BBC Sports personality of the year.

[ANVIL]

In this country we seem to prefer heroic failures over people that actually win...

 

England Rugby Union Team - Didn't actually win anything but beat a team that did...

 

Yeah, i know what you mean. Even accepting that it's a sports 'personality' ceremony, i still can't understand why the cycling team didn't get it (if 'personality' applies to the team award).

[Code13]

I didn't watch the show and frankly, don't know what cycling team won what. Even if you go to "other sports" on the BBC website there is no mention of cycling. Perhaps there should be but the fact is that the RU team featured a lot more in the public consciousness than the cycling team.

[Tanya T 1]

Was Ricky Hatton a little drunken last night, he seemed to be?

[sharpend]

Perhaps there should be but the fact is that the RU team featured a lot more in the public consciousness than the cycling team.

 

ummm.... but didn't win.... - which I would have thought was a bit of a requirement for "team of the year" whatever sport..

[Code13]

Not necessarily, because it is, presumably the BRITISH team of the year, so a side could still lose to a non-British team but have produced the best British team performance of the year.

[ANVIL]

yea, but ultimately the england rugby team won the same as the scottish, welsh and irish rugby teams...i appreciate that it was a great effort, but they're hardly all household names

[sharpend]

yea, but ultimately the england rugby team won the same as the scottish, welsh and irish rugby teams...i appreciate that it was a great effort, but they're hardly all household names

 

Agreed. Great effort, BUT the purpose of elite sport (whatever the sport) is to WIN. Not come second or third or no where.

 

I am sure the Aussie team won't be getting an award for a "good performance" against England.

[Whatif wewin]

Was Ricky Hatton a little drunken last night, he seemed to be?

 

Do you mean before or after the fight?

If you mean after the fight, it is called being 'punch drunk' , any one would be after being punched around the head for ten rounds.

 

I think I must have been drunk, I eventually came off the fence and bet on the fight to be drawn at the odds of 22-1.

What a waste of £5, I should have known better.

[Tanya T 1]

Do you mean before or after the fight?

If you mean after the fight, it is called being 'punch drunk' , any one would be after being punched around the head for ten rounds.

 

I think I must have been drunk, I eventually came off the fence and bet on the fight to be drawn at the odds of 22-1.

What a waste of £5, I should have known better.

 

The thread is about Sports Personality of the Year, so i mean was Ricky Hatton drunk on Sports Personality of the year? Didnt think the fight went 10 rounds? Sure it was the 8th!

[Tanya T 1]

Sorry it was the 10th round