SPOTY Who will it be
Discussion
over_the_hill said:
Ashfordian said:
My original point was there is no individual standout sporting success story as in previous years eg Emma Raducanu or Bradley Wiggins, etc. Athletics held three major events this year. Nothing. Then there was the Commonwealth games, again nothing out of that! Etc, etc.
Jake Wightman - Athletics World Champs 1500m gold - our first 1500m gold for years and also 800m silver at EuropeansKeely Hodgkinson - Athletics European Champs 800m gold and also silver at Worlds.
Triathlon (various) at Commonwealths
Coach of the yr will be between the Swedish lass in charge of the ladies footy team and Brendan “BazBall” McCullam. It will be the Swedish lass.
Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
DeejRC said:
Coach of the yr will be between the Swedish lass in charge of the ladies footy team and Brendan “BazBall” McCullam. It will be the Swedish lass.
Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
Sarina Wiegman. And she’s Dutch. Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
I don’t think it would be churlish at all to recognise Kevin Sinfield.
Agree it’s been quite a year.
OMITN said:
DeejRC said:
Coach of the yr will be between the Swedish lass in charge of the ladies footy team and Brendan “BazBall” McCullam. It will be the Swedish lass.
Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
Sarina Wiegman. And she’s Dutch. Team of the year: same story. Easy shout to the ladies footy team.
SPOTY itself: well I personally think it should be Stokes. As the defining “active” British sports personality this year, I think his presence, output and impact has been head and shoulders above everybody else in the country. That’s in both team and individual sports. Beth Mead hasn’t nearly the same impact.
The other shouts are Gadirova, outstanding year for her, medals at every level. Arguably the best female gymnast in the world in 2022.
Fred Sirieix’s daughter, Andrea - another had an outstanding year. Won a hatful of medals at every international meet this yr, inc Commonwealth, Europeans and Worlds.
Oh and didn’t Pidcock do Pidcock things again this yr?
Lifetime achievement, well, Doddie should have walked it this year for me. It would be churlish to focus on Sir Kev this year instead of Doddie.
Personally, I consider it to have been a bit of a vintage year for sport!
I don’t think it would be churlish at all to recognise Kevin Sinfield.
Agree it’s been quite a year.
And churlish to go for Sir Kev over Doddie because I believe Doddie has raised more, for longer and he died a few weeks ago.
Sir Kev hasn’t finished being Sir Kev by a long shot yet!
wpa1975 said:
Only recognise 2 names and can't remember O'Sulivan doing anything particularly spectacular this year. cuprabob said:
I would give it to Eve Muirhead 
I expect it will be Beth Mead.
Anyone care to bet against Beth Mead??I expect it will be Beth Mead.
What is funny is the BBC's own propaganda about women's football has made their SPOTY individual award a non-event!
I'd be tempted to go Ben Stokes (though he won't win)
Ntv said:
Anyone care to bet against Beth Mead??
What is funny is the BBC's own propaganda about women's football has made their SPOTY individual award a non-event!
I'd be tempted to go Ben Stokes (though he won't win)
I'm going for Stokesy. Some bias as I don't follow football, mens or womens. But Ben has come back from having a break due to mental health issues to turning the red ball team into not only a winning side but an entertaining and record breaking side. What is funny is the BBC's own propaganda about women's football has made their SPOTY individual award a non-event!
I'd be tempted to go Ben Stokes (though he won't win)
ChocolateFrog said:
wpa1975 said:
Only recognise 2 names and can't remember O'Sulivan doing anything particularly spectacular this year. andyA700 said:
ChocolateFrog said:
wpa1975 said:
Only recognise 2 names and can't remember O'Sulivan doing anything particularly spectacular this year. However, Stokes has been pretty consistent all year round, both individually and as captain of the national team. He’d be my choice, but we all know it’s going to the footballer.
As its on TV, I started a new thread in that group.
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