New Viking!
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 5:05 am
How you doing folks
Im a new member on the board and fully converted Vikings fan!
I look forward to posting on here and getting to know others and learn more about the Vikings, I made a post on reddit a week ago telling you how it came about so I am a lazy #### and have done a copy paste job below for your viewing. Hope to make new friends on here and post regularly it seems like a great community and in my opinion the best Vikings forum.
"Hey Vikings Reddit
Have there been any Vikings fans on here that converted from another team due to moving to the US or even the state? (Hoping someone is bold enough to mention it)
I am from the UK and have been a big NFL fan for some time now. I buy jerseys of my favourite players regardless of team though I probably do have a bit more of one team.
Ive been to a few NFL games in London and saw a game once in Seattle. I was even at the Vikings Steelers game where me and my friends hung out with 2 Vikings fans got extrememly drunk and was wandering around London at 4am....
In AFC I like the Jets because they are #### (well not anymore). Years ago I liked Seattle when they had Hasselbeck, thought I cant stand them now as I find a lot of fans tend to be obnoxious and "douchey" now they are successful and just try to compete with each other about how great a fan they are and how they know more than the next person. I have witnessed folk act like this some "were" good friends.
This sort of mentality has really put me off them and to be quite frank it kind of put me off NFL football for a while. I kind of followed hockey a bit yay for the wild! With school I've not followed much NFL apart from the game.
Recently I seem to be just watching the game in general, I love watching good match ups or a game that involves drama or history with two teams.
Within the next 12 months I am immigrating to the states from the UK. Is it permissible for me as a transplant to root for the pro teams of my local state once I make the move across the pond. I just find that it would be great to go to all the local games etc. I don't want to follow another team that is not my local team feels weird and cheating.
For example I would want to adopt and root for the MN pro teams I would pull for the Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins and Wild. To me it's not about winning or losing its more about the comradery and stuff with your colleagues and people from your local area getting riled up for a game or going tailgating or talking crap whilst downing some beers and chirping how the refs are playing against us.
I just feel that at one point I used to really enjoy the NFL and loved watching Total Access, going on NFL.com 24:7 listening to podcasts and watching games
I did enjoy NFL and all it offered but I can't bear my former team and want to be a Viking. I feel like what the hell I want to enjoy the game I love and being in MN and rooting for the Vikings is what I want!
I did love Brett Favre and Randy Moss back in the day I had both there jerseys of the Vikings with the 50th anniversary patch, and I got my All Day Peterson jerseys. I think the future looks exciting to watch Treadwell and Bridgewater.
How hard is it to obtain season tickets the new stadium looks amazing and I assume there is a PSL plan?
So what does it take to be a Viking and can I be IN so to speak?
Also how hard is it to get tickets to a game and is there a waiting list for season tickets?
One more thing F the Patriots and Packers and F Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady!!!
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLL"
Im a new member on the board and fully converted Vikings fan!
I look forward to posting on here and getting to know others and learn more about the Vikings, I made a post on reddit a week ago telling you how it came about so I am a lazy #### and have done a copy paste job below for your viewing. Hope to make new friends on here and post regularly it seems like a great community and in my opinion the best Vikings forum.
"Hey Vikings Reddit
Have there been any Vikings fans on here that converted from another team due to moving to the US or even the state? (Hoping someone is bold enough to mention it)
I am from the UK and have been a big NFL fan for some time now. I buy jerseys of my favourite players regardless of team though I probably do have a bit more of one team.
Ive been to a few NFL games in London and saw a game once in Seattle. I was even at the Vikings Steelers game where me and my friends hung out with 2 Vikings fans got extrememly drunk and was wandering around London at 4am....
In AFC I like the Jets because they are #### (well not anymore). Years ago I liked Seattle when they had Hasselbeck, thought I cant stand them now as I find a lot of fans tend to be obnoxious and "douchey" now they are successful and just try to compete with each other about how great a fan they are and how they know more than the next person. I have witnessed folk act like this some "were" good friends.
This sort of mentality has really put me off them and to be quite frank it kind of put me off NFL football for a while. I kind of followed hockey a bit yay for the wild! With school I've not followed much NFL apart from the game.
Recently I seem to be just watching the game in general, I love watching good match ups or a game that involves drama or history with two teams.
Within the next 12 months I am immigrating to the states from the UK. Is it permissible for me as a transplant to root for the pro teams of my local state once I make the move across the pond. I just find that it would be great to go to all the local games etc. I don't want to follow another team that is not my local team feels weird and cheating.
For example I would want to adopt and root for the MN pro teams I would pull for the Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins and Wild. To me it's not about winning or losing its more about the comradery and stuff with your colleagues and people from your local area getting riled up for a game or going tailgating or talking crap whilst downing some beers and chirping how the refs are playing against us.
I just feel that at one point I used to really enjoy the NFL and loved watching Total Access, going on NFL.com 24:7 listening to podcasts and watching games
I did enjoy NFL and all it offered but I can't bear my former team and want to be a Viking. I feel like what the hell I want to enjoy the game I love and being in MN and rooting for the Vikings is what I want!
I did love Brett Favre and Randy Moss back in the day I had both there jerseys of the Vikings with the 50th anniversary patch, and I got my All Day Peterson jerseys. I think the future looks exciting to watch Treadwell and Bridgewater.
How hard is it to obtain season tickets the new stadium looks amazing and I assume there is a PSL plan?
So what does it take to be a Viking and can I be IN so to speak?
Also how hard is it to get tickets to a game and is there a waiting list for season tickets?
One more thing F the Patriots and Packers and F Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady!!!
SKOLLLLLLLLLLLL"