04 Apr 2022 16:21:15
Aside from the players who thrived off their tough guy image like Keane, Souness and the likes. Of course they could probably back it up in a pub and were also great on the pitch. Who would you guys not want to get in a barney with? Most forwards from the 80s for me but Maradona. The man got kicked to shreds every single game against some middle weight boxer sized defenders but generally give it back and the ripped them to bits with the ball.

1.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 17:07:07
Adebeyo Akinfenwa. Not only could he crush me with a cuddle, but I'm so out of shape even he could catch me pretty quickly!

2.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 17:30:19
He's a big lad alright. And he plays the game like I would. A big fat bloke with a smile on the face. Not that he's fat obviously. But I am.

3.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 17:56:17
Jimmy Case.

4.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 20:53:02
Just to set the record straight, Sourness wasn’t a hard man off the pitch - I once saw him sailing across the bar in Kirkland, way back in the day.

Agree Roma. Case was a hard man.

5.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 21:09:18
I met souness at a charity event after he had his triple heart bypass. He was not only really nice but still looked healthier than me!

6.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 21:14:07
Would not like a fight with big Dunk lol would not mind punching nigel winterburn in the nose hated his weaselly little head. Lol 😂.

7.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 21:18:27
Always been Souness for me. He still looks like he could knock you out with one punch.

8.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 22:57:00
Big Dunc all day how many burglars has he battered? Apparently one of the guys heads had swollen twice the size and big d was covered in blood and had them both pinned down unti the police came. Proper hard knock.

9.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 23:04:48
Ages ago, the guy who always sent shivers down my spine when i saw him playing was Joe Jordan. Front teeth missing and running wildly towards the ball. The kind that take *ss and kick numbers. 😨.

10.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 23:07:18
There's footage of Big Dunc working a boxer's heavy bag. And as a burglar or two will tell you, he knew how to throw a punch.
Just a pity he was a bit of a loose cannon with it.
Tommy Smith was a tough cookie, it was mostly overlooked that he was a damned good player too.

11.) 04 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 23:13:29
Jimmy Case maybe, but Tommy Smith. Jesus.

{Ed0666's Note - There’s legendary stories about the brute force of Tommy Smith

12.) 05 Apr 2022
04 Apr 2022 23:36:17
I'll add a ref to the mix, Uriah Rennie. Remember him standing up to Roy Keane back in the day and Keano backing off.

13.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 07:50:01
Thought your was a class ref.

14.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 07:51:15
My namesake Tommy Smith the first Liverpool player I idolised, but if looked at another player with no bias, Billy Brenner that wee Glaswegian was the epitomy of hard man, apparently used to take his teeth out before a fight.

15.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 08:51:23
I meet Heskey and my god he's a big dude. TV doesn't do him justice. The guy was lovely but I wouldn't want a dig off him.

16.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 09:43:27
If Heskey took a pop at you, he'd likely miss.

17.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 10:16:27
West Derby, you may say souness wasn't that hard off the pitch but il say one thing I wouldn't of had the stones to pull the flag stunt in Turkey lol.

18.) 05 Apr 2022
05 Apr 2022 10:46:23
John Fashanu.
Don't be fooled by his eloquence.