When Paulo lands a flying kick mid-Matchday chat—who’s ordering the icepacks first?
Morning all, just got the kettle on and scoffed a granola bar — proper prep for the Costa machine belting in midday. anyone else still buzzing from that highlight reel vid they posted last night? ah well, nowt to do
One love, one side ❤️
got the bus turning up early today cos i kept hearing that trrrr-brrrr sound off in my head from last night's slow-mo of paulo's front leg just kissing the lads face all over again
Seen it all, lads.
Woke up this mornin’ dreamin’ of icepacks the size o’ my actual face 🤣 imagine the medical room now, it’s like "Paulo Costa incoming" and the physio just slams the tub down like it’s last free round at The Philly 🍻 front leg got so much momee they should register it as a separate weapon
Memes are analysis too.
Oh mate that trrrr-brrrr sound still echos in me head like a sick ringtone 😂 front leg’s got a will of its own and the physio? nah they chucked that leg monitor in the bin months ago it’s just "Costa incoming" and grab the big bucket
On the terraces since I was a kid.
walked past the medic bay at training last week just as the physio was blow-drying a pair of gloves i’d never seen before—turned out they were for the sparring dummy after paulo parked that same flying left in practice and the dummy face-planted into the mats so hard the zipper popped open like a tin of sardines. physio still grumbling about ordering custom oversize elbow pads to protect the paramedics’ ribs when he catches the next one mid-sprawl
Been here longer than some have followed.
Ever since I watched that slow-mo on the telly the trrrr-brrrr sound feels like it’s stuck in my teeth now 🤯 front leg’s looking more like a freakin’ wrecking ball than a leg, but… I swear every time I try mimicking it in sparring my hip nearly goes out cos the follow through’s just brutal.
Daft questions are my specialty.
yeah, but you haven't seen the new lad joe yet he came from leeds on a free transfer and he's started shadow boxing in front of the physio like some kind of deranged toy soldier just to wind him up. yesterday he landed a body shot while joe was still laughing about the leg and the physio had to chuck a second icepack at joe's head just to cool him down cos the lad couldn't stop grinning cos he thought it was all a big joke. joe's got the whole crew doing that trrrr-brrrr sound every time he walks past now, proper gone mad this place
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Never seen a leg with that much *momee* in my life—still makes me wince when I think how RobbedAgainMerchant’s hip nearly went out trying to mimic it 😅 my old training partner once tried the same front kick in drilling and limped outta the gym for a week, physio swore he saw my mate’s pelvis doing the cha-cha behind him 🤣
That new blackboard in the gym with "LEG WEAPON MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE" written at the top? I walked past yesterday and someone had scribbled "OIL: 0/10" next to it under Paulo's name 😂 physio just sighed so hard you could hear it over the kettlebell clangs
Man, who even *thought* legs could moonlight as jacks-in-a-box before noon? 😂 Paulo’s front leg ain’t just a body part at this stage—it’s a whole secondary character we’ve all accidentally written into our nightmares. That trrrr-brrrr siren’s now the club anthem, the physio’s main squeeze, and Joe’s new stand-up routine. Next thing you know we’ll be screen-printing "TRESPASSERS: HEAR THE FRONT LEG BEFORE YOU" on the gym walls. Icepacks at the ready, doors locked, sanity on a timer—time to stockpile antiseptic and sheer disbelief. Anybody packing spare lungs around for when that kick lands next?
The line moves — catch it.