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Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: lovejoy on November 28, 2011, 09:27:07 PM

Title: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: lovejoy on November 28, 2011, 09:27:07 PM
If someone can explain to me how Andy Murray has made the top 10 please can you let me know.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: bertlambshank on November 28, 2011, 09:36:25 PM
If someone can explain to me how Andy Murray has made the top 10 please can you let me know.
The BBC show Wimbledon.
If he was 142 in the world he would still be in it.

Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: cdbearsfan on November 28, 2011, 10:28:51 PM
If someone can explain to me how Andy Murray has made the top 10 please can you let me know.

In fairness, he made three Grand Slam semi-finals and a final, and reached number two in the World. He is unlucky in that he happens to be playing at a time of three of the greatest players of all time but he still did well. I'm not saying he should win, but top ten seems reasonable to me.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: UK Redsox on November 28, 2011, 11:11:43 PM
There are two SPOTY threads.

Could a Mod do some merging
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Eckybloke on December 22, 2011, 10:11:32 PM
Stunning.  Chuffed to bits for Cav.

Best in the world,
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: nuninho on December 22, 2011, 10:14:43 PM
Pleased for Cav.  Fit missus, aggressive rider and good bloke.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: john e on December 22, 2011, 10:17:39 PM
must have been some neerdy internet campaign that won it for the man no ones ever heard of,
absolute joke, nearly as bad as last year
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: lovejoy on December 22, 2011, 10:24:09 PM
must have been some neerdy internet campaign that won it for the man no ones ever heard of,
absolute joke, nearly as bad as last year
You're taking the p!ss right?
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: john e on December 22, 2011, 10:30:19 PM
must have been some neerdy internet campaign that won it for the man no ones ever heard of,
absolute joke, nearly as bad as last year
You're taking the p!ss right?


am telling you now, theres no way in a million years that the every day sports fan in the street has said 'tell ya what i'm going to vote for that bloke that rides a bike fast'  they havent heard of him, never mind find a personality,
 internet campaign/fix would be my guess
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: TopDeck113 on December 22, 2011, 10:47:25 PM
Well I voted for him and didn't rely on a text or a tweet or a poke to make me.

You sound bitter, John.  You'd rather that we were typically parochial and gave it to the fat bloke who throws arrows?  Cav's World Champion in a world-wide sport.  Winner of five stages this year (and a career total of twenty) in the world's most celebrated bike race - including completing a hat-trick of wins on the Champs-Élysées.  And best of all, a Sports Personality who quashes that particular oxymoron as he actually possess a personality. 

He's a top man and, as someone who likes his cycling, I'm delighted that his achievements have been recognised by the wider sporting community.   
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Dave Cooper please on December 22, 2011, 11:17:16 PM
must have been some neerdy internet campaign that won it for the man no ones ever heard of,
absolute joke, nearly as bad as last year
You're taking the p!ss right?


am telling you now, theres no way in a million years that the every day sports fan in the street has said 'tell ya what i'm going to vote for that bloke that rides a bike fast'  they havent heard of him, never mind find a personality,
 internet campaign/fix would be my guess

So because you haven't heard of the fastest sprinter in road cycling, the man who has won 20 stages in the greatest cycling race in the World and one of the hardest sports events to even finish never mind win things in (most cyclists would kill for ONE stage win never mind 20), the first Brit to win the green jersey (I won't explain it, it's not worth it with people who can't be arsed to broaden their horizons) for fucking ages and the first Brit to win the Rainbow Jersey as World road-race champion since 1967.

No campaigns, no fix, Cavendish is just fucking brilliant, an utterly worthy winner and also one of the most humble (whilst also remaining as cocky as those who just know they are the best) sportsmen around, his first words tonight were to congratulate the GB team that won him thet World Championship.

Rant over, jog on.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: N'Rexy on December 22, 2011, 11:27:07 PM
Utter class. He was the outstanding candidate. He is going to be one of the all time greats.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: john e on December 23, 2011, 12:07:04 AM
Whatever
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Dave Cooper please on December 23, 2011, 12:12:05 AM
Whatever

Nice argument, well done.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Percy McCarthy on December 23, 2011, 12:26:50 AM
Luis Suarez eh? Fancy that.

EDIT: Sorry, you're talking about the BBC Sports Personality. I thought we were on about the BNP version, my bad.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: cdbearsfan on December 23, 2011, 01:02:09 AM
Another cruel snub for Emile.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: taylorsworkrate on December 23, 2011, 07:47:36 AM
My personal choice would have been Mo Farah, but Cavendish is a more than worthy winner.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on December 23, 2011, 07:53:23 AM
Another cruel snub for Emile.

Larf.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: SteveN on December 23, 2011, 09:17:58 AM
must have been some neerdy internet campaign that won it for the man no ones ever heard of,
absolute joke, nearly as bad as last year
You're taking the p!ss right?


am telling you now, theres no way in a million years that the every day sports fan in the street has said 'tell ya what i'm going to vote for that bloke that rides a bike fast'  they havent heard of him, never mind find a personality,
 internet campaign/fix would be my guess

So because you haven't heard of the fastest sprinter in road cycling, the man who has won 20 stages in the greatest cycling race in the World and one of the hardest sports events to even finish never mind win things in (most cyclists would kill for ONE stage win never mind 20), the first Brit to win the green jersey (I won't explain it, it's not worth it with people who can't be arsed to broaden their horizons) for fucking ages and the first Brit to win the Rainbow Jersey as World road-race champion since 1967.

No campaigns, no fix, Cavendish is just fucking brilliant, an utterly worthy winner and also one of the most humble (whilst also remaining as cocky as those who just know they are the best) sportsmen around, his first words tonight were to congratulate the GB team that won him thet World Championship.

Rant over, jog on.

Well said Dave - saves me the trouble of typing all of that.  The man is indeed just fucking brilliant.
Title: Re: Sports Personality of the Year
Post by: Eckybloke on December 23, 2011, 06:42:15 PM
On a side note, my missus...who doesn't follow sport that much, was in tears at the dead sportsman bit.  The music and all that just had her in pieces.

Anyone know if it was that Scala & Kolacny crowd that have been doing the rounds lately?

Edit: Aye it was.  Just watched the end of it again on the iPlayer.
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