With Skrtel, I think a shaven head and tattoos help the 'hard' image but he's not particularly hard, is he? He's robust and strong - but hard? See picture at the top of this link? He's more pretty than hard. http://centercircle.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=players&action=print&thread=1028 Samba looks like he could be tough if he could be bothered Holt looks like he can hold his own Barton, Bellamy and Cattermole are aggressive, but not sure if they are hard?
Always thought Robert Huth looked like a bit of a restrained psychopath, like he kept a scalpel down one sock lol.
Barton Nigel De Jong Bellamy Samba Emile Heskey Andy Carroll Robert Huth Ryan Shawcross Stoke City FC
Souness Wise Keane Ronnie Whelan and anyone who played football up to and including the 70's and anyone that's payed in Colombian league football up to the 90's so not EPL obviosuly..
Was it the Colombian league or the Argie league where there was a guy nicknamed " the killer' or "the bulldog" something like that? This dude was known to just break legs. I will look for some video of him out there but there is one that is pretty brutal. I will try to find it. Hopefully you know who I am talking about.
I think it was 'Killer' or 'Assasin' or nearest translation. They were all fkn hard, the english game was is fairies compared to what it was like is SA up to the late 80s