The Fat Controller Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 I'm sure i heard today on the radio that Joe Jordan once squared up to Mick Harford in a friendly 7 aside game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsontour Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 1. Gow 2. Gow 3. Gow 4. Gow 5. Gow 6. Gow 7. Gow 8. Gow 9. Gow 10. Gow 11. Gow Seriously, I have been watching City since the 70's, Gerry Gow was not only the most committed tackler I have ever seen, including opponents, but also the hardest. I saw him against guys a foot taller and wider and I swear I saw tears. I think it was against Leeds where I saw him chase Bryan Flynn round the asphalt and nut him.. He sat in front of me at a game last month, and he even still scares me now. Propper old school chopper Harris stuff.. I always dream of him playing against prem players today...Ashley Young would definitely find himself compromised.. Quality stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 1 Jan Moller 2 Don Gillies 5 Shaun Taylor 6. Norman Hunter 3 Brian Williams 7 Mickey Tanner 4 Gerry Gow 8 Tommy Doherty 10 Dave Harle 9 Mick Harford 11 Joe Jordan Harle was a dirty bastard. Nobody got the better of Donnie Gillies without having the scars to prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Never saw him play, but my old man reckoned mike thresher was as hard as nails. Fair not dirty but real hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Evander Sno was a man mountain Paul Allen is your wisened terrier type, confirming you dont have to be 'big' to be hard. Keith Curle has the 'hard man' rep, And your hardest eleven is?... Oh wait, just criticising, how very dull Easy ok. I was just surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redysteadygo1 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Never saw him play, but my old man reckoned mike thresher was as hard as nails. Fair not dirty but real hard. Yep, would be in my team. Some of the following names may not be so familiar as they came from the age when football was a man's game, playing in hard leather boots with nailed in leather studs, with leather match balls that trebled in weight once wet and were laced up to keep the bladder in, on mud patches of pitches from December to March. You had to be tough to survive in those days. Can' think of a " hard" keeper and surely a "hard" winger is an oxymoron!! Anyway I will go with this team. Ray Cashley Alec Briggs Shaun Taylor Norman Hunter Mike Thresher Gordon Parr Ernie "Ginger" Peacock Gerry Gow Steve Galliers Joe Jordan Terry Bush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superjack Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 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 This. I often wonder if the older generation on here actually watch City... ...respect glynriley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isawjonshaw Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Micky Tanner has to be in there! nails he was (is), should have had a longer playing career....BS11's finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Jamie Mac is ******* hard! He should be there. Gerard Lavin was a bit of a nutter too wasn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Jamie Mac is ******* hard! He should be there. Gerard Lavin was a bit of a nutter too wasn't he? Macca was always prepared to get stuck in but compared to most of the names mentioned he is a pussy cat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Jamie Mac is ******* hard! He should be there. Gerard Lavin was a bit of a nutter too wasn't he? Not the same thing being a nutter and being hard. Any thicko can do crazy things on a football pitch but to be a decent player and be able to dish it out and take it is the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Not the same thing being a nutter and being hard. Any thicko can do crazy things on a football pitch but to be a decent player and be able to dish it out and take it is the difference. Barton being a prime example of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCDOY Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Scotty Brown? I remember in our promotion season verses Oldham at home he lunged in 2 footed and broke someones leg luckily the ref didn't see it. He was allways 1 never to shy away from a tackle just never got the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Scotty Brown remember in our promotion season verses Oldham at home he lunged in 2 footed and broke someones leg luckily the ref didn't see it. He was allways 1 never to shy away from a tackle just never got the ball. Did the same a Cheltenham and bust his own leg kicking his team mate, Spencer, tree trunk legs if I remember rightly. Very average player who got bigged up by the crowd because he ran around a lot. Everyone loves a trier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Must have Alec Briggs,Mike Thresher, Joe Jordan, Gerry Gow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Jamie Mac is ******* hard! He should be there. Gerard Lavin was a bit of a nutter too wasn't he? That's litotes, that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Yep, would be in my team. Some of the following names may not be so familiar as they came from the age when football was a man's game, playing in hard leather boots with nailed in leather studs, with leather match balls that trebled in weight once wet and were laced up to keep the bladder in, on mud patches of pitches from December to March. You had to be tough to survive in those days. Can' think of a " hard" keeper and surely a "hard" winger is an oxymoron!! Anyway I will go with this team. Ray Cashley Alec Briggs Shaun Taylor Norman Hunter Mike Thresher Gordon Parr Ernie "Ginger" Peacock Gerry Gow Steve Galliers Joe Jordan Terry Bush Like your team, but surely Mike Summerbee was a hard winger? Interviewed in one of the colour supplements, he claimed to have learnt it all from Mike Thresher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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