Who is our best defensive pairing?

With news that Steven Taylor is back in training, and with Mike Williamson stating his intention to fight for a place, it could leave Newcastle manager, Alan Pardew facing somewhat of a selection headache once all of our central defensive options are fit.

The 'who is our best defender' argument has been done to death, with Fabricio Coloccini being the runaway winner of that particular argument, but it's his defensive partner that is up for debate this time around. Just who gets the best out of Coloccini?

If you put up a poll asking who is better out of Mike Williamson or Steven Taylor you will get mixed results. Both have their faults, but both can be outstanding on their particular day.

Indeed Mike Williamson has epitomised this over the last few weeks as he looked ropey against Fulham in the 1-0 defeat and against Arsenal in the 4-4 draw, but he has been outstanding since those two games and has hardly put a foot wrong.

Williamson has formed a solid partnership with Coloccini in the heart of the Newcastle defence and they seem to compliment each other really well. Ability wise, Williamson may not be as good as Taylor in the eyes of some, but it's hard to argue that wheb paired with Coloccini the defence looks solid.

Then you have Steven Taylor, who has the attributes to be a cracking defender to be fair. Do you think he is the better partner for Colo? Personally I have my doubts on that, but perhaps that is because it has been so long since I have seen him have a run of games next to our Argentinian defensive maestro.

Playing as a team doesn't necessarily mean that the best players in terms of ability make the team stronger. When you have a partnership that works well it sometimes outweighs the ability gap, and it's hard to argue against that with a Williamson and Coloccini combination at the back in my opinon.

Still, it's just my opinion, but what what do you think?

Who do you think is our best centre-back pairing?