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Author Topic: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year  (Read 46651 times)

Offline nigel

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #30 on: August 20, 2016, 01:14:18 PM »
No brainer for the overseas winner.
Usain Bolt

Offline SteveN

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #31 on: August 20, 2016, 07:55:30 PM »
I think the Team GB Cycling team could well win the team award. I think every one of them won a medal.

It should be sewn up but Leicester will have a shout at that too.

We should now add the GB Ladies hockey team to the list.  Marvelous performance.

Offline lovejoy

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #32 on: August 21, 2016, 06:44:59 AM »
To think back on the day Nigel Mansell win it for finishing second in the car driving. What a choice we have!
Laura Trott for me.

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #33 on: August 21, 2016, 08:22:02 AM »
Such a difficult choice.  It might be the case that the winner of the Tour de France, Wimbledon and the Formula 1 Championship don't even make the top three.  Unbelievable!

My vote will be for Mo - and I'll feel really guilty about not voting for Jason Kenny, Laura Trott or Alistair Brownlee.

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #34 on: August 21, 2016, 05:08:28 PM »
Mo, Trott or Kenny to win, with Murray despite having won Wimbledon and the Gold not in the top 3.  Unbelievable.

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #35 on: August 21, 2016, 05:12:19 PM »
I almost don't mind. There'll be a very strong argument for whoever gets it. Can't they share it this year?

Offline four fornicholl

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #36 on: August 21, 2016, 05:14:10 PM »
Can we not add a poll?

Offline UK Redsox

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #37 on: August 21, 2016, 05:16:33 PM »

Offline four fornicholl

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #38 on: August 21, 2016, 05:19:52 PM »
Damn them outers, they've ruined everything.

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #39 on: August 24, 2016, 01:15:09 PM »
Murray will win if he wins the US Open and/or helps Britain to another Davis Cup. Otherwise I reckon Kenny. Cyclists have won it during the last two Summer Olympic years.

Although it's possible Murray or Mo may win anyway if the cycling vote gets split.


Offline Lobsterboy

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #40 on: August 24, 2016, 01:36:17 PM »
Would like to see Mo win as he is without doubt the greatest track and field athlete to ever represent Team GB.

He completed the 'double double' at The Olympics over 5k and 10k, is still the reigning World Champion over both distances and holds the British record at just about every distance from 1500 metres to half marathon! Not really sure what he has to do to win this!

Unfortunately he'll probably have to settle for 3rd behind the all to predictable choices of Murray and Hamilton.

Leicester or Team GB for the team award, Usain Bolt for the overseas award and Tim Sherwood for Coach of the Year!


Offline paul_e

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #41 on: August 24, 2016, 01:51:44 PM »
I think Team GB is too broad for the team award, I'd specifically push that to the cycling team, i agree that Mo should be the outstanding choice for the solo award.

The benefit of team GB winning, however, would be that it gives credit to people like Jade Jones and Nicola Adams who probably won't feature in the individual event but who have retained titles and should be recognised for it.

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #42 on: August 24, 2016, 01:57:43 PM »
1- Murray
2- Kenny
3- Trott

Team award- Leicester

Overseas- Bolt

Offline LeeS

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #43 on: August 24, 2016, 06:52:05 PM »
I can't see the SPOTY voters going for Murray at all. The choices they make are generally very sensible and well thought through. It's clearly more than just a popularity contest (see Hamilton winning) and they've been known to pick people fromminority sports with great achievements (McCoy). So they won't vote Murray again unless he does something he hasn't done before. So Davis Cup and U.S. Open aren't enough. He'll need the other 2 slams before he becomes the only person in history to win a 3rd SPOTY.

Although they did vote Giggs and Zara Phillips. So maybe I'm talking utter tosh.

Offline wittonwarrior

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Re: BBC Sports Personality Of The Year
« Reply #44 on: August 25, 2016, 01:49:33 AM »
Not sure how genuine the vote is but has to be Mo or Adam peaty who is a mo on water

 


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