Sports personality of the year

[tikay]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Have you never looked at the list of previous SPOTY winners, Aaron?

Here you go.

Note that Nigel Mansell & Damon Hill both won it TWICE. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award

[david3103]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Have you never looked at the list of previous SPOTY winners, Aaron?

Here you go.

Note that Nigel Mansell & Damon Hill both won it TWICE. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award

and Mansell was third one year as well...

[Doobs]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Have you never looked at the list of previous SPOTY winners, Aaron?

Here you go.

Note that Nigel Mansell & Damon Hill both won it TWICE. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award

I immediately thought of Mansell too. 

[AceHighSuited]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

[tikay]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Have you never looked at the list of previous SPOTY winners, Aaron?

Here you go.

Note that Nigel Mansell & Damon Hill both won it TWICE. 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award

I immediately thought of Mansell too. 

There are numerous other examples of sportsmen or women who won SPOTY who many would say "lack personality".

[horseplayer]

title should be changed really

it has never been about personality

[TightEnd]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Woah, cool it

Civil, please, no need for the flaming

[superwomble]

title should be changed really

it has never been about personality

The word 'personality' doesn't only mean someone's character though.

[aaron1867]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Bless.

You must be suggesting that Murray has a personality then? LOL.

Also, far too young to know others that well TK.

[TightEnd]

I happen to think that Murray has a far better public persona than a few years ago. More mature, rounded, able to laugh at himself a bit more


It's a year to end all years for this

The man who won the most Olympic Golds ever by a Brit is 100-1

The man with four Paralympic golds this year is 150-1

Ennis might not be top 3

Two of Farah, Wiggins, Murray aren't going to win it


compare that to the late 90s when Rusedski won it for finishing runner up in the US

Chalk and cheese our sporting performance these days compared to a decade or two ago in its depth.

[AceHighSuited]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Woah, cool it

Civil, please, no need for the flaming

He derails thread after thread with senseless comments.  It wasn't meant as flaming it was a genuine observation.

[TightEnd]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Woah, cool it

Civil, please, no need for the flaming

He derails thread after thread with senseless comments.  It wasn't meant as flaming it was a genuine observation.

They make sense to him.

[AceHighSuited]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Bless.

You must be suggesting that Murray has a personality then? LOL.

Also, far too young to know others that well TK.

Murray has as much personality as your business idea had credence and thought.   Take from that what you will.

[tikay]

Don't you have to have a personality to win SPOTY?

...surely that rules out Murray straight away?

Do you deliberately act stupid to get a rise out of people are you just genuinely thick as pig shit?

Bless.

You must be suggesting that Murray has a personality then? LOL.

Also, far too young to know others that well TK.

Yes, I wholly appreciate that Aaron, but I wanted to make the point that you do not have to be "interesting" or full of buzz & zing to win it. You need to be a winner though.

How about, if you require a recent example, the extremely gifted footballer, & multi-title winner, Ryan Giggs? He is not a Botham, or a Flintoff, but he still won.

If Murray does not win it this year -  & he probably won't - he can count himself unlucky to have done so well in what has been a vintage year for British sportsmen & women.

Hopefully, he will win more Grand Slam events, & get his SPOTY another year.

Incidentally, I'd rather read a 'Stars Hand History than listen to him talk, but that does not mean I do not respect his immense ability & achievements.  I think the British public feel much the same, too.

[david3103]

Wouldn't want to be part of the shortlisting committee this year.

But whoever wins, John Terry will be there to help them lift the trophy