[Closed] SPOTY 2014

I'm voting for Lizzy yarnold.

Can we vote for Josh and Manon.... Bryceland to storm the stage carried by Peaty pissed as farts and run off with the trophy? May explain why they don't get nominated

Vote Jo then!

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If Jo Pavey wins someone will have to get Brendan a new pair of pants.

Go dressage.......

Vote for whomever you like; we all know it's going to Lewis Hamilton.

I though that duffer but aren't the odds suggesting Rory by a mile.

Golf, skeleton and dressage - the exclusivity monitors will be up in arms!

Do any of the 10 candidates have a personality?
Hamilton is a whinging child who drives a very fast car in a very dull sport.
Dressage is beyond the comprehension of mortal man
Bale is a great footballer but is very dull
Etc etc

Has to be Jo Pavey, she is down to earth, and has worked hard to get where she is alongside bringing up a young family. She is involved in local athletics here in Exeter and often see her out running or doing normal family stuff. Millions of miles away from Hamiliton et al, she will be getting my vote.

[quote=teamhurtmore ]I though that duffer but aren't the odds suggesting Rory by a mile.

It's a lot closer than it was - could have got 7/2 on Hamilton 2 weeks ago (I wish I had), best is now 7/4.

It's always a clear favourite, a couple that you couldn't rule out I suppose, and then some to make up the numbers.

Jo Pavey would be a very deserving winner but it's hard to see anyone other than Hamilton or McIlroy winning it.

Lineker is sounding rough 🙂

Froch for me. I think he does have a personality. Just not a showy one.

First Spoty in a while I can't be bothered to watch. Not been a vintage year of sport 2014.

Lewis all the way.

'F1 boring sport, not a vintage year.. blah blah..'

cycling is not the only sport y'boring whingers

The X Factor final is more entertaining than BBC1. Never understood it.

Lizzy gets my vote, as long as it's not a glorified tiddlywinks chase for prizemoney with a bat stick in a big field player I don't mind.

It has been dire for quite a few years now, I think most sports fans gave up on it when it was fixed for the horse riding royal. It does very much feel like the BBC decided to give it a makeover and hand it over to the strictly dancing on ice production team, who decided to get their own back on all the sporty types who never picked them for the team in school.

Besides it can't be a sports programme if it isn't presented by a man in a brown burtons suit who has lost control of his moustache. And no matter how hard Claire Balding tries, she just can't master the pipe smoking and mild drinking to really convince she belongs there.

There's only one winner this year, and he's not on the list.

Gary Verity, the man who brought Le Tour to Yorkshire.
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Jo, Jo, Jo, Jo. But I bet it's golf or F1. On the positive side, Clare Balding looks really well.

I agree that it is typical 'BBC trying to do razzmatazz and failing' bullshit, but it is still better than the bloody X factor. Mind you, so is an enema.

It would be much more engaging if it was just a bloke at a bar with a small audience. Think this:

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Manon carpenter looks bloody hot though from her pics on FB!

Even better on her 'normal' page 😉

ah the 2014 STW Sports Snobbery Awards/Bingo

YAS! Didn't realise that a horse could win this year!

Just take 'personality' out of the title as it's got nowt to do with it based on recent winners. BBC prime time tosh. Better a program on the unknown champions and volunteers.

pics or it didn't happen legend.. 😉

Lizzy Yarnold for the win.. Skeleton is an awesome sport!

Is Jo pavey 40 and does she have kids? I think she mentioned it once but I'm not sure...

It should be Lewis, F1 World Champion for the second time, he's got to be in final 3 at the very least?

Jo Pavey ftw.

Manon and Tahnee are there, although Rachael turned her invite down.

The events lost all relevance, it's just another phone in.

Gallagher and evans......achievement, personality and a lot of courage

Did I hear the MTB bit right? They said Gee had the double, no mention of Josh!?

Can't believe this guy didn't get a look in.

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More personality than the whingy driver can ever hope to possess.

Jambalaya: sure you're watching the same channel. SPOTY is BBC1, not ITV

Any one got a link to it being rigged for a royal?

It's only been won by a royal in 1971 btw.. 😉

"More personality than the whingy driver can ever hope to possess"?

Sorry, but I don't think so, Lewis did it when he'd already been 'written off' by so many, by grid, hard work, determination and knowing when and where to push and also to back off.
In the last race he was in a class of his own, world champion class, the best in the world.

It doesn't look like a sports show does it

I think Gary needs to be substituted off

Chris Hoy. Legend.

Great acceptance speech from Sir Chris Hoy.

Hamilton then

Wanted Jo pavey to win. Hopefully the car driver doesn't win.

FFS.

Deserved win.

Balls! Who voted for that egomaniac!

Happy for Lewis, well deserved!

[quote=mikey74 ]Deserved win.
Yep

😀 😳 😈

Well it's good for F1....

A good winner, being top of your game in any sport deserves a lot of recognition. A season long battle with your team mate is probably the toughest thing to do.

I think he was so emotional as he got to stand next to king kenny. Fair dos.

Dull bloke, dull sport, dull UK public

Predictable, no ?

