BBC Sports Personality - Team of the Year

[tom27111]

4 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

As good and as dominant as Peaty has been, swimming doesn't exactly get the juices flowing in terms of excitement does it? Especially when your speciality is the breaststroke (the slowest and most pointless of all the swimming strokes).

 

I refer you again to the 2006 winner...Zara Tindall.

 

I guess it's a good thing that we're having a conversation about it. There are loads of people who could have won it, loads more than the pretty poor shortlist the BBC put together.

 

There have been years when nobody has really achieved anything.

[Facecloth]

10 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

I refer you again to the 2006 winner...Zara Tindall.

 

I guess it's a good thing that we're having a conversation about it. There are loads of people who could have won it, loads more than the pretty poor shortlist the BBC put together.

 

There have been years when nobody has really achieved anything.

There have been some shocking winners, but it is a public vote I guess.

 

Greg Rusedski in 1997. Reached a slam final.

 

David Beckham in 2001. Scoring a goal v Greece.

 

Michael Owen 1998. Scoring a goal v Argentina.

 

Ryan Giggs in 2009. Still not sure. Is shagging your sister in law a sport?

 

Damon Hill in 1994. For not winning the F1 title.

 

Nigel Mansell 1986. Not winning the F1 title.

[Izzy]

IIRC, Giggs won it that year because he'd just made 700 appearances, scored 100 PL goals, and played for 20 years.

 

It felt more like a lifetime achievement award at the time I thought. 

[HybridFox]

7 hours ago, turlo said:

No way! It was a complete failure to finish 5th and we only beat Man Utd and Chelsea by pure luck to win our first ever FA Cup. 

Behave

[Beliall]

3 hours ago, Izzy said:

IIRC, Giggs won it that year because he'd just made 700 appearances, scored 100 PL goals, and played for 20 years.

 

It felt more like a lifetime achievement award at the time I thought. 

thats a shame, i was looking forward to signing up to shag my sister in law for england

[cruzFOX]

anyone but Arry Kane!

[Super_horns]

6 hours ago, Facecloth said:

There have been some shocking winners, but it is a public vote I guess.

 

Greg Rusedski in 1997. Reached a slam final.

 

David Beckham in 2001. Scoring a goal v Greece.

 

Michael Owen 1998. Scoring a goal v Argentina.

 

Ryan Giggs in 2009. Still not sure. Is shagging your sister in law a sport?

 

Damon Hill in 1994. For not winning the F1 title.

 

Nigel Mansell 1986. Not winning the F1 title.

Giggs won ahead of Jenson Button who did win the F1 title.

 

Would have thought Jenson was popular enough to win..

 

Must have been a strong Welsh/Man U campaign! 

[Raj]

53 minutes ago, Super_horns said:

Giggs won ahead of Jenson Button who did win the F1 title.

 

Would have thought Jenson was popular enough to win..

 

Must have been a strong Welsh/Man U campaign! 

Now that example just shows how stupid the whole concept is.

I still cant believe the Heavyweight  Champion  of the World  didnt even get Top3.

There was a time Britain was  laughing stock at Heavyweight  boxing, now they take it for granted. Embarrassing. 

[Saigon Fox]

11 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Peaty has to win. He’s the most dominant athlete we’ve ever produced unbeaten in long course breaststroke over a four year period…. He’s also the only British swimmer ever to successfully retain his Olympic title. Comfortable the best swimmer we’ve ever had. The fact he hasn’t been knighted yet and Hamilton has it an utter disgrace. Peaty is the greatest sports person we’ve ever produced, and he hasn’t even gotten started yet. 
 

He has also redefined breaststroke and his 100m long course time is frankly freakish. He’s a monster. 
 

He is untouchable over 100m long course breaststroke… I don’t think as a nation some people realise how good he actually is…..

OK, I'll bite. Could you explain your reasoning behind your Hamilton comment? I mean, why him? Why not a cyclist or a tennis player etc?

[Facecloth]

12 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Peaty has to win. He’s the most dominant athlete we’ve ever produced unbeaten in long course breaststroke over a four year period…. He’s also the only British swimmer ever to successfully retain his Olympic title. Comfortable the best swimmer we’ve ever had. The fact he hasn’t been knighted yet and Hamilton has it an utter disgrace. Peaty is the greatest sports person we’ve ever produced, and he hasn’t even gotten started yet. 
 

He has also redefined breaststroke and his 100m long course time is frankly freakish. He’s a monster. 
 

He is untouchable over 100m long course breaststroke… I don’t think as a nation some people realise how good he actually is…..

I'll give you one good reason why he's not been knighted despite retaining his Olympic title, it happened this year and there hasn't been an honours list announced yet!

 

Hamilton has 10 years on Peaty and was only knighted in last years honours when he had either equaled or beaten every record in F1. So I think as good as Peaty is you're jumping the gun dishing him out a knighthood just yet.

