Something a little different. I know you lot will give it the time of day. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

Brilliant Content. Kudos to efd in tackling issues deeply lying in the glory and stardust of football.

Love this aspect of FD. Football is not just kicking a ball on a pitch

I suffer from anxiety and depression, not to mention being born with ADHD. Football is one of my coping strategies, but because its stress free, just me, my feet, and the ball. I can't imagine how hard it is for pros, not only are their livelihood riding on their football, they have to deal with criticism from social media and local fans. I applaud you guys so much for shedding much needed light on this issue.

I'm a 21 year who's been suffering from depression and anxiety since I was 15, but only got help last year as it spiralled to its lowest point when I started off at University. My grades plummeted and finally I admitted to my parents what was going on. They've been as supportive as they can but there are certain things they'll never understand. I think the most important thing about speaking to others about their mental health problems is to not pretend like there's an easy fix or that you know how they can help themselves - NEVER say things like "just stay positive," "be yourself," "enjoy yourself," or "others are in a much worse situation than you." These kinds of phrases de-legitimize the seriousness of mental health problems. There is not an easy fix to a mental health issue, in fact many of them are much harder to battle than physical injuries. When it comes to physical injuries, you know when you're healed. With mental health issues you're never quite sure. Unless you're a therapist, people with mental health disabilities aren't looking for solutions when they approach you with their problems, they're only looking for reassurance that you're there to support them and that they can count on you to be there for them when they need someone to vent to. To Chris and the rest of the EFD team, I salute you for your bravery in tackling these important topics. You guys might feel like normal people but the truth is you have a platform with a significant following, so when you say something (good or bad) it'll reach and affect more people than if I say something. Thank you for educating us on this, hopefully professional and non-professional associations alike will take action to provide more help, not just to their players, but to their managers, medical staff, media team, and everyone else all the way down to the chefs and nutritionists.

Thanks for doing this, you are truly the best football show on KZfaq. Hats off to you all.

Fantastic vid Hamill, and a great edit from Atkins - good job all round 👏

Great content. As a performance psychologist for a professional football academy myself all that has been spoke about here is evident in today's game. It is vital that psychologists are ingrained further into every club, with trust and confidentiality with the players the main priority. I also believe that coaching staff and players need to complete mental health first aid courses, enabling them to spot the route causes and refer for help when needed. Great content again guys, glad the conversations are happening!

Honestly, beautiful video lads.

Gotta say Chris, with your continued willingness/passion for approaching subjects like this you're in danger of becoming a serious journalist. Outstanding work.

Outstanding job. Really vital to raise awareness, and this does that really well

Education is massive contribution towards mental health problems, many decision have to be made from such young age, the system needs changing.

Football has also caused me a bit of depression. I didn't want to go pro or anything, just have fun, but because everytime I played football with my friends (not in a professional setting, just school matches or training[also as a team we were really awful if I might add, we rarely won any matches]) they would constantly yell at me when I made a mistake. And I know they targeted me because I'm the skinny, shy, unattractive, introverted, soft spoken guy on the pitch plus when someone else made the same mistakes I would they wouldn't get yelled at. It was the same in other situations like in conversations and classwork, only difference is I played football for fun and many times I really enjoyed it, and it made my day, so that's why I kept playing hoping for that feeling again. I also did what I could to get on everyone's good side, I came for summer training, I showed up early for training, I always put 100% on the pitch (even though I wasn't very good) but I still felt incredibly unappreciated. The coach would also play me in really hard positions that I was unfamiliar with, so as you can imagine, I'd mess up a lot in that position, and then proceed to get yelled at some more. If I had the confidence I would've stood up for myself, but that moments gone now. In the end I just stopped playing it because people took it too seriously and I became a scapegoat for their mistakes and even when I played well I rarely got any recognition for it. I still enjoy football but only on TV or FIFA. It's a real shame because I've always enjoyed the sport, and I'll always have a few good memories from it, but my experiences with it have just made me sad and put it off for me, it's just sad because it's a team sport and when I see Liverpool play together and how happy they seem, I feel sad that I never really got that.

Thank you guys for this video, and for talking about important things like this.

