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Old 01-09-2016, 18:47
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Look. Whoever is in it, the BBC will try and make us vote for Fatah, but Murray will probably won. I can't see anyone else getting close.
Nobody will make me vote for Fatah ( sic ) I will vote for who I want. And that is Mo Farah. I'd love to know how you came up with this theory
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Old 01-09-2016, 18:58
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I think there are always conspiracy theories about who the BBC wants to win. I suspect the reality is they don't care all that much as long as the show gets talked about & decent media coverage.
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Old 01-09-2016, 19:11
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The only thing against Murray is that he's won it twice already.

The advantage Mo has is that he hasn't won it at all and maybe won't get another chance.
It's a bit of a double edged sword. Easy to say Andy has won it twice so maybe the public will vote for someone else but one of the reasons he has won it twice is because he is now very popular (along with his talent obviously .

I think Andy will win it but winning the US Open would definitely seal it. If he wins the USO he will likely be World number 1 later in the year. Final of all 4 slams, winning a couple of them plus an Olympic gold would make him the winner by a country mile imo.
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Old 01-09-2016, 19:39
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If Kell Brook beats GGG next week he has to win it.
Very few people will see it- it won't even register.
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Old 02-09-2016, 00:11
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If Brook beats GGG they should give him the Queen and one of the overseas territories as a holiday home as far as i'm concerned, nevermind spoty.
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Old 02-09-2016, 00:22
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If Brook beats GGG they should give him the Queen and one of the overseas territories as a holiday home as far as i'm concerned, nevermind spoty.
Would Brook beating Golovkin be like

Ali beating Liston
Ali beating Foreman
Fury beating Klitschko
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Old 02-09-2016, 00:40
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It's a bit hard to compare to heavyweights, and I wasn't alive for two of those, but Brook is stepping up 2 weight divisions to fight a brilliant boxer that pounds everyone into mulch. It would be arguably the best British win of all time in the sport, or atleast 2nd behind Turpin/SRR.
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Old 02-09-2016, 01:09
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Would Brook beating Golovkin be like

Ali beating Liston
Ali beating Foreman
Fury beating Klitschko
Even more so because he would be moving up two weight divisions to defeat the baby faced assassin who really does seem to be utterly unbeatable - a human wrecking machine.

Brook beating the mild-mannered monster would certainly get him on the short list but even so he still would not win it.
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:37
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^^^The problem is as Hayden pointed out he's locked away on pay per view so if he does win its not something that is going to register with the public at large.
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:47
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Look. Whoever is in it, the BBC will try and make us vote for Fatah, but Murray will probably won. I can't see anyone else getting close.
Farah gets my vote, he deserves it, and you could argue he is the greatest distance runner of all time now.

Tinkler would be a great choice as Young Sports Personality of the year, upstaged Fragopane at Olympics

Would like GB Women's hockey team to win Team of the Year, but think it will go to Leicester City

Coach, would like Simon Derry to get it

Overseas, Michael Phelps would be a deserving winner. Please not Serena Williams or Usain Bolt, Phelps's achievement is pretty special

Lifetime Achievement, about time Steve Davis was given this accolade.
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:49
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I'm not saying your list was bad, just saying I think the BBC will be very conscious of gender balance.

As for who they could drop, they could get rid of Danny Willett and Gareth Bale (recognise Wales by giving them team of the year of Coleman coach of the year, Bale arguably wasn't even the best player for Wales at the Euros).

Then add in a representative of the Women's hockey team - you could go for Kate Richardson Walsh as the inspirational captain or Maddie Hinch as the standout star. Plus you can put in Charlotte Dujardin for defending her Olympic title. They might not be 'more deserving' than the men they replaced on your list but they wouldn't be indefensible choices either.
Gender balance, couldn't that be rather patronising
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Old 02-09-2016, 15:11
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Overseas, Michael Phelps would be a deserving winner. Please not Serena Williams or Usain Bolt, Phelps's achievement is pretty special

Lifetime Achievement, about time Steve Davis was given this accolade.
Phelps will probably get overseas and I wouldn't criticise that. But I don't think his achievements are any more special than Bolt's. Great swimmers often win at least 4 or 5 medals in an Olympics. It's far too testing for track events for that to happen. As Spitz and Phelps have showed, you get a truly exceptional swimmer every generation. Someone like Bolt comes along after several generations.
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Old 02-09-2016, 15:14
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I wonder about Justin Rose if he holes the winning put in the Ryder Cup to go alongside his Gold medal at the Olympics, that would be some way to round off a year, that might push him up the odds a bit.
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Old 03-09-2016, 02:07
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Phelps will probably get overseas and I wouldn't criticise that. But I don't think his achievements are any more special than Bolt's. Great swimmers often win at least 4 or 5 medals in an Olympics. It's far too testing for track events for that to happen. As Spitz and Phelps have showed, you get a truly exceptional swimmer every generation. Someone like Bolt comes along after several generations.
Overseas Personality is now also decided by public vote, so can't see Phelps beating Bolt.
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Old 03-09-2016, 08:03
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Overseas Personality is now also decided by public vote, so can't see Phelps beating Bolt.
I agree. Joe Public will vote for Usain
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Old 03-09-2016, 09:17
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I wonder about Justin Rose if he holes the winning put in the Ryder Cup to go alongside his Gold medal at the Olympics, that would be some way to round off a year, that might push him up the odds a bit.
Its an interesting one that, love Rose to get recognition but I think the rest of his year needed to be more solid, even if he were to hole a winning Ryder Cup putt and play a key role. Danny Willett probably splits the golf vote anyway after winning the Masters. Just so many other more obvious contenders.