 

Also funny how you have an issue with Hamilton, a 7 time world champions and one of if not the best in the history of his sport is knighted, but no issue with Sir Andy Murray, Dame Sarah Storey, Dame Ellen McArthur etc

[Facecloth]

53 minutes ago, Raj said:

Now that example just shows how stupid the whole concept is.

I still cant believe the Heavyweight  Champion  of the World  didnt even get Top3.

There was a time Britain was  laughing stock at Heavyweight  boxing, now they take it for granted. Embarrassing. 

At the end of the day, whilst the vote is based in sporting achievement, it also helps if you're likeable. The fact that for every person that likes Tyson Fury there's probably two that think he's a massive bellend won't have helped. Plus he wouldn't shut up about not wanted to be part of SPOTY, so maybe even the people who like him didn't vote for him.

[Phube]

1 hour ago, Raj said:

Now that example just shows how stupid the whole concept is.

I still cant believe the Heavyweight  Champion  of the World  didnt even get Top3.

There was a time Britain was  laughing stock at Heavyweight  boxing, now they take it for granted. Embarrassing. 

But boxing is t a real sport, there is no set path/hierarchy it all promoters and boxing who you feel like and splitting it between tons of organisations. 
 

 

[Harpenden Fox]

2 minutes ago, Phube said:

But boxing is t a real sport, there is no set path/hierarchy it all promoters and boxing who you feel like and splitting it between tons of organisations. 
 

 

Agree. Boxing is rubbish and stupid. So too is motor racing, which is basically just a willy waving contest for mid level IT consultants.

[Phube]

25 minutes ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Agree. Boxing is rubbish and stupid. So too is motor racing, which is basically just a willy waving contest for mid level IT consultants.

And don’t get me started with swimming! In what other sport do you get to compete in 4 different versions of the same distance? 

Imagine:

100m - sprint

100m - backwards running

100m - hopping

100m - crab football style?

[Raj]

1 hour ago, Phube said:

But boxing is t a real sport, there is no set path/hierarchy it all promoters and boxing who you feel like and splitting it between tons of organisations. 
 

 

 

1 hour ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Agree. Boxing is rubbish and stupid. So too is motor racing, which is basically just a willy waving contest for mid level IT consultants.

Blimey, you both had your 3 weetabix this morning!

Boxing ISNT a real sport??? WOW

[Phube]

29 minutes ago, Raj said:

 

Blimey, you both had your 3 weetabix this morning!

Boxing ISNT a real sport??? WOW

No the boxers, the whole structure is not sport. Imagine Man City choosing who they want to defend their prem title against. 

[Raj]

1 hour ago, Phube said:

No the boxers, the whole structure is not sport. Imagine Man City choosing who they want to defend their prem title against. 

This is absurd. Is this a wind up?

[Mickyblueeyes]

2 hours ago, Raj said:

 

Blimey, you both had your 3 weetabix this morning!

Boxing ISNT a real sport??? WOW

I thought this. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean its not a sport. Ridiculous statement. The fitness required for boxing and the technical skill make it one if the hardest sports out there. 

[Silver surfer 1]

3 hours ago, Harpenden Fox said:

Agree. Boxing is rubbish and stupid. So too is motor racing, which is basically just a willy waving contest for mid level IT consultants.

Tennis is Micky mouse compared to boxing .  You risk your life in the ring .  Tennis is weak sport.  Nice and woke.  Emma mick my mouse tennis tournament chump . She’ll be on all the hairspray commercials soon because women sell . 

[Dr Marco]

I've never read so much rattling here...JEEZ

[Jobyfox]

15 minutes ago, Silver surfer 1 said:

Tennis is Micky mouse compared to boxing .  You risk your life in the ring .  Tennis is weak sport.  Nice and woke.  Emma mick my mouse tennis tournament chump . She’ll be on all the hairspray commercials soon because women sell . 

Well, to be fair, Tyson Fury was never going to make many hairspray commercials anyway 

[Samilktray]

22 minutes ago, Silver surfer 1 said:

Tennis is Micky mouse compared to boxing .  You risk your life in the ring .  Tennis is weak sport.  Nice and woke.  Emma mick my mouse tennis tournament chump . She’ll be on all the hairspray commercials soon because women sell . 

Grown men on an Internet forum 

[Raj]

40 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

I thought this. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean its not a sport. Ridiculous statement. The fitness required for boxing and the technical skill make it one if the hardest sports out there. 

I was sticking up for the Boxers mate, its the other 2 you want to hammer🤣🤣

Anyway as others have said this is getting ridiculously  stupid. I'm not coming back in here.

[Mickyblueeyes]

4 minutes ago, Raj said:

I was sticking up for the Boxers mate, its the other 2 you want to hammer🤣🤣

Anyway as others have said this is getting ridiculously  stupid. I'm not coming back in here.

I know mate. I was agreeing with your comment  Sorry, didnt come across clear - I had the same thought as you. 

[RumbleFox]

This thread is absolutely embarrassing. It’s like a “what if” for if the internet existed in 1976 in Barnsley. 

Edited 20 December 2021 by RumbleFox