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RIP

Wow. That is shocking ???

RIP to a true professional and gentleman in the game!

Suicide apparently.

Any idea what happened? Just coming up on SSN that he's died. Nothing more.

Bloody hell.

Shocked, cannot believe it. RIP Gary, Condolences to his family.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8918628/Wales-boss-Gary-Speed-found-dead.html

He was only on the tv yesterday how bizare.

Very strange obviously some underlying problem, as newmarket said he was on the tele yesterday and he didn't seem a man depressed. Very sad.

Found hanged at his home.

Unbelievable.

Fucking hell. R.I.P

Fookin hell. Very strange. RIP Gary, great player

Just confirmed on SSN he was found hung...tragic RIP

I am numb, I love Speedo - whole hearted, complete commitment player. NUFC legend and what he did for the SBR foundation was superb.

RIP Gary Speed

Wasn't he quite close to becoming our manager? When we ended up appointing Wilson?

Rumours that he was approached by our lot in 2008, nothing more.

Shocking news!

I met him a few months back in a restuarant in Sheffield, a lovely guy, with time for everyone.

He was achieving great things with the Wales squad.  I certainly hope now they go on and pay him the ultimate tribute by qualifying for the world cup in Brazil!

RIP Gary

Jesus,just when i start thinking nothing will suprise me in life anymore i get a shock like this.

Great player and was heading in the right direction with Wales....RIP.

Very sad news, and really hard to take in.

Can only assume that something in his private life has led to this, because his public life seemed to be going so well for him as Wales seem to be on the up.

Have great sympathy for his family & close friends as I'm sure they are also struggling to understand why.

RIP Speedo

Jesus.  Shocking.  RIP.

shocking news, rip Mr speed

RIP Speedo

Bloody hell, am stunned. RIP Speedo

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“We've got great speed in the team, not just Gary Speed, but great speed!”

"We can't replace Gary Speed. Where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?"

"Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older."

RIP Gary. Shocking news.

Very sad news. Condolences to his family and friends. RIP Gary.

Very sad news.  Seemed a genuinely good bloke and appeared to have everything anyone could ever want.  You never know what's really going on with people I guess.  RIP Gary.

RIP Gary....

RIP.

In the interests of outrage, the best one I've heard so far...

Gary Speed's wife has come out saying despite his death, he'll always be looking down on them.

For fucks sake, are they leaving him up there?

Tut tut, out of order.

No disrespect but hanging yourself is the 'wrong' way to go. What about the poor person who found him?

It is shocking news, was a great player in his time but must have had under lying issues somewhere.

What a waste of life. His wife and children are the ones i really feel sorry for

I suppose if your state of mind is such that dying seems better than living then you aren't really thinking about that

Marriage problems apparently

Had a long and very decent playing career. Not one anyone would have seen coming,very sad.

It does have a few echoes for me as a guy who I knew from a venue in Liverpool (who strangely enough used to be a youth player with leeds) took his life earlier this year.  It seems he had marriage problems.  I experienced the same sort of shock today reading about Speed as I did with this chap.  You just never would have known. 

Depression is a fucking terrible, hidden, disease that those experiencing do so internally, never letting anyone in to try to help them.

Just terrible.

Life must be very tough when you have the money of an ex-pro footballer...

Very odd, and as has been said didn't seem depressed yesterday.  I've always seen suicide (if it was indeed suicide) as somewhat selfish, but then that's perhaps illustrating my ignorance of depression.  Feel for his family more than anything...

Had a few Speedo jokes through on my mobile today, but can't say any are particularly original/funny...

RIP Gary

Depression is a serious illness. Doesn't matter if you have money or not. Shame there are too many people like you that are ignorant of that fact. Educate yourself.

This was probably a rash moment of madness.....it is a bit of a myth that most suicides are by depressed people....its usually news or anger that causes a person to flip...or maybe drink or drugs so you are not sound of mind when you do the awfull deed.

Most depressed people get help before it gets to the awfull moment of self harm....of course not all sadly.

I'm sure more will come to light.
 The gutter press hound his wife and family and dig up all sorts of shit about the bloke.

So true.

The first site I saw with the news of this was the Daily Mail site - obviously straight down to his house as you can see from one of the photos:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2066812/Gary-Speed-dead-Wales-football-manager-commits-suicide-42.html

Fucking vultures.

After hearing the accounts of various celebrities during last week i was disgusted with what was said. It really was appalling. Being a hypocrite i still bought the sun yesterday and the sunday mirror today though.

Starting to get a little pissed off with the 'he seemed fine on Football Focus yesterday' comments. Of course he did, he was a professional. What do you expect for him to turn up an unshaven mess, a man on the edge, holding back tears with every sentence? Then if he did this we could all post 'I thought he seemed a bit upset yesterday'.