Major hats off to hammel for having the courage to admit he too has had mental health issues showing that’s it is ok to share it. Great work from the FD lads!!!

Another great job covering another serious topic which is not addressed that often!

What a great video from such a great man !

love these types of videos and this series keep it up!!!

This video was amazing. Very well researched and Hamill the Animal was great! Keep it up!

Really appreciate this video, Glad you chose this topic, It is an issue that although is gaining exposure but is not adequately explored in football so I really appreciated it

I have to say, out of all the programs that the football daily guys offer, even though they are all very entertaining and good. I have to say One on One is by far the best, so far Doogie and Chris have done a great job at assessing the more serious aspects of the sport in a respectful, serious and very engaging manner. My hat comes out to you guys and I hope you keep the good work You guys are great and are by far the best channel out there.

Thank you for this video!! When talking about mental health in football i can‘t help but think of Robert Enke the former goalkeeper of my team Hannover 96.. he was our key player and an absolute fan favorite but he struggled massively with his mental health over his career until he unfortunately took his life in 2009. It was a shock for the whole city and it‘s still a topic up to this day and shed a lot of light on the human beings behind the football stars here in germany

Hire a professional psychologist in every single club and a professional youth psycholigist in every single club academy. Like this at least people may havw who to look to for their problems. As for rejected players in their youth, I think they must be given second chance or at least sent on career advising. I myself struggle with bipolar disorder. I know very well what 'mental health problems' means. I know there are people who have even worse struggles than mine. They must be looked into. I recommend processing the song Subdivisions by Canadian rock band Rush. Written in 1983 and released the same year it still is contemporary.

Great video! Here's the tricky part in my opinion. How do you know if you have mental health problems, or are you just sad for a few days, or just bored, or something like that? I have never experienced mental health problems (and I am really glad for that) but for people that really do how safe is the system? What if there wasn't that much wrong with you, but you get told by a therapist that you are doing horribly just because you spoke that you weren't feeling that great for the last month for example. Then you get treated as if you are doing really badly, and as a result start feeling horrible for real this time because you were mistreated. In that instance speaking about your mental health just made it worse. I believe that is also one of the reasons players decide not to share to much. I am also not sure about speaking up always, because there are certainly cases where people use their mental health as an excuse, or as a defense, even though they really don't have real mental health problems at all but just want a pity party, which is disrespectful to people that have real struggles. But then again if only they know themselves that they are all right, does it matter for other people who get inspired if someone is faking it?

I love that EFD, FD, and FDFC continue to break down stereotypes surrounding the beautiful game!

Wonderful vid Chris. This issue needs to be dealt with and things like this can go a long way in the future for spreading awareness

Is this because of claude from AFTV?

This is awesome, I learned a lot from this video. You guys have a fantastic channel and hit on so many important topics that deserve some more attention. Much respect and keep on revolutionizing football news !

Its really great that y'all are taking initiative to educate us viewers about such a major issue and that's what seperates y'all from the other according to me. Well done !

Loved this Chris fantastic think piece about a extremely important topic

Really important video to make, these One on Ones are fantastic, makes me proud to be a fan of you guys 👏🏼

Greatley spoken Hamill this is a very important topic people think just cuz they have money they can’t be depressed even tho they are human as well

Can u please do more one on ones than the comments show

Very good video EFD. Good on you on covering a topic a lot of people shun or don't understand

It's absolutely amazing to see a sports channel doing this. Brilliant work by y'all. However football aside, this is a problem with men in general. We think talking about things and being vulnerable is 'gay', when it's actually something you SHOULD do. Talking about things and admitting about your issues does not make one weak. Here's to hoping this is talked about more and more action is taken towards it.

This is why i fuck with you guys because you're not afraid to talk about these important issues that concerns everyone, you man should be very proud of yourself.. Lots of love from Hollywood, Los Angeles 🇺🇸🙌🏾👏🏾

For once great content, thank you so much for raising awareness on mental health in pro sportsmen

Absolutely class video

Love this series

This video is amazing, for the past year I have struggled with mental health and this shows how they can effect any one

A topic that needs so much more attention. Awesome video

Football daily has great content all around, but this series is what really elevates it above the other football channels.

