[Other Sport] Sports Personality Of The Year 2018

[dangull]

Bradley Wiggins, lance Armstrong.. Sorry I am a bit suspicious who does well in this sport, and seriously who goes out of their way to watch a few hours of a stage at the tour de France?

 

[Pevenseagull]

That made The Kaiser Chiefs sound good.

 

[Geestar]

A cyclist....bikes are for children!

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[Stat Brother]

Bradley Wiggins, lance Armstrong.. Sorry I am a bit suspicious who does well in this sport, and seriously who goes out of their way to watch a few hours of a stage at the tour de France?

Just a guess but cycling fans?

 

[hart's shirt]

Memories of the evening:

1. George Ezra channeling Gareth Southgate in a waistcoat / tie combo. His singing was unforgettable...in one sense at least.
2. An all male top 3 despite the BBC's best efforts to change the 9th-12th places of the 4 women in 2017 by selecting 2 women out of 6.
3 The grating overuse of the acronym 'SPOTY' by Lineker and Balding. Seeing as they ran over yet again, this time saving didn't work.
4. 'It's Coming Home' has little to do with bhangra dancing, steel drums or gospel choirs. It's a football song, not an paean to diversity.
5. Billie and Billy, namely Jean-King and Monger. They've both probably ended up with a lot more mates now.

 

[Gazwag]

The two sitting down sports might split the vote

To be fair one works a million times harder than the other yet gets paid a billion times less

 

[clapham_gull]

Memories of the evening:

1. George Ezra channeling Gareth Southgate in a waistcoat / tie combo. His singing was unforgettable...in one sense at least.
2. An all male top 3 despite the BBC's best efforts to change the 9th-12th places of the 4 women in 2017 by selecting 2 women out of 6.
3 The grating overuse of the acronym 'SPOTY' by Lineker and Balding. Seeing as they ran over yet again, this time saving didn't work.
4. 'It's Coming Home' has little to do with bhangra dancing, steel drums or gospel choirs. It's a football song, not an paean to diversity.
5. Billie and Billy, namely Jean-King and Monger. They've both probably ended up with a lot more mates now.

Not sure BBC have ever picked the finalists. It used to be journalists, now it's an independent panel.

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[Insel affe]

Eh, who gives a shit, not bothered to even see who won, but I’m guessing by the top post on this page a fecking cyclists, hence...

Who gives a shit...

 

[Easy 10]

"The Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year"


- England winning gold in...........Netball.

 

[clapham_gull]

"The Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year"
- England winning gold in...........Netball.

Voted for the people like Brexit and Noel's early exit.

Get over it.

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[Easy 10]

Voted for the people like Brexit and Noel's early exit.

Get over it.

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Democracy is shit. People are idiots.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Democracy is shit. People are idiots.

Apart from that.....

I thought it was a bit rubbish

 

[clapham_gull]

Apart from that.....

I thought it was a bit rubbish

I've haven't watched it seriously since the 80s. Triggered by this I flicked over and noted that it has morphed into a post brexit pound shop Olympic ceremony with a touch of Eurovision.

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[Pavilionaire]

Winning a Tour de France deserves this accolade, very worthy winner

Ironic then that ALL of the main cyclists - Cavendish, Wiggins, Thomas - have won SPOTY but NOT the bloke Froome who has won the TdF an incredible 4 times.

 

[hart's shirt]

Not sure BBC have ever picked the finalists. It used to be journalists, now it's an independent panel.

Yes, you're right. One wonders why the shortlist was halved from 12 to 6 though.

In a year of Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games , FIFA World Cup and Ryder Cup as well as the usual events, it seems strange.

 

[Pavilionaire]

There's point getting worked up about this show. The starting point is Andy Murray - if he has a good year he wins. If he doesn't a cyclist wins. Unless that cyclist was born in Kenya. In which case Lewis Hamilton wins.

 

[Megazone]

This is who should have won it:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/7880...homeless-after-stunning-deontay-wilder-fight/

 

[Billy Seagull]

"The Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year"


- England winning gold in...........Netball.

It says it all about the BBC when the Womens netball clean up for winning the Commonwealth games.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

SPOTY was dull even when the Beeb had lots of sports on the tellybox. Now they are are down to the bare bones, its just painful to watch - worse than World of Sport on ITV desperately pretending the wrestling wasn't fixed in the day.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Ironic then that ALL of the main cyclists - Cavendish, Wiggins, Thomas - have won SPOTY but NOT the bloke Froome who has won the TdF an incredible 4 times.

There's point getting worked up about this show. The starting point is Andy Murray - if he has a good year he wins. If he doesn't a cyclist wins. Unless that cyclist was born in Kenya. In which case Lewis Hamilton wins.

Funny, but also true.

How has Froome, let us not just take the TdF an incredible 4 times, he's also held La Vuelta, Giro and Tdf at the same time! It is truely breathtaking he hasn't won it.