SPOTY 2013
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whiteboytrash wrote:feltkuota wrote:whiteboytrash wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
In a sense I think it demonstrates the underlying skepticism held in regards to Froome's performances.
The British public appear to be holding a wait and see approach on Chris. 6th place is not encouraging.
How WBT can guage a nations thoughts is beyond me. Given that he/she spectacularly misinterprets and misrepresents the small number of posters on a cycling forum.
Opinion polls are meaningless? Political parties pit their futures on them.
I'm not saying it is representation of much. But if a subset of the nation votes down the Tour de France winner then there may be a problem with the way in which he won.
If Cav can win through sprint stages alone and a Tour winner can't even get 2nd then I'd be concerned if I was PR for Sky.
2011 Cav won the World Champs, 1st Brit for a while. 2012 Wiggins won the TDF 1st Brit ever. This year Murray won Wimbledon (mens) 1st Brit in 70 plus year's.. Do you see a pattern?0 -
ddraver wrote:What is Judy Murray wearing?!?!
The skins of all the children she sacrificed to get Andy his win?
According to twitter it was a 'sleeveless onesie'.Correlation is not causation.0 -
ddraver wrote:It was...unique...
*sigh* this used to be such a good show...where did it go wrong...
When they made it into a big arena style event with flashing nobs and singing and sh*t.
When it was just a sporting round up of the year with a prize given out at the end hosted in a smallish space at television centre it was good. Then they made it all X-Factor
Correlation is not causation.0 -
Above The Cows wrote:ddraver wrote:It was...unique...
*sigh* this used to be such a good show...where did it go wrong...
When they made it into a big arena style event with flashing nobs and singing and sh*t.
When it was just a sporting round up of the year with a prize given out at the end hosted in a smallish space at television centre it was good. Then they made it all X-Factor
+1It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Not wanting to be controversial here but did anyone else find the choice of winner for the Helen Rollason award a bit out of keeping with a sports award programme? I say this as a (lapsed) LFC supporter who had hoped to be there for my first live match that day and have been grateful ever since that my parents felt a 16 year old shouldn't be going unaccompanied. Anne Williams' fight was inspirational and I agree with everything she did but it was really a campaign for justice that just happened to relate to a sporting event which doesn't seem to be in the spirit of what I understood the award to be.0
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Pross wrote:Not wanting to be controversial here but did anyone else find the choice of winner for the Helen Rollason award a bit out of keeping with a sports award programme? I say this as a (lapsed) LFC supporter who had hoped to be there for my first live match that day and have been grateful ever since that my parents felt a 16 year old shouldn't be going unaccompanied. Anne Williams' fight was inspirational and I agree with everything she did but it was really a campaign for justice that just happened to relate to a sporting event which doesn't seem to be in the spirit of what I understood the award to be.
I don't think you're being too controversial; however, I'm not sure I agree. I think it was in keeping as the sports element of the story and the effect to the wider sporting landscape make it relevant. I can see your point, however I'm not sure what arena would have been more appropriate to recognise this brave lady.It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
RichN95 wrote:Why didn't Orica-Greenedge win Coach of the Year?
Because the Norbert Dentressangle roadies put in last minute bid for Gantry of The Year, which split the vote...0 -
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Pross wrote:Not wanting to be controversial here but did anyone else find the choice of winner for the Helen Rollason award a bit out of keeping with a sports award programme? I say this as a (lapsed) LFC supporter who had hoped to be there for my first live match that day and have been grateful ever since that my parents felt a 16 year old shouldn't be going unaccompanied. Anne Williams' fight was inspirational and I agree with everything she did but it was really a campaign for justice that just happened to relate to a sporting event which doesn't seem to be in the spirit of what I understood the award to be.
