Feck! Gary Speed has died

[shaunbhoy]

Terrible news. RIP

wws

Terrible loss, and at such a young age too.
He lived in Cheshire. Hope he was not one of Wilmslow's neighbours.

[oracleslave]

Broken society, depression, obese woman, debt, doom - there's a queue for the rope.

Now might be a good time to give your constant anti british tripe a rest.

HTH.

[PAH]

He was on Football Focus yesterday. He was holding on to the arms of his chair but I just thought he was nervous about being on telly. Poor guy.

Reminds me of that Christopher Foster who appeared his normal-ish self at a party (as shown in a photograph that was published) just hours before he decided to kill his wife, daughter, their horses and pets, then himself.

Hard to comprehend such a state of mind that drives you to take your own life. At least Gary didn't take anyone with him.

[Arturo Bassick]

Very sad to hear this. One of the few in football that could be looked up to. Dedicated and professional.

I suspect that there is more to this story, I hope it is not going to destroy his reputation.

[Zippy]

Now might be a good time to give your constant anti british tripe a rest.

HTH.

WHS

[moorfield]

Rumours on Twitter he took his own life, not sure if it's true or not, very sad.

John Terry probably knows the truth, ask him.

[GreenLabel]

Broken society, depression, obese woman, debt, doom - there's a queue for the rope.

If the rep system was still anonymous I have a feeling you'd be down low enough to be the meat in a russell/pacharan sandwich.

[russell]

If the rep system was still anonymous I have a feeling you'd be down low enough to be the meat in a russell/pacharan sandwich.

I'm up to "On the Bench" now, or was this timed to coincide with my real benching ? Crafty bastas!

[xoggoth]

People always imagine that people only have such problems when there are obvious reasons - divorce, debt, prosecution etc but the mind doesn't actually work like that unfortunately. They may strike at what, on paper, seems like the best time of your life.

[ChimpMaster]

Do you think it was middle age crisis, that point men reach when they know they have already peaked and cannot possibly succeed any further than they already have? It affects us in many different ways, and for some the emotions are extreme, especially for 'celebs' or sports stars. Look at George Best, for example.

I've always thought that if I were to kill myself (due to b1tching from the Mrs!!) I would rather run off and do things in Life that I wouldn't ever do otherwise - like go abroad and experience things that I've always wanted to try. You know, live it up as far as possible rather than just chuck it the towel, if that makes sense.