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[LionsFanInJapan]

Welcome Blaine.

Being optimistic isn't a bad thing, you just have to be able to shrug off people telling you that being optimistic makes you naive, of less-than-average intelligence, delusional, wrong, etc. ;)

[LionsFanInJapan]

this song guys

lol

It just reminds me of when I first started watching the Lions in grade school and I would just sit for hours every Sunday watching them lose, hearing this song after every commercial break. I thought the feeling would be more widespread... guess not lol. My friends don't even know what I'm talking about.

Ah, that song. I actually like it, because it reminds me of football. I don't get to watch it as much as before, so maybe I have rose-colored glasses now.

[Marko69]

Hi Scotty, GREAT name buddy......., id bin that song now. Its a depressing shocker. No wonder the Lions have sucked for so long with that playing at half time. My God!

I shant in the woods while on a fishing trip. An old Earl walked past and saw me behind a tree...., the old slavouring git started to ask me if the "waters were being kind" and was i using nymph flies for this time in the season. I ended up telling him to feck off as i was doing a dump.

[JT]

I'm not really new, but I have not been around in quite some time, so I thought I would stop in and say hello. I hope everyone finds themselves well. I do hope to post more frequently now, and scatter my opinion about.

[CGVT]

Hey JT! Good to see you again. Man, the kids are getting big...

[FVD]

Hey JT, don't be such a stranger

[-Deborah-]

JT, it's great to see you. Does your daughter (I think?) still have that orange in her mouth?

[Malto Marko]

JT. welcome back!

[DanO]

Hey JT. Good too see you again.

GO LIONS "10" !!!!!!!!!!

[scottj19x89]

Hi Scotty, GREAT name buddy.......

Is there something I'm missing? lol

[-Deborah-]

He's from Scotland, Scott.

[Septem]

Hi everybody. My name is Tiago and I?m from Portugal and I?m a recent Lion fan. Not that I supported another NFL team before but because I start watching football recently.

Here we don?t get much info about the NFL because there?s little interest in it as we are generally Soccer followers when it comes to sports, but on cable TV we have ESPN America that covers NFL and was there where I started to see some matches in the previous season and started to love the game.

Why supporting the Lions? When it comes to sports and when I do not officially support any team I always go for the ?underdog?, and after getting more info about the NFL teams, came across the with the Lions ?bad? records, the 0-16 2008 regular season, the on the road losing streak (that?s still going), the fact of being one of the four teams that never played a Super Bowl?and so on?so some sympathy grew on me for the Detroit NFL team and for its fans?

In the current season started to follow more closely the NFL (ESPN gives about 4 games a week), purchased Madden 09 for PS2 (the last one coming for PS2 in Europe if I?m not wrong) on Amazon from UK as I couldn?t find the game in Portugal, and guess with who I started to play? That?s right, with the Lions.

Next I?m checking for Lions news, a way to see the games live, because ESPN America recently only showed 1 Detroit game (in the Thanks Giving against the Patriots), registered myself in something called the Bleacher report to get Lions news...and finally came across with these boards and here I am making the first post.

Sorry for the long introduction, but I thought I should explain why a guy from Portugal became a Lion Fan (probably the only one here hehe).

Looking forward to learn more about the Lions and what?s going on with the team from you all.

[DanO]

Welcome Septem.

GO LIONS "10" !!!!!!!!!!

[FVD]

Welcome aboard, Tiago.

You are the first Lions fan from Portugal that I am aware of, we do have a few in the UK though. Glad to have you on our side.

If you look at the beginning of the Game Day thread for each game, there will be a link or two to watch the game over the internet.

[Septem]

Thanks for the wellcome DanO and Frank.

If you look at the beginning of the Game Day thread for each game, there will be a link or two to watch the game over the internet.

I know...last Sunday remembered to check the boards for links, and that's how I saw the Lions win over the Packers. :-)