7 days ago
'I can't think of anyone he's scared of' - fans on 'hardest player'
We asked for your views on the "hardest" Newcastle player from the past 50 years. You've also given us some shouts from longer ago that deserve a mention. Here are some of your comments:Peter: Only one name: Duncan Ferguson. That's the end of the From the modern era, you'd have to give Joelinton a mention. I always think back to a match against Brighton where Moises Caicedo, with a look on his face of absolute fear, was hiding behind Dan Burn while Big Joe was trying to get at him after a scuffle during a He may not be as brutal as some of the players from the 70s and 80s, but I would put Joelinton up there with the hardest. Can you imagine if he'd been able to get away with some of the stuff refs let go back then? Absolute carnage! Big Joe is an absolute machine and I'd certainly think twice about challenging him for the ball. He's one of our best, toughest players of the modern era and I can't think of anyone he's scared of. Have you seen the size of his thighs?Steve: Obviously I didn't play against them, like Ando did, but surely Duncan Ferguson, David Batty and Stuart Pearce need to be involved in any discussion of hardest player?Alan: Alan Shearer! Took the knocks and gave them without moaning or rolling over and over, I remember the match when so called hardman Roy Keane squared up to Shearer. He soon backed down on his way off with a red card!Ian: John McNamee was your classic 1970's Scottish piece of granite! He terrorised European forwards during our successful H: John McNamee, which is more like 60 years John McNamee. I saw him many times in the 60s, sleeves rolled up to his armpits and ready for battle. I witnessed him committing the worst foul I'd ever seen where Ernie Hunt, playing for Everton, ended up on the cinder track on the Popular side (East Stand) bleeding from thigh to calf.
