Craig Bellamy Appreciation Thread

[ianbridgeman]

You are Ace, good luck.

[AnfieldForever]

LFC.com in error shocker.

Cardiff are in the Premiership not Championship.

[baronvonskidmark]

Cheers Craig!

Bellamy revealed he had been urging Allen to join Liverpool during their time together at London 2012.
"He's brilliant, what a good player," said Bellamy.
"I spent the last three weeks hounding him to go to Liverpool. I'm delighted - delighted for him, delighted for Brendan [Rodgers], but delighted for Liverpool because they've just got an immense player."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19215804

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Why Craig! Why leave! Just move your family to liverpool for a couple of seasons ffs

[smu1977]

YNWA Craig!

[Chazza]

Good luck to him.

Great player for us last season and genuinely cares for LFC

Bellers

[SB]

My only disappointment is that he's taking a golden handshake out of the club he loves when it's actually him that's asked for the move. That stinks IMO. Fair enough if the club means nothing to you but that's not the case here.

[RichC]

Good luck Craig, shame as he'd have been a good option from the bench but can understand the family thing and wanting to finish his career with them.

[lickedlollipop]

gutted that he's gone. but that is probably best for the both sides. all the best craig i know u'll be back once again

[JohnDoe]

One of my favourite players. Sad to see him go.

[Exiled_red]

Sad to see him go, good luck though, I hope it works out for him

[Mostar]

Bellamy rejected chance to stay at Liverpool

Craig Bellamy has said that he wanted to "come home" to Cardiff despite being told by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers he was part of his Anfield plans.

Cardiff completed the signing of 33-year-old striker Bellamy, who put pen to paper on a two-year deal on Friday.

"When Brendan got the Liverpool job he phoned me straight away on his first day," Bellamy told Cardiff's official website. "I felt honoured that he did that and he told me that he wanted me as part of his team.

"But my mind was made up. I wanted to come home. He gave me time to change my mind, but it wasn't going to happen.

"The fans have always appreciated me at Cardiff City and it was a pleasure to be here last time around. I feel people understand me here and it's great to be back.

"I'm not going to put pressure on myself and say we're going to do this or that, my intention is to go out and win every game I play in, it's as simple as that."

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/bellamy-rejected-chance-stay-liverpool-131719528.html

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Footballer Craig Bellamy says the death of the former Wales manager Gary Speed has led to the "worst time in my life" and the break-up of his marriage.

The Cardiff City and Wales player told the Sunday Mirror: "All I know is that my best mate has gone. I'm struggling."

Ex-Premier League star Speed was found hanged at his Cheshire home last year.

His parents and family members marked what would have been his 43rd birthday on Saturday with a walk up Moel Famau, Denbighshire, near his childhood home.

Roger and Carol Speed told Wales on Sunday the family are still coming to terms with his death in November 2011.

I don't know if that's it for us. All I know is that my best mate has gone. I'm struggling”
Craig Bellamy on his marriage and Gary Speed's death

Bellamy, 33, whose former clubs include Liverpool and Manchester City, told the Sunday Mirror he has moved out of the marital home he shared with his wife Claire and their three children.

He said: "Losing my best mate has affected everything. I can't believe how hard it is.

"He was the best mate I've ever had. It's sad but unfortunately it got to my marriage. I'm here and she's there.
"I don't know if that's it for us. All I know is that my best mate has gone. I'm struggling. I can't lie."

Bellamy told the newspaper of his family situation: "I can't tell you how hard it is. It's the worst time in my life ever."

Bellamy was part of the Team GB squad at the Olympics, and last month joined Cardiff on a two-year deal from Liverpool.

Speed's clubs included Leeds, Newcastle, Everton, and Bolton, and he managed Sheffield United.

A coroner at the inquest in January said he could not be satisfied that Speed intended to kill himself.

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Shame for him. My favourite player last season but I understand now why he had to leave

[Red_Polo]

I understand now why he had to leave

Really sad to hear this. All makes sense now.