Hard man city 11

[Pablo123]

Tony Coton was rumoured to be a handy lad

TC was more than handy

 

[Matt Diablo]

It has been a while since we have had real tough har man in the tesm ( not complaining :-) ). So I decided to try compose a historic City hard man XI. Probably missed a bunch of good candidates ”so let’s be having it”

I will go with a 5-3-2 formation. Kick, lump, tackle and run

GK: Bert’s reasons are obvious

RB Dunne a leader quiet no nonsens and tough. He did not back down to any opposition, manager or Thai owner.
CB Andy Morrison a fearsome warrior on the pitch
CB Gerry Gow Another scottish warrior. The missing teeth alone tells the story
CB Spencer Prior the guy was tough abd punched a Bobby who did not let the City fans celebrate on the pitch
LB Pscyho Pearce hard in tackle the less said about him as manager and pundit the better.


MC Danny Tiatto never one to hold back in the tackle or an argument
MC Nigel deJong a guy you wanted on your side. Alway prepared to battle
AM Michael Brown a hard tackling, sometimes a bit to energetic with notion of leaving a mark on the game.

FW Craig Bellamy stood up to anyone Shearer, Mancini, Keane etc. just give the man his golf club.
FW Carlos Tevez also enjoyed golfing and getting stuck in on the pitch.

Dont forget Bobby McDonald mate

 

[CotswoldsBlue]

It has been a while since we have had real tough har man in the tesm ( not complaining :-) ). So I decided to try compose a historic City hard man XI. Probably missed a bunch of good candidates ”so let’s be having it”

I will go with a 5-3-2 formation. Kick, lump, tackle and run

GK: Bert’s reasons are obvious

RB Dunne a leader quiet no nonsens and tough. He did not back down to any opposition, manager or Thai owner.
CB Andy Morrison a fearsome warrior on the pitch
CB Gerry Gow Another scottish warrior. The missing teeth alone tells the story
CB Spencer Prior the guy was tough abd punched a Bobby who did not let the City fans celebrate on the pitch
LB Pscyho Pearce hard in tackle the less said about him as manager and pundit the better.


MC Danny Tiatto never one to hold back in the tackle or an argument
MC Nigel deJong a guy you wanted on your side. Alway prepared to battle
AM Michael Brown a hard tackling, sometimes a bit to energetic with notion of leaving a mark on the game.

FW Craig Bellamy stood up to anyone Shearer, Mancini, Keane etc. just give the man his golf club.
FW Carlos Tevez also enjoyed golfing and getting stuck in on the pitch.

Dave Watson and Mike Doyle CB

 

[Kippax77]

I heard somewhere once that not many would mess with Fabian Delph.
A nice bloke who you wouldn't want to cross.
I remember Kane injuring himself trying to do Delph down there at Spurs, champs league.
Delph stood over him fist clenched and Kane shit it and offered his hand as an apology

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Not read the thread but Pointon for me. Loved a crunching tackle v the rags and if we are talking of psycho’s, he had the glare of one 100%.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

If there was a featherweight hard man team, Bernardo would be captain.

 

[Legal Alien]

Honourable mentions : Steve McMahon, Bobby Mac

Was thinking of those two, as well as Peter Reid

 

[Vienna_70]

Anyone, who has seen the fight between Frannie and "Norman "bite yer legs" Hunter, who was inches taller than Francis, and no shrinking violet himself, would be left in no doubt that Lee would walk into any "Hard Men XI".

 

[Vienna_70]

I'm surprised there's no nods towards Dave Watson. He gave the impression that, if need be, he could look after himself. Built like a brick shithouse, you'd think twice before having a pop at him.

As for Barton; behave. He was a sly little shit. Proper hard men would snap him in two.

Big Dave is a good shout.

Remember him having stitches inserted, while being interviewed, after the 1976 League Cup final?

 

[Vienna_70]

Roy Paul famously told the team just before the 1956 FAC Final that he hadn't got to Wembley 2 yrs on the trot to lose again. If City lost he said he would sort them all out, one by one. There were some toughies in that team, but they all believed he would do it. Now that's a hard man IMHO and worth his place in any City Hard Man X1.

The way it’s going, we could make up two full XIs of hard men.