MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
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I think ol' Cav has done enough this year to take the title.
Well to be fair he's done enough every year he's been nominated!!
Let get behind him and get cycling that little bit more in the public eye
Hw will be getting my vote but I fear some bloody golfist will actually win.
Come on Cav!!
McIlroy gets my vote. After his disaster at the Masters, the strength of character he showed to win the US Open was awesome and the manner in which he destroyed the field was jaw dropping stuff.
McIlroy gets my vote. After his disaster at the Masters, the strength of character he showed to win the US Open was awesome and the manner in which he destroyed the field was jaw dropping stuff.
Mod alert, mod alert!
Can we get BoardinBob banned for 24 hours please, and have his phone disconnected at the same time.
So the alternative is voting for a cyclist purely because he does a remotely similar sport to me, rather than voting for someone based on actual achievements...
What does the "P" stand for in SPOTY?
o the alternative is voting for a cyclist purely because he does a remotely similar sport to me, rather than voting for someone based on actual achievements...
Lol! Yeah, Cav hasn't really done much this year has he!
Lol! Yeah, Cav hasn't really done much this year has he!
I think McIlroy's achievement is better.
Just my opinion though. Others may vary.
Plus Cav comes across as a total dick (IMHO) in interviews so he loses out on the personality points.
So the alternative is voting for a cyclist purely because he does a remotely similar sport to me, rather than voting for someone based on actual achievements...
right, that'll be becuase becuase Mark Cavendish has had a such quiet year?
#Cav4SPOTY (even if it is the x factor of sport)
I want Cavendish to win but I think Andrew Strauss will win it to be honest, and probably rightly so. England are the no. 1 rated test match team in the world having smashed Australia in their own back yard and then handed out one of the biggest pwnings in history to the Indians.
Remember how shit we used to be at cricket? Not any more. That'll win him the award I think.
BoardinBob
Plus Cav comes across as a total dick (IMHO) in interviews so he loses out on the personality points.
That does mean he has a personality
I think McIlroy's achievement is better.Just my opinion though. Others may vary.
Plus Cav comes across as a total dick (IMHO) in interviews so he loses out on the personality points.
So, 5 stage wins in the biggest sporting event in the world, let alone cycling event!
Plus the first British World Champion for 50 years is beaten by someone who tried hard at golf! 😉
I refuse to vote on the grounds Danny Hart hasn't been nominated.
Plus Cav comes across as a total dick (IMHO) in interviews so he loses out on the personality points.
I was lucky enough to get to meet him at an event this year and he spent ages making sure he signed everyones books, jerseys and posters. Would a 'dick' bother to do that for his fans?
I think McIlroy's achievement is better.
Cav:
Green Jersey
World Champ
Multiple TDF stage wins including Paris for the 3rd year in a row
Peta Todd up le Duff
Enlighten me to McIlroy's achievements and why they are more significant. Cav has real passion. If u read his book and see the film Chasing Legends, it may change your opinion of him. Yes, he comes across badly sometimes, but so would you if you'd just done 140km, lost the stage and some hack shoved a mic in your face asking why you are fat?
So, 5 stage wins in the biggest sporting event in the world, let alone cycling event
How is it the biggest sporting event in the world? Spectators? Competitors? TV audience? Most drugged up competitors?
I refuse to vote on the grounds Danny Hart hasn't been nominated.
Yeah it's a shame this country (or the media anyway) are so narrow minded in their sports. I'd have liked to have seen Lucy Garner in the main comp instead of just young SPOTY. And Chrissie Wellington!
How is it the biggest sporting event in the world? Spectators? Competitors? TV audience? Most drugged up competitors?
Do you actually like cycling?
In answer to your question, Yes, No, Yes, probably not as much as most footballers.
Do you actually like cycling?
Couldn't give a flying duck about road cycling.
Couldn't give a flying duck about road cycling.
MTB'ing isn't cycling?
Most drugged up competitors?
We're not talking about Premiership Football are we?
Ladders - MemberCouldn't give a flying duck about road cycling.
