more important than Didier Drogba. This was almost certainly the case during Chelsea's crucial Premier League match against Manchester United, which at the time dictated Chelsea's slim hopes of claiming the domestic title.

It was then, in that match where Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack got into a heated argument about who would be the man taking the critical free kick.

Elbows flied, words were exchanged, and even as Chelsea were trying to make their collective bid towards taking the title, Drogba just couldn't drop his pride for the sake of the club.

And even though Chelsea did go onto win the match, ironically through Drogba's heroics, it was indicative of what was about to happen in the later weeks. The spirit that was once there appeared to be broken, and perhaps, one could make the argument that Drogba was at fault for playing a key role in that.

But realistically, all of Drogba's theatrics on-and-off the pitch don't have to matter. After all, Roman Abramovich has the final say on matters and with a hefty sum of cash from Drogba's transfer fee, Chelsea Football Club could be well on their way to coming out on top out of their respective campaigns in England and Europe.

And Chelsea wouldn't be the only ones to benefit.

The English game could use a break from Drogba's melodramatics.

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