It's only been won by a royal in 1971 btw..

You missed 2006 then, when her daughter won it? 😕

Couldn't quite put my finger on it, but the wife did. 'That bloke is false and lacks soul'.
She doesn't normally do sport but i thought it quite perceptive

All the finalists deserved to win, but there can only be one winner.
Lewis is the best in the world.
I hope he goes on to take another world title and equal Sir Jackie Stewarts tally of titles.

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Why would you take a bulldog along? Tries desperately to look cool but comes across as a chavy cockwomble

As a dedicated sportsmen he's o.k. It's the fans/hangers on with their baggy shirts tucked in to their chinos and monogrammed blouson jackets I can't stand.

I think it has lost it as a progamme, I watched 20 mins which coincided with the commonwealth games section. An event I didn't watch at all. I have very little idea who won anything as a result of the section they did. I guess it is a function of the age and the assumption that the knowledge is easy to obtain if you desire.

Must be great to be in a "sport" where you only have to beat one bloke to be world champion...

Its a joke now. As John Mcguiness has said on twitter, why werent Simon Andrews and Karl Harris mentioned in the section about lost sportsmen and women but the well known "sportsman" Malcolm Glazer was. And also, why is Ronnie O'Sullivan never nominated? - he won the uk champs and got a 147 with a broken ankle! Motorcycling and snooker obviously not fashionable enough or high enough on the sporting agenda!!

Snooker isnt sport

Edric 64 - and horse dancing is?

Last time i looked, snooker was covered by BBC sport.

At least it wasn't the walk spoiler - though I'm now kicking myself because there wasn't actually a catch when the bookies were offering very generous odds on Lewis.

Oh bllx he won. Was it worth watching back? Any highlights?

You missed 2006 then, when her daughter won it?

Can't say I'm particularly pleased Lewis won, but it takes more work than I think any of us are capable of to get where he's got. Just a shame JB didn't win when he took the WDC.

[quote=idiotdogbrain ]Just a shame JB didn't win when he took the WDC.

I was thinking maybe there was somebody more worthy, and then I checked 👿

It just proves that motor racing fans seem to be well represented in SPOTY TV audiences. Dunno why that should be.

Ronnie is undoubtably an absolute legend and gifted at his game

but he's not really an 'ambassador' is he?

gj lewis by the way.

'Walk spoiler' - descriptor of the day 🙂

To win it your sport or achievement would need to capture the voting publics attention. Hamilton's battle with Rosberg has clearly done that this year. He hasn't really had that much in the way of completion from the more popular sports this year either.

As with all these popularity contests, I wonder if those complaining about the winner actually bothered voting for the person they wanted to win.

I thought the skier lass was bold, did not realise her vision was so limited.
The Invitus people and any of the Para-Olympians were a great reality check.
Loved the unsung hero award.
Them world champ women rugby players also impressive and well deserved.
Apart from Lineker enjoyed it this year.
Did feel that the intros to the big star nominees were a tad biased, where was the dry ice and light show for Joe Pavey and the others who don't live in the high net income sports world.

Hamilton should be paying his tax in the UK or be banned from pretending he is proud of being British.

I'm not sure I like the change to the new talent show format, it's all a bit Phoenix Nights for me. That said, Alonso's Borat impression was inspired, and by golly, who'd have ever known that Carlos Valderamma could sing like that - if you squinted it might as well have been Beyoncé. Pity it was won by some generic footballer.

An underwhelming result in my opinion. I don't know why but Lewis evokes no emotion, positive or negative, from me, very odd. I'd have been happy to see Rory McIlroy win, though I did vote for Jo Pavey.

I don't think it has been a vintage year for sport in all honesty, no truly outstanding performances in my eyes at least though my brother (golfist) and best mate (motor racing fan) heavily disagree with me.

At least it was exceptional performances that placed the nominees on the list (despite it not having one of this bunch Carpenter, Bryceland, Atherton on the list)
Was there any mention in the show of the Outstanding performance of the British Downhill team at the World Championships who literally blew the world away ???

No ??? am not surprised .. it used to be a celebration of British Sportsman competing and winning at the highest levels .. what is it now?? poop.

Was there any mention in the show of the Outstanding performance of the British Downhill team at the World Championships who literally blew the world away ???

No ??? am not surprised

It's the program itself that's the issue now, if you recall it was always called "Sports Review of the Year", not "Sports Personality....". And that's why it was so good, it was a genuine review of the sporting year with an award tacked onto the end of it. I may have fast forwarded the horse racing roundup but at least you got to see a spectrum of performances across a variety of sports.

All it is now is 2 hours where they spend 10 minutes per nominee (and not actually showing properly what they did, just some arty piece about how hard they've worked blah-blah) and 20 minutes giving awards. How much actual sport was shown last night? As a percentage of the show it must be buttons.

Shame as it was always one of the must watch December programs for me, I think this will be the last year that I do....

The BBC website says "Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley named Coach of the Year" Not sure how someone who captained/managed a team in a week long event can be coach of the year!?!

Because he has been working with his potential team for at least a year before the week long event?