MTB'ing isn't cycling?
The concept of blindly giving your allegiance to someone because they do a vaguely similar sport to one I like is mind boggling.
We're not talking about Premiership Football are we?
Excellent trollage. Almost rivalling my efforts. Do you really want to compare the number of roadies caught doped up to the eyeballs against the number of football players caught in a similar situation?
The concept of blindly giving your allegiance to someone because they do a vaguely similar sport to one I like is mind boggling.
So what sport [i]do[/i] you like?
If you ride a MTB you are a cyclist and as such, it is your duty to support other cyclists.
It's war out there - keep the faith.
The concept of blindly giving your allegiance to someone because they do a vaguely similar sport to one I like is mind boggling.
Tell Cadel Evans That!
Do you really want to compare the number of roadies caught doped up to the eyeballs against the number of football players [b]caught[/b] in a similar situation?
Oh okay that changes it. I agree more cyclists have been caught...
If you ride a MTB you are a cyclist and as such, it is your duty to support other cyclists.
😆
Is it f*ck. He's certainly not my "boy"
Think Strauss is deserving, but reckon they'll get the team award so maybe not individual.
The concept of blindly giving your allegiance to someone because they do a vaguely similar sport to one I like is mind boggling.
this I can understand..
but encouraging golfers...!? FFS that's just weird
Do you really want to compare the number of roadies caught doped up to the eyeballs against the number of football players caught in a similar situation?
maybe if they tested footballers we would get some real numbers. Bit like the doped up golfists, who obviously don't exist, which is why the PGA refused to test until very recently.
Strauss and Cook shouldnt win because victory in a glorified friendly match that the same two teams play every couple of years is a bit of a shit achievement.
Amir Khan - not really worth a place on the list this year, presumably it was selected before his last fight?
Luke Donald - would quickly swop his #1 status for a major. Likewise for Andy Murray, high ranking is no substitute for a slam.
Clarke and Mcillroy did something (win a major) that a load of British golfers have managed to do over the years. A great achievement for them personally, but not a landmark one for British golf.
Cavendish winning the world championships and green jersey is however a landmark achievement for himself and British cycling more generally. And to be balanced rather than just biased in favour of the cyclist what Mo Farah achieved was of a comparable level to this. Should only really be those two fighting for the top spot with Dai Green in 3rd.
maybe if they tested footballers we would get some real numbers
But they do test footballers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15629719.stm
McIlroy won one major, one.
Not a patch on Cav's efforts I'm afraid, Mr troll.
Besides, is golf actually a sport?
Khan and Murray shouldn't be on the list.
Murray's made no significant improvement this year and runner up at a couple of grand slams doesn't match the achievements of the others (though he's still better than Cavendish..)
Khan's flattered to deceive and was shown up by Peterson
But they do test footballers
Have a read on the number of tests, to say there are no tests is wrong, but it might as well be.
so what does cav have to do to be spoty then ?
win the TDF outright 9 times and be the new lance ?
i respect him for having the courage to speak his mind and take risks even if it is in the heat of the moment
hes more than earnt it this year !
win the TDF outright 9 times and be the new lance ?
Winning he TDF overall might do it rather than just winning [i]stages[/i]
pfft.
don't feed the troll
Have you seen cav lately..looks like he's following the ulrich offseason diet...he did good this year though. I'm voting for Luke Donald.
Have you seen cav lately..looks like he's following the ulrich offseason diet
MDMA?
Cavendish has had (another) great year, but that doesn't mean he's necessarily going to win. He has a great year every year, maybe now is his time?
Strauss and Cook, well England have done something I never thought would happen. They totally dominate Test Match cricket, and wiped the floor with the 2 best sides in the world so comprehensively it was almost embarrassing to watch! Strauss has totally gelled the team and is easily the best England captain for decades on paper, and has helped create such strength in depth that there are probably 30 odd players all worthy of playing for England at test level now! Cook has shown repeatedly that he is an utter genius with a cricket bat, and that he has the ability to singlehandedly break the will of any team playing against him just cos he will bat and bat and bat (and score lots of runs too). Cook is an incredible talent, if slightly inconsistent, but what a year he has had too!
