Phil Nev, Arteta and Cahill were pretty robust.
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….Bruce Rioch could be a bit of a dog. Wouldn’t have trusted him going into a tackle.
BigMick
Player Valuation: £20m
I don't think he could tackle properly. Just clumsily threw himself in - and he was a big powerful lad! Tackled like the converted forward he was - a bit like Whiteside (who somehow never got sent off in his career until he signed for us!)
I still cringe when I think of some of Rioch's 'tackles'.
In a four-man midfield, add Sheedy & Tricky Trev
Reidy was the 'General' and if you hurt one of his teammates then God help you because you just knew you would end up paying for it in spades.
IIRC I think it may have been either Bracewell or Sheedy got on the rough end of a bad tackle v Telford (?) in the early stages of a cup tie at GP. I think it took Reidy less than five minutes to level the offending player with a tackle which would probably see him getting a season long ban nowadays but for which he only got a booking. The Telford (?) player who probably thought he would try and make his name by bossing the big boys went off for his own good having learned a very salutory and painful lesson. Those were the days - even Ron Atkinson when Manure manager alluded as such when he said summat like 'when you hurt one of Everton's players the big brothers will come looking for you!'
Men of steel!
IIRC I think it may have been either Bracewell or Sheedy got on the rough end of a bad tackle v Telford (?) in the early stages of a cup tie at GP. I think it took Reidy less than five minutes to level the offending player with a tackle which would probably see him getting a season long ban nowadays but for which he only got a booking. The Telford (?) player who probably thought he would try and make his name by bossing the big boys went off for his own good having learned a very salutory and painful lesson. Those were the days - even Ron Atkinson when Manure manager alluded as such when he said summat like 'when you hurt one of Everton's players the big brothers will come looking for you!'
Men of steel!
What an under rated player Lee Carsley was by the way.
The Binman
Player Valuation: £10m
Dogs of war 2022 maybe, win the cup first….
Johnny Morrissey was the hard case in that team.
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £90m
Mo Besic
Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
Still very worthy of a mention.
Cameron Manning
Player Valuation: £35m
John Hurst was no mug either in a quieter sort of way.
Tennessee Blue Mike
Player Valuation: £50m
The greatest ever!
Oh most of them could look after themselves, but, Morrissey was a very tough cookie. Nobody got the better of him physically and he gave the trinity the space and time to do their thing. He was also an exceptionally tricky winger who was a good striker of a football.
witchdoc187
Player Valuation: £60m
Am I now categorised as the older generation? Ffs
Yes.
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