BBC SPOTY | Team of the Year: CITY | Coach of the Year: GUARDIOLA | World Sport Star: HAALAND

[Bantamgaz]

When the likes of Osullivan and Taylor havent won it then it really is just a populariry competition.............not actually about winning anything anymore is it look at Micheal Owen back in 1998 thats the year it lost all its purpose...............

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Not forgetting “Cheats of the Century“.

The scousers and rags are crayoning in the asterisks next to the awards as we speak

 

[Mon Autre]

It’s turning into nothing more than a patronising pat on the head of female sportswomen who say they don’t want to be treated differently but are by certain people, determined to pretend that women’s sports is on a par with or even better than their male counterparts right now.

Last year it was awarded to the player of the tournament at the women's euros and the year before it was a US Open winner. Celebrating those achievements is hardly a tokenistic pat on the head.

 

[Gray]

It’s turning into nothing more than a patronising pat on the head of female sportswomen who say they don’t want to be treated differently but are by certain people, determined to pretend that women’s sports is on a par with or even better than their male counterparts right now.

A woman's football match is televised you might get a token male as part of the presentation team.

But get a mans match on the box and there are hoards of women taking part in the presentation.

Things have gone too far.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Glad this thread is here otherwise I'd never have known....BBC yet again a disgrace.

Mind, the whole thing is a big bag of bollocks anyway.

 

[RiversideBlue]

Let's face it,, Burps won it because no one British has done anything particularly successful in an individual sport on a World stage this year.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Haaland was born in Leeds though. Pretty sure that should qualify you as British.

It does it you claim it. He hasn't done, to my knowledge anyway, so doesn’t qualify.

All this because he only got SPOTY World Sportsperson of the year.

 

[Gray]

Glad this thread is here otherwise I'd never have known....BBC yet again a disgrace.

Mind, the whole thing is a big bag of bollocks anyway.

And the bloody thing overran and buggered up my recording of Vigil.

 

[Zapcity]

Have to admit I didn't know SPOTY was on.
Although most people wouldn't have heard of the winner, I don't see a huge problem with it. Womens football in this country has come on a lot and the England team has done well last couple of years .Is it a coincidence it was someone connected with United who was nominated as their mens team is so shit at the moment,maybe? (got to say I did prefer what she was wearing last night to what we normally see her in though!)
The title 'personality' is a bit misleading, Andy Murray won it more than once didn't he? Good Tennis player, but doesn't seem to have much 'personality'.
Most awards don't mean anything. Ant and bloody Dec TV presenters of the year for the 300th time FFS! (Someone please pension them off.)
Having said that, from a totally objective point of view had we not won team of the year after our brilliant achievements last season(and winning the European Club thingy and getting to the final of this current one) it would have made a mockery of the award and made it seem totally pointless !

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Failure keeper wins.
Shock.
This hideous, look at me, main award has long since been without merit. Just a lovely, wokey, feel good about ourselves, bbc conspired trinket.

Wow ...............