Top 20 All Time Football Hardmen

[Visionary]

Keane was.
Wise wasn't, Shearer wasn't...

As mentioned, Keane was scared to hit Shearer despite having the oppurtunity.

What makes you think of him as a hardman? Going into two footed tackles etc.?

If so, then Joey Barton is as well then?

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Need to look to the 60s, 70s and 80s for the real hard men of football. The game's become too soft these days and to have the likes of Keane, Wise and Terry in the list is LOL worthy.

 

[G|mp]

Have a look on YT for the vids, he looks away when doing it. Big hard man? No.

I don't need to I remember watching it, its like he was scared of him was it really?

That **** wasn't getting up again

 

[G|mp]

Curiosity got the better of me

Have a look on YT for the vids, he looks away when doing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKvbQ3nt-M

Where exactly does he look away?

As mentioned, Keane was scared to hit Shearer despite having the oppurtunity.

Again iirc Shearer was lucky that he pushed Keane back just as he was about to take his head off.

 

[Sparky]

Terry Butcher could pretty much hold is own against any in that list and for that matter Gary Pallister. Those sort of players are the real hardmen imo.

 

[HangTime]

Who came up with this then? Dennis Wise in the top 5 hardmen of all time, yet Duncan Disorderly can't make it into the top 20?

Vieira isn't overly hard, he's just big and very good at ball winning.

Dennis Bergkamp was harder than a couple of those on this list (people never really appreciated this... if you watch how he developed his game to shield the ball, how he used his arms etc). Take that goal everyone seems to love against Newcastle for example, it's not just the flick that makes the goal, it's the strong arm to keep Dabizas at bay as well.

 

[roddypoddy]

One from the past:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Barson

Lol.just about to post that myself.

 

[KaneStatton]

Lee Bowyer,
Joey Barton

 

[semi-pro waster]

Big Dunc keeps pigeons. By that alone he doesn't make the list.

To ape Nokkon's point about Wes Brown above, Ferguson was that hard and kept pigeons, he was/is a double hard *******. And he's the only footballer to have been jailed for assault regarding something that happened on the pitch albeit off the ball.

Dave Mackay

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For a hardman, Bremner doesn't look like he's going to fare too well in that encounter, Mackay definitely deserves his place on the list and should possibly be higher.

 

[FerociouS]

Suprised to not see Duncan Ferguson on there.

 

[Freefaller]

Footballers hard?! Does not compute!!!

 

[Tummy]

As mentioned, Keane was scared to hit Shearer despite having the oppurtunity.

What makes you think of him as a hardman? Going into two footed tackles etc.?

If so, then Joey Barton is as well then?

I thought Keane swung for him ?

Shearer pushing him back didn't he ?

Barton, idiot, not a hard man as such. Putting a cigarette in to a young lads eye, doesn't make you hard.

 

[Visionary]

I thought Keane swung for him ?

Shearer pushing him back didn't he ?

Barton, idiot, not a hard man as such. Putting a cigarette in to a young lads eye, doesn't make you hard.

Neither does stamping on someone's leg.