RIP Gary Speed - Mod Note 292

Yakult · 27-11-2011 04:35PM

This is a big shock! Always thought he was a nice guy.

RIP

Thoughts are with his family and friends.

LostBoy101 · 27-11-2011 04:38PM

Chirst! never expected this to happen..

Thoughts to his family and friends, R.I.P

Charlie · 27-11-2011 04:41PM

I very rarely post in this place anymore, but felt I had to tip my hat to Speedo.

Very few if any players are considered legends by the fans of each of the clubs they played for. Speedo was the exception to that rule.

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Al Capwned · 27-11-2011 04:44PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I kinda didn't feel I wanted post this, but I feel that maybe it might help someone else. If mods feel like should be removed that is fine

I basically suffered from depression for while just recently. It's a cold place to be, really cold. I felt I may never really see the next day and well there were days I taught would be my last.

But I have great friends and thankfully one day I just let it all out to them. I taught I would embarrassed, but what I felt was great sense of relief. My family really showed how much they cared when they found out too.

If you do suffer from depression there is help. There is no shame in it and no your not selfish no matter what some may think.

Honestly I taught there wasn't, I taught I was alone, but people do care. You can talk to someone. There is always better days ahead, not everyday will be easy, but the world can be better place for people who want it to be.

What happened today brings it all back, but I would just like think that this message would maybe help someone that maybe going through something similar

Clicking thanks just didn't feel like enough.
Thank you....

antodeco · 27-11-2011 04:48PM

Very sad. RIP. As a Bolton fan, I got to see him for 4 seasons. Was a true player.

Cypher_sounds · 27-11-2011 04:55PM

Wow, very sad to hear news like this, R.I.P to a great footballing guy.

kenco · 27-11-2011 04:58PM

RIP

Very sad for him and his family, friends and loved ones.

SKY reporting it as suicide which is incredibly tragic but I guess know one ever knows whats going on in someone elses head....

Latchy · 27-11-2011 05:00PM

Only heard of the sad news about an hr ago in After Hours and thought I was a mis quote or something .

Thoughts are with his family at this time .RIP

Xavi6 · 27-11-2011 05:05PM

Davidth88 · 27-11-2011 05:08PM

Terrible news .....

My thoughts are with his family right now !

Kojak · 27-11-2011 05:13PM

RIP.

Cantona's Collars · 27-11-2011 05:17PM

As a United fan I always had a dislike of Leeds but Gary Speed was just one of those players I couldn't help but like,a model pro and a very promising coach.
He'll be a great loss to the game.

R I P.

Thanx 4 The Fish · 27-11-2011 05:25PM

RIP, great loss, true pro and a great player.

Hank Scorpio · 27-11-2011 05:28PM

Incredible Pro, terrible news couldn't believe it. RIP

ItsAWindUp · 27-11-2011 05:36PM

R.I.P Gary, what a waste:(

punk77 · 27-11-2011 05:37PM

Jeez, what an absolute tragedy. A true Leeds Legend.

RIP Gary, You may be gone now but you will NEVER be forgotten.

daveyboy_1ie · 27-11-2011 05:41PM

Shocking news and R.I.P to his family.

Depression is such a misunderstood illness.

efb · 27-11-2011 05:46PM

I have just been crying at different times today.

If you feel you have no-one to talk to 1850 60 90 90

Pinturicchio · 27-11-2011 05:50PM

When I first read it, I assumed it was a different Gary Speed. He was so young. RIP.

ColeTrain · 27-11-2011 05:57PM

It doesn't matter what career you have or how much money you have in the bank. If you don't have your mental health it's all insignificant.

What a shock it must be for his family.

R.I.P

MrStuffins · 27-11-2011 05:59PM

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

I kinda didn't feel I wanted post this, but I feel that maybe it might help someone else. If mods feel like should be removed that is fine

I basically suffered from depression for while just recently. It's a cold place to be, really cold. I felt I may never really see the next day and well there were days I taught would be my last.

But I have great friends and thankfully one day I just let it all out to them. I taught I would embarrassed, but what I felt was great sense of relief. My family really showed how much they cared when they found out too.

If you do suffer from depression there is help. There is no shame in it and no your not selfish no matter what some may think.

Honestly I taught there wasn't, I taught I was alone, but people do care. You can talk to someone. There is always better days ahead, not everyday will be easy, but the world can be better place for people who want it to be.

What happened today brings it all back, but I would just like think that this message would maybe help someone that maybe going through something similar

Mate, I just want to say, thank you very much for posting this.

