Stewart Robson...really no need to keep sticking the knife in imo

[Sir C]

Perhaps the physical demands of modern football in terms of speed and so forth simply don't allow people to be that kind of footballer and last?

This may be an explanation b. You could well be right. It's impossible to compare eras, isn't it?

Still. They were an impressive breed. The sight of Sounness bossing a midfield isn't easily forgotten.

[Burney]

This may be an explanation b. You could well be right. It's impossible to compare eras, isn't it?

Still. They were an impressive breed. The sight of Sounness bossing a midfield isn't easily forgotten.

Also, it simply isn't possible to be that violent anymore. Sounness - although a great player as well - was also an animal.

[Luis Anaconda]

Also, it simply isn't possible to be that violent anymore. Sounness - although a great player as well - was also an animal.

He would have kept VAR busy, that's for sure

[IUFG]

Also, it simply isn't possible to be that violent anymore. Sounness - although a great player as well - was also an animal.

this always make me laugh...

[Burney]

this always make me laugh...

Apocryphally, when he was playing for Rangers, his disciplinary record was so bad that you could walk into a Glasgow pub and ask for 'A Sounness', which meant 'One half and then I'm off'

[Sir C]

this always make me laugh...

"And that's a booking!"

[IUFG]

"And that's a booking!"

marginal, I thought.

[Sir C]

marginal, I thought.

I think he was going for the bloke's gonads and missed.

[Burney]

marginal, I thought.

Hard to know. Was he going for the career-ending job on the knee or the supremely painful (but survivable) nut shot?

[IUFG]

Hard to know. Was he going for the career-ending job on the knee or the supremely painful (but survivable) nut shot?

Well, he missed both.

The temerity to then go down and point at his own leg