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Post by supersimonstainrod on Jun 15, 2024 14:41:50 GMT
Shocking news.
To think that someone with the physique/physical conditioning of a professional athlete can be taken so young and quickly.
RIP.
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Post by salopstick on Jun 15, 2024 14:53:11 GMT
No age
RIP
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Post by dirtclod on Jun 15, 2024 15:52:18 GMT
What a sudden tragedy, was just starting to live his life. Had to read that four or five times over. RIP Matija.
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Post by liathroid on Jun 15, 2024 16:09:34 GMT
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Post by bertiestan on Jun 15, 2024 17:13:22 GMT
I keep thinking about his signing video and how impressed I was with him as a young man, he came across very well..ambitious and very driven…can’t stop thinking about the poor lad😔🔴⚪️
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Post by thisisouryear on Jun 15, 2024 17:19:46 GMT
Such a shame, shocking news RIP
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Post by Biblical on Jun 15, 2024 17:20:52 GMT
RIP Matija.
I thought he was a very solid goalkeeper and was surprised when we didnt get any deal over the line after his loan spell.
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Post by stokief on Jun 15, 2024 17:21:22 GMT
What very, very sad news. RIP Matija.
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Post by staffordstokiemad1 on Jun 15, 2024 17:46:21 GMT
I keep thinking about his signing video and how impressed I was with him as a young man, he came across very well..ambitious and very driven…can’t stop thinking about the poor lad😔🔴⚪️ My thoughts also went back to his signing video, I remember being really impressed. Absolutely shocking news, 26 years old, life’s unfair sometimes.
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Post by st3mark on Jun 15, 2024 18:23:12 GMT
Couldn't believe this when I heard.
You never know whats around the corner. Seemed a nice youth.
RIP
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Post by madnellie on Jun 15, 2024 21:56:16 GMT
What absolutely tragic news. God bless, Matija, I hope you’re having some great goalkeeping discussions with Gordon up there! Love and prayers to all those close to him xx
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Post by stuammo on Jun 15, 2024 21:57:08 GMT
The longer the realisation of this, the harder and more difficult it is to understand. A young 26 year old professional athlete with a family and the world ahead? Just ends like that. It’s so hard to comprehend and understand.
RIP Matija, the world is worse off without you.
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Jun 16, 2024 7:53:08 GMT
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Post by chell_rosey on Jun 16, 2024 7:58:33 GMT
Very sad. RIP.
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Post by stiggerstackle on Jun 16, 2024 8:13:46 GMT
What a great story - RIP Matija
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Post by callas12 on Jun 16, 2024 11:55:38 GMT
Shocking news. To think that someone with the physique/physical conditioning of a professional athlete can be taken so young and quickly. RIP. Just doesnt seem right does it.. Sadly it's occuring more often than you'd imagine it would or should with younger people in general, as well as younger sportsmen. Here one minute & gone the next is just unimaginable or uncomprehendable, & that's someone who was a finely tuned athlete who would be at peak physical fitness and as clean living and disciplined as anyone could be. It's a well spoken verse of 'live for the moment, or live for the day' but it's often forgotten about after a few days of saying it. Having been in a life/death situation myself a few years ago now it's definitely a thought process I subconsciously think about every day. Don't put something off today to do tomorrow if it's something important, get it done when you can. & as Perry Groves said on the radio yesterday when talking about his friendship with Kevin Campbell,'Give someone you love or care for a big hug right now'! Great touch by Millwall to retire his shirt number 🫶🏻 RIP Matija. Your time at Stoke may have only been short but you're still part of our extended 'family' & etched in our club history ⚪️🔴
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Post by realstokebloke on Jun 16, 2024 12:14:09 GMT
No one deserves to check out at 26.
No age at all.
And all the more poignant / shocking / baffling that he was clearly an elite athlete.
RIP Matija.
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Post by Roger Everyone on Jun 16, 2024 12:39:02 GMT
Shocking news, makes you realise how precious life is. Live every day like the last. RIP Matija
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Post by Davef on Jun 16, 2024 16:21:25 GMT
At his twin brother's wedding less than a week ago. ☹️
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Post by Northy on Jun 16, 2024 16:45:26 GMT
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Post by djralphy2k9 on Jun 17, 2024 7:07:05 GMT
R.I.P, my lads favourite keeper, even sat behind the goal when we played Millwall and he acknowledged my son. Gutted for his family. No age
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Post by davethebass on Jun 17, 2024 8:44:06 GMT
This little glimpse into what Matija Sarkic was like as a person really brings it home. He was a lovely lad. Such sad news. Condolences to all his family and friends. Rest in peace Matija ❤️
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Post by Not_Nick_H on Jun 17, 2024 11:27:12 GMT
Has anyone got a picture of Matija in his Stoke kit? I’m travelling to Montenegro on Thursday for three week and plan a visit to Budva. It would give me the chance acknowledge his time with Stoke in his home town. One here matey: RIP Matija. Absolutely no age. Very sobering.
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jun 17, 2024 11:38:29 GMT
Has it been said what he died from?
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Post by madnellie on Jun 19, 2024 0:01:25 GMT
Shocking news. To think that someone with the physique/physical conditioning of a professional athlete can be taken so young and quickly. RIP. It's sadly more common than you think, and has been for a long time. We just hear about it more with social media etc these days. Sudden cardiac death affects about 1 in every 200,000 young athletes and CRY (https://www.c-r-y.org.uk/) have been around since the mid 90s promoting screening and supporting those with diagnosed conditions. Obviously we don't know if that's what happened to Matija yet, but it wouldn't be a big surprise. Absolutely tragic and so unfair. Edited to add: apparently our first ever foreign born signing John Kirkby (he was born in the US and played one game for us in 1949) collapsed and died on the pitch playing for Wrexham in 1953, aged just 23. So very sad.
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Post by callas12 on Jun 23, 2024 23:44:35 GMT
Has it been said what he died from? Investigations still being carried out to confirm the cause of death according to a report but the family have been informed he suffered sudden heart failure. So it would kind of fit in with madnellie's recent post. Although that said, I do have my own thoughts & views on a possible cause of such young people especially sports stars and athletes suddenly becoming ill with heart related issues but that would be a conversation for a different thread on the Everything Else section.
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Post by Wizbit on Jul 30, 2024 9:20:06 GMT
Would of been 27 years old today no age at all to be gone 😢
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Post by stokefanone on Jul 30, 2024 9:43:19 GMT
So so sad🙏 Such a lovely youth. Great gesture by Millwall.
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