A Moment of Mourning

My deepest condolences go to his family and relatives. My cousin suffered from depression for 7 years after witnessing his father’s murder; he committed suicide in 2003 at just 21. I was the last one to speak to him and see him alive, and it was the worst moment of my life. Depression is a real silent killer and although we hear about it all the time, too many are not aware of its catastrophic effects on those affected by it. R.I.P Robert Enke.

I’m not going to get into whether or not suicide is right or wrong, obviously its a very personal thing. But when someone either steps infront of train, or provokes a police officer, because they can’t seem to do the deed on their own, they’ve opened a whole other ordeal on someone elses life that didn’t deserve the stress. I’m sure the train engineer will be feeling guilt on whether he could’ve stopped the train or not in time. What Enke did was cowardly no matter what sort of problems he was going through.

Posted from  Canada

Who are you to judge …

His baby girl was his world .. some ppl just cant cope .. until youve been there hold back on shit like calling him a coward.

He was a nice guy .. read all the stories .. he did everything for kids charities .. adopted tonnes of stray dogs when he played at benfica and took them all back to a farm in germany with him. He was never arrogant or looking for the limelight he just did his job. Losing my 2 yr old daughter would kill me. Send me to a place i doubt i could return from. Coward? No fkn way.

rip … he was a good guy.

Posted from  United Kingdom

Then he should’ve blown his brains out, took too many pills, or ate too much. My point was it was corwardly to bring in someone who didn’t deserve to be brought in to something so personal as a suicide.

Re-read what I wrote, I’m sure he was a saint, but a cowardly act is a cowardly act.

Posted from  Canada

may you rest in peace you noble soul, all of our prayers are with your family

Terrible news, very very utterly sad,

“Best of all races?” What the fuck are you on?

Posted from  Canada

Of course.. my condolences and heart go out to Enke and his friends and family, his fans, his colleagues, etc… I hope to never understand how he felt and what he went through.

I do have to mention that I feel very sad for his wife who he left. I’m sure she struggled with the death of their daughter as well and now she’s alone to mourn for both.

Posted from  United States

italian_-spain wat u talkin bout bro? im in canada but my italian ancestors r from abruzzo, theres a bunch of us from that areaa

Ah yes, even in mourning a stranger’s death racists can still show their true colours.

Anthony, matty g, don’t bother. The guy is a racist Spanish troll who pops up every once in a while, gets his posts deleted by Daryl/Julian, yada yada yada. It seems he’s spoofing his IP so it’s hard to ban him outright.

Posted from  United States

ya, i saw true romance and did you see what happens to dennis hopper after he makes fun of sicilians? I love being sicilain. Dont call me no inbred, because hundreds and hundreds of years ago, my ancestors were north african? i’m sicilian, but my name’s italian, my last name’s italian, i’m christian like most italians i hold the same values as italians. i am italian, not north african.
Having said that, why the hell would you even bring that up, in a post such as this one? i wanna say my condolences. he was a great goalie, and man. r.i.p

Posted from  Canada

Hey assholes, this is to commemorate a tragic death. Offer your condolences or shut the hell up. Save all the other shit for another time. Requiescat in pace Robert Enke.

Posted from  United States

I’d like to express my deepest condolences to the family of Robert Enke – Although it’s unlikely that this message will ever be received by them.

To the mods of this group, could you please post a new thread, I don’t find it appropriate that we discuss lippi’s starting 11 for tomorrow in here, or the number of racial slurs being tossed around. Much appreciated

rip enke, such a tragedy.

italy line up against holland:

Italy: Buffon; Zambrotta, Cannavaro, Chiellini, Grosso; Camoranesi, Pirlo, Palombo; Candreva, Gilardino, Palladino

Posted from  Australia

@ tito

Very well said, tito. Thank you.

With so many morons around these days, it always comforts one’s soul to witness that there are sensible and sensitive people out there.

Greets from Germany

Sad news indeed. And he was just going to finally get his shot at the national team.

Posted from  Canada

RIP Robert Enke. Depression is a serious thing. Sometimes its really tough to spot as well because someone can act totally normal around other people but be suffering so much inside.

To the other Anthony, I think any way someone kills themselves is terrible. And it may be a cowardly act, but people who suffer from depression often have chemical imbalances and other medical problems which make suicide seem like the only option to them. Its very different than when a normal healthy person feels depressed. Everyone gets depressed at some point or another, but for people who suffer from severe depression, its a real medical issue. So I think its harsh to call him a coward. You wouldn’t use a term like that to describe someone who suffers from other medical problems.

Its very unfortunate that Enke couldn’t receive the help he needed before it was too late. And it was likely because its very hard to spot depression until its too late.