McIlroy and Clarke have both done great things this year winning a major each, but that's about it. That said, SPOTY is often won by the person with the biggest comeback story, or ability to tug at the heartstrings. Both guys score highly here, especially Darren Clarke, and he's already a big personality that the public love!
Don't really think any of the others will get, or deserve a look in. No Farrah has done a good job yes, but his achievements outweighed by those above. Amir Khan probably feels embarrassed to be on the list now!
My prediction though...
1st Cav
2nd Clarke
3rd Cook
With England Cricket team winning the team award.
papa L excuse my ignorance but I don't know what that means..
papa L excuse my ignorance but I don't know what that means..
methylene-3,4-dioxymethamphetamine
Or ecstasy as it's more commonly known
I meant diet as in pizza etc... not the party drugs smash up a porsche etc...
Didnt Jan Ullrich microwave a pot of Nutella and drink it through a straw ? Proper off season diet. Anyway I hope Cav wins .
Cav for the win
England cricket team for team award
Andy Flowers for coach
The golfers will lose votes to each other however deserved they may be.
Clarke may edge it with the sympathy vote
Plus Cav comes across as a total dick (IMHO) in interviews so he loses out on the personality points.
This is the same guy who when interviewed after every single win, makes sure that the first words out of his mouth a 'it wasn't me it was the team' right? Or is there some other guy out there called Mark Cavendish?
Seriously he is not just an incredible bike rider, he's also one that respects his team and their efforts. Of course he is arrogant but then so are/were a lot of champions (Mohammed Alia anyone?) and to be a successful sprinter, you really need a heck of a lot of self confidence.
Boardin, I do get that you're not a roadie and I can empathise, but really, golf? I mean you've got issues with roadies but you like golf?
That's seriously f****ed up!
Clarke for my vote.
Key in it is sports PERSONALITY of the year. Cav just bores me. Very monotone and not much character. And the bit I know of (arrogance) isnt too appealing to me.
Clarke now, after what he has been through, the story and the fact he got straight on the lash and bought drinks all night for the people at his local back home. I love a guy who can not take himself too seriously, especially after his year.
It is a sad sad day for cycling when cyclists will vote for a GOLFER in preference to a cyclist!
I think this is the coporate IT manager STW effect (I hope).
It's f***ing GOLF for crying out loud. It's a game played by middle age, over weight men with more concern for their career than their soul. You don't play golf for the love of it, you play it because your a COCK!
Really, I'm seriously considering resigning from this forum.
Golf.....
<walks away shaking head>
It is a sad sad day for cycling when cyclists will vote for a GOLFER in preference to a cyclist!I think this is the coporate IT manager STW effect (I hope).
It's f***ing GOLF for crying out loud. It's a game played by middle age, over weight men with more concern for their career than their soul. You don't play golf for the love of it, you play it because your a COCK!
Really, I'm seriously considering resigning from this forum.
Golf.....
<walks away shaking head>
As opposed to the sad middle aged overweight IT managers that don lycra every weekend and hit the road?
Well, after reading all that, for the first time ever I will vote on one of these things. For Cav. Golfing is, as they say, a good walk ruined. Is golf classified as a sport? Sounds a lot like tiddlywinks with small balls.
As opposed to the sad middle aged overweight IT managers that don lycra every weekend and hit the road?
Yeah OK you may have a point there. 🙄
Seriously though I'm just kidding around. I mean I can't stand the idea of golf largely because I personally feel excluded from the culture that surrounds it (much like a lot of women would), but still live and let live eh.
Vote for Clark, but please do concede that while Cav may be arrogant, he is one hell of a team player and is humble with his team.
I'm with geetee1972, Golf isn't a sport. It's just rambling with accessories.
Yeah OK you may have a point there.Seriously though I'm just kidding around. I mean I can't stand the idea of golf largely because I personally feel excluded from the culture that surrounds it (much like a lot of women would), but still live and let live eh.
