BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2011

[Saaf_laandon_mo]

Originally Posted by denphone

l would like to see Andrew Strauss win it as England have swept all before them in test cricket in the last 18 months.

To be honest I'd like sporting personalities to win it. And you dont have to be a winner to have a personality.

So for me, I'd go with Swan over Strauss because he's more of a personality (imo) if we're talking cricket.

I'd love to see David Hayes win it. Ok he might have lost his fight to Klitschko but he had everyone talking about it leading up and after the fight. Who cares if some of what he said was in bad taste, personally I think it made a lot of people want to watch him.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

What has Andy Murray done? Win Winbledon first, mate.

and then get a personality...

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Originally Posted by denphone

Yes a bit like Phil Taylor who has won 15 world darts titles and yet will never win this award.

Does he appear on the BBC 'coz if he doesn't he never will

[denphone]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

and then get a personality...

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Does he appear on the BBC 'coz if he doesn't he never will

No most of his televised stuff is on Sky but thats no excuse in my mind.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

I'd love to see David Hayes win it. Ok he might have lost his fight to Klitschko but he had everyone talking about it leading up and after the fight. Who cares if some of what he said was in bad taste, personally I think it made a lot of people want to watch him.

He didn't just lose though, he ran, no wonder his toe was hurting at the end.

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Originally Posted by denphone

No most of his televised stuff is on Sky but thats no excuse in my mind.

Clue's in the title, BBC sports personality of the year, it used to be limited to people who appeared of Granstand, Sportsview or some show like that IIRC which is why Bob Nudd never won, perhaps it's changed over the years since they started to lose sports rights.

[Kingofthedead4]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

He didn't just lose though, he ran, no wonder his toe was hurting at the end.

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Clue's in the title, BBC sports personality of the year, it used to be limited to people who appeared of Granstand, Sportsview or some show like that IIRC which is why Bob Nudd never won, perhaps it's changed over the years since they started to lose sports rights.

It would have to change or next year we would only have the world jelly throwing champion and tic tac toe champion to choose from.

[denphone]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/spor...y/16303729.stm

World road race champion and Tour de France green jersey winner Mark Cavendish has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

In the night's other awards England's cricket team were named Team of the Year, with their coach Andy Flower winnning the Coach of the Year award.

World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic, winner of three of the year's four Grand Slams, won the Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, while teenage golfer Lauren Taylor scooped the Young Sports Personality award.

Athletics coaches Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin won the BBC Sports Unsung Hero award.

Former rower Sir Steve Redgrave won the Lifetime Achievement award while Bob Champion was handed the Helen Rollason Award.