[Albion] Albion's HARDEST Ever Player 2025. Round 1, Group C

[stewart12]

Onto group C

Jimmy Case

Position: Midfielder
Albion Career: 1981-85, 1993-96
Nickname: Hard Case

Phil Stant
Position: Striker
Albion Career: 2001
Nickname: Eminem's Dad

Steve Foster

Position: Centre Back
Albion Career: 1979-84, 1992-96
Nickname: Fozzie/headbanded mentalist

Brian Horton

Position: Wing Half
Albion Career: 1976-81
Nickname: Nobby

Robbie Savage

Position: Midfielder
Albion Career: 2008
Nickname: Lily

Dave Turner
Position: Wing Half/midfielder
Albion Career: 1963-72
Nickname: Non-stop Turner

 

[WATFORD zero]

Group of death

 

[Johnny Byrne superstar]

Surely Horton's nickname was Nobby

 

[rippleman]

Group of death

Indeed! Nobby (not Bobby!), Case & Fozzie all had their moments. These are a tough group.

I'm going for Nobby - but I can't really explain why.

 

[stewart12]

Surely Horton's nickname was Nobby

Amended- auto correct

 

[jcdenton08]

Hard for me, because most of these are before my time and I’d be voting on reputation rather than what I’ve seen. For the fact I’ve actually seen him play, and he is ex-SAS alone, I’ve gone with Stantona.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Stant's Falklands tour of duty and the fact he was f***ing hard off the pitch, stops me having to choose between Nobby, Jimmy and Fozzie.

This truly is The Group of Death

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

No contest for me, Jimmy Case by a mile.

 

[stewart12]

Stant has the air of the bloke on a council estate who everyone knows to give a very very wide berth and probably has a mental dog. Completely creates a sense of fear every time he enters the flat roofed pub

 

[Giraffe]

Definitely Jimmy for me.

 

[stewart12]

Group A has a little bit of time left

Remember that Group B is also open

 

[DJ NOBO]

Fozzie smashed his head up and kept playing.
He never, ever backed out of a challenge.
What more could he do to prove his hardness?
Harder than Case imo

 

[rippleman]

This is very exciting. Who is going to be this competitions honey badger? Who will be the most popular in the competition? (ie who will the mods decide won't win?)

Let it go? No chance!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Savage. His surname alone is hard.

 

[Hamilton]

Nobby was a leader but not a hard nut. For me it’s Jimmy.

 

[Flounce]

Is there a joke entry in every group?

Harley and Savage? Do f*** off!

 

[Flounce]

Nobby was a leader but not a hard nut. For me it’s Jimmy.

Case, second only to Clark is Evil for me

 

[oldboyroy]

Jimmy all day long. The game was different back then and none of this 'oooh ref, he's caught my eyelashes or in Cucu's case his hair!

 

[severnside gull]

Surely Horton's nickname was Nobby

The nicknames seem to be largely from the imagination of someone who almost certainly hasn’t heard of, still less seen, some of the players. “Non-Stop Turner” in particular made me laugh

 

[severnside gull]

Jimmy all day long. The game was different back then and none of this 'oooh ref, he's caught my eyelashes or in Cucu's case his hair!

I was always under the impression that his vision going into tackles was often alcohol impaired