Hard as nails c*nts

cson · 18-12-2007 03:24PM

therecklessone wrote: »

So which is he?

Obviously he's a hard man

pd101 · 18-12-2007 03:30PM

Gabriel Heinze doesnt pull out of too many tackles.

Im_No_Superman · 18-12-2007 03:46PM

Steve Bruce and Bryan Robson for me.

Jazzy · 18-12-2007 04:03PM

JOHN FASHANU

aidan24326 · 18-12-2007 04:22PM

If we're talking good old-fashioned hard then Roy Keane is the man. Dirty at times but mostly a hard-as-nails fcuker. Even Viera was half afraid of him at times, and Viera himself is a big man.

Mark Hughes was a tough man in his day, made of concrete. Never really dirty though. Rarely went down, you could kick him and he'd just keep going.

chopperbyrne · 18-12-2007 04:38PM

Kevin Moran used to break his nose every second game and just play on.

el dude · 18-12-2007 05:14PM

aidan24326 wrote: »

If we're talking good old-fashioned hard then Roy Keane is the man. Dirty at times but mostly a hard-as-nails fcuker. Even Viera was half afraid of him at times, and Viera himself is a big man.

Vieira was never afraid of Keane. That tunnel thing only highlighted it. Keane giving it the big "I AM", if he was really a hard man he'd of nutted him. Roy Keane was a thug. So that rules him out straight away.

Very few hard men in the game any more. For player to be considered hard, he must be an honest player too imo. As much as i hate to say it, Terry is a hard bastard, and a complete ****. But he doesn't go out to hurt people. Caragher would be another one. Kilbane's a fairly hard fella too, that lad would play with a leg hanging off. Sheraer was hard as nails. Pearce. Ince.

And i like the thinking behind the Zidane one. Definitely a hard bastrd that fella. I presume whoever said Ronaldo was joking, the lad got a cut to his eyelash a few weeks ago and had to come off, then the following week after he scores he decides to point to it for whatsoever reason.

kinaldo · 18-12-2007 05:17PM

Almost forgot about ALAN SHEARER!!!

WellyJ · 18-12-2007 06:07PM

UnitedIrishman wrote: »

Nemanja Vidic is one hard c*nt.

For me Stuart Pearce is the ultimate hard player, quite a decent autobiography aswell. The time he broke his leg he was determined to stay on and asked if they could do an x-ray at half-time (it was close to finish of half) and get him back on in the second half.

Seconded, Vidic for me,

He's Serbian ffs.....

FatherTed · 18-12-2007 06:18PM

Every name mentioned here are fairies compared to Chopper Harris and Norman Hunter. Johnny Giles and Billy Bremner were tough too.

weemcd · 18-12-2007 06:19PM

As a young fella watching roy keane taken off for united as a blood sub, getting his slashed eye brow stiched up and returning to the game, (no idea what game it was though, would love to see it one youtube), cemented my opinion that roy keane was a hard cúnt.

Stromecek · 18-12-2007 06:20PM

He's small,
he's hard,
he's known to the guards,
it's Tony Shields,
it's Tony Shields!

The man is a committed all action hard c**t of a midfielder
never, ever pulls out of a tackle, and looks on the verge of
pure evil sometimes when he plays, good passer of the the ball too

leninbenjamin · 18-12-2007 06:25PM

i have to say, to whoever said Arsenal no longer have any hard men... look at Flamini. he's turning into a right wee menace that guy, doesn't shy from anything these days. Obviously no Kevin Moran yet, but he's getting there slowly but surely.

therecklessone · 18-12-2007 06:53PM

PHB wrote: »

It's not the same. Giving tackles isn't what makes people tough, it's taking tackles.

What you're describing isn't hard men, its players who get kicked a lot. They are not one and the same. If they were, the likes of Michael Owen and David Beckham would be considered hard as coffin nails.

Hard bast*rds can dish it out but also take it, and play a bit of ball along the way.

They are few and far between in the modern game, Vidic is probably the best example in the PL. Hughes was in his day, as was Robson.

Someone mentioned the Leeds team of the 70s, here's an example of a man who would eat them for breakfast:

http://www.donny.co.uk/Doncaster/ecards/images/Doncaster%20Rovers/68.jpg

Dave Mackay sorting out Billy Bremner. Would you fcuk with Mackay? Returned from a broken leg...twice...could play a bit of ball as well.

