I don't watch much cricket these days but you'd always be impressed with how eloquent Nas and Athers are in very difficult circumstances. Thorpe was easily England's best player in his era and it's so sad what happened to him. RIP Graham.
As an Aussie, I remember Thorpe's strength and skill in a period where we were way better than England. He handled our bowlers better than any other Englishman of the time. He was a quality player. Sadly missed.
Thank you for those kind words. I always felt he was the one England batsman the Aussies truly rated and respected. Nobody from the mid 90s to mid noughties could look as comfortable as him against the finest attacks of the day. Post Gooch and pre Pietersen. In a league of his own during most of his career.
Nasser, Thorpe, Atherton, Gough, Flintoff, etc... the great guys of that era for England. Thorpe was such a great, concise, compact player who played authentic shots... A no hassle cricketer.. A fine fielder he was.. A great team man.
Absolutely tragic circumstances. All the best to his friends and family. Always ask your mates how they’re getting on and don’t be afraid to ask for a chat if you’re feeling low yourself. We can help each other up. Love to Nass and Athers
I grew up with Ian, Alan and Graham, and played cricket with them at Farnham for many years. We lost touch when I stopped playing, but I was absolutely devastated when I heard about Graham. I'm four years older and watched him grow up from the young kid playing for Wrecclesham, to the world class player he became. My heart breaks for the family, and I will always remember the great times I shared with Graham, Alan and Ian, on and off the field. Roxy.
Don’t beat yourself up Nass. MH is complicated and sometimes people can’t see a way out and act. It’s terrible but it happens and there’s nothing anyone can do at that moment, when they’re alone and they act. RIP Thorpey. You’ll be missed ❤️
Can the Sky Sports youtube channel please upload all of the Graham Thorpe video tributes from today? Such as Mike Atherton's reading of the poem and the review of his Sri Lanka innings...there needs to be more Thorpey content on youtube!
Growing up in Australia in the 90s I had a plethora of batting idol options however I settled on an Englishman named Graham Thorpe. I didnt care he wasnt Australian - he was the ultimate Test batsman. Playing in a terrible side his class was endless and his ability to land counter punches and to dig his country out of a huge hole was inspirational. How on earth you kicked him to curb in 2021 is beyond me. I simply cannot think of a greater Test Match batting coach in the modern era - talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water. In a better side Graham could have averaged over 50 in Tests. I've never seen someone look so classy on a cricket pitch but also be known as a street fighter's street fighter. Legend.
Massive respect to the guys for sharing such personal and deep thoughts. To articulate in such a professional and considered way is very humbling to see/hear. Class act at such a difficult time
Rip Thorpe... This guy was a nightmare for west indies in the early 2000s... Always counterattack the bowlers... Remember him and Tino Best rivalry... Will sure be missed
He had a charisma about him. You can see what he meant to the two lads. Shocking that in 2024 there isnt more can be done for people with mental health problems
So sad. As a teenager in the 90s Thorpey was like a ray of sunshine in a bleak time to follow cricket at times. When I played cricket in the garden with my brother I was always Graham Thorpe
Such an awful loss to cricket and heartbreaking for his family who have faced this with such wonderful warmth and dignity. To see Mike crack last week when talking about him, and Nass today, is to be reminded just how good he was and the value of friendship. And, damn, he was good. As Mike mentioned in his newspaper article, the best England had after Gooch/Gower and before KP/Cook. Under Fletcher, he averaged 53 with 10 centuries! That’s absolutely world class. Rest easy, Graham🥃
A friend who did lasted for many years in the friendship cannot be forget someone who was very good guy gentleman cricket 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 may God heal him in heaven's ever 😢❤❤!
Such difficult circumstances😢 Really feeling for Nasser, Athers, and other mates of Thorpey...they would have to deal with this guilt for the rest of their lives...not something that one can just move on from...it may come back to haunt them in some way or the other...Nass just spelt it out - "Not being with Thorpey in his darkest moments"...I think everyone there is feeling the same...💔
That's the reason we must consider ourselves as soul not as a body.Problem is 99.99 percent here thing they are body.Body is just an instrument which function what soul direct.Let soul do its job.Everyone will be different.
Who's giving a single thought to the driver of the train who was the last person to see Thorpe alive and who will take a long time to get over Thorpe's last action.
Every time England batted I’d kind of hope to get through the openers to get to Thorpe because then it was good to watch. I loved watching Nasser and Thorpe batting together.
