[Archived] Nasty Midfielders

[dingles staying down 4ever]

Look who is at No.8

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/nasty-midfielders/ss-BBskx4Y?li=BBoPWjP&ocid=mailsignout#image=8

[Bigdoggsteel]

Ridiculous list  

 

I wouldn't describe; Tugay, Gerrard or Scholes as "nasty" in anyway...

 

The others did nasty things from time to time. But they weren't Johnny Giles and Billy Bremner  

[Dunnfc]

Nasty midfielders are your Dean Marney, Joey Barton, Roy Keane types. People who leave something in on a tackle.

I'd say Wanyama, Marney, Barton, Yacob maybe Leicester's Mendy.

Then you get players who get carded and just can't tackle like Lucas, Adam and Fernando.

 

[Bigdoggsteel]

One on the list I am torn about though is Viera. I don't think he was nasty, except when he played against Roy Keane. The only way to try and get on top of Keane was to try and dominate him physically(with a little bit of the dark arts thrown in), Viera tried to do it. Big Al Shearer had a go also! 

[tomphil]

Scholes could be a bit tasty but they all got away with murder at UTD around his time. 

[Mike Graham]

I would include Jason Lowe.  Nasty nasty hair cut.

[Glosrover]

15 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

One on the list I am torn about though is Viera. I don't think he was nasty, except when he played against Roy Keane. The only way to try and get on top of Keane was to try and dominate him physically(with a little bit of the dark arts thrown in), Viera tried to do it. Big Al Shearer had a go also! 

what about Trevor Hockey, Johnny Giles, Graeme Souness, Glenn Kelly, Claudio Gentile, Tommy Smith ??  and for good measure the entire 1966 Argentina team??

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Ridiculous list  

 

I wouldn't describe; Tugay, Gerrard or Scholes as "nasty" in anyway...

 

The others did nasty things from time to time. But they weren't Johnny Giles and Billy Bremner  

Don't be taken in by all that " Scholes isn't dirty he just doesn't know how to tackle " tripe. He knew exactly what he was doing - a nasty player in a nasty team.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Souness was a class player but had a real nasty side to him. I can't think who it was against but he punched a guy off the  ball and off the camera in a European game and broke his jaw. Got away with it too if I recall it right. What a player though.

I remember reading an ex players nasty @#/?s 11.  I can't think who the defence was but the front five was - 

Terry Paine 

Johnny Giles

Peter Osgood

Roy Vernon

Johnny Morrisey.

[tomphil]

Souness when player manager for Rangers studded a guy right in the knackers in front of the ref then stood there saying something like 'what, i never touched him'  There's a clip of it floating around somewhere.

Great player but a hard bstard, so was Mcmahon but Ince was just dirty, snidey git. Not many stood up to Vinny Jones though, didn't get chance he always nailed them first.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Souness when player manager for Rangers studded a guy right in the knackers in front of the ref then stood there saying something like 'what, i never touched him'  There's a clip of it floating around somewhere.

Great player but a hard bstard, so was Mcmahon but Ince was just dirty, snidey git. Not many stood up to Vinny Jones though, didn't get chance he always nailed them first.

I remember Jones trying to bully Nicky Reid and Reid just laughed at him. Jones tried to be nasty but was just a bully.