Great Content lads

Well done lads great article

Really good stuff. Well done to everyone involved.

Love when you do things like this really shows how players or just people in all levels

Great video mate! Men need to speak up more about their mental health and need to understand it’s okay to not be okay.

Great video, one on ones are a brilliant concept you have and they're giving light to well needed topics of the game. Keep it up!

I think that a great idea would be that a percentage of each players wage goes to a mental health organisation inside the club. When signing a contract 10% of wage goes to the organisation. Players can negotiate of course but 1% minimum... if not no contract. Im sure someone can do the math but 1% of all pro players salarys can make a difference.

Respect. Straight respect man.

Claude aftv is going bad mental health just watch his goonerclaude video he was broken

Using this to help my Current Issues assignment. Cheers, lads.

There shouldn’t even be a discussion on why we shouldn’t ignore it. It should be a basic piece of help provided to everyone

Great video I love how you guys made a video like this ❤️respect I hope mental health doesn’t go ignored

You forgot exhaust. Players are overplayed with added travel in between international breaks. We, fans, appreciate international play without considering the physical and mental toll it takes on players.

Love you EFD❤️

Top Man Chris x

Absolutely brilliant video

Well down, what a video, it goes to show how much needs to be done, i had no idea how bad mental health was in football.

Respect 👊🏼

This is a good point but this issue is bigger than football. Anybody who is in public eye are generally idolized and we forget that there are humans because of this. I am a psychology student and I most say we all suffer from mental health; and we need to realize that we should be kind to football plays / people in public eye. They miss a penalty or have a bad run of games but is fans putting too much pressure on them is bad for there mental health I.e xhaka

I know this is crazy but like I know 2 people that have beat their significant others over football and I personally once went absolutely crazy after celtic lost to rangers at ibrox earlier in the year and ended up in jail luckily never got in too much trouble but it shows it doesn’t just effect players

It's true, we should acknowledge the mental torture us Arsenal fans suffer every season, I have opened a go gofundme page for this cause pls support

Good luck to us all.

How do you get through to someone who understands that theyre not well but cant seem to be able to be honest about what theyre going through, i wish it was more acceptable for us men to be able to humble ourselves and communicate between mates more freely, talking about how you experience life isnt a fucking weakness its just how being human works. Not pouring your energy into helping yourself means you become tired emotionally aswell as physically its not something you need to try to understand on your own boys, its sometimes too bleak on your own

I wonder how it is to be an arsenal fan😬🤔

Need to sort out the lighting. Great follow though and I'm not being a dick. Great little feed though. Well done lads

The main reason why football dailys better than copa

Great video but post this series to the main channel so more people can see it

Great vid. I suggest every year we make a day called arsrnal day and suppprt our friends who suppprt that sinking ship :(

Hello, person scrolling and reading the comments. If you are struggling with mental health, with depression, anxiety, whatever it may be don't let it sit there, please, see someone, talk to a doctor, a family member, a counsellor, someone. Please heed the warnings in this video and use the resources available. We don't want to lose you, no one does.

Anything can effect mental health

I think Adriano is a big example of this.

Clubs should have a role called Health manager whose sole purpose is to be there for the players mental health

Kinda sad how this won't get the views of an average video you guys do considering how prevalent and important it is to talk about. Impacting most people in their daily lives or those around them

Some of these football players who suffer from mental health issues have had concussions and there problems stem from those concussions.

Lads Football Is Only Entertaiment Never Take It Too Seriously

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Why is Xhaka in the thumbnail tho

What's next? Why footballers have to have feet? This is kinda obvious as a title

4 of 11 starting players in my club? At Man Utd it's the back 4

If they have problems they have millions to spend on a psychologist

Here u go mate. 100k/week. NO TROPHIES NO WHATEVER. Here u go mate. Young, rich, forgotten.

Guys, we get it: You're left leaning and proud.

Mental health....Thats what you get when you support Arsenal 🥴

I have Depression because of Arsenal lost 4-1 yesterday I never smiled I cry everyday and night I need help guys

Brilliant video! Love this type of content, and great to see you guys using your platform / audience to discuss these complex issues, keep it up!