BoxRec

Wales votes for Thomas I guess

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:06 Wales votes for Thomas I guess

I thought they were like us, didn't realise they had phones

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:06 I voted for him. I take the credit.

Better than a netballer

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 16:28 The shortlist was drawn up by bbc pundits and posh journalists.

Fury was never going to make the cut unfortunately.

True that. They don't want people who actually speak their mind getting loose with a microphone. Just the PR programmed PC types.

rd350lc wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 16:49 Haven't watched this communist TV tripe since Lineker had anything to do with it .
Can't stand the smug cxxnt .
Load of backslapping corporate cxxnts,
Bet it's always been fixed anyway

Communist and Corporate? Quite the achievement.

deadpan wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:21

rd350lc wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 16:49 Haven't watched this communist TV tripe since Lineker had anything to do with it .
Can't stand the smug cxxnt .
Load of backslapping corporate cxxnts,
Bet it's always been fixed anyway

Communist and Corporate? Quite the achievement.

Done well haven't they , I'd be happy not to pay £150.50 a year and never watch the BBC ever again , but I'm forced to do so .

banjo wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:02 Hazza the diving mong

How very dare you

Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:30

banjo wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:02 Hazza the diving mong

How very dare you

Joke

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Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:31 Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

I caught it live and it was pretty dramatic to be fair!

Nothing tops the sequence of Pickford saving and Dier scoring against Colombia though

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:31 Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

I was walking around the living room swearing at the telly at that.

TF back from the dead should have won that.

lillywhite14 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:33

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:31 Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

I caught it live and it was pretty dramatic to be fair!

Nothing tops the sequence of Pickford saving and Dier scoring against Colombia though

Yeah I'd go with that and then TF getting up.

banjo wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:33

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:31 Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

I was walking around the living room swearing at the telly at that.

TF back from the dead should have won that.

I was never a fan , but what he has done is incredible and deserves some sort of recognition

rd350lc wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:45

banjo wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:33

Nightmare Roy wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:31 Most exiting moment was a netball team winning in the CW games, are you having a bubble?

I was walking around the living room swearing at the telly at that.

TF back from the dead should have won that.

I was never a fan , but what he has done is incredible and deserves some sort of recognition

You all diss netball, but Mrs. skanksta is sooo in to it. I watched them win that gold live and it was great.
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She and all her little netball friends got together on Facebook and voted. She danced round the room when they won and opened a bottle when they did “the double” !

Then shared ‘the last of her gear’ (she shouldn’t even have any left) and I got laid - without even having a shower. !

I’ve only just woken up on the living room floor !
THREE CHEERS FOR ENGLAND NETBALL

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 19:31

I absolutely love that guy! He's had his demons and he has his critics but he's a fuckin gent and an inspiration!

Up until recently Netball was the most popular sport for the ladies and had been for years, and I mean actual participation.

More recently they've been selling out the Copper Box and other venues around the country following the development of Super League Netball.

The Commonwealth Games win was their first major tournamant victory ( I think?) In global terms, as Netball isn't played in every country in the world the win was as high an achievement as England winning the world cup.

Like you Skanksta, the win sent the missus into a frenzy. Unlike you, I didn't get laid.

As for Tyson Fury. He's effectively been off the boxing radar for 3 years and his performance the other week probably came too late for the shortlist anyway.

I know this won't go down well on here, but why does Tyson deserve to nominated for a sporting award given his achievements in the sport this year amount to 2 wins over nobodies and a draw(incorrectly but still a draw)

Lewis Hamilton has won his 5th world title
James Anderson become the highest wicket taking seamer in history
Geraint Thomas won the hardest race on earth
Harry Kane won the golden boot at the world cup & took us to a semi final.

Fury's comeback is more about his fight outside the ring which isn't what SPOTY is about.

For a boxer to win it they have to produce something special given calzaghe & Lewis were the last 2 winners the sport had.

banjo wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:14

Boxerbeetle wrote: ↑16 Dec 2018, 17:06 I voted for him. I take the credit.

Better than a netballer

Mong and spacker. Wtf.

Two words....... Ronnie O'Sullivan.

I'm surprised enough people even watched the netball for it to even be considered. I didn't even know of what they achieved until last night

nitro5912 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 02:07 I know this won't go down well on here, but why does Tyson deserve to nominated for a sporting award given his achievements in the sport this year amount to 2 wins over nobodies and a draw(incorrectly but still a draw)

Lewis Hamilton has won his 5th world title
James Anderson become the highest wicket taking seamer in history
Geraint Thomas won the hardest race on earth
Harry Kane won the golden boot at the world cup & took us to a semi final.

Fury's comeback is more about his fight outside the ring which isn't what SPOTY is about.

For a boxer to win it they have to produce something special given calzaghe & Lewis were the last 2 winners the sport had.

Doesn't the term 'personality' transcend the actual sport? Fury is a character and he's done amazingly well coming back from what he did.

I'm not sure of the criteria that needs met to win this award tbh. I just remember a Royal horse rider won it before

The thing is every year people go "but he's boring, he's got no personality" and fail to realise it's not about their personality as in they'd be a cool person to have a beer with, it's about what they've achieved as a sports person. Now I've no issue with Geraint Thomas winning it as cycling is a brutally hard sport, he seemed shocked to win it but you can't knock his achiements and he is a deserving winner.

Stuarty wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 06:10

nitro5912 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2018, 02:07 I know this won't go down well on here, but why does Tyson deserve to nominated for a sporting award given his achievements in the sport this year amount to 2 wins over nobodies and a draw(incorrectly but still a draw)

Lewis Hamilton has won his 5th world title
James Anderson become the highest wicket taking seamer in history
Geraint Thomas won the hardest race on earth
Harry Kane won the golden boot at the world cup & took us to a semi final.

Fury's comeback is more about his fight outside the ring which isn't what SPOTY is about.

For a boxer to win it they have to produce something special given calzaghe & Lewis were the last 2 winners the sport had.

Doesn't the term 'personality' transcend the actual sport? Fury is a character and he's done amazingly well coming back from what he did.

I'm not sure of the criteria that needs met to win this award tbh. I just remember a Royal horse rider won it before

Am pretty sure it doesn't mean actual personality otherwise Andy Murray would never win the thing.

What I believe it is, is the person who has achieved the most in there respective field which Tyson didn't this year.

However if he has a rematch with wilder, wins and then defends the title V AJ and wins that then he'd be a shoe in no doubt.

So the woman bobsleigher was recommended by a panel of experts over Tyson Fury and Ronnie O'Sullivan.

I am sure that the process had nothing to do with the pairs f*** the establishment mentality and bbc snobbery, but maybe that the expert panel contained a few eskimo's.