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Sports Personality of 2012

BIG_ROB
BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
in Other Football and Sports
Gotta be Wiggo!? (Bradders)

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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    edited December 2012
    First British male Wimbledon finalist since 1938.

    First British male Grand Slam winner since 1936.

    Olympic gold medal Mens Singles.

    Olympic silver medal Mixed Doubles

    Andy Murray

    (not decrying Wiggins but pointing out what he is up against. The same sort of catalogue of achievement can be compiled for quite a few this year)

  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    Yeah but Wiggo is a Mod!
  • roseandcrown
    roseandcrown Posts: 7,589
    toughest year ever?
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Wiggins
    Farah
    Murray

    I reckon it will be
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,058
    BIG_ROB said:

    Yeah but Wiggo is a Mod!

    exactly ... gets the deciding vote ;-)
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,814
    In a ordinary year, Murray wins, in extraordinary year like this, Wiggins is peerless, with for me only Weir, Farah and Ennis coming close.
  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,862
    Wiggins
    Ennis
    Murray

    Team GB - Olympics

    (I really hate that Americanism btw!)
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,076
    Wiggins but Murray will get it back in three years time when it comes out Wiggo gets done for doping.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited December 2012
    Love to see Wiggo, but can't see two cyclists in succession. (PLus part of Wiggo's TDF was won for him by Fromedog and the team)

    Weir for me followed by Murray, Ennis.
  • MeebaumAzanitch
    MeebaumAzanitch Posts: 605
    For me it's either Nicola Adams or Ellie Simmonds. All others mentioned are fine sports people. But Nicola and Ellie are as the title of the award suggests have personality.

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  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    edited December 2012
    WSS said:

    Wiggins but Murray will get it back in three years time when it comes out Wiggo gets done for doping.

    Thwike him Thenturion, and thwow him to the ground.:-)
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,250
    Wiggins, Farah and Ennis

    Murray would be a cert in a non olympic year (Us Open and Wimbledon) and a few people may still have not forgiven for him for his comment in 2006. Sad but true.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    shirty5 said:

    Wiggins, Farah and Ennis

    Murray would be a cert in a non olympic year (Us Open and Wimbledon) and a few people may still have not forgiven for him for his comment in 2006. Sad but true.

    Does the word Personality not mean Murray is ineligible ?
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    I think that went out the window when Giggs won it
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    JT said:

    I think that went out the window when Giggs won it

    Even though BBC Wales do their own Welsh only award.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,250
    PL54 said:

    shirty5 said:

    Wiggins, Farah and Ennis

    Murray would be a cert in a non olympic year (Us Open and Wimbledon) and a few people may still have not forgiven for him for his comment in 2006. Sad but true.

    Does the word Personality not mean Murray is ineligible ?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award


    When the likes of Mansell and Davis are listed as past winners, you have to ignore the "Personality" part of of the wording.




  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    It's the Wierwolf for me.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,079
    Agree with Big Rob and Rothko. Absolutely got to be Wiggo; no ifs no buts.

    There's some other great achievements out there, but nothing close to a TDF win. Plus he got an olympic gold as well!
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    Wiggo for me. Amazing that the list is so rich that Triathlon Gold medalist Brownlee doesn't even make the 12.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,814
    Wiggins has also won, Paris-Nice, Tour de Romande and the Critérium du Dauphiné, on top of the TdF and Olympics.

    Exceptional record very rarely matched.

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  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    Stone said:

    Wiggo for me. Amazing that the list is so rich that Triathlon Gold medalist Brownlee doesn't even make the 12.

    And his 10'000m time was nothing short of incredible considering the two other eveents alongisde.

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,381
    All the women will vote for Ennis, all the Scots for Murray. That leaves Farah out in the cold though (imo) he should walk it .. sorry .. run it by a mile
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    edited December 2012
    Rothko said:

    Wiggins has also won, Paris-Nice, Tour de Romande and the Critérium du Dauphiné, on top of the TdF and Olympics.

    Exceptional record very rarely matched.

    This. While others have won some exceptional events in their sports Wiggins has dominated the cycling calender all year round and as a result has won events that other Briton's have never come close to winning. Its also hard for anyone to win all those events in one season anyway, I could go on but the fact that he won TDF means he should get it anyway.

