scootz
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 11:42 AM |
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Sports Personality of the Year
So, who's it gonna be?
Surely it must be Hoy or Calzaghe before Hamilton!
Discuss...
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 11:46 AM |
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Doesn't work like that - it is not about achievement but how much press coverage as well as the popularity of the sport.
It'll be Hamilton for sure.
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82 Locost
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 11:53 AM |
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Hoy or Adlington (because the BBC covered the Olympics)
Lewis next year (when BBC cover F1 again).
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coozer
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 11:58 AM |
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Max Mosely?
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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britishtrident
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 12:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Doesn't work like that - it is not about achievement but how much press coverage as well as the popularity of the sport.
It'll be Hamilton for sure.
Should have won by mile last year --- I have suspected the BBC sports personality of the year has been fixed for decades. (OK I am still very
bitter Jim Clark didn't win it they gave to some doped up cyclist that latter died of heart failure after overdosing on uppers)
Trouble is this year although Lewis took the title this year he has more genuine opposition --- Andy Murray for a start and then all the Olympic
guys & girls.
Ron Dennis should get some major award also -- ideally a knighthood to two finger Her Flick.
[Edited on 10/11/08 by britishtrident]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 12:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Doesn't work like that - it is not about achievement but how much press coverage as well as the popularity of the sport.
It'll be Hamilton for sure.
Should have won by mile last year --- I have suspected the BBC sports personality of the year has been fixed for decades. (OK I am still very
bitter Jim Clark didn't win it they gave to some doped up cyclist that latter died of heart failure after overdosing on uppers)
Trouble is this year although Lewis took the title this year he has more genuine opposition --- Andy Murray for a start and then all the Olympic
guys & girls.
Ron Dennis should get some major award also -- ideally a knighthood to two finger Her Flick.
[Edited on 10/11/08 by britishtrident]
Couldn't have put those sentiments better myself 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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CRAIGR
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 01:28 PM |
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Hamilton will probably be sixth unless of course someones made to step aside so he can progress further
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nstrug
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 01:49 PM |
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No doubt it will be Hamilton but we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievements of Adlington, Hoy and especially Nicole Cook, who seems to
get overlooked despite unprecedented World Championship and Olympic wins in the same year.
And Vicky Pendelton should be congratulated for her well-deserved Beijing gold, her principled stand against the overt sexism in track cycling... and
also for appearing in those photos with her kit off 
Nick
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 05:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nstrug
No doubt it will be Hamilton but we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievements of Adlington, Hoy and especially Nicole Cook, who seems to
get overlooked despite unprecedented World Championship and Olympic wins in the same year.
And Vicky Pendelton should be congratulated for her well-deserved Beijing gold, her principled stand against the overt sexism in track cycling... and
also for appearing in those photos with her kit off
Nick
Wasn't it rebecca romero that was in the nude pics on the bike!?
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DarrenW
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 05:08 PM |
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Id be happy to see Hamilton win it but it would be a hard call to award it to him afterthe superb achievements by our olympiads (if that is what the
collective terms is - including the para-olympiads)
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 06:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Surely it must be Hoy or Calzaghe
Never heard of them
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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johnston
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 06:11 PM |
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Surely if hamilton wins it there will be a stewards enquiry to take 25000 votes off him
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joneh
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 06:34 PM |
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My bets are on Rebecca Adlington
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NeilP
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 08:11 PM |
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Adlington - well deserved - she's given up on a childhood to achieve her dream...
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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nstrug
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| posted on 10/11/08 at 08:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Johneturbo
quote:
Originally posted by nstrug
No doubt it will be Hamilton but we shouldn't overlook the incredible achievements of Adlington, Hoy and especially Nicole Cook, who seems to
get overlooked despite unprecedented World Championship and Olympic wins in the same year.
And Vicky Pendelton should be congratulated for her well-deserved Beijing gold, her principled stand against the overt sexism in track cycling... and
also for appearing in those photos with her kit off
Nick
Wasn't it rebecca romero that was in the nude pics on the bike!?
Vicky did it first, then Rebecca copied her, the discipline-hopping little minx that she is
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