I agree Pross. She was very inspirational but it was more a judicial- political victory around a sporting tragedy.0 -
Yellow Peril wrote:Pross wrote:Not wanting to be controversial here but did anyone else find the choice of winner for the Helen Rollason award a bit out of keeping with a sports award programme? I say this as a (lapsed) LFC supporter who had hoped to be there for my first live match that day and have been grateful ever since that my parents felt a 16 year old shouldn't be going unaccompanied. Anne Williams' fight was inspirational and I agree with everything she did but it was really a campaign for justice that just happened to relate to a sporting event which doesn't seem to be in the spirit of what I understood the award to be.
I agree Pross. She was very inspirational but it was more a judicial- political victory around a sporting tragedy.
I concur. We were looking at each other and saying "What is going on here". It was a terrible tragedy, but a celebration of sporting achievement party was not the place to go into the politics of the aftermath. That will all come out in due course, and rightly so.
A strange decision by the BBC.0 -
whiteboytrash wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
In a sense I think it demonstrates the underlying skepticism held in regards to Froome's performances.
The British public appear to be holding a wait and see approach on Chris. 6th place is not encouraging.
You overestimate the British public.“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
I don't think it was all that controversial really. The award has tended to go to a campaigner of sorts, though usually someone raising money for cancer research or something like that.
While politics was definitely played with the Hillsborough tragedy, what she campaigned for was the righting of a gross injustice and to reveal the massive cover-up around it. The campaign itself was never political.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
okgo wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
No, it really isn't.
Yes. Yes it is.
For me it is. But again, I've always thought that sport was the most bland sport ever.
Taking our live coverage of cycling on Eurosport as well..0 -
ThomThom wrote:okgo wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
No, it really isn't.
Yes. Yes it is.
For me it is. But again, I've always thought that sport was the most bland sport ever.
Taking our live coverage of cycling on Eurosport as well..
I'm afraid your opinion is rendered invalid because you come from a country that takes curling seriously ;-)Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
This seems to confirm what Rich said earlier: the win was so clear that the placings behind him are more due to special interest votes.frenchfighter wrote:Shockingly low turnout. In retrospect no one had a chance.
Murray: 401,470
Halfpenny: 65,913
McCoy: 57,854
Mo Farah: 51,945
Ben Ainslie: 48,140
Chris Froome: 37,343
Hannah Cockroft: 26,151
Christine Ohuruogu: 13,179
Justin Rose: 9,833
Ian Bell: 5,626
Total votes: 717,4540 -
My 2p worth
Not that i'm a tennis fan but winning Wimbledon is a big deal and its no surprise he cleaned up.
But more importantly didn't anyone else see Andy on the video link a few seconds before he was announced as the winner?
Deep down we all knew it would be a whitewash.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:ThomThom wrote:okgo wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
No, it really isn't.
Yes. Yes it is.
For me it is. But again, I've always thought that sport was the most bland sport ever.
Taking our live coverage of cycling on Eurosport as well..
I'm afraid your opinion is rendered invalid because you come from a country that takes curling seriously ;-)
And handball... Fcking handball.0 -
Almost there, Chris.. Improvement from the Tour 2014 unveiling show..
The shoes though..0 -
ThomThom wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:ThomThom wrote:okgo wrote:ThomThom wrote:Froome 6th?
Let's be honest. His whole season is 20 times the achivement than winning some tennis tournament.
No, it really isn't.
Yes. Yes it is.
For me it is. But again, I've always thought that sport was the most bland sport ever.
Taking our live coverage of cycling on Eurosport as well..
I'm afraid your opinion is rendered invalid because you come from a country that takes curling seriously ;-)
And handball... ******* handball.
Don't get me started on handball. Though to be fair, it includes a degree of violence that puts it a step above curling.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
How about badminton - the Danes are pretty nifty at that, non?0
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Richmond Racer wrote:How about badminton - the Danes are pretty nifty at that, non?
Yep. I guess it's a reasonable sport if you're into that sort of thing. Very quick and dextrous, quite fun to play.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
