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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Nominees list is out…
cricketer Stuart Broad,
jockey Frankie Dettori,
footballer Mary Earps,
wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett,
athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson
golfer Rory McIlroy
So… simple question…. Who should win?
For me it should be either Mary earps or KJT |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Nominees list is out…
cricketer Stuart Broad,
jockey Frankie Dettori,
footballer Mary Earps,
wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett,
athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson
golfer Rory McIlroy
So… simple question…. Who should win?
For me it should be either Mary earps or KJT"
Fabio
Is Antony Martial not on the list? |
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"Nominees list is out…
cricketer Stuart Broad,
jockey Frankie Dettori,
footballer Mary Earps,
wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett,
athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson
golfer Rory McIlroy
So… simple question…. Who should win?
For me it should be either Mary earps or KJT
Fabio
Is Antony Martial not on the list?"
He's not even on the list for Antony Martial of the year! |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"No Jack Grealish
More to the point no Jude Bellingham "
He is going to win the ballon d’or next year if he can stay fit what more do you need…
3rd in next years spoty to Kane and Saka…   |
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"No Jack Grealish
More to the point no Jude Bellingham
He is going to win the ballon d’or next year if he can stay fit what more do you need…
3rd in next years spoty to Kane and Saka… "
I just don’t get the Saka hype? |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"No Jack Grealish
More to the point no Jude Bellingham
He is going to win the ballon d’or next year if he can stay fit what more do you need…
3rd in next years spoty to Kane and Saka…
I just don’t get the Saka hype?"
Take that back!! How very dare you!!!!  |
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Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No Jack Grealish
More to the point no Jude Bellingham
He is going to win the ballon d’or next year if he can stay fit what more do you need…
3rd in next years spoty to Kane and Saka…
I just don’t get the Saka hype?
Take that back!! How very dare you!!!! "
I just don’t see it Fabio......... |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football."
KJT won at the world athletics championships, earps got voted best keeper at the World Cup and best women keeper in the world…
If broad had won the ashes the I would have agreed.. but him and detori feel like lifetime achievement… |
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"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football."
What do you know of Alfie Hewitt's career too?  |
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"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football.
What do you know of Alfie Hewitt's career too? "
Yeah, but that's not real tennis, is it...(or so I assume his logic goes)
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"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football.
What do you know of Alfie Hewitt's career too?
Yeah, but that's not real tennis, is it...(or so I assume his logic goes)
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Oh, you bad boy! |
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"Nominees list is out…
cricketer Stuart Broad,
jockey Frankie Dettori,
footballer Mary Earps,
wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett,
athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson
golfer Rory McIlroy
So… simple question…. Who should win?
For me it should be either Mary earps or KJT"
Has to be Mary Earps - best (silent on TV coverage) “Fuck off!” ever. For me the key part is “Personality” accepting a level of achievement.
Based on performance only, I’d go for KJT. |
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"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football.
What do you know of Alfie Hewitt's career too?
Yeah, but that's not real tennis, is it...(or so I assume his logic goes)
Oh, you bad boy! "
YOLO is such a bad boy
Wheelchair tennis is really hard! I gave it a go. Wheelchair basketball is a piece of piss in comparison! |
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"Should be Alfie Hewitt for what he won over the year but reckon will go to Earps the goalkeeper in a losing World Cup final team"
How is that a fair characterisation of Earps? I can't stand Man U but I'm a massive Earps fan. Hewitt has achieved pretty much everything several times in wheelchair tennis, he's also very deserving but arguably should have been recognised before now! It's only recently that disabled sportspeople even got a look in. |
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By *abrina59TV/TS
over a year ago
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"Should be Alfie Hewitt for what he won over the year but reckon will go to Earps the goalkeeper in a losing World Cup final team
How is that a fair characterisation of Earps? I can't stand Man U but I'm a massive Earps fan. Hewitt has achieved pretty much everything several times in wheelchair tennis, he's also very deserving but arguably should have been recognised before now! It's only recently that disabled sportspeople even got a look in. "
But he's not been but 5 grand slams in one season is a sensational achievement no matter in what sport & he not done tha5 before & why he should win it this year.
Everyone will have there own reasons for every one of the six to win & this is just my opinion |
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"Just shows what a pretty awful year it has been for British sport. A very weak list. For me I would go Broad, great Ashes and great career but it will go to the goalkeeper as the only footage the BBC has is womens football.
What do you know of Alfie Hewitt's career too?
Yeah, but that's not real tennis, is it...(or so I assume his logic goes)
Oh, you bad boy!
YOLO is such a bad boy
Wheelchair tennis is really hard! I gave it a go. Wheelchair basketball is a piece of piss in comparison!"
The wheelchair rugby league world cup was incredible to watch |
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"Should be Alfie Hewitt for what he won over the year but reckon will go to Earps the goalkeeper in a losing World Cup final team
How is that a fair characterisation of Earps? I can't stand Man U but I'm a massive Earps fan. Hewitt has achieved pretty much everything several times in wheelchair tennis, he's also very deserving but arguably should have been recognised before now! It's only recently that disabled sportspeople even got a look in.
But he's not been but 5 grand slams in one season is a sensational achievement no matter in what sport & he not done tha5 before & why he should win it this year.
