Gary Speed has died
 

Breaking news - Wales manager Gary Speed has died. No further info at this time.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15909277

Words fail me :(

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I just heard, absolutely shocked. He was only on football focus yesterday. He was already proving to be a great manager the way wales were beginning to play. RIP A Genteman and A legend.

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He was on BBC one yesterday talking about Wales. RIP.

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Im a big leeds fan,he was immense for us,cant believe it,seemed a really nice guy,our sympathy goes out to his family.

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Word is doing the rounds that it was suicide - not confirmed yet though.

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BBC news has confirmed that it was suicide.
What a waste.:(

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RIP Gary

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he was found hanged

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Utterly shocking. Can't believe it. I just didn't register when it came up on my Twitter feed. I thought I must have misunderstood, they can't have meant that Gary Speed, maybe I had mixed up the name with someone else.

42, Doing so well with a young Welsh side. A tragic loss for his players, his country and his family.

As an Arsenal fan it should be said Ramsey did so well with him as his national coach, he made him captain as well.

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Typical, we get a manager who actually seems interested in his job and makes real tangible progress and this happens :-(

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Sad parallels with Robert Enke. The German goalkeeper who silently battled with depression until his suicide two years ago. It was only this morning I was reading this from Stan Collymore about his battle with depression.

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Nice scenes in the Swansea match. The crowd broke the silence for applause and chants of 'One Gary Speed'.

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This is very sad, he was a good man and a great footballer.

RIP Gary

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my condolences to his family

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l have just got in and turned on the news and l just cannot believe it that he has taken his own life.


RIP Gary

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I'm completely shocked by this :( RIP Gary

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Such a shock after seeing him in good spirits on footie focus just yesterday, but he was obviously masking his feelings - so scary when it happens like this.

His poor children are going to have to live with this for the rest of their lives probably wondering what they did wrong. I have a dear friend of mine who's father hung himself and even though in his mind there was justification for killing himself (he had an affair), my friend still blames herself to this day - some 11 years later.

RIP fella, itys only a shame you couldn't talk about things :(

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Just watching all the tributes to him on BBC news 24 a real tragedy for his family and freinds seemed like a lovely guy RIP Gary.

rest in peace - Gary Speed
 

I was in total shock when l heard the news that Gary Speed was dead.

My prayers go to his family, he was so young.:(

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RIP Gary:( My heart goes out to the family :( What a loss as he was a great player:(

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He must have had serious problems if he took his own life, this is a very sad story and a waste of a young life.

He was talking on the BBC yesterday and looked in great shape.

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Apparently he topped himself.

Just goes to show..............

Didn't see that coming, you would think he everything to live for

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Rumours are rife that a tabloid was about to expose a story about him. So much so that The Sun's twitter page officially denied they were investigating him for something.

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If its the Sun, then its a load of crap - that paper is gutter press.

If it true then The Sun should be ashamed of its self.

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The Sun wouldn't issue a clear denial if it was in anyway true.

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IF its true, then l won't buy the paper again.

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Well l will never bought this paper since Hillsborough and never will buy it again.

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You should not have been buying that thing since Hillsborough when it made callous out of hand accusations involving the dead.:mad::mad::mad:

The anger is at the rag not you by the way.

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Apparently it was his wife who found him.

R.I.P. Gary

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Sad day for everyone really, he seemed to be turning Wales, looking in good shape but you now what they say you don't know what goes on behind closed doors. R.I.P Gary Speed my heart goes out to your family, friends and the whole of Wales.

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Some thing strange is going on, he agent said there'd been no rows with his wife and he wasn't depressed, won't post a link as it's from The Sun :shocked:

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If you watch the first 4 seconds he seems quite nervous and twisting his wedding ring. Was this a sign ? Very sad :(

RIP Gary

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I did notice that when they re-ran it again on the news, but still he spent that afternoon discussing next years' holiday with Alan Shearer and then had a dinner party that evening according to reports. Very strange and very sad :(

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It is hard to take this news in. He was such a good looking man and everything to live for, Why Oh why.!!!!

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I heard more rumours earlier that a paper was indeed going to run with a story in the next few days but put it off indefinitely because of his death and the negative publicity it would get from the ongoing Leveson enquiry.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15995644.stm

Awesome.

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How lovely and a fitting tribute to Gary Speed.

RIP Gary Speed.

Legend of Welsh football.

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What a wonderfully sensitive rendition. :tu: Mr Jones and acoustic guitarist.
I can just picture the crowd belting their hearts out to it on match days :)

Thanks for posting, Russ.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16293320.stm

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Costa Rica is a bit rubbish, be nicer if they got one of the UK national teams or a special XI team....

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Disgusting if true...
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Wales could field a team made up of Welsh players, past and present, with (agreed) unlimited substitutions. That would make it more entertaining and attract more fans to attend I think. In turn that would increase the amount of money that will go to Gary's family's charities.
Oh, and the Stereophonics to play at half time.

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I think that would make it too tribal and against the spirit of the event. A special XI could be a good idea though.

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It's got to be some one they have a chance of beating...

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I knew someone would have a cheap pop - the event wouldn't be about winning or losing, it's a memorial game celebrating his life.

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and that's why they chose Costa Rica, hardly a fitting memorial for one of the Premier league and Wales' favourite sons now is it.

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More likely that it was the only team able to get a game together so close to the event. It's not like teams can just drop everything.

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Wasn't it the team he made his debut for Wales against? That might have something to do with it.

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You know what Russ I bet thousands still turn up for him regardless of the opposition, he was unlike almost every other modern day footballer in that he was genuinely liked by all who met him. Had I been organising it though I'd have had a prem 11 consisting of players past and present from teams he played for and a Wales 11 consisting of the same, just would have been a little more fitting imo.

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I agree but at this stage of the season which teams would allow their players to be available for it? Yes it's a good cause but a very important time of the year for many teams.

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I get your point, Russ.
But the date is a Wednesday. Surely any club can spare a player for one Wednesday's morning training and live without them for a few more hours (if they don't have an evening match that day) .
The bigger risk would be an injury to the player - which is quite unlikely given the nature of the match.

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I disagree - an injury can occur from turning quickly, running off too fast etc. No club will want to risk a player getting injured at this stage of the season in what will be (let's be honest here...) to most clubs, a fairly unimportant match. I'm not saying they wouldn't respect Speed's memory, but I can't see anyone considering it a priority.

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You disagree that I said that a bigger risk would be an injury?
The nature of the game would be "a friendly" and any footballer who can't move or position himself properly on the pitch has no need to be on the pitch for that match.

My soon-to-be-ex messed his knee up in training the day before playing Man Utd. He never played again.

But the players will be showing respect and not being so competative if they've been briefed properly.

Having said that: I can trip over a matchstick sometimes, and if you take it away I'll fall over the gap :D

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This is going way off-topic but a player can get injured from just sprinting for a ball, nothing to do with how competitively he's playing. I'm not saying each tackle should be a Vinny Jones, but I'm sure Speed would not want players pussy-footing around in a game in his honour.

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You'll be teaching me to suck eggs next :D