Ronaldo

Plenty of players far more expensive than Coloccini have taken a season or more to acclimatize. The mistake we made, was putting him behind a shocking midfield and expecting him to just come in and deal with it from day one. We may have gotten away with it if he was alongside a defender like Abdoulaye Faye, but he was alongside a couple of 22-year-old kids - one of them basically a poor defender. To say 'any' criticim is justified is beyond ridiculous, man. Those of us with an ounce of sense factored in the rest of team and his inexperience of PL football. Not everyone had seen him in La Liga, so it's natural that some had a few doubts, but some also went way overboard. LLLO in particular had it in for him from the first month.

What are you confused about?

I'm gonna sleep on this one.

A go at who? Shearer was magnificent, but not nearly as good as some like to think. Certainly doesn't deserve to be compared to an ATG like Ronaldo.

Not really. I didn't make the initial comparison.

I bet.

Did you get them to do some bench pressing for you? You do speak some s****. Prime Shearer never knocked defenders around like Ronaldo did. If you disagree then fair enough, but it sounds like you're just looking for an excuse to engage.

And you've admitted that you've seen very little of him, so stop posting nonsense in this thread.

So when will we all agree that he's the best defender ever to pull on the colours in the PL era?

Exactly, Ricardo Fuller was also inferior to Ronaldo.

Shearer's shooting, striking technique and awareness were never better than Ronaldo's, man. That's incredible bias. Ronaldo was also stronger in his prime than Shearer was in his own.

It is "YOUR all time XI", not "THE all time XI" - let the guy have an opinion ffs NEVER.

Naughty.

What a load of crap. Beckham and Shearer ffs.

Can I just say, as with greats like John McEnroe and Clint Eastwood, I will NEVER retire. Thanks.

Christ knows.

Shearer a better finisher? Another opinion completely based on ignorance. There's no way Shearer was a better finisher, never in a million years.

Ronaldo was several levels above Shearer, as a footballer and a striker.

Perhaps the greatest goalscorer ever. Look forward to seeing him play beach football.

Is that in all comps? How many starts? I'd do my own research but I'm on a BlackBerry.

Did Martins not score a respectable amount of goals in his few appearances for Wolfsburg?

Just as likely to get goals? Wake up.

If Martins was below average, what on earth are our current lot?

Nailed it.

Perhaps because Steve Harper looks more likely to score?