Ugo Ehiogu - brown bread

Originally Posted by Sparky***

His last tweet
https://twitter.com/UgoEhiogu/status/847213357153357824

RIP

Fair play. And rip.

But leave the humblebrag at the pearly gates pal.

Good athlete and defender by all accounts. Very difficult to beat one on one apparently. Makes you jink.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

His last tweet
https://twitter.com/UgoEhiogu/status/847213357153357824

RIP

Gives money to tramp, dead within a month

That completely validates my decision to avoid random acts of charity.

Cheers Big Ugers, my stinginess shall be your legacy

Originally Posted by Tronics

Jesus Christ man how does that happen?

An athlete all his life in fairly good shape now and coaching every single day? It's gotta be an hereditary thing surely no?

Such a shame that from accounts he seemed like a genuinely nice guy, putting his head down and working his way up in coaching!

RIP

Even if it is hereditary, doesn;t he have access to top draw medical? Surely he has regular full body checks - heart stress test, ultrasounds and all that. Or maybe not.

Originally Posted by The taste of...

Good athlete and defender by all accounts. Very difficult to beat one on one apparently. Makes you jink.

So almost a palindrome too. Makes you think.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

His last tweet
https://twitter.com/UgoEhiogu/status/847213357153357824

RIP

The terrible news of Ugo Ehiogu’s sudden passing at the age of just 44 led to an understandable outpouring of grief towards one of the game’s much-loved figures on Friday.


BBC Sport were at the forefront of the reporting, as ever.


What BBC Sport failed to mention in that tweet above was that half an hour earlier, they had posted their own tribute to Ehiogu.


They decided that the best way to respect and remember Ehiogu would be to post his stats from an old computer game.


Screenshots are not necessary here – they are readily available all over Twitter – but the ill-judged nature of the BBC’s reporting has to be seen to be believed.


‘Just look at Ugo Ehiogu’s stats on Championship Manager 2,’ they tweeted, alongside a picture of said stats from said game. ‘What a career the ex-Aston Villa man had.’


And there, ladies and gentlemen, is surely the result of a person working for an organisation that believes ‘Topical event + thing people love = great content’ is the secret to social media.


It is perhaps the greatest example of ‘BBC Sport or BBC Sporf?’ ever, and that is doing a disservice to the numerous ‘banter’ social media accounts who display better judgement than to mourn someone’s death by posting their stats from a 20-year-old computer game.


What makes BBC’s stance on this even stranger – and they have yet to apologise for the tweet, for what it’s worth – is that they are not as click-driven for profits as any other outlet. This is purely a terrible attempt at producing shareable ‘content’ for an audience that they have misjudged terribly.


But hey, outrage is king, and engagement figures on social media are the be all and end all. Tastefulness and respect is for idiots.

Wow.

Originally Posted by Throw

Genuine RIP

Ugo a gone-gone

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Paul Merson crying his eyes out on Sky Sports News at the moment

About Ugo, or just because he's a psychological wreck?

Was a quality defender. 44 is so young. RIP

He was a good defender in a decent Villa side tbf.

Originally Posted by Cream

About Ugo, or just because he's a psychological wreck?

started quoting songs etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ZciSTIGY4

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

What a game that was

Still, BBC...

They need to amend the Physical Condition stat

Originally Posted by shenwen

Even if it is hereditary, doesn;t he have access to top draw medical? Surely he has regular full body checks - heart stress test, ultrasounds and all that. Or maybe not.

Not at 44 if there's been no signs.

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

Read that really quickly and thought one of the measures was 'flatulence'

I'll never understand this 'good defender' stuff; does it matter? Is it somehow a bigger shock if he was handy in a one on one?

Originally Posted by sa7

They need to amend the Physical Condition stat

Originally Posted by TheFatGoth

stupid,slow and cannot pass or dribble

YNWA