I'd be interested in hearing more from Leefer on his 'bit of a myth' comment. I have no evidence to the contrary but if his post is backed up by fact that should be an interesting read. I'd have thought a lot of suicide victims have mental issues, as surely no right monded individual would ever think killing themselves is a good idea. I thought it was for people who genuinely think they have issues that they just can't see an end to or an alternative.

Such a sad way to end what seemed a brilliant life. Well played Gary, you had the respect of a nation I'd say, a footballer who didn't divide opinion, which makes a change thesedays.

Sad day.

What an absolute dreadful waste and my heart goes out to his family and friends who are left to pick up the pieces.

A friend of mine committed suicide by an overdose 7 years ago next month.  He had split up from his wife and she was being difficult about access to their two young children.  Nobody believes he intended to die, as had his mum and dad returned home at the time they'd said, he probably would have been found in time.  As it was, they went to visit a friend unexpectedly and got home 2 hours later to find him dead .  They've spent the last 7 years torturing themselves about that and feeling they let their only child down.  Truly awful.

My best mate did so many years ago. Effected me then badly.

Dropping me hints that he was going to do it and drove past my house twice. I ran out but missed him he was found dead in Morning.

Still not my place today to bring this up.

RIP Gary Speed a football legend and my heart goes out to his family who will be hurting so bad.
What a tragic story.

That pretty much says what I think. This really was a shocker.

Depression isn't normally very visible so that's not a big surprise (if indeed he was suffering from it). On top of that you'll often find those suffering from it put on a 'brave face' and keep it to themselves, so you wouldn't know anything was wrong unless you knew the signs to look for.

Truly shocking news.  I couldn't believe it when I heard earlier.  RIP Gary Speed.

RIP Gary. A true club legend. I hope the cunting vultures do not ruin your legacy as a great player and gentleman.

Really shocked when I found out about this earlier today.  Us as fans do put a lot of pressure on players and managers to succeed. 

i don 't think this had anything to do with his work, Wales were getting some pretty impressive results under him.

God obviously misunderstood Amy Winehouse when she asked for speed.....

Is it half term already? You and boy about town should form a double act

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Awful. Very very sad.

GS was almost certainly one of the best players of his generation (and definateky an un-sung hero a lot of the time), but also the most professional, and of subsequent generations.

A sad lost to British football.

God bless your family, and you.

what the fuck has a blessing from God got to do with someone who commits suicide - it's a sin isn't it?

I am still finding it very difficult to think of Gary in the past tense.

Rest in peace, Gary Sped.

Ryan Giggs has been in the media to say that his thoughts are with Gary Speed's wife at this difficult time.

Fucks sake Giggsy he's only been dead a week.

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Surely if there is 1 e then the other one should be in there as well

He did say he was shit.

Some terrible things going around tonight that Duncan Ferguson had a 13 year affair with Gary Speed's wife and fathered his kids, Nothing official and hope it's just a rumour and nothing more! It's all over Twitter, I bet some sick idiot has made this up and got it plastered all over the net!

Bollocks... Gary Speed was much better looking.

DF has the swag of a man who has got a right monster on him though.

If you think women have affairs based on looks then you have alot to learn.

Sad thing is, in this day and age, it cirtainly would not suprise me.

What do you mean "in this day and age"?  I'm fairly certain infidelity has been around for a fair while.

Money??  I'd have thought Speedo had more in his flex account...

Not on such a large scale though.

Really?  Is it not just a lot more reported on these days through our wonderful tabloid press? 

I doubt the rumours about the children, did you see Speed junior at the Leeds match. He is the spitting image of Gary.
I've heard 4 or 5 different rumours all of which carry little evidence. Hopefully the reasons will stay within his family but that will mean unfounded stories will be cropping up for some time.

If he really has no history of depression, and no-one has come forward with any personal or professional woes, can we definitely rule out a 'Michael Hutchence'?

Sometimes there is no reason,a brain is a complex piece of equipment and if it breaks down then there can be unfathomable consequences. :sherlock:

Leefer, great statement, there hasn't always got to be sinister reasons behind people taking their own lives.

Trying to work out if you're making an urban slang reference that I haven't heard yet, or are suggesting that DF has a big knob - coz he has a bit of a swagger??

What? He woke up and decided it was a nice day for suicide?

a bit more to it than that sonic but never mind.

It wouldn't be the first time so don't see why it could be any different here.

You can only commit suicide once

See I have this argument with people all the time. Kurt Cobain tried to commit suicide so many times, not maybe intenionally. If you heart stops and you no longer are breathing, are you dead? If so, then he died more than once....

What a nice friday subject to discuss.

True, If your heart stops you are dead, no question, sometimes it can start up again. So it is technicaly possible to commit suicide more than once.

Correct....though i doubt he thought it was a nice day.

If you can understand anything a woman says or does you can teach all of us!