Are there any players in world football who'd keep you looking over your shoulder if you were good enough to play at that level?
Remember Julian Dicks, Vinnie Jones, Souness, Steve McMahon, Keane. Hard to think of any now.
Masherano
Pepe
Jonny Walters
None now...in the day there was Billy Bremner, Chopper Harris, Tommy Smith...Souness was the daddy.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=souness+tackle+billy+stark (https://www.google.co.uk/#q=souness+tackle+billy+stark)
Danny Invincible
Mick Harford would have ate any of those boys without salt.
Mr Giles was known to throw a sly elbow and dive in knee high now and again
Terry Butcher
Leeds Utd
Norman Hunter was notorious.
I remember a lad called Mark Dennis back in the 80s. Southampton and QPR if I remember correctly
Martin Skrtyl. Psycho lookin cnut
Kirk Hunter
Kirk Hunter😂😂😂.Remember Schillacci retiring after Juventus qualified for UEFA Cup and a local wag saying it was because he feared meeting Kirk Hunter in the competition the following season.
Was a bloke playing for Arsenal called Peter Storey,right nasty piece of work.As for Souness ,he was hard up against pussycats,but I was at Anfield in 1979 when he took Ardiles out,only for Terry Yorath to avenge the assault soon afterwards,with Sounness out of the remaining part of the game.
Hatchet man implies a dirty ****. Keane was just hard, not dirty (bar Haaland tackle).
Montero used to play for Juve.
Actually all those south american defenders are tough as shit apart from Rojo who is a footballer trapped in a lesbian's body
Quote from: BennyCake on December 11, 2015, 11:56:55 PM
Hatchet man implies a dirty ****. Keane was just hard, not dirty (bar Haaland tackle).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuyw7zWgKOQ
Quote from: BennyCake on December 11, 2015, 11:56:55 PM
Hatchet man implies a dirty ****. Keane was just hard, not dirty (bar Haaland tackle).
Haaland deserved it.
Norman Whiteside, Steve McMahon, Peter Reid, Peter Nicholas - All fairly hard back in the day.
Terry Hurlock, also bit of a hallion.
in fairness lads they were all puffs (excuse the 70s derogatory reference to effeminate people) compared to Mick Lyons, Brian Mullins, Páidí Sé, Ciaran Duff, McGilligan, Blaney....not to mention the Grimleys.
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 12, 2015, 01:30:29 AM
in fairness lads they were all puffs (excuse the 70s derogatory reference to effeminate people) compared to Mick Lyons, Brian Mullins, Páidí Sé, Ciaran Duff, McGilligan, Blaney....not to mention the Grimleys.
Kevin Moran bridged the gap.
Vinnie Jones and John Fashnau!
Graham Roberts,Spurs.Once saw him literally have a running battle with two Mc Creery brothers,from a notorious East Belfast family,during a so called friendly against Glentoran.
Also big Dermot Keeley, of Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers,took no prisoners.Famous up North,during his Glentoran days,after an Irish Cup final which they'd won against Linfield,for ringing every Linfield supporters club he could get a number for,and asking in a broad Dublin accent, "Who won the Cup?"
Catamole / caramarole??
Dirty hallion.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9dl9SlgSFlw
Julian Dicks
Never saw him play but Billy Whitehurst had quite the reputation, (Martin Keown in a newspaper article earlier in the year said playing against Fashanu was easy in comparison)
That Jamie Vardy at Fleetwood Town was a bit of a nut. That was his level.
Quote from: J70 on December 11, 2015, 11:33:40 PM
Norman Hunter was notorious.
I remember a lad called Mark Dennis back in the 80s. Southampton and QPR if I remember correctly
Mark Dennis is a great call, remember him at Southampton alright during the 80's, he was one hard bastard for sure.
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on December 12, 2015, 01:17:03 PM
Quote from: J70 on December 11, 2015, 11:33:40 PM
Norman Hunter was notorious.
