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Murillo Santiago Costa dos Santos of BRASIL!

Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Monkman said:
We all know how good a defender Murillo is, but it struck me watching his block on the line from Strand Larsen the other night that he is almost supernaturally good at blocking shots. Generally blocking is just a case of throwing yourself in between the ball and the goal and is an important skill in itself, but also needs a bit of luck. But I swear Murillo does more than that - he appears to actually react to the ball even if he's close to it, like a goalkeeper would. He dips his knee slightly to block the Strand Larsen shot even though it reaches him in a split second. There was one towards the end of last season - possibly a shot from Archer at Sheff Utd? - where he moved his foot to the ball to deflect it wide despite it being a powerful shot. Maybe I'm imagining it but I'm sure that's how his shots blocked stats are so high.

TLDR - the lad is good.
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His focus and reactions are incredible - there's one thing seeing it happen but to react and reposition yourself in that moment is next level. I bet he'd have made a really good boxer...
 
Battered Sausage

Battered Sausage

Matchday Squad
jack744 said:
There are quite a few inaccuracies in the lyrics but his family and friends a couple of rows in front of us were dancing along to it at Wolves - reckon they (and he) all love it!
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Christ, what must they have thought of Wolverhampton on a cold Monday night? What a cold, miserable dump to visit.
 
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Ian Moore Gone Little

First Team Squad
Mr. Blonde said:
It's the "breaking ankles" bit that I don't like

He's not Vinnie Jones FFS!
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Yes, that line jars with me too. If he were a tricky winger maybe he could break them by rapidly twisting the defenders this way and that before beating them, but his style is more to power past players as if they’re not there so that doesn’t really work either…
 
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jack744

A. Trialist
Battered Sausage said:
Christ, what must they have thought of Wolverhampton on a cold Monday night? What a cold, miserable dump to visit.
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Indeed. Hopefully for their sake they had a nice private car right up to the entrance and then away again. We had a 20min walk to/from the ground and can confirm it's an utter hole. Good curry, though.
 
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jack744

A. Trialist
Ian Moore Gone Little said:
Yes, that line jars with me too. If he were a tricky winger maybe he could break them by rapidly twisting the defenders this way and that before beating them, but his style is more to power past players as if they’re not there so that doesn’t really work either…
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What about 'that run' at Selhurst Park...
 
Notcher

Notcher

Stuart Pearce
Mr. Blonde said:
It's the "breaking ankles" bit that I don't like

He's not Vinnie Jones FFS!
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I thinks the breaking ankles part is a nod to his football skills, in that the oppositions ankles are broken from him dribbling around them.

It's wot the yoot say. Brap brap

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Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Notcher said:
I thinks the breaking ankles part is a nod to his football skills, in that the oppositions ankles are broken from him dribbling around them.

It's wot the yoot say. Brap brap

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You been eating scotch eggs?
 
Notcher

Notcher

Stuart Pearce
Maybe
Gyros Peter said:
You been eating scotch eggs?
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Davie

Geoff Thomas
For everyone moaning about the Murillo song, when my mates and I made it up we were extremely pissed in town after another Murillo masterclass and I can confirm we weren't fact checking each lyric. For what it's worth given some of the comments, I've also never literally had a Derby fan on a piece of string, bricked a cockney (yet) or think Danilo is indestructible.

edit - the breaking ankles bit came from copying the England Johnny Stones line
 
Mr. Blonde

Mr. Blonde

TWO-NIL! 👀
Bobby The Brain said:
It’s a saying from basketball, where you dribble so skilfully the defender trips over their own feet trying to mark you.
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Notcher said:
I thinks the breaking ankles part is a nod to his football skills, in that the oppositions ankles are broken from him dribbling around them.

It's wot the yoot say. Brap brap
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Ah ok sorry, I hadn't realised we have teenage basketball fans writing our songs these days

Thanks for the heads up
 
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Ian Moore Gone Little

First Team Squad
Davie said:
For everyone moaning about the Murillo song, when my mates and I made it up we were extremely pissed in town after another Murillo masterclass and I can confirm we weren't fact checking each lyric. For what it's worth given some of the comments, I've also never literally had a Derby fan on a piece of string, bricked a cockney (yet) or think Danilo is indestructible.

edit - the breaking ankles bit came from copying the England Johnny Stones line
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Fair enough. And fair play to anyone who comes up with decent songs for individual players. It’s not long ago that there were hardly any individual songs and now there are loads. I know I couldn’t come up with anything much.

(Though I thought “Woolly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs would be an obvious one when we signed Willy Boly before deciding the proportion of our fanbase who would know that one would be no more than maybe 10%…)
 
Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Ian Moore Gone Little said:
(Though I thought “Woolly Bully” by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs would be an obvious one when we signed Willy Boly before deciding the proportion of our fanbase who would know that one would be no more than maybe 10%…)
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It's obviously an age thing as you say because I've thought the same since we signed him. Is there a more perfect song for any player anywhere?
 
Steve B

Steve B

Jack Burkitt
I’ll give it a go on Saturday and let you know how I get on.
He always gets the ball
Cos he’s 8 feet tall
Oooh Willy Boly…
Will that do?
 
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