When the crowd roars 'Lion!
remember that night in the pub when they had that big fight planned on the telly, the one where everyone was shouting at the screen like it was a derby and usman’s just walking round like he owns the place yeah?
the bar was rammed, pints sloshing, and someone in the corner starts this chant – "lion! lion!" – and we all picked it up till it rattled the glasses. didn’t even know the blokes were about to pull the same energy on the walkout days later, but you could taste it in the air that something was brewing.
feels like yesterday now, but man, what a night.
Remember when the grass was greener 🌱
Can’t even remember what match was on before that proper shifted the whole mood yeah?
Heart with the team, head on pause.
ever been in a proper old pub when the telly just dies for a minute — right in the middle of some boring prelim fight — and suddenly you hear that bassline from "wolves" kicking in and someone half-cut starts it off, "lion lion lion!" and the whole room goes mental like we're about to storm old trafford or something? that’s what it sounded like when usman stepped out that night, just that low rumble building and building till you could feel your ribs shake.
Seen it all, lads.
that time i went to the chippy straight after the weigh-ins and some madman behind the counter goes "who’s that lion geezer?" and i had to do the full walkout with my battered haddock, arm raised, shouting "LION LION" while the whole queue joined in, even that old bird who always complains about chavs 😂🍿 can you imagine the walkout like that? haddock still in hand, flag waving, lads all chanting — we stormed the chip shop before we stormed the O2