Ugo Ehiogu Dies After Collapsing at Spurs Training Centre

[Stan 9,275]

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39660196

[The Artful Dodger 1,574]

44, fucking hell.

[Spike 2,586]

I wonder what causes a lot of these collapses? We've seen it happen so many times.

[Spike 2,586]

4 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Long term physical demands on the heart must affect some people I guess. 

He must have started proper football in his teenage years and obviously still does so now aged 44. Around 40 years of constant physical activity may put some strain on some people's bodies?

But humans are agrarian? Are we not meant to have physical lives?

[Eco 2,075]

Any update?

Hope he is alright.

[Spike 2,586]

Just now, Cannabis said:

I'm sure we are, I'm just saying there could be 5% of us that end up having side affects (i.e. - collapsing) after years of physical activity.

I could well be talking shite but it's just a theory as you do see elite sportspeople suffering this kind of thing from time to time.

I haven't heard of it happening as much outside of football.

[The Artful Dodger 1,574]

It'll probably more likely be disease, who knows how he's lived his life outside of the game or it could just be genes, some people have inherited conditions with the heart that tend to only show up in the middle age when life has take its toll somewhat.

You often find men from all walks of life tend to have ticker trouble in their middle age, although I've usually associated it with around the 50 mark.

Edited April 20, 2017 by The Artful Dodger

[The Artful Dodger 1,574]

Edited because I used the word 'tend' three times within three sentences.

[DeadLinesman 2,901]

I tend to agree with you.

[LFCMadLad 1,626]

Fuck me he's dead! Shocking. 

[The Palace Fan 1,717]

Can't believe it. Such a healthy man. No age to go.

[Rab 827]

That's tragic. Rest in peace big fella.

 

[Smiley Culture 1,290]

Absolutely terrible news. I remember him getting capped by Sven-Goran Eriksson for his first match as manager. 

 

[Stan 9,275]

That's shocking. Actually can't believe it considering his age and also distinctly remember him playing not so long ago. RIP Ugo  

[Fairy In Boots 528]

I met him at a petrol station in central Brum when he was at the Villa, he was polite and chatted to me in the queue for a minute about the club. He was also in the top 5 defenders of my time at the club.

RIP

[Danny 1,083]

One of the name of my childhood growing up watching football, RIP.

[DeadLinesman 2,901]

44 ffs. No age to go.

[Fusion 181]

RIP.

[Steve Bruce Almighty 2,768]

I always used to sign him on Championship Manager 1997/98.

Remember him at the Boro when they had a good side. Him and Southgate at the back.

RIP

[Eco 2,075]

Christ. This is way too early...

RIP

[Chaaay AFC 333]

Terrible news, I was stunned when I saw the news on BBC. Feel for his family absolutely terrible. RIP.

[Toony 95]

Very sad, I remember him well from my younger days.

No age whatsoever - always seemed like a good bloke too, a real tragedy.

[ScoRoss 458]

Heartbreaking. 

[Steve Bruce Almighty 2,768]

Fair play to Merson for going on to talk about it that soon.

This was his last tweet

 

 

[Eco 2,075]

38 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Horrible watching that video of Merson, he looks absolutely distraught.

Wow - That is hard to watch indeed.

[The Palace Fan 1,717]

I'm still quite shocked. When he collapsed I thought nothing more of it because he seemed like a healthy man mountain of a man that you could mistake for being younger than he actually was. To hear he's passed away is just, well it's shocking, there's no other word.

I always remembered him in the mid nineties to the mid naughties as being a solid, consistent, yet unspectacular beastly figure you could rely on if he was in your team to have a good game. He never got the plaudits of Southgate but I could imagine if he was at your club he would have been some sort of cult hero. That's emphasised in his block on the line in The Carling Cup final of 2004.

He was always Premiership quality. I think that was emphasised perfectly well when he went to Sheffield United at the end of his career and had an instant impact as they changed there season round and very nearly went up. But I think what we know now is how much he had to offer football off the pitch. That's seen with the devastation ex pros like Merson have suffered when talking about him, and the fact he's forged a coaching career for himself where he ended up at one of the best coaching setups at a club he had no playing affiliation with that has an excellent track record of developing players.

Rest In Peace to the big man. The World is clearly a worse off place without him.

Edited April 21, 2017 by Aaroncpfc

[Dr. Gonzo 4,239]

Very sad news, RIP.

[Dan 1,319]

Scary when it's happening to players you have seen live yourself. That's no age at all. RIP.

[Berserker 1,299]

Very shocking, R.I.P.