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TransitionTed
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 Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 9:05 pm Post subject: What? No SPOTY thread? |
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And someone trotting out the "but he/she's not much of a personality are they?" line. (Like I did one year, I think)
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Bokkeuk
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| Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| To quote a famous tennis player: "you cannot be serious"
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explorerJC
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TransitionTed
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| explorerJC wrote: | | Why the surprise? |
It's a TT tradition. Moaning about the lack of personality and the pointless debate of who has and hasn't got a personality.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| TransitionTed wrote: | | explorerJC wrote: | | Why the surprise? |
It's a TT tradition. Moaning about the lack of personality and the pointless debate of who has and hasn't got a personality. |
Does any sportsperson have a personality?
I felt sorry for Ali coming second....
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| explorerJC wrote: | | TransitionTed wrote: | | explorerJC wrote: | | Why the surprise? |
It's a TT tradition. Moaning about the lack of personality and the pointless debate of who has and hasn't got a personality. |
Does any sportsperson have a personality?
I felt sorry for Ali coming second.... |
I reckon AB benefited from the fact that the "short list" was 16 names long. Andy Murray was always going to be a hot favourite after the year that he's had, but the vote for the other contenders would have been so thinly split that a bit of concerted effort would have made it relatively easy for a sport to get its' contender "on the podium"
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KingstonGraham
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Who wins it next year? I reckon Joshua or Farah.
Not sure what Froome has to do to get on the shortlist.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:14 am Post subject: |
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| KingstonGraham wrote: | Who wins it next year? I reckon Joshua or Farah.
Not sure what Froome has to do to get on the shortlist. |
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MarkyMark76
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| A professional football team winning team of the year is just wrong.
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gingerbongo
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:07 am Post subject: |
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| MarkyMark76 wrote: | | A professional football team winning team of the year is just wrong. |
As opposed to what - a professional rugby team, a professional cricket team, a professional tennis team (Davis Cup)?
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KingstonGraham
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| Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| MarkyMark76 wrote: | | A professional football team winning team of the year is just wrong. |
I mean, imagine, a team playing the most popular and competitive team sport in the world winning a sports team competition. Ridiculous.
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fat buddha
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renaming it "Sports Person of the Year" would overcome many objections to Murray winning this. he's no personality but you can't deny he is a superb sports person who has had a superb year.
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mash180
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| I'm really surprised that Laura Kenny didn't place higher to be honest.
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