To me a golfer would require a minimum two majors in a non Olympic Ryder Cup winning year including an Open and even that wasn't enough for McIlroy in 2014.

Also agree that Bolt must be a shoo in for the overseas award.
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Old 03-09-2016, 16:38
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Farah gets my vote, he deserves it, and you could argue he is the greatest distance runner of all time now.
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He is undoubtedly a great distance runner, but by no means the greatest. He only just creeps into the top 70 fastest 5000m ever and 28th fastest 5000m.
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Old 03-09-2016, 18:56
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He is undoubtedly a great distance runner, but by no means the greatest. He only just creeps into the top 70 fastest 5000m ever and 28th fastest 5000m.
Then how come no one can beat him? I know he has a strong sprint finish but why then don't his opponents make a break for it beforehand?
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Old 03-09-2016, 20:24
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He is undoubtedly a great distance runner, but by no means the greatest. He only just creeps into the top 70 fastest 5000m ever and 28th fastest 5000m.
Going by your argument then, the greatest 10,000m runner of all time must be Kenenisa Bekele, yet he hasn't won as many medals as Mo at Worlds, Olympics etc. And Mo still has a few years left.
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Old 04-09-2016, 00:12
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Going by your argument then, the greatest 10,000m runner of all time must be Kenenisa Bekele, yet he hasn't won as many medals as Mo at Worlds, Olympics etc. And Mo still has a few years left.
Breaking world records on the roads is one thing, dominating championship finals in terms of winning gold medals is something else
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Old 04-09-2016, 09:24
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It's going to be another tough year for the people selecting the short list, I think they will likely have 12 names like 2012, don't think they can justify having it longer than that as as tough as it looks, it's not going to be tougher than it was then,

I don't see the point trying to do a shortlist now when there are so many unknown factors still in play. The only thing I feel I could say with confidence is Farah and Murray will be two of the top 3. Murray, should he win the US Open and/or help GB retain the Davis Cup would surely become nailed on to win though. Farah has unperformed relatively in the past in the public vote, but this year he won't have to share the track and field vote so that will aid his cause.





He is undoubtedly a great distance runner, but by no means the greatest. He only just creeps into the top 70 fastest 5000m ever and 28th fastest 5000m.
Running fast times is not what makes a runner at that distances great, many of the best times in those events were set with the aid of pacemakers which rather undervalues them. These events tend to be tactical in nature, especially at major championships (though obviously there are exceptions), and his opponents have tried every trick in the book to beat Farah with no success. Farah is not concerned with having the fastest time, he is concerned with adopting a tactical approach that will enable him to win. Which he does to an extent that makes him one of the very greats in the sport.
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Old 04-09-2016, 11:44
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Going by your argument then, the greatest 10,000m runner of all time must be Kenenisa Bekele, yet he hasn't won as many medals as Mo at Worlds, Olympics etc. And Mo still has a few years left.
I don't think that your comment about Bekele is entirely fair. He has won 8 gold medals at world and Olympic level, long with 11 world cross country golds, which while not having the profile of track and field is still a great achievement. I do think he is a great of the sport too.

Someone like Nicholas Kemboi or Paul Tergat is probably a better point of comparison.
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Old 04-09-2016, 11:54
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I don't think that your comment about Bekele is entirely fair. He has won 8 gold medals at world and Olympic level, long with 11 world cross country golds, which while not having the profile of track and field is still a great achievement. I do think he is a great of the sport too.

Someone like Nicholas Kemboi or Paul Tergat is probably a better point of comparison.
No because the poster was rating Mo based on his times so my comparison was based on the man with the fastest time of all. And which comment is unfair ? I've certainly not dissed his achievements one bit because you can't, he's a phenomenon
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Old 04-09-2016, 12:24
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Hamilton shouldn't be anywhere near this award so with any luck it'll go to Mo Farah.
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Old 04-09-2016, 13:31
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Shame that there doesn't seem to be much in the way of appreciation for Kobe Bryant and his career, he really should be up for the lifetime achievement award.
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