Do we need a hard man in the team?

[Franny 1234]

Why fix something that isn't broken?
How many points clear are we ?
No so - called hard man required for me.
KEEP THE FAITH
C.T.I.D

 

[FantasyIreland]

I did want us to bring a loon on at the end of the Spurs game as Alli was obviously due a word.....however,It's already been said,those days are long gone for us as our football usually doesn't require such a tactic.It just so happens we have suffered recently at the hands if some piss poor officials.One thing is certain though,none of our players are soft anyway,they can all look after themselves.

 

[TravisBickle]

No we don’t.
We just need the referees to do their fucking job!

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

cant think of any hardmen in the premier league now , supposedly players like Dinho , Henderson, Matic are the new enforcers/defensive midfielders , having been brought up on the likes of Mike Doyle , Gerry Gow , Morrison , the game has changed so much even Buzzer used to kick his opposing full back first "to let him know he was there" . We have Walker , Vinny when fit and Dinho who can look after themselves , but the biggest enforcers should be the officials and they are letting our club down at the moment , there should have been four red cards in our last three games without a doubt , to be fair we play the game so quickly and accurately its very rare the opposition get the chance to get near us. Big 6ft 6 inch plodders like the Rags have in their team are not the future only a dinosaur like PEG would contemplate signing player for his brawn over his technical ability , hence their turgid moronic football style.

 

[jacko74]

A regular first team hard man would be a pointless waste of a starting position... but I do like the idea of bringing on someone in the 85th minute, someone who is entirely expendable and of no importance to the squad, with the sole intention of them exacting retribution on anyone who has committed an unpunished assault on one of our players during the game.

 

[fareastblue]

a proper and ever present captain would be nice nothing against kompany but we really could do with the likes of keane, vieira, adams, gerrard or terry.

 

[mosssideblue]

Yes. Said it many times.

So how will that have stopped Kev getting his legs taken out yesterday? This hardman wish is simply bollocks and as others have said, we simply need the FA & refs to do their job

 

[mosssideblue]

But back then the other teams weren't trying to cripple us because we weren't as dominant as we are now. What is happening now is 100% a new tactic managers have thought up to stop us. They tried pressing us, they tried long balls, they tried parking the bus and now they are onto plan D which is to kick our best players off the pitch. If we tried fighting fire with fire you could stick your mortgage on that player being shown a red card instantly.

Spot on. Some are just venting angst from yesterday but the days of hack us and see what you get are long gone thnakfully

 

[tonea2003]

So how will that have stopped Kev getting his legs taken out yesterday? This hardman wish is simply bollocks and as others have said, we simply need the FA & refs to do their job

agree wholeheartedly, refs need to be stronger, puncheons only aim was to wipe kev out, it was reckless and dangerous, it may be their only weapon to try and stop us but the refs need to stand up and be counted and apply the laws of the game and dish the red cards out.
having a hard man in the team would not of prevented yesterday

 

[Bill]

So how will that have stopped Kev getting his legs taken out yesterday? This hardman wish is simply bollocks and as others have said, we simply need the FA & refs to do their job

Sadly they don't. Never will.
The season is over regarding the title. The fa don't want that. They want their product to remain interesting. With these assaults two things happen. One there is a miniscule of a chance we'll be caught and two the bitters the world over will tune in for a gloat. No sorry the fa will certainly do nothing.