They were very good at what they did. Going back to 1988, beating Liverpool at Wembley in the FA Cup final as vast underdogs tells you that they were organised, physical, really difficult to beat. That was particularly the case on their turf, whether it was Plough Lane in the late 80s or Selhurst Park after that. You knew you were going to be in for a battle.
You’d look at the team sheet and see Mick Harford, Eric Young, John Fashanu, Vinnie Jones, Dennis Wise, Marcus Gayle, Lawrie Sanchez… the list goes on. They always had tough, tough players, a lot of them over six foot.