Of course Nasser's last Test innings was a hundred at Lord's, and I doubt he would have made it (after running out Strauss) without the calming influence of Thorpe at the other end. You sort of took him for granted sometimes because he was so consistently good and made things look easy, even though they weren't.
Lovely tribute from Athers & Nasser. There's been some nonsense spoken on other video's comments about why his friends weren't there when he needed them in his darkest hour. The fact is that people more often than not show no outward signs whatsoever that something is seriously wrong & what they intend to do. Look at Gary Speed a few years ago, Dan Walker interviewed him for Football Focus the day before he took his own life & said in an interview he'd repeated that day over & over in his head wondering if he had missed something, maybe a sign that all was not well, but there was nothing. I just hope that more people will reach out & talk in these situations.
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Nasser got so emotional speaking about Graham. It tells a lot about how good a mate Graham was to Nasser and Atherton.
Listening to Nasser especially and the bond they had really made me tear up. Heartbreaking....
RIP Thorpey
I can’t believe that Graham Thorpes death would upset me so much. He was a hero when I was a kid in the 90s
And mine ❤
I don't watch much cricket these days but you'd always be impressed with how eloquent Nas and Athers are in very difficult circumstances. Thorpe was easily England's best player in his era and it's so sad what happened to him. RIP Graham.
As an Aussie, I remember Thorpe's strength and skill in a period where we were way better than England. He handled our bowlers better than any other Englishman of the time. He was a quality player. Sadly missed.
Nice words mate.
Thank you for those kind words. I always felt he was the one England batsman the Aussies truly rated and respected. Nobody from the mid 90s to mid noughties could look as comfortable as him against the finest attacks of the day. Post Gooch and pre Pietersen. In a league of his own during most of his career.
Nasser, Thorpe, Atherton, Gough, Flintoff, etc... the great guys of that era for England.
Thorpe was such a great, concise, compact player who played authentic shots... A no hassle cricketer.. A fine fielder he was.. A great team man.
I grew up watching Graham Torpe and he was the batsman who if anyone could get England out of a hole it was him. Thanks Graham
Absolutely tragic circumstances. All the best to his friends and family. Always ask your mates how they’re getting on and don’t be afraid to ask for a chat if you’re feeling low yourself. We can help each other up. Love to Nass and Athers
I grew up with Ian, Alan and Graham, and played cricket with them at Farnham for many years. We lost touch when I stopped playing, but I was absolutely devastated when I heard about Graham. I'm four years older and watched him grow up from the young kid playing for Wrecclesham, to the world class player he became. My heart breaks for the family, and I will always remember the great times I shared with Graham, Alan and Ian, on and off the field.
Roxy.
Don’t beat yourself up Nass. MH is complicated and sometimes people can’t see a way out and act. It’s terrible but it happens and there’s nothing anyone can do at that moment, when they’re alone and they act. RIP Thorpey. You’ll be missed ❤️
Beautiful tribute. Very eloquently spoke. RIP Thorpey
Very sad RIP Graham. From South Africa
Thankyou.
Lovely tribute and he was the best player for England when we were really not very competitive.
Can the Sky Sports youtube channel please upload all of the Graham Thorpe video tributes from today? Such as Mike Atherton's reading of the poem and the review of his Sri Lanka innings...there needs to be more Thorpey content on youtube!
I havn't seen it and I would really love to see the content they covered.
What a great broadcaster Nasser is. RIP Thorpey
Growing up in Australia in the 90s I had a plethora of batting idol options however I settled on an Englishman named Graham Thorpe. I didnt care he wasnt Australian - he was the ultimate Test batsman. Playing in a terrible side his class was endless and his ability to land counter punches and to dig his country out of a huge hole was inspirational. How on earth you kicked him to curb in 2021 is beyond me. I simply cannot think of a greater Test Match batting coach in the modern era - talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water. In a better side Graham could have averaged over 50 in Tests. I've never seen someone look so classy on a cricket pitch but also be known as a street fighter's street fighter. Legend.
I was sat right in front of them in the stand where they did this. Hardly anyone said a word during this. Wonderful tributes from everyone.
Good on you Nasser, very difficult circumstances but he controlled the emotions as best as he could . Tragic to have lost Thorpe. RIP
Massive respect to the guys for sharing such personal and deep thoughts. To articulate in such a professional and considered way is very humbling to see/hear.
