Sports personality of the year

lol

pp Tommy.

He has a decent personality actually at times, eg after the match interview this morning with Greg and Annabelle.

why did they not do that when nigel mansell, princess anne, zara phillips, ryan giggs or mark cavendish won then?

Tony McCoy won it

hey sue

Hi Rick

was feeling all inspired when I woke up and went and did a crazy kettlebell workout - paying the price now lol

Lol....I've never fancied kettlebells....looks a bit dangerous.

I'd either, put my back out, or let go of it and smash a window

Don't be knocking Lord Anthony of McCoy! That is the reason I haven't been on the horse racing forum for over 5 years to avoid bloodshed!

"Don't be knocking Lord Anthony of McCoy!"

HRH, I'm his biggest fan! Judo will tell you.

Happiest day of my life when he won the National

Wiggins has still achieved the most this year imo and a deserving winner

Can't ever remember a SPOTY as competitive as this though!

*and would be a deserving winner

Apologies MD! I took your post as he was lacking in personality in addition to others listed.

I actually backed Don't Push it at bigger than 33 on here for the National early doors, and was all set to go in again - but then he ran like an absolute pig at Cheltenham and I'd pretty much given up hope!

yes indeed i can confirm that we are in the presence of ap mccoys biggest fan

does not even have a bet either, cried buckets when he won the national and don't even mention when he has a fall

not a fan myself, I lay him quite a lot

kettlebells are great for getting ripped

Agreed FFT - any other year Ennis would be a 10's on poke, but she won't even make the top 3.

ennis lay in the place market

Wiggins should win but a no bet for me as the liberal lefties hold sway at the BBC.

Agree rick. Can't see past Wiggins/Farah/Murray filling the 3 in whatever order. I was quite pleased to get over 40 on Laura Trott in the place market before Farah winning the 5000 and then Murray has completely blown it out the water!

"Apologies MD! I took your post as he was lacking in personality in addition to others listed."

That's ok HRH, it probably didn't come across very well.

I was just pointing out that you don't need to have an all singing all dancing personality to win SPOTTY.

AP is a top bloke.

Getting in the top 10 is competitive enough!

Wiggo
Murray
Mo
Jess
Weir

all nailed on


Ellie Simmonds should get in


Ben Ainslie should get in for his 4th consecutive Olympic Gold



In that event you have three places remaining for:

Sarah Storey (4 paralympic gold medals deserves a place)
Chris Hoy (two more golds)
Hannah Cockcroft (two paralympic golds)
Laura Trott (two golds)
Jason Kenny (two golds)
Katherine Grainger (finally achieved a gold after three near misses)
Nicola Adams (historical boxing win but no chance sadly)
Charlotte Dujardin (two golds, in dressage though...)



Top ten for me are:

Bradley Wiggins
Andy Murray
Mo Farah
Jessica Ennis
David Weir
Ellie Simmonds
Ben Ainslie
Sarah Storey
Katherine Grainger
Laura Trott


Very tough call though!

you've missed out rory mcilroy. surely a shoo in for the 10

and lewis hamilton if he wins world champs

Rory finished 8th in a relatively poor year when he won the US Open


Golf has gone a bit unnoticed given the hype surrounding the Olympics, Wiggins TDF win and now Murray's US Open win (yes I know they were both victorious Olympians too)



Can't have him in the top 10 this time around tbh

"yes indeed i can confirm that we are in the presence of ap mccoys biggest fan

does not even have a bet either"

Thank you Rick.

The betting bit's not quite true tho'.

I did bet for the first time, at Chelts, earlier this year and lost all my money

Then just about broke even when dear old Neptune won it back for me

Not sure when my next bet will be. I quite fancy a bet on Lisa Riley to win Strictly.

so it was you that jinxed my £8000 pick up on Sunnyhill Boy then

just imagine how good McCoy could be if he could present a horse at a fence

What'd ya reckon to Lisa Riley winning Strictly?

She'll get the large ladies vote and there are lots of large ladies.

Lots of men like something to grtab hold of too.

That's my theory anyway

Plus she'll outshine everyone with her personality

bloody keeps refreshing

there is a section called Specials sue, get in there and they will be looking for bets in the SCD  market

good chance to make some money and learn how to trade a market

and as you have a week between shows makes it easier

".... and learn how to trade a market"

Rick, this is me your talking to

Didn't know about the Specials forum tho', so thanks, I'll take a look.

*you're

Oh God I never make that mistake

just investigated

Lisa Riley is a very unlikely winner Sue, but that is not the point. If you could get matched at 140 or higher there is a very good chance she might prove popular and survive a few weeks... that might make her price shorten a lot meaning you can trade away and make a profit on all the contestants no matter who wins

and that is trading

Thanks Rick...I haven't looked yet.

I'm being distracted by a very large pan au chocolat

I bought it today in celebration of Andy's win...it's what he would have wanted.

Betting talk hurts my brain. I will look into it tho'.

I think this year they are going to have a diffent system.  Perhaps theyll have more than ten on the shortlist.  If it was ten i would go...

Wiggins, murray, farah, ennis, ainslie, hoy, weir, simmonds, mcilroy, Trott.

Maybe nicola adams for trott.  If hamilton wins drivers champs then he could oust trott.

Hamilton, McIlroy and Farah should be non runners. Hamilton is Swiss, McIlroy considers himself more Irish than British and Farah is a Somalian who lives in America.

Don't forget - they will want more than their fair share of female competitors this year after the trouble last year. Also, they will want athletes from programmes covered by the Beeb - i.e the Olympics.

The only possible non olympians are mcilroy and hamilton, if he wins.

They should ban all the 'personalities' who are already minted from being voted for to win this award, and give it somebody who is skint, working class, and never stops smiling despite all the media attention, and did it well in a tough game.   

Si if anybody wants to lay me 20/1 after the middle class, upper class and the already rich are out, I'll back Nicola Adams.

The OP wouldn't have taken the piss if Murray was black or asian (NAP)