Heard this yesterday morning on the radio. Absolutely stunned by it. Shocking news, the world has lost the true gentleman footballer. RIP Gary
RIP and the sincerest of condolences to his family particularly. An awful tragedy. The easiest thing to say is what a selfish thing to do but clearly someone in that state is not in a clear thinking state of mind. I am going to call it an illness because it is and what an illness it is such that he was able to present himself and look well on FF on Saturday only for that to happen a few hours later.
Also express our sympathies to the Welsh footballing public - certainly one of the better ones.
I read that during the week and it never even registered with me when I found out about Speed. Richard Sadlier spoke on Newstalk this morning about the issue about his experiences as a professional footballer suffering from depression.Originally Posted by French Toasht
Welled up when I heard the news. He always struck me as a genuine chap. When Speed was at Newcastle during my most formative years as a football supporter and while all the jokers were coming in and out of that club picking up fat pay cheques, Speed was the ever-glowing epitome of consistency, hard-work and skill. After that, at Bolton, he he was still putting in great performances, in spite of his age. RIP Gary Speed.
I saw a little piece on Sky Sports News some time back about how depression is a serious problem amongst some footballers after they hang up their boots. They find it very difficult to fill the void that is left over. I find it unlikely that this would have been the case for Gary Speed, seeing as he was still so involved in the footballing world but he obviously lived for playing football, given how well he looked after himself and the length of which his career lasted. I don't think there has ever been a footballer more universally liked and respected, and this isn't just one of those nice things one would say about a person after their passing. Deeply disturbing news that has rattled everybody in the football world and beyond. I honestly can't even begin to imagine what his friends and, in particular, wife and children are going through.
RIP Gary Speed.
Very sad and shocking news.
Gary Speed was very well liked and respected inside and outside of football. In his current endeavours, he was well on the way to turning things around for Wales.
Condolences to his family - a devastating loss.
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i saw football focus for the first time in years on saturday. never bother with it but when i was flicking around the channels and spotted that speed and mcallister where the guests i knew it would be worth watching. couldnt believe it when i heard the news 24 hrs later. dont think i have ever been shocked as much about a sportsmans death as much as this before.
RIP
Have to agree. It really is out of the blue. More shocking even than poor Darren Sutherland
Folding my way into the big money!!!
I think it's his age as well that makes it so out of the blue. You tend to associate this with younger people (maybe late teens and twenties). Have to wonder what was going on in his mind. But the world's a strange place at times.
RIP.
Some highly dubious rumours regarding the Brit.gutter press doing the rounds, as a possible catalyst for this.
Tragic though this was, let's hope this wasn't the reason...
Hard to watch
That's terrible.
Oddly this is hitting me more than it did originally for some reason. Have managed to avoid it for most of the weekend as best as I could possibly.
Having had the experience of dealing with people amongst my friends and family who suffer from depression, a lot of whom I've just found out in the last few months, there's no way to tell for a lot of people from their outwardly persona that they are actually suffering from it.
Having had a work colleague who committed suicide the only thing I can say is that the day before he killed himself he was in the best form of his life. A lot of times it is said that when someone has decided to end it all and they have come to terms with what they are about to do they become calm and at ease with themselves and life. It almost seems like the prospect of no longer having to deal with depression etc. any more releases them from the suffering.
Whilst right now we actually don't know what happened with Gary (officially) I feel that people reading into the fact that he was in good form on Saturday may not actually be aware of that possibility.
Lord rest him.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
I was watchin that report on Sky sports news last night when the reporter broke down in tears, was incredibly emotional to watch and I was welling up myself.Some one else here has said that its the most shocked they have been by any sports mans death and I feel exactly the same way. Fantastic professional and was just starting to turn Wales into a young team to be respected and looked like like he had a great career in management ahead of him
RIP Gary Speed
Its really not that complicated!!!
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