Dave! · 18-12-2007 08:10PM

Vidic gets my vote for today... He's an absolute rock. Can't remember what game it was recently, but someone went up for a header with him and their knee went up, hitting Vidic in the chest. They both hit the ground, Vidic gets up and doesn't blink, the other bloke is on the ground writhing in agony

COULD have been the way he landed, but more likely his knee turned to dust as soon as it hit Vida!

He doesn't ever set out to hurt anyone either. There's alot of players who are just the hardest c*nts ever, but they often dip into thuggery, Keano being the obvious example.

edit: Does Zidane's headbutt during the world cup not make him a thug rather than a hard man? How many 'lapses' are you allowed to have before you're considered a thug?

Zapp Brannigan · 18-12-2007 08:22PM

Would say Vidic seems like a right hard man. Torres was flattened by him on Sunday and Torres isn't a pushover. He also doesn't seem dirty which is nice.

Other hardmen; Gattuso, Scott Brown and Carra.

semibluff · 18-12-2007 08:23PM

last season robbie savage was the sort of fkr that you hated to play against and loved to have on your team . . .

but thinking back
Dennis wise
Roy Keane
Julian Dicks
Paulo Montero

redzerdrog · 18-12-2007 08:34PM

Graham gartland

hes big hes hard he gets a yellow card graham gartland

Dave! · 18-12-2007 08:47PM

Paul Scholes is quite the hard c*nt too... Never bottles a challenge. Unfortunately his legs function independently from the rest of his body, so he's a sh*t tackler.

yabadabado · 18-12-2007 08:51PM

el dude wrote: »

Vieira was never afraid of Keane. That tunnel thing only highlighted it. Keane giving it the big "I AM", if he was really a hard man he'd of nutted him. Roy Keane was a thug. So that rules him out straight away.

Very few hard men in the game any more. For player to be considered hard, he must be an honest player too imo. As much as i hate to say it, Terry is a hard bastard, and a complete ****. But he doesn't go out to hurt people. Caragher would be another one. Kilbane's a fairly hard fella too, that lad would play with a leg hanging off. Sheraer was hard as nails. Pearce. Ince.

And i like the thinking behind the Zidane one. Definitely a hard bastrd that fella. I presume whoever said Ronaldo was joking, the lad got a cut to his eyelash a few weeks ago and had to come off, then the following week after he scores he decides to point to it for whatsoever reason.

anyone that i wud have called a hard man also had a bit of a thuggish element about them.all the greats really so i wudnt say that rules them out.terry is a hard man as was shearer and both of them never mind leaving the boot in or leaving the elbow swinging.
does any one remember the program channel four did a few years back about the hard man XI.ill try and see can i find the list.sounness jack charlton ,chopper harris were on it .as was some fella called Gentile who was spainish that german keeper who nearly killed a french forward in a game and keane was the only player to make the team that was still playing

Trippie · 18-12-2007 08:53PM

stig tofting

Trippie · 18-12-2007 08:56PM

yabadabado wrote: »

that german keeper who nearly killed a french forward in a game

tony schumacher

Jazzy · 18-12-2007 09:10PM

Banned

homerjay2005 · 18-12-2007 09:12PM

pd101 wrote: »

Gabriel Heinze doesnt pull out of too many tackles.

please dont compare that judas c**t to a hardman. in my opinion, he dived into too many tackles, needlessly. made him looked hard, but that he wasnt or isnt. just a bad tackler. vidic and evra are hard c**ts. shame rio aint, john terry is another man who would go through a brick wall for you.

Jonny Arson · 18-12-2007 09:19PM

Stromecek wrote: »

He's small,
he's hard,
he's known to the guards,
it's Tony Shields,
it's Tony Shields!

The man is a committed all action hard c**t of a midfielder
never, ever pulls out of a tackle, and looks on the verge of
pure evil sometimes when he plays, good passer of the the ball too

can't be as bad Stephen Parkhouse surely, i f**king hate that guy :mad:

unlike most of the pussies like Vidic mentioned in this thread, anyone who has witnessed Alan Reynolds in 'action' knows what a serious c**t is

great player though, when he's not killing the opposition

Dave! · 18-12-2007 09:36PM

homerjay2005 wrote: »

please dont compare that judas c**t to a hardman. in my opinion, he dived into too many tackles, needlessly. made him looked hard, but that he wasnt or isnt. just a bad tackler. vidic and evra are hard c**ts. shame rio aint, john terry is another man who would go through a brick wall for you.

Case in point, shtickin his ceann out for a header against Arsenal, only to have it all but removed! :eek: Tough son of a gun