SPOTY - Lewis Hamilton

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That is all
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Broad takes 500 test wickets and a female horse rider comes ahead of him. This country
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Such a terrible show these days. Used to be the highlight of my year bit pretty much unwatchable now
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Paddington Bear wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:02 pm Broad takes 500 test wickets and a female horse rider comes ahead of him. This country
Indeed, the lazy choice !

In a car even a rookie could win in .....

Meanwhile a rugby player, who struggled with brain injury, & physical disability; gets his hundredth cap, & no one recognizes the achievement ... :roll:
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Slick wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:05 pm Such a terrible show these days. Used to be the highlight of my year bit pretty much unwatchable now
This
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Why include "Personality" in the title?
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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:02 am Why include "Personality" in the title?
Because then we couldn't have posts like this, every fucking year....
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Well deserved, everyone else on the list a distant second.
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I switched on to see Rick Astley plugging his latest release. A little strange
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Openside wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:16 pm
Slick wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:05 pm Such a terrible show these days. Used to be the highlight of my year bit pretty much unwatchable now
This
Yep! Haven't watched it in years
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frodder wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:59 am I switched on to see Rick Astley plugging his latest release. A little strange
Unless it's a news programme just about everybody who's interviewed has something to sell. It's shameless. And who is the BBC to decide who are suitable candidates for SPOTY?

Anyone know how many votes Fury got after asking to be excluded from the short-list? Some might say it's a bit arrogant of the BBC to put him on it without telling him beforehand.
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It used to be an excellent and fairly serious review of all sports over the previous year, then it became a good review with some razmatazz and stardust sprinkled on for fun. Now it's all stardust with a sprinkling of review here and there, which makes it shallow and not worth watching. What then makes it completely unwatchable are the smug, schmaltzy takes on what should be genuinely great stories that are so overdone that you know the BBC has no soul in it. I would imagine that dealing with Cpt Tom Moore was in that category this year.

Such a shame.
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Woddy wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:08 pm It used to be an excellent and fairly serious review of all sports over the previous year, then it became a good review with some razmatazz and stardust sprinkled on for fun. Now it's all stardust with a sprinkling of review here and there, which makes it shallow and not worth watching. What then makes it completely unwatchable are the smug, schmaltzy takes on what should be genuinely great stories that are so overdone that you know the BBC has no soul in it. I would imagine that dealing with Cpt Tom Moore was in that category this year.

Such a shame.


Gary Lineker ruins it for me. He personifies what is wrong with the BBC.
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Lisa Lewis would be more sporty than Hamilton.
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Kawazaki wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:48 pm
Woddy wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:08 pm It used to be an excellent and fairly serious review of all sports over the previous year, then it became a good review with some razmatazz and stardust sprinkled on for fun. Now it's all stardust with a sprinkling of review here and there, which makes it shallow and not worth watching. What then makes it completely unwatchable are the smug, schmaltzy takes on what should be genuinely great stories that are so overdone that you know the BBC has no soul in it. I would imagine that dealing with Cpt Tom Moore was in that category this year.

Such a shame.


Gary Lineker ruins it for me. He personifies what is wrong with the BBC.
Yeah, Gary Lineker is obnoxious.

A world class striker on his day he has always been insufferably smug and projected this polished, golden boy reputation, it makes him unrelatable, at least to me. I always found the praise that he garnered for never having been booked rather silly- there's nothing especially abhorrent about being booked, it can often be indicative of full blooded effort, an honest mistake or a mistimed challenge.
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Hugo wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:28 am
Kawazaki wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:48 pm
Woddy wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:08 pm It used to be an excellent and fairly serious review of all sports over the previous year, then it became a good review with some razmatazz and stardust sprinkled on for fun. Now it's all stardust with a sprinkling of review here and there, which makes it shallow and not worth watching. What then makes it completely unwatchable are the smug, schmaltzy takes on what should be genuinely great stories that are so overdone that you know the BBC has no soul in it. I would imagine that dealing with Cpt Tom Moore was in that category this year.

Such a shame.


Gary Lineker ruins it for me. He personifies what is wrong with the BBC.
Yeah, Gary Lineker is obnoxious.

A world class striker on his day he has always been insufferably smug and projected this polished, golden boy reputation, it makes him unrelatable, at least to me. I always found the praise that he garnered for never having been booked rather silly- there's nothing especially abhorrent about being booked, it can often be indicative of full blooded effort, an honest mistake or a mistimed challenge.

He retired due a sore toe. He's a wet rag.
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Toes are pretty important to a footballer, it turns out. He was 34 and playing in Japan at the time. Somehow I don't think it's a stick to beat him with.
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He got booked in Japan IIRC. Possibly twice
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