Class act at such a difficult time
One of my heroes. Well said Nasser.
A sad loss. Great cricketer. Great bloke. RIP Graham. Thanks for the fantastic cricketing memories.
i think because Thorpe didnt do TV etc some of the younger fans wont realise how much better he was than the rest of that team
Brilliant from Nasser.
Rip Thorpe...
This guy was a nightmare for west indies in the early 2000s...
Always counterattack the bowlers...
Remember him and Tino Best rivalry...
Will sure be missed
I have never seen Nasser Hussain in this much emotional depth 😢 he was literally crying inside while talking.
He had a charisma about him. You can see what he meant to the two lads. Shocking that in 2024 there isnt more can be done for people with mental health problems
So sad. As a teenager in the 90s Thorpey was like a ray of sunshine in a bleak time to follow cricket at times. When I played cricket in the garden with my brother I was always Graham Thorpe
Hero of mine in the 90s brought a kookaburra because he used one and I still use it, phenomenal player. RIP ❤️
heartbreaking to see Nass..RIP Thorpe!
Truly was when he talked about not being there for Thorpe in his darkest moments 💔
@@Takerfanaticthat brought a tear to my eye. He must be incredibly cut up by this loss.
Well said Nass
How we prevent this ever happening again? We cant sadly!!
Feels for both of them
Such an awful loss to cricket and heartbreaking for his family who have faced this with such wonderful warmth and dignity.
To see Mike crack last week when talking about him, and Nass today, is to be reminded just how good he was and the value of friendship.
And, damn, he was good. As Mike mentioned in his newspaper article, the best England had after Gooch/Gower and before KP/Cook. Under Fletcher, he averaged 53 with 10 centuries! That’s absolutely world class.
Rest easy, Graham🥃
A friend who did lasted for many years in the friendship cannot be forget someone who was very good guy gentleman cricket 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 may God heal him in heaven's ever 😢❤❤!
Blue color on his helmet
That's what I remember very clearly
Top class middle order batsman for sure
Such difficult circumstances😢
Really feeling for Nasser, Athers, and other mates of Thorpey...they would have to deal with this guilt for the rest of their lives...not something that one can just move on from...it may come back to haunt them in some way or the other...Nass just spelt it out - "Not being with Thorpey in his darkest moments"...I think everyone there is feeling the same...💔
That's the reason we must consider ourselves as soul not as a body.Problem is 99.99 percent here thing they are body.Body is just an instrument which function what soul direct.Let soul do its job.Everyone will be different.
Who's giving a single thought to the driver of the train who was the last person to see Thorpe alive and who will take a long time to get over Thorpe's last action.
Rest in peace Thorpe….will miss you.
Well said gents
nass 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Every time England batted I’d kind of hope to get through the openers to get to Thorpe because then it was good to watch.
I loved watching Nasser and Thorpe batting together.
Of course Nasser's last Test innings was a hundred at Lord's, and I doubt he would have made it (after running out Strauss) without the calming influence of Thorpe at the other end. You sort of took him for granted sometimes because he was so consistently good and made things look easy, even though they weren't.
Lovely tribute from Athers & Nasser. There's been some nonsense spoken on other video's comments about why his friends weren't there when he needed them in his darkest hour. The fact is that people more often than not show no outward signs whatsoever that something is seriously wrong & what they intend to do. Look at Gary Speed a few years ago, Dan Walker interviewed him for Football Focus the day before he took his own life & said in an interview he'd repeated that day over & over in his head wondering if he had missed something, maybe a sign that all was not well, but there was nothing. I just hope that more people will reach out & talk in these situations.
Well said nass
RIP
Too many cricketers go this way.
I wonder why?
Sums him up. He was there for everyone but no one was there from him in his darkest moments. No one was there at that railway station to hold his hand
Thorpe was only ten months older than me - shocking way to die. He threw himself under a train!!!
There really wasn’t any need for that last sentence. Have some decorum.
@@James119Spring yes i get you however that was the truth he will be sadly missed
Why don’t they go see the train driver’s family, and tell them what a great guy he was
The guy killed himself. Stop talking about him
He was popular and respected by team-mates and fans alike. People will talk about him as long as they like.
Does anyone know why he did this,
he suffered mental health problems and he sadly couldnt find a way out he was a briillant player for England and will be sadly missed
Keep it up👄👄👄