I remember a lad called Mark Dennis back in the 80s. Southampton and QPR if I remember correctly
Mark Dennis is a great call, remember him at Southampton alright during the 80's, he was one hard b**tard for sure.
Used to get the line two or three times a season for ridiculous tackles!
Quote from: T Fearon on December 12, 2015, 06:21:58 AM
Graham Roberts,Spurs.Once saw him literally have a running battle with two Mc Creery brothers,from a notorious East Belfast family,during a so called friendly against Glentoran.
Also big Dermot Keeley, of Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers,took no prisoners.Famous up North,during his Glentoran days,after an Irish Cup final which they'd won against Linfield,for ringing every Linfield supporters club he could get a number for,and asking in a broad Dublin accent, "Who won the Cup?"
Dave McCreery from a notorious East Belfast family? What's the story there?
Stevie McMahon was the name that sprang to mind when I saw the title.
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 12, 2015, 01:30:29 AM
in fairness lads they were all puffs (excuse the 70s derogatory reference to effeminate people) compared to Mick Lyons, Brian Mullins, Páidí Sé, Ciaran Duff, McGilligan, Blaney....not to mention the Grimleys.
In primary school in the early 80s we were indoctrinated by a passionate Galway hurling man who told us, after one episode of Superstars, that the reason the GAA players could do more chin ups than the likes of Mark Lawrenson was because they were REAL MEN with well developed biceps.
In the 80s I don't think any GAA players could have done a chin up.
Tommy Smith and Paul Madeley; that is all.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 12, 2015, 10:07:23 PM
In the 80s I don't think any GAA players could have done a chin up.
Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zn6prYChI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zn6prYChI)
A player from a famous GAA family appears near the end.
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 12, 2015, 01:30:29 AM
in fairness lads they were all puffs (excuse the 70s derogatory reference to effeminate people) compared to Mick Lyons, Brian Mullins, Páidí Sé, Ciaran Duff, McGilligan, Blaney....not to mention the Grimleys.
Not sure why you include Kieran Duff in that list, he was a cowardly thug who gave sly digs.
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on December 12, 2015, 01:17:03 PM
Quote from: J70 on December 11, 2015, 11:33:40 PM
Norman Hunter was notorious.
I remember a lad called Mark Dennis back in the 80s. Southampton and QPR if I remember correctly
Mark Dennis is a great call, remember him at Southampton alright during the 80's, he was one hard b**tard for sure.
He played in the same Birmingham team as Tony Coton, Noel Blake, Robert Hopkins, Howard Gayle and Mick Harford. All hard as nails and very nasty with it. Kenny Samson wouldn't have got half of his England caps if Mark Dennis had even one screw tightened properly!!
Tommy Smith was plain mental. Hard and dirty. Stuart Pearce was a hard f**ker too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgzd7oHyeBY
Souness was a dirty, hard player. Lovely tackle here from his Rangers days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVgxYa3mlo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVgxYa3mlo)
He also broke a Romania players jaw in a European tie at Anfield but its off camera.
My favourite tackle was Steve McMahon and Vinny Jones in that FA Cup final. Jones goes in late and hard, McMahon goes down but both players straight back up and get on with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdsJnQrI-kU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdsJnQrI-kU)
Julian Dicks. Mental case. David Speedie was a nasty wee fecker as well.
Brave few Liverpool men so far...could do with one now :'(
Quote from: AZOffaly on December 14, 2015, 05:12:30 PM
Julian Dicks. Mental case. David Speedie was a nasty wee fecker as well.
Both former Birmingham players. A pattern emerging? ;)
Quote from: AZOffaly on December 14, 2015, 05:12:30 PM
Julian Dicks. Mental case. David Speedie was a nasty wee fecker as well.
David Speedie still plays now and then for an over 40's team in Finglas.
There's I guy in a place I work that plays with him.
He's a mad fcuker according to yer man.
Surprised no mention of Kevin Muscat.