sglosbcfc Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 In my time 1982 onwards, the toughest tackling, hardest men to pull on the red shirt - goal Sieb Dykstra Def Mark Aizlewood, Glenn Humphries, Andy Llewellyn, Steve McManus Mid Steve Galliers, Dave Martin, Rob Newman Att Joe Jordan, Robbie Turner, Dele Adebola I was too young to remember Mick Harford playing for City but ex Wimbledon players always say Harford was the hardest man in football during his playing career. Llewellyn was a personal favourite of mine, he used to set off for a sliding tackle twenty yards from the action, sometimes he even ended up quite close to the ball! Only problem with this team is with the rules as they are now we would be down to eight men by half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Too young to have seen him but just be reputation, Norman bite your legs hunter would be in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Too young to have seen him but just be reputation, Norman bite your legs hunter would be in there Was just gonna say that. I'd have Shaun Taylor and Tommy Doc in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I don't recall Dele being particularly hard. May slip Rob Newman in there in his place somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Taylor is a must ahead of McManus actually. If I swapped Adebola with Newman it may not make sense but I think Newman would have done a better job up front than Dele. Not exactly a team that would keep the ball on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Was just gonna say that. I'd have Shaun Taylor and Tommy Doc in there too. Shaun Taylor surely has to be in there. He was hard as nails but fair and a great pro. I miss Doherty in his prime crashing around in the centre of the park for us. He was tough as they come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Ignore me. I have just seen Newmans in midfield. Cant see Docherty getting ahead of the midfield for 'hardness'. However, he was a better player than Steve Galliers & Dave Martin. But that's not the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Roughneck Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Tommy Doherty wasn't hard. You shouldn't mistake someone constantly mis-timing tackles and running around a lot for being hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 What about mad dog Lavin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Tommy Doherty wasn't hard. You shouldn't mistake someone constantly mis-timing tackles and running around a lot for being hard. Running around a lot, are you sure were on about the same TD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnhamRed73 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Micky Tanner has to be in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I really rated Tommy Doherty as a player, but I am not sure he was a real hard man. I think Galliers and Martin are nail ons. I accept that Taylor should be in the team ahead of McManus, oversight on my part. Dele is in because he was big, powerful and bossed defenders about. I think that sort of fits in the hard man criteria. I'm a centre back and I'm not sure I'd be too happy about getting up on a Sunday morning to face Adebola, Turner and Jordan even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 He was always out of breath, probably due to the 40 a day he may have smoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Evander Sno.......Paul Allen......Keith Curle?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnhamRed73 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 1 Waugh 2 Newman 3 Scott 4 Humphries 5 Moyes 6 Tanner 7 Doherty 8 Galliers 9 Jordan 10 Turner 11 Adebola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 A Leaning G Humphries N Hunter S Taylor M Scott G Gow B Hutchinson S Galliers D Martin J Jordan M Harford Sub , Steve Johnson , Lavin , AIzlewood , Turner , Docherty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 A Leaning G Humphries N Hunter S Taylor M Scott G Gow B Hutchinson S Galliers D Martin J Jordan M Harford Sub , Steve Johnson , Lavin , AIzlewood , Turner , Docherty That is spot on Glyn ! Jeez, there would not be a team in the world that would want to face that lot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Micky Tanner, had forgotten about him, he was a tough bugger Think Glyn has pretty much got it spot on though. Never saw Hunter or Harford in a City shirt, but saw enough to know what they were like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Gerry Gow is the hardest footballer I've ever seen. He and Ray Kennedy of Liverpool use to kick the shite out of each other and then walk off after the game with their arms round each others shoulders. Gow could dish it out but also take it, not like some of todays pansies. Hunter was another hard case and could take it as well but he and Gow would never surive in todays game. They'd be perminately suspended. Sean Taylor was also very hard. I remember once at Hillsborough a Wednesday player clattering him near the half way line. We could feel the collision in the away end and the ref showed an immediate red card. Taylor hit the deck like felled tree but amazingly bounced straight back up. I've never seen anything like it before or since. He carried on as if nothing had happened. Just remembered Steve Brooker. He was another hard case. I met Danny Coles at a do once and he told me Brooker was the hardest center foward he'd played against. Problem with Brooker was the fact he was out injured too often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Tommy Doherty wasn't hard. You shouldn't mistake someone constantly mis-timing tackles and running around a lot for being hard. Bloody hell, you'd not mess! If you did, you'd know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Ade Akinbiyi is the hardest player we've had. The biggest, if not the hardest. I wouldn't mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Louis Carey would be in there, he's game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Wasn't it Dave Martin that bust Robbie Rowlers leg. He was a real nasty niggley bugger, went in high in challenges, when the opponent went down, invariably he would get up and stand or stamp on them, he must of nailed people with elbows 5 or 6 times a match, sneaky punches to the kidneys, knees into the back stomach, elbows and knees flailing in Aeriele challenges. I would never called him hard, just a real nasty barsteward. Every team need one, but he made Derry look an angel. I am sure Pardew, Curbishley Gritt or someone like that mention him in one of their books as the worst most cynical opponent they have ever played against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Amougou is pretty wide... and has a tendancy to push medical staff and hulk his shirts off... Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I had forgotten about Steve 'Rambo' Johnson, I would certainly add him to my squad. I can't have Gow because I said 82 onwards when I started watching matches. Akinbiyi and Hutchinson are also guys who I have overlooked and would need adding to my squad. I don't agree with many of the others mentioned. Millwall away, bring it on, and if things got nasty off the pitch with this squad of City players you could just let them loose in the Den home end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Knowle Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Micky Tanner didnt play many times for City but reckon he wouldnt back down from anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tins Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 What about Paul Hartley? I remember him against Ajax, one of their players "dived" and he grabbed him back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horseshoe Red Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Micky Tanner didnt play many times for City but reckon he wouldnt back down from anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red84 Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Steve Jones always seemed to assault a defender in his last season with us! Defender may have mentioned his spray tan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Too young to have seen him but just be reputation, Norman bite your legs hunter would be in there Hunter was rock. I remember he took a free kick, well the ball was rolled to him, he had already started his run from the half way line, as he connected, you could see the fear in the Dirty Leeds players faces in the wall as not only the ball went sailing past in to the net but his left boot went with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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