The jealousy of Ronaldo on this thread is quite amusing.

He makes himself unliked TBH. He's the best in the world by a country mile, why does he need to dive?

That old chestnut ey?

It's so old and so boring. It's modern day football, he dives nowhere near as often as some would like to think, it's just because he plays for United and has helped knock ickle Ingerland out of a few international tournaments that he gets selected.

Find me a player in the world top 10 who has not been criticised for diving.

Leeds? Newcastle? West Ham?

Sticks in my mind, I'll never forgive him for 2006!

Only ever seen him live match once when it was his first season over here in 2003-2004 season. He dived in the first 5 minutes at Elland Road and the ref let him off but all the crowd saw it. 5 minutes later he did the same and the ref booked him. Keane gave him a right bollocking and he went missing for the rest of the game.

Tbh he doesn't do it as often as he used to but he seems to get kicked up in the air alot more now!

Aye. His first season he was awful, like most foreign players in their debut PL season. Since then he has reduced the diving each season.

Would a 3rd division diver who wrote off his Ford Escort get the same bile spewed at him?

Kaka and Messi are better than him.

I would rather have Steve Gerrard in my team too.

Then I'd have Ronaldo.

Careful.

You don't want Sir Daniel Anderson seeing you choosing another criminal.

Not as good as Lampard or Barry IMO.

Last season Ronaldo was head and shoulders above any other player on the planet.

This season, Messi is head and shoulders above the rest so far. He's been absolutely fantastic this season.