Vote for Clark, but please do concede that while Cav may be arrogant, he is one hell of a team player and is humble with his team.
Golf's brilliant.
Sadly the people that play it, or more specifically those that are members of clubs, are typically bell ends.
I enjoy golf but I have never been able to face joining a club.
Now you see Boardin, you're just the type of person who could change my mind about golf and I really do feel for you with your comments.
My wife's mum and grandmother are scottish and they are always going on about how golf is a working class game.
Tell you what. I will change my mind about golf if you vote for cav?
I think the personality bit is irellevent, none of em seem great, cav has had a great year, so have the golfers, for me cavs win in san remo was way more impressive than the worlds....do I have to vote for him because I like cycling..of course not.
/If that's true it's awesome.Didnt Jan Ullrich microwave a pot of Nutella and drink it through a straw ?
McIlroy for me too (and I don't much like golf).
I will be voting based on my view of the achievement not how close they are to my interests.
Has won everything he could. Nobody has ever done what he has done. Makes the other sprinters look like amateurs. None of the other SPOTYs are in Cav's league. It will be a CRIME if he does not win.
And he has got a personality, his passion for the sport is obvious.
Golf == a _game_
I will be voting based on my view of the achievement not how close they are to my interests.
In which case surely you should be voting for Cav? Come on the guy won the World Championships as well as the Green Jersey, five stage wins in the TDF, two in the Giro and one in the Tour of Brittan
What did McIllroy do BTW? I am just asking becaus I honestly don't know.
Team of the year should go to the GB Team at the World Championships as well. No-one has ever controlled the World Championship road race the way those guys did.
The best thing was everyone else there [b]knew[/b] that Cav was pretty much dead cert to win if it came to a bunch sprint, they knew that was the GB plan and yet no-one could do anything about it at all.
I think as a cyclist who races, I find it hard to like the sprinters, they sit in, they get overly aggresive, they never close gaps, its always someone elses fault when they don't win...how about Gilbert for overseas spoty
On the subject of golf.......my pal and I were playing a round one day. My pal said "why don't we make this a bit more interesting?". So we stopped playing golf.
🙂
PS Cav should win it by a mile, though I concede the England cricket team deserve the team award (I'm a Scot, but believe it or not a lot of Scots do actually support England when it comes to cricket).
Team of the year should go to the GB Team at the World Championships as well. No-one has ever controlled the World Championship road race the way those guys did.
A great performance by them, but not flawless by any means. They did lose control right at the end. It did have me on the edge of my seat yelling at the telly though, and not many sporting events do that.
A scot that doesn't like golf...and supports an English team... there goes the stereotypes
How do you actually vote for this thing anyway? I've never voted before but want to this time around.
A scot that doesn't like golf...and supports an English team... there goes the stereotypes
If it's any consolation, I live on deep fried haggis, am a borderline alcoholic, a tight fisted git and think bagpipes make for great music. That better? 🙂
borderline alcoholic...only borderline, you must have some english in you.. 😀
As with geetee. How do you vote?
As with geetee. How do you vote?
Call 09015 22 26 01 for Cav
Call 09015 22 26 01 for Cav
cheers, but with the number of trolls on here tonight that better be the right number...
cheers, but with the number of trolls on here tonight that better be the right number...
Don't worry chap, that's the right number!
it is indeed. an automated sue barker has just confirmed. 🙂
I think as a cyclist who races, I [s]find it hard to[/s] like the sprinters, they [s]sit in, they get overly aggresive, they never close gaps[/s] [b]win which I suppose is the whole point[/b]
Lolz at the Golf haterz
Golf and Cycling (especially our corner of the Mountain Bike world) are VERY VERY similar
100% agree with Boardin Bob
However for me it has to be Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke
iDave...fair point..unless its hilly 😉
Golf and Cycling (especially our corner of the Mountain Bike world) are VERY VERY similar
care to expand on that unusual observation?