I have never suffered from depression myself, but I really appreciate that your post here might actually influence someone to talk to someone and change of even save their life.

Thanks.

danniemcq · 27-11-2011 06:02PM

Sums it all up really,

RIP Gary

Lucan Bohs · 27-11-2011 06:02PM

Shocking news, RIP

WoollyRedHat · 27-11-2011 06:18PM

Such an awful and despairing thing, I didn't watch Gary much, remember him vaguely, but still felt a lump in my throat abut it.. May he RIP

It is to be applauded that people such as Stan Collymore and the media are beginning to talk about depression in a more open way and it's important that they continue to talk about it openly... it is only when it is accepted as a problem and discussed openly and through common consensus that we can truly understand it and provide spectrum for people and others to notice and manage it and hopefully prevent further loss from it.

It can happen in all walks of life, under a wide host of circumstances, which makes it so hard to identify.

I stumbled upon this article by chance today in the Irish Times, which puts it quite well and gives you some insight into depression, well worth a read I think

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/1126/1224308160074.html

Brain Stroking · 27-11-2011 06:36PM

efb wrote: »

Kew, I feel you brother, I have been down that road before, just coming back from a very dark place and I know I'll be there again. I'd been so good for so long I refused to believe it was back, because my life was on the right track, and I let it eat in on me a derail me. With the help of my family friends and work colleagues I'm back on the right track again after a break from work.

The news on Gary Speed this morning, threw me, I was alone on the bus and I felt very isolated and alone. I couldn't believe a man I saw as having it all, athletic, talented, handsome successful could suffer the same as me. I felt so sick for the rest of the 2 hour journey and texted my brother and sister. When I got off the bus I just broke down in tears. Wonderful life was playing on my iPod- I had selected it.

I texted my brother and sister and they both sent back such lovely messages of support and comfort. I have been looking at videos on youtube of Gary, and The Samaritans and songs that help me when I was in a dark place.

When I so so low before, when I couldnt even talk with v supportive brothers and sisters I called the Samaritans 1890 60 90 90

If anyone reading this thread is feeling in a dark place and feel like they have no one to turn to please call the Samaritans, they will listen and they will never judge you. Its anonymous and no-one will need to know. Even my family don't know Ive called them.

This is in fact the first time I've told anyone- but internet forums are anonymous but we are a family- and if it can help someone, all the better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEEDpcaskvc

Well put and great to see you are doing well. I have never suffered depression thank god but i know people close to me who have. A terrible thing but there is help out there and ways out of it.
The nature of this forum is debate and argument. Sometimes things get heated but thats the way it goes. There are many more important things in life though and events like today hammer that fact home.
RIP Gary Speed

thomond2006 · 27-11-2011 06:37PM

I remember as a kid watching Speed every week on Premier League highlights. He was a great player and from the comments on this thread he was a top bloke as well. Very sad and my thoughts are with his family and friends.

RIP Gary.

the realpigiron · 27-11-2011 06:49PM

Very strange. Was watching Robbie Savage on BBC News, he said he was talking to him yesterday and appeared to be in great form. Savage was in tears. RIP.

RacoonQueen · 27-11-2011 06:59PM

Speed is one of my earliest heroes. One of the reasons I lived for LUFC for most of my youth and teen. Felt like bursting into tears when I got this news. Have been lucky enough to meet him a couple of times, just over a year ago the last time I met him and remember how cool it was for him to greet me by name.

True gent and one of football's very last honest and loyal players who was in it for the love of the game. The word hero is battered around a lot and modern players really don't live up to the ones that came before them but Speed really loved the game.

Sleep well Gary. The golden boy of the team that made me fall in love with Leeds United.

I hope the UK's gutter press keep out of this.

R.I.P

27-11-2011 07:05PM

I suppose when i first heard the news this morning before i heard about the actual circumstances in which Gary Speed passed away i thought it must have been a tragic accident or an undiagnosed condition similar to Cormac McAnallen perhaps, because his well being (mental and physical) just never occurred to me as being a potential issue. He was so cool calm and collective in interviews and the fact he played into his late 30s made me think he was a guy who looked after himself.

If anything highlights the seriousness of looking after your mental health its Gary Speeds' story and if anything good is to come of this tragedy it might make people aware of the importance of looking after their mental health.

Its a very very sad day and not just for football.

KeithAFC · 27-11-2011 07:11PM

RIP. Was shocked when I heard the news.

RIP Gary Speed - Mod Note 292

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