The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
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The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
Who do you fancy for second and third place?
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Leicester will also win team of the year.
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Leicester will also win team of the year.
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
No chance. Little Leicester winning the Prem? Could argue that was the single biggest team achievement in the history of British sport.Mega Ron wrote:Team GB for team of the year.
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At the bookies, both Leicester and Murray are 1/6.DasNutNock wrote:
No chance. Little Leicester winning the Prem? Could argue that was the single biggest team achievement in the history of British sport.
You can get 8/1 on Alisdair Brownlee (gold medal and brotherly love) and 6/1 on ANY GB Olympic team.
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I'd put the Paralympic team above the regular Olympic team based on them finishing 2nd (and the dark clouds gathering over our cycling team).
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Nominations this year are an absolute joke. Embarrassing for the BBC. Or at least, they should be.
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Im pretty sure the BBC will think that way tooDasNutNock wrote:I'd put the Paralympic team above the regular Olympic team based on them finishing 2nd (and the dark clouds gathering over our cycling team).
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
Knowing the BBC, I'dd have a cheeky punt on Murray, Sarah Storey and Kate Richardson- Walsh in a tricast.
Ticks all the boxes and they can feel super smug about how inclusive they are
Ticks all the boxes and they can feel super smug about how inclusive they are
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
In what way? Who should be there? Who shouldn't?DasNutNock wrote:Nominations this year are an absolute joke. Embarrassing for the BBC. Or at least, they should be.
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Where's Itoje, for starters? Carl Frampton? Froome? All had better years than Adam Peaty.
Nicola Adams for a woman's boxing Gold is laughable. Nice lass and all that, but a pitifully uncompetitive sport. Olympics is way over-represented this year. Not a single member of England's unbeaten rugby team?
Nicola Adams for a woman's boxing Gold is laughable. Nice lass and all that, but a pitifully uncompetitive sport. Olympics is way over-represented this year. Not a single member of England's unbeaten rugby team?
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Froome could win the overseas award.DasNutNock wrote:Where's Itoje, for starters? Carl Frampton? Froome? All had better years than Adam Peaty.
Adam Peaty has been utterly immense. Took stupid amounts off the world record numerous times and was so far ahead of a world class field at the Olympics that it was barely believable.
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
Sad how Froome winning the Tour de France is no longer seen as such an amazing achievement. It's certainly a lot more deserving than some of the other nominations.
Regarding the rugby, I suppose it's difficult to single out one player.
Regarding the rugby, I suppose it's difficult to single out one player.
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
Described earlier as, "A show that is basically five hours of clapping".
Who watches this ****?
Who watches this ****?
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bubbles1966 wrote:Described earlier as, "A show that is basically five hours of clapping".
Who watches this ****?
It was good back in the day Bubbs, when BBC had all the sports clips and you had a different section for each sport, Football, Rugby, Harry Carpenter doing the boxing round up and then a motor sport section with Murray Walkers "Colmanballs"..Loved it as a kid, its all a bit too "BBC" for me nowadays, bound to be a Womens football section FFS.
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Re: The BBC Andy Murray of the year 2016
There is no way either of the GB olympic teams should win team of the year.
They dont really compete together as teams, they are individuals covering many different sports who train and compete as individuals, there is no real teamwork there (apart from the funding maybe).
The term 'Team GB' is a recent one as well, as is the constant reference to the medals table.
The Olympics was always about one person taking on the rest of the world, apart from maybe the relays, the show jumping(team event) etc.
now if our 4x400 meter relay squad had won gold and knocked 5 seconds off the world record, they would have a chance (as well as a full scale investigation).
They dont really compete together as teams, they are individuals covering many different sports who train and compete as individuals, there is no real teamwork there (apart from the funding maybe).
The term 'Team GB' is a recent one as well, as is the constant reference to the medals table.
The Olympics was always about one person taking on the rest of the world, apart from maybe the relays, the show jumping(team event) etc.
now if our 4x400 meter relay squad had won gold and knocked 5 seconds off the world record, they would have a chance (as well as a full scale investigation).
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Why did they not just call it Sports Person of the year?wizzo_66 wrote:I've always had issue with this competition as it has absolutely nothing to do with personality.
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