sorry bout that, I'm a yank, although my mom was born and raised in some little town somewhere in England, I don't know much about you blokes and your "football". But my football team, the Seattle Seahawks (american football) just won our conference championship, and the next game is the superbowl.  I'm not sure if you follow any American football, but its quite a big deal over here, there was dancing in the Seattle streets last night.

I agree, the pads make it too easy not to get hurt.  I think I could ride a bike at top speed into a brick wall in those pads and not get hurt.  It's a little boring, but hey, we're winning so I'm happy