They dont realize how hard it really is..... it is harder than footbal.
201598
Who told you that it's not a sport? It's both athletic and aesthetic. Don't listen to anybody who criticizes your sport, or anything else that you do. After all, who cares what some small-minded pinhead thinks?
544068
agree...some people especially those who know nothing about football are "living" on this forum << if you know what I mean.
633070
I think they are overrated. There first big challenge is France. Teams they have so far, have been mediocre.
252341
It isnt. All sport clubs want better conditions for theirs\nsportsmen. Thats the reason.
666541
Its all about the football...\n\n\n...
603903
it's possible but it's extremely hard. No pun intended.
241032
I played soccer from about age 6 to age 12 then switched to American football until 18.  I started playing rugby at age 14 and played through college until an elbow injury caused me to quit.  I would say soccer is the easiest game to learn, followed by rugby, then American football.  In terms of how hard each is to play, soccer is the easiest followed by American football and then rugby.  American football is the hardest to learn because there are so many plays you have to learn and you have to be able to read what the other team is going to do, then put it all together.  It is a little easier to play than rugby because you have specialized positions and only have to do what your position asks you to do.  In rugby there isn't much to learn and there aren't that many plays.  You use more of your instincts than intelligence.  And it doesn't matter what position you play.  Once you are past the scrums and line-outs everyone on the team has the same responsibilities.  You'll see the big forwards in the back line, smaller backs in the rucks, everyone tackling and everyone scoring.  Plus rugby has by far the most fit atheletes in the world.  Its like an 80 minute sprint while running into a brick wall over and over again.  When I was in high school my American football season (including summer practices) was from June until November and rugby went from December to May (including winter practices).  I was at my fittest at the end of the rugby season and most out of shape at the end of the football season.
507480
kinda but it is very hard to do,if i say so myself.
577060
not English but lived there for years.  I think they are stumbling rather.  Sad more than anything, because they have an excellent squad and the potential to play such amazing football, but it isn't working at the moment :(  Here's to a good game against Portugal.
660169
it wasn't at their best. holland would have been easier
327064
a realy hard sport... prefer sk8ing :D
333017
They are just adjusting themselves to play the game properly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
647056
England are really bad at football and the english people are so arrogant (i'm english btw and i live in england). I think they feel a need to show that they're tough and they're "better" than everyone else. They attempt to do this by fighting other people and "winning", though it's really pathetic. They want to show it by offering the best in their country at football, but that'll never happen, so they resort to doing it themselves violently...
675644
Yeah i know, its riduculous verging on maximum stupidity...thats the first theory.\nThe 2nd theory being that maybe these teams have stage fright? Going in front of millions of ppl, fanatic fans, and the rest of us football-crazy ppl around the world is no small feat. Maybe they get the jitterbug and just cant perform?........\nNah, FIFA is just messed up.
613075
i personally think it is a phase thing with the whole issue of who treats who, the soccer thing is kind of hard since it is based on a schedule
356030
If you're talking about gridiron, I don't like it because 90 minutes of footy takes about 5 hours, the players wear too much protective gear, and it's incomprehensible. But it's still better than soccer. At least there is some scoring.
255817
Of course it is soccer.  There is technique,  hardwork,  planning, brainwork, physical work  everythihg,  you name it ,  it is there in soccer