You've gotta have a SPOTY thread

[Special K]

4 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I think you have forgotten about my £14 profit

And I humbly apologise for that!!

[Champ]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

I have no problem with a woman winning it, it was just the wrong one

It’s all about the attention given by broadcasters. 5 years ago (I picked the number randomly) they didn’t think there was any interest in women’s football 

[Champ]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

I have no problem with a woman winning it, it was just the wrong one

It’s all about the attention given by broadcasters. 5 years ago (I picked the number randomly) they didn’t think there was any interest in women’s football 

[Champ]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

I have no problem with a woman winning it, it was just the wrong one

It’s all about the attention given by broadcasters. 5 years ago (I picked the number randomly) they didn’t think there was any interest in women’s football 

[Champ]

2 minutes ago, Champ said:

It’s all about the attention given by broadcasters. 5 years ago (I picked the number randomly) they didn’t think there was any interest in women’s football 

Oops

[lifetime fan]

Horrendous decision. 
 

Almost as bad as the year that royal won it. 

[Redder Lurtz]

11 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

I actually thought part of it was her knickers.

 

I think it was to be fair. Pervtastic. 

 

11 hours ago, Special K said:

Mary Earps was bound to win it. Forget about KJT overcoming a career threatening injury to win her 2nd World Championship, Earps once shouted "fuck off" dead loud and you couldn't buy her goalie top.

 

I'm not Earps' biggest fan; she's been likened to that Pickford twat onfield, but I shouldn't think it's her fault that GK shirts weren't available. Also couldn't care less if she's sweary. It's a big win for women's football and sport in general. Fair play to her. 

[Redder Lurtz]

11 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Special K said:

 

 

 

[Redder Lurtz]

11 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

 

 

 

 

11 hours ago, Special K said:

 

 

 

[Redder Lurtz]

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[Mudface]

Third woman in a row, and second female footballer- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year_Award#Awards_by_year

 

I'm not entirely sure what she did to deserve it, Mead was far more worthy last year and actually won something. Mind you, I've no idea why Broad was in there either, presumably mainly because of his retirement.

[Dicko]

KJT should have won that.

Ridiculous decision.

[Redder Lurtz]

Just flicking through the horror section of news channels. GB News are about to have a debate on whether Earps should have won it. A fine opportunity few on here to get involved. 

[Mudface]

1 hour ago, Redder Lurtz said:

Just flicking through the horror section of news channels. GB News are about to have a debate on whether Earps should have won it. A fine opportunity few on here to get involved. 

 

I doubt the view, 'Katarina Johnson-Thompson should have won it' would go down too well there.

[johnsusername]

I've seen Earps interviewed a couple of times and personally think she's a bit of a dickhead.

 

KJT should have won, IMO.

[Redder Lurtz]

11 minutes ago, Mudface said:

 

I doubt the view, 'Katarina Johnson-Thompson should have won it' would go down too well there.

 

Yeah. Apparently it was a woke token gesture. Who saw that coming? 

[Mudface]

Just now, Redder Lurtz said:

 

Yeah. Apparently it was a woke token gesture. Who saw that coming? 

 

I can't think of any male sportsmen deserving of it, but I am a little bemused as to why Earps got it.

[Redder Lurtz]

20 minutes ago, Mudface said:

 

I can't think of any male sportsmen deserving of it, but I am a little bemused as to why Earps got it.

 

Perhaps because that's who the public voted for? 

[Mudface]

6 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

 

Perhaps because that's who the public voted for? 

 

Fuck, it's worse than I thought.

[Jairzinho]

5 minutes ago, Mudface said:

 

Fuck, it's worse than I thought.

 

 

[Champ]

33 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

 

Perhaps because that's who the public voted for? 

And that’s some shift in the public perception of women’s football. Maybe people like feeling part of something optimistic and heartwarming

[Remmie]

I think BBC Sport have a lot to do with the increased interest in women's f**tball. Participation requires role models and teams that people can follow closely, but also media coverage. The catch 22 was that you wouldn't get the media coverage without the interest and participation normally, but BBC started to do it anyway. A good case study for this is women's tennis; for my lifetime it's been on almost a par with the men's game in terms of attention and prestige. If I look at my own interest in women's sport, I only really was interested in Tennis and Athletics which just so happened to be the 2 sports that got the most attention on TV. I have to admit I just haven't got the interest, time or inclination to start getting into women's f**tball, though that is representative of a general dwindling in the amount of sport I consume but had this coverage happened when I was a sports mad teenager, there's every chance the likes of Earps may have got my vote. 

[manwiththestick]

3 hours ago, Redder Lurtz said:

 

Yeah. Apparently it was a woke token gesture. Who saw that coming? 

Joey Barton perhaps?

[Kevin D]

3 hours ago, johnsusername said:

I've seen Earps interviewed a couple of times and personally think she's a bit of a dickhead.

 

KJT should have won, IMO.

She does sound like a dickhead, here:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67764822
 

"I think it's an injustice but I know the appropriate thing to do is focus on my football and see what happens from there."

[Clark Westerfeld]

7 hours ago, Mudface said:

 

I can't think of any male sportsmen deserving of it, but I am a little bemused as to why Earps got it.

 

Josh Kerr, though for some reason he wasn't even nominated.