Hard man city 11

[Axel Freed]

Terry Phelan

 

[Nellies left peg]

Dave Watson ,Mike Doyle Paul Bosvelt Mike Summerbee,Franny Lee purely for the scrap with Norman Hunter, Tony Coleman, compared to these Barton is a girl

 

[bigf42]

Franny Lee, check out the 3-3 derby video on you tube, he forearm smashes the full back on his way down, then later takes him out with a punch. Went boxing with Norman Hunter as well in Derby colours

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Defo a bigger thug than Pearce. I think folk confused that fact that Pearce is thick as mud with him being some kind of brooding tough guy. The fella took a child’s toy into the dug out with him. Odd fella but not a psycho.

Pearce was hard as a player tbf (soft arse though as a manager by various accounts).

He was 40 when he got to us and still scared the shit out of a variety of opposition forwards.

I remember the lad who got Tiatto (in retrospect fairly!) sent off v Norwich was sent the clearest possible message by Pearce afterwards. Pearce stood over him shouting 'you are f*cking dead' or somesuch. Didn't go near the ball the rest of the game, and we won 3-1.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Tony Coton
Nicky Read
Gerry Gow
Michel Vonk
Terry Pheelan
Craig Bellamy
Andy Morrison
Mike Doyle
Dave Watson
Tony Coleman
Ben Thatcher
Fitzroy Simpson
Michael Brown

Fitzroy a good shout. Underrated in a number of ways IMO.

I was a big fan of Browny even though he was a bit of a gobshite, lied to me that we'd stay up 'no bother' in '98 and lobbed an ashtray at my sis in a club.

 

[johnnytapia]

Pearce was never a psycho. Media nonsense. He was always a bit odd but not a psycho.

Playing on with a broken leg is quite “hard” in every respect.

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

I’d forgotten about Vonk, I remember him clattering someone at Maine Road once and thought he was going to go down for GBH. Didn’t even get booked! Those were the days..

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Barton’s a fucking coward. Fuck all hard about him

It's like the old Keane/Vieira debate. Keane was great at acting hard, but let's be honest, Vieira would have absolutely decked him if it ever came to blows.

In that sense, Haaland is as hard as they come. Absolutely bullies huge centre backs off the ball regularly, and sticks up for his teammates. But he's too good to need to be a thug, so no-one will ever consider him a hard man.

 

[Axel Freed]

The way Sergio intervened with those cuntish stewards / coppers at Bournemouth after the last minute winner showed he had a bit of dog in him.

Made me even more proud of him if that were possible

 

[Stoned Rose]

Kompany. The hardest.

 

[kingn6]

Joe Royle was hard as well. People tend to forget since he is such nice bloke off the field.

 

[kingn6]

It's like the old Keane/Vieira debate. Keane was great at acting hard, but let's be honest, Vieira would have absolutely decked him if it ever came to blows.

In that sense, Haaland is as hard as they come. Absolutely bullies huge centre backs off the ball regularly, and sticks up for his teammates. But he's too good to need to be a thug, so no-one will ever consider him a hard man.

What about Haaland senior hard or not?

 

[Bill Walker]

Tony Coton
Nicky Read
Gerry Gow
Michel Vonk
Terry Pheelan
Craig Bellamy
Andy Morrison
Mike Doyle
Dave Watson
Tony Coleman
Ben Thatcher
Fitzroy Simpson
Michael Brown

George Heslop

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

It was said in the OP: NDJ. Didn't need to be loud about it, didn't need to threaten anyone. Genuine hard men can allow themselves to be quiet.
Still am amazed at that non-red card by Webb in the World Cup final. It's the clearest red card I've ever seen not given, in more than fifty years of following the game. Not saying I approve, at all, of what Nigel did. It was stupid, especially in a WC final. He was a very, very, very lucky boy. But for us, it was great to have NDJ in the middle, able to ‘leave his mark’, as they say.

 

[Joe Donachie]

Andy Morrison is the equivalent of 11 of the so called hard men of football, nobody comes close, you only have to read the guys book to
Understand why he was a bit of a fruit loop,

He made Roy Keane and Ron chopper Harris look like pussy cats

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

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Andy Morrison is the equivalent of 11 of the so called hard men of football, nobody comes close, you only have to read the guys book to
Understand why he was a bit of a fruit loop,

He made Roy Keane and Ron chopper Harris look like pussy cats

Think he also said in his book he had a run in with Wanchope who I also seem to recall attacking a fan abroad for giving him abuse.

 

[BillCarlisle]

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.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Gerry Gow was as hard as nails but he could play a bit too.

Unfortunately we got him very late in his career.

 

[holty41]

That they don't take any nonsense from the likes of Barton.

Doyle or Gow or Summerbee were never sneaky. They played hard. they stood up for themselves and their team mates and weren't to be messed with - but they don't kick someone in order to get a reaction and get them sent off.

tony colman

 

[Deedee2]

I'd go with

Bert
Doyle Watson Morrison
Zab Gow NdJ Paul Summerbee
Lee Kun

Sergio could dish it out when he wanted to.