SPOTY Who will it be

[zygalski]

Yo!
Froome's a double dropper. He gets my vote.
Good lad!

[fat80b]

zygalski said:

Yo!
Froome's a double dropper. He gets my vote.
Good lad!

I think everyone should vote for him now - wouldn’t it be suitably british for him to win it now (in a boaty mcboatface kind of way).

And the awkwardness of the acceptance speech would be priceless TV.

[DeejRC]

Adrian W said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/4210...

Looking at this lot, after Froomes smear I reckon Hamilton will walk it.

I don't know who any of this lot are

The Panel comprised 12 members this year, with representatives from BBC Sport, BBC Radio 5 live, the UK broadcasting industry, UK-wide newspapers and UK sports bodies (in alphabetical order): Maggie Alphonsi, Philip Bernie, Darren Campbell, Danny Crates, Carl Doran, Katherine Grainger, Dominic Hart, Colin Murray, Eleanor Oldroyd, Alyson Rudd, Barbara Slater and Laura Williamson.

But clearly they know who the top sports people in the UK are ??

Ill accept that I dont know who all those names are, however:

Maggie Alphonsi is fairly famous as the black flanker for England ladies rugby team who won the World Cup.
Darren Campbell - 100m runner, World and Olympic medal winner.
Dame Katherine Grainger? Dame?! Rowing lass and now head of UK Sport I think.
Eleanor Oldroyd and Alyson Rudd are both high profile sports journalists for the BBC and The Times respectively.

Is Colin Murray the DJ?

The rest I dont know, but the ones above are pretty high profile.

[CaptainSlow]

Hamilton on video link. Can't spare any days he's allowed in the UK.

[juice]

Was anyone else in bits seeing the Bradley Lowery montage ?

[SydneyBridge]

juice said:

Was anyone else in bits seeing the Bradley Lowery montage ?

Yep, very dusty in my house..
Shame Defoe could not be there.

[cuprabob]

juice said:

Was anyone else in bits seeing the Bradley Lowery montage ?

Yes, it happened to be on at the same time I got a bit of grit in my eye

[RichB]

CaptainSlow said:

Hamilton on video link. Can't spare any days he's allowed in the UK.

Must be a common theme then; Konta, Froome, Farah any more unavailable..?

[DeejRC]

Not sure about Konta, but didnt they say Mo was in London where he was having a track name after him, i.e. double booked?
Froome is in camp in the Balerics, Im not sure SKY are going to let him to bugger off to Liverpool for some glitz with the BBC!

[anonymous-user]

About to announce the winner . .

[lucido grigio]

It just got dusty again ,happens every year.

Nicky Hayden ,John Surtees..........and many others.

[anonymous-user]

Hamilton and Froome not even in top three.

[WindyCommon]

Somewhat hard to believe...!

[SydneyBridge]

Frome would have done better if it was last sunday....

[cuprabob]

SydneyBridge said:

Frome would have done better if it was last sunday....

No he wouldn't have as even before the allegations he was unpopular.

[antspants]

El stovey said:

Hamilton and Froome not even in top three.

Very surprised Hamilton didn't even make top 3.

Flat ending when the video link went kaput

[Randy Winkman]

El stovey said:

Hamilton and Froome not even in top three.

I'm not sure Hamilton is particularly likeable and (whilst I admit I don't know exactly how the voting works), Froome's chances must have gone down the pan this week. Plus, when it comes to sporting achievement I think people can relate better to what Mo does i.e. run a long way very quickly.

[BrotherMouzone]

lucido grigio said:

It just got dusty again ,happens every year.

Nicky Hayden ......

Yeah, forgot about Hayden. Always seemed like a likeable guy in interviews.

[parabolica]

AJ missed out on 3rd by just 18 votes!

[Miocene]

So after changing how the nominees are elected... The four women came last. Guessing that didn't go according to plan!

I think Konta should have been a lot higher but her year didn't end well.