World Cup - Boycott criticises depressed Yardy

I'm ashamed to call this idiot a fellow­ Yorkshireman. Time to send him the same way as Andy­ Gray. Except then we'd have to endure his presence­ at Headingley more often. I think Yardy was brave to­ admit his reason for his absence especially with people­ like Bpycott waiting to jump on his back. I­ wouldn't be surprised if Boycott held a similar­ opinion of Steven Davies who came out as gay just­ before the World Cup

@ c_bradshaw

you & boycott should both be­ eliminated by a sniper you sick F***!!! Tossers

yardy did not critisise you when you were battering the­ missus so leave the lad alone there is a good chap

I used to suffer from "depression" just­ watching Boycott crawl in slow motion through his­ innings'.
Just the sort of comment from him one­ would expect, don't think anyone suffering from any­ form of mental illness should be offended by such an­ idiot.
Why the BBC continue to pay him goodness knows.

What a horribly ignorant man. What else would you­ expect from him, he thinks it's ok to hit a woman.­ If he would have made fun of some other illness,­ he'd be out of a job. Moron.

well what can i say about boycotts comments i take into­ account what boycott has said about the pressures of­ the pro sportsman but he only refurs to his day look at­ the amount of cricket being played today than his time­ i speak because i watched boycott bat and i needed­ medical advice after one of his innings. i do feel for­ the pro sportsman as you dont have much life out of­ your sport and you lose alot of your family and social­ life,i say this as i had an opportunity myself during­ the 70,s and now i am glad i choise not too.

Well said Sir Geoffrey.

The mentally week should be­ eliminated.

I am being treated for depression and when I read what­ that big yorkshire pudding said I cried. It is not­ something youy can just get rid of like a cold and I­ hope Michael Yardy can ignore this although I know how­ hard that will be for him, good luck to him and may he­ get better soon.

Boycott Boycott!
(sorry, had to be said)

shut up u woman beater...crawel back under ur stone and­ die u @#$%

Would he have preferred the poor guy beat up on his­ wife and stayed in the team.....quite clearly this oaf­ is useless!

Take away Boycott's home, job, worldly possessions­ and family and see how he breaks down mentally. The­ words from his mouth are surely things spoken by­ someone who thinks he has everything. People react to­ certain things in different ways. Yardy is entitled to­ cry for help! Yardy is right to admit to having a­ problem. And as with so many posts, a Mental Health­ problem is something that cannot always be seen as just­ that. Very few admit to having it. I have a Mental­ Health NVQ3 so know what I'm taking about.

I'd expect to hear nothing less from Mr Boycott!

here he goes again, talking about something he knows­ nothing about, for a man who beats up women and runs­ everyone else down because he thinks hes perfect it­ just shows he has a very low level of intelligence. I­ have seen Boycott push children out of the way when­ they have been getting autographs from players just so­ he can be in the front so hes a bully too. Boycott was­ a very slow average player and boring like he is now,­ so he should shut up go back to yorkshire and live out­ his day with his mouth permantly shut. The sooner the­ better too, hes rotten to the core.

Geoff Boycott was a fine batsman in his time, but not­ perfect and certainly not the best. Unfortunately for­ him, he believes that he was.
Boycott was, is and­ always will be Bigmouthed knobhead from Yorkshire who,­ talks the biggest load of @#$%, whilst also being an­ insulting, unsympathetic, uneducated idiot of a man.
He­ is a disgrace to the sport of Cricket & should not­ be heard from again, whether it's on TV, Radio,­ Internet or Newspapers. He should make a full apology­ to all those concerned & embarassed by his­ comments.... And then sack the @#$%!!!
Best of luck­ & a speedy recovery to Yardy!!!!!

Just going on what Boycott said I can tell he is­ CLEARLY not a doctor. What a thoroughly unpleasant­ thing to say. I wonder what sports psychologists have­ made of his thoughts on depression and sport. I can­ only imagine what would happen if players had that kind­ of support from there trained and practiced therapists.­ Also it makes me wonder if he appreciates the level­ of training, research and objective thought that goes­ into being a qualified mental health professional. I­ hope Yardy comes back better than ever if thats what he­ eventually wants from his life, no doubt he could do it­ again having made it once already.

that's a disgrace, I'm all for free expression­ but he should never have been allowed to finish that­ rant, it's offensive and he would have been truly­ damned by all parts of the media if it had been about­ any other illness or disability. How ignorant to­ comment like that and then admit he knows nothing about­ the condition, Just goes to show that too many of these­ sportsmen turned pundits can't do the reporting job­ properly, don't they understand what it means to be­ objective, they too often just use the position to bump­ up their own inflated egos, let him go the same way as­ Andy Gray!

Boycott the biggest Yorkshire Numpty there is !!!!!­ Until you have suffered with depression you will never­ even begin to understand what Michael Yardy is going­ through. One of the first signs for me personally to­ get better and come through it was to acknowledge to­ myself that there was a problem. Micheal Yardy is on­ that long road to recovery. I wish him a speedy­ recovery.

why ae we prepared to even conside this idiots comments­ anyway

...and of course people sometimes dont hide behide the­ label of depression. Not everybody who is diognosed­ with depression will have it. My point, some people­ will use it as an excuse. I know people wont like this­ comment but its simply a fact. Not a very 'pc'­ fact. But a fact nevertheless.