Romey 1878 Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Lot of late money on Nick Skelton god help us. Another McCoy/Giggs style stitch up? Please no. Murray won but his wife voted for Skelton . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafnia Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Murray has grown on me to be fair. My mates sister was involved in team GB at Rio and she said he was one of the nicest athletes you could wish to meet. Very different to his on camera appearance. Really funny and generous with his time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Murray has grown on me to be fair. My mates sister was involved in team GB at Rio and she said he was one of the nicest athletes you could wish to meet. Very different to his on camera appearance. Really funny and generous with his time. I've never not liked him tbh. Think he comes across really well. His sense of humour is just very dry and he's deadpan, so people have taken him the wrong way. But you can tell he likes a laugh and he willingly takes the piss out if himself. And, tbf, I've never understood why him coming across as miserable, or whatever, is a reason why people have disliked him. His job is to win tennis matches, not make people laugh. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 I think he acts like a bell end on the tennis court... albeit so do most tennis players! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 I voted for Sophie Christiansen, came fifth which was pretty amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Speedo Mick in the audience tonight. pete0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 Anthony Joshua was about 1/10 with the bookies but didn't even finish in the top three! Happy to see Mo win it it, though I voted for Jonathan Rea. "Closest challenger" Hamilton was also nowhere which made me happy also. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 17, 2017 Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 13 minutes ago, MikeO said: Anthony Joshua was about 1/10 with the bookies but didn't even finish in the top three! Happy to see Mo win it it, though I voted for Jonathan Rea. "Closest challenger" Hamilton was also nowhere which made me happy also. Not concerned about him being a drugs cheat? I don’t follow athletics so I have no idea how strong those shouts are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Romey 1878 said: Not concerned about him being a drugs cheat? I don’t follow athletics so I have no idea how strong those shouts are. Weak; no worries for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 was there no mention of Froome? Pretty impressive for an asthma patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 4 hours ago, holystove said: was there no mention of Froome? Pretty impressive for an asthma patient. He was interviewed, he came 7th with 47,000 votes just behind Lewis Hamilton and way clear of Harry Kane in 8th (18,000). Farrah won with 83,000. Rea was the big surprise (apart from Joshua being outside top three) being only 3,000 behind Farrah; would think 95% of his votes came from Northern Ireland though, which is fair enough. holystove and rubecula 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 How did the ladies do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, rubecula said: How did the ladies do? Think they all got the lowest amount of votes. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 7 hours ago, Romey 1878 said: Think they all got the lowest amount of votes. Yup they were the bottom four but in fairness none of them stood a cat in hell's chance; they were only in because the beeb got in trouble for having an all male shortlist a few years back; tokenism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, MikeO said: Yup they were the bottom four but in fairness none of them stood a cat in hell's chance; they were only in because the beeb got in trouble for having an all male shortlist a few years back; tokenism. And let’s be honest, most people won’t have a clue who they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Romey 1878 said: And let’s be honest, most people won’t have a clue who they are. Being an all round sport nut I knew who three of them were, but if you'd have asked me who Bianca Walkden was pre show I'd not have had a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I had never heard of the guys who came second and third! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, johnh said: I had never heard of the guys who came second and third! A three times (consecutive) World Champ and a multiple World & Euro gold medallist, albeit it in "minority interest" events. Was pleased to see them get deserved recognition. Still rather we went back to days when the vote was free and there was no "shortlist" picked by "experts" and you could vote for anyone you wanted. Shortlist gave us daft winners like Giggs and McCoy in recent years, it's become a bit of a circus now which is a shame because it used to be a great programme. The pre-announcement of many winners is particularly annoying. rubecula 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 3 hours ago, MikeO said: Still rather we went back to days when the vote was free and there was no "shortlist" picked by "experts" and you could vote for anyone you wanted. Shortlist gave us daft winners like Giggs and McCoy in recent years, it's become a bit of a circus now which is a shame because it used to be a great programme. The pre-announcement of many winners is particularly annoying. this for me, also if they can not be arsed to turn up, why should they get fuck all? OK if there is a real reason for not turning up but not just an excuse cos they couldn't be arsed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2018 Tickets on sale for this years, more than £50 a pop; absolute disgrace. Tickets for TV progs always used to be free, you just applied for them; TV licence is about £150 a year so we're all paying auntie anyway. Where does the profit for the event go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 Hope the BBC have the bottle to give Colin Kaepernick the overseas award. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted October 19, 2018 Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 20:09, MikeO said: Tickets on sale for this years, more than £50 a pop; absolute disgrace. Tickets for TV progs always used to be free, you just applied for them; TV licence is about £150 a year so we're all paying auntie anyway. Where does the profit for the event go? The profits go to the inflated salaries of BBC elites. (eg Lineker). The biggest question is 'why is it called Sports PERSONALITY'? I mean, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton could win it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 5 minutes ago, johnh said: The biggest question is 'why is it called Sports PERSONALITY'? I mean, Andy Murray and Lewis Hamilton could win it. That's always rankled with me, calling it a "personality" completion has always been a misnomer. In my lifetime it's gone to so many without a personality between them (eg David Broome, Sebastian Coe, Steve Davis (though he's since developed a great personality imo), Princess Anne, Nick Faldo, Steve Redgrave, Ryan Giggs & Tony McCoy); disagree with you on Murray though, as discussed by a couple of people at the top of this page. If they renamed it "Sports Narcissist of the Year" Hamilton would walk it every time. Geraint Thomas favourite with the bookies this year (as if that's a guide) which would at least please @holystove. holystove 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 Got to be Ben Stokes tonight surely, the other five nominees might as well stay home and watch it on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo 2.0 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 On 19/10/2018 at 18:46, MikeO said: If they renamed it "Sports Narcissist of the Year" Hamilton would walk it every time. Amazing how Lewis lives rent free in your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, Zoo 2.0 said: Amazing how Lewis lives rent free in your head. What? Don't be ridiculous, I'm as entitled to my opinion of him as you are....plus that comment was more than a year old so you're a bit slow on the uptake. I know I'm in a minority and I know he has millions of fanboys like yourself and I know he's a brilliant driver but I detest the "celebrity culture" that he exists in and feeds off, that's all. Maybe a generational thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palfy Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 1 hour ago, MikeO said: What? Don't be ridiculous, I'm as entitled to my opinion of him as you are....plus that comment was more than a year old so you're a bit slow on the uptake. I know I'm in a minority and I know he has millions of fanboys like yourself and I know he's a brilliant driver but I detest the "celebrity culture" that he exists in and feeds off, that's all. Maybe a generational thing. Don’t go saying your old mate, that’s not doing some of us any favours, not myself of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted December 15, 2019 Report Share Posted December 15, 2019 4 hours ago, MikeO said: Got to be Ben Stokes tonight surely, the other five nominees might as well stay home and watch it on TV. And he deservedly got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 And so to 2021; Tom Daley, Tyson Fury, Adam Peaty, Emma Raducanu, Raheem Sterling and Sarah Storey nominated; and we could go back to the very first posts in this thread twelve years ago and say Ryan Giggs Raheem Sterling? Why? Fortunately no way Sterling has a chance as Raducanu will walk it, but I do worry about the sanity of those that produce the shortlist. If they must have a footballer on the list then the glaringly obvious choice would be Marcus Rashford, but that'd be for off pitch stuff and be called political so auntie won't go there, I wish they had. Cornish Steve and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwlad Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Emma may be a one trick pony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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