Everyone will have there own reasons for every one of the six to win & this is just my opinion "
Like I said above, I'm torn between Earps and Hewitt. They're both very deserving, for different reasons. I just objected to your characterisation of Earps. |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
If you don’t believe how much earps is rated.. just wait a few weeks for the WSL January transfer window to open… and watch for a world record bid for a female player from a certain “club”……
I still 50/50… I am thinking earps but I think hewett might sneak it! |
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"If you don’t believe how much earps is rated.. just wait a few weeks for the WSL January transfer window to open… and watch for a world record bid for a female player from a certain “club”……
I still 50/50… I am thinking earps but I think hewett might sneak it! "
Earps has been hot favourite with the bookies since the shortlist was announced and they are rarely wrong but we will see. |
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"If you don’t believe how much earps is rated.. just wait a few weeks for the WSL January transfer window to open… and watch for a world record bid for a female player from a certain “club”……
I still 50/50… I am thinking earps but I think hewett might sneak it!
Earps has been hot favourite with the bookies since the shortlist was announced and they are rarely wrong but we will see."
Bookies spot on as always. |
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"All the sporting element of the evening ignored…..for a dress
I wonder if Broadys attire would have been commented on had he won. "
Nope. Someone always has to comment on the appearance and dress of female participants. It's tiresome, ain't it? Can't we just appreciate Mary Earps for her footballing capabilities and achievements? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"All the sporting element of the evening ignored…..for a dress
I wonder if Broadys attire would have been commented on had he won. "
6ft 5, he wore a black suit with a white shirt, a tie and black shoes. No commentary on his socks. I wonder if his girlfriend dressed him. |
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"All the sporting element of the evening ignored…..for a dress
I wonder if Broadys attire would have been commented on had he won.
Nope. Someone always has to comment on the appearance and dress of female participants. It's tiresome, ain't it? Can't we just appreciate Mary Earps for her footballing capabilities and achievements? "
Well we as females spend a fortune trying to look beautiful. It’s nice when people notice. |
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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Harry Kane for 2024. Following a glorious Euro ‘24 victory. "
It will go to Saka after he scores the hat trick in the final…
Seriously though… unless England do win it all, it will go to an Olympian of some sort |
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Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Before seeing the thread I didn't know this program was still going
Haven't watched it in decades, it was a tired formula back then, very few nominees had / have "personalities" |
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport."
She did make the point that she's part of a team.
Also, she was nominated, it's not an award she put herself forward for. It's not something she chose to do for her own PR. |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport."
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
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David Beckham won it in 2001. Totally shouldn't have accepted it, obviously. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Before seeing the thread I didn't know this program was still going
Haven't watched it in decades, it was a tired formula back then, very few nominees had / have "personalities""
Whatever else you have to say about Mary Earps, she definitely has a personality! |
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
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Well from a sports achievement point of view, I'd say there were more deserving candidates. But if 'personality' equates to 'celebrity' then she had the highest public profile. Depends what the vote is for I guess. |
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
Well from a sports achievement point of view, I'd say there were more deserving candidates. But if 'personality' equates to 'celebrity' then she had the highest public profile. Depends what the vote is for I guess."
Who did you vote for? |
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By *eachcplCouple
over a year ago
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The whole thing is a complete waste of time. To start with the nominees are chosen by someone at the BBC and the public are only allowed to choose between the six. There are plenty of other sports "personalities" but people can't vote for who would be their choice. The whole system prevents the public from having a real say in who they consider.
This award is totally outdated and past the sell by date. Get rid!
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"The whole thing is a complete waste of time. To start with the nominees are chosen by someone at the BBC and the public are only allowed to choose between the six. There are plenty of other sports "personalities" but people can't vote for who would be their choice. The whole system prevents the public from having a real say in who they consider.
This award is totally outdated and past the sell by date. Get rid!
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Ronnie O'Sullivan for example,Seven world titles and god knows how many other titles,never even been nominated for the 'award',(and I'm not a snooker fan).Earp's winning is a joke,it's a patronising pat on the head,"you didn't win anything but here's a trophy,well done you for having a go". |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
David Beckham won it in 2001. Totally shouldn't have accepted it, obviously. "
What was he wearing? |
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
David Beckham won it in 2001. Totally shouldn't have accepted it, obviously.
What was he wearing?"
A sarong, probably! |
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"Demonstrates how sport has gone down the celebrity route. If England's Women's team were to be honoured, it should have gone to them collectively via the captain. Earp has just garnered more PR - that's not sport.
You think she didn't deserve it?
When male footballers won should their whole team have got the award?
David Beckham won it in 2001. Totally shouldn't have accepted it, obviously.
What was he wearing?
A sarong, probably!"
I bet his wife picked it for him.  |
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"The whole thing is a complete waste of time. To start with the nominees are chosen by someone at the BBC and the public are only allowed to choose between the six. There are plenty of other sports "personalities" but people can't vote for who would be their choice. The whole system prevents the public from having a real say in who they consider.
This award is totally outdated and past the sell by date. Get rid!
Ronnie O'Sullivan for example,Seven world titles and god knows how many other titles,never even been nominated for the 'award',(and I'm not a snooker fan).Earp's winning is a joke,it's a patronising pat on the head,"you didn't win anything but here's a trophy,well done you for having a go"."
Totally agree with this I think The fact Ronnie has never even been nominated is awful.I think it’s probably a case of whose face fits .
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Well done Mary Earps 