    So yeah Wiggo by a mile or maybe in his case a mountain ; )
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,381
    Addickted4life said:

    Rothko said:

    Wiggins has also won, Paris-Nice, Tour de Romande and the Critérium du Dauphiné, on top of the TdF and Olympics.

    Exceptional record very rarely matched.

    This. While others have won some exceptional events in their sports Wiggins has dominated the cycling calender all year round and as a result has won events that other Briton's have never come close to winning. Its also hard for anyone to win all those events in one season anyway, I could go on but the fact that he won TDF means he should get it anyway.

    So yeah Wiggo by a mile or maybe in his case a mountain ; )
    Wiggins is always assisted by a TEAM, his domestiques and French Maids .. mmmm .. undoubtedly a talented man and has had a great year ,but he is the star of a great TEAM
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,079
    The team business is a complete red herring: 2011, Mark Cavendish (team player); 2009 Ryan Giggs (team player); 2005, Andrew Flintoff (team player), 2003, Jonny Wilkinson (team player)...

    Add to that look at the way that Wiggins busted a gut to support Cav in the Olympics and in the final stage of the Tour. This ain't just a bloke who's taking from the team, he's contributing greatly to it as well.

    Let's get this straight. If Wiggo doesn't win the sports personality of the year, it won't just be a bad decision; it won't just be the wrong decision; it would be a complete and utter travesty.
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    edited December 2012
    Stig said:

    The team business is a complete red herring: 2011, Mark Cavendish (team player); 2009 Ryan Giggs (team player); 2005, Andrew Flintoff (team player), 2003, Jonny Wilkinson (team player)...

    Add to that look at the way that Wiggins busted a gut to support Cav in the Olympics and in the final stage of the Tour. This ain't just a bloke who's taking from the team, he's contributing greatly to it as well.

    Let's get this straight. If Wiggo doesn't win the sports personality of the year, it won't just be a bad decision; it won't just be the wrong decision; it would be a complete and utter travesty.

    This, this and this. May I also add Wiggo won TDF due to his amazing performances in the time trials that gave him a huge barrier over the rest of the field. Yes his team helped hugely (Froome in the mountains) but if it wasn't for his individual performances in the time trails he wouldn't have been close to winning. Its the same with his gold medal in the Olympics which again was a time trial where its just him and the bike.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Lincsaddick said:

    Addickted4life said:

    Rothko said:

    Wiggins has also won, Paris-Nice, Tour de Romande and the Critérium du Dauphiné, on top of the TdF and Olympics.

    Exceptional record very rarely matched.

    This. While others have won some exceptional events in their sports Wiggins has dominated the cycling calender all year round and as a result has won events that other Briton's have never come close to winning. Its also hard for anyone to win all those events in one season anyway, I could go on but the fact that he won TDF means he should get it anyway.

    So yeah Wiggo by a mile or maybe in his case a mountain ; )
    Wiggins is always assisted by a TEAM, his domestiques and French Maids .. mmmm .. undoubtedly a talented man and has had a great year ,but he is the star of a great TEAM
    So are you saying someone from a team cannot win SPOTY?

    He also did quite well in the Olympic time trial which I'm fairly sure isn't team based.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,381
    colthe3rd said:

    Lincsaddick said:

    Addickted4life said:

    Rothko said:

    Wiggins has also won, Paris-Nice, Tour de Romande and the Critérium du Dauphiné, on top of the TdF and Olympics.

    Exceptional record very rarely matched.

    This. While others have won some exceptional events in their sports Wiggins has dominated the cycling calender all year round and as a result has won events that other Briton's have never come close to winning. Its also hard for anyone to win all those events in one season anyway, I could go on but the fact that he won TDF means he should get it anyway.

    So yeah Wiggo by a mile or maybe in his case a mountain ; )
    Wiggins is always assisted by a TEAM, his domestiques and French Maids .. mmmm .. undoubtedly a talented man and has had a great year ,but he is the star of a great TEAM
    So are you saying someone from a team cannot win SPOTY?

    He also did quite well in the Olympic time trial which I'm fairly sure isn't team based.
    what I am saying is .. IN MY OPINION, in the sports personality of the year, the award should be biased towards a solo performer .. BUT after all it is the SPOTY ... and NOT the SOLO SPOTY
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,058
    So no-one in a team sport can win?
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,893
    Wiggins for me as well although i think that murray will push him close, with farah and ennis not far behind.

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