BBC Sports Personality 2011

[Footy66]

Mcilroy = Won that tournament last weekend, 4th this week, up to 2nd in world rankings.....

Darren Clarke = Done F' all, is too overweight to play golf.

[paisleypark]

Too many charity picks here. Darren Clarke plays 1 good tournament - Cavendish cycles thousands of miles and wins major races & sprints. No comparison.
Ferguson is a joke suggestion - great manager and a personality but his sporting days are well behind him in more ways than one.
Having said that the same muppets who voted for Zara and her mother may still be around plus all the other viewers who pick up there phones and vote/donate to the other major BBC & ITV scams(imo).
Don't get me started on Children in Need again.(There is a thread somewhere)

[Footy66]

Ferguson is a joke suggestion - great manager and a personality but his sporting days are well behind him in more ways than one.

He did win the premier league title, and get to the champs league final this year. If they did chuck him in the 10 finalists he is bound to win cos he is simply a legend. The whole 25 years at Man United celebrations will also help his cause, I dont think he will get into that final 10, but who knows, I can only think of 9 Sportsmen/Women that deserve to be in the top 10. They might chuck Ferguson in there cos there is not an obvious 10 to choose from.

[paisleypark]

If SAF is even touted then I will be forced to cancel my TV licence. This is sports personality of the year for gods sake not effing geriatric incontinence last man standing award.
Has the viewing public no self respect - how could they even consider SAF with real sports personalities lining up to be acclaimed.

My wife says she doesn't really care but I have to consult her before I cancell TV licence.

[Footy66]

If SAF is even touted then I will be forced to cancel my TV licence. This is sports personality of the year for gods sake not effing geriatric incontinence last man standing award.
Has the viewing public no self respect - how could they even consider SAF with real sports personalities lining up to be acclaimed.

My wife says she doesn't really care but I have to consult her before I cancell TV licence.

He is involved in sport, its not gardening he is involved in.

[Five long bones]

If SAF is even touted then I will be forced to cancel my TV licence. This is sports personality of the year for gods sake not effing geriatric incontinence last man standing award.
Has the viewing public no self respect - how could they even consider SAF with real sports personalities lining up to be acclaimed.

My wife says she doesn't really care but I have to consult her before I cancell TV licence.

After reading that, you should consult her before boiling a kettle.

[Footy66]

Twitter followers 27th October

Mcilroy: 682,267 Clarke: 103,920
(Up 21,000) (Up £2000)

Today:

Mcilroy: 701,261 (Up 19,000) Has vastly more followers than any other SPOTY contender.

Clarke: 105,966 (Up 2,000)

Others:

Cavendish 184,000

Farrah 40,000

[golden bear]

Clarke - emotional backstory

McIlroy - no emotional backstory

Emotional backstory = 2 million Twitter followers

[Footy66]

Clarke - emotional backstory

McIlroy - no emotional backstory

Emotional backstory = 2 million Twitter followers

Will his emotional story be mentioned on SPOTY??? - I doubt it, if it is then thats a bit unfair on everyone else to use that as an advantage, I could understand it being mentioned if his mrs died the week before the tournament, but she died bloody ages ago.

Rory McIlroy won the Shanghai Masters after a sudden-death play-off. So he has been through hell too. Boom Boom!

[Tricky Tree]

Will his emotional story be mentioned on SPOTY??? - I doubt it

Does his emotional story make good TV??

Will it get mentioned - I bet it will

[juckster]

Of course it'll get mentioned - no doubt about it.

[Footy66]

They do not mention it on their website ie. the SPOTY BBC website, and they did not mention it in their online BBC article when he won The Open.

But if they do mention it on the night I expect it will just be a verbal comment, I do not expect a sob story on video.

[Footy66]

Golf World Cup.....so wheres Clarke? he was not selected cos he's plucking useless.

Mcilroy and Mcdowell making up the team (as you would expect) as they are the best 2 Irish Golfers.

Currently 2nd in the World Cup......c'mon Mcilroy win your third trophy of the year before your 4th (SPOTY) on December 19th.

[golden bear]

It's nice and shiny but it's not an emotional backstory is it?

I can just see it now - *piano starts up - probably a Snow Patrol song (NI connection) - pretty quietly at first*
"Darren Clarke has had some tough times before winning this year's BRITISH Open Championship, his wife Heather, etc, etc......"

[Footy66]

++=

[Footy66]

Mcilroy and Mcdowell leading the World Cup by 2 shots. Cmon Lads!!!!!!!! cement Mcilroys SPOTY win!!!!!!!

[murf]

Mcilroy and Mcdowell leading the World Cup by 2 shots. Cmon Lads!!!!!!!! cement Mcilroys SPOTY win!!!!!!!

Nobody will care about that outside NI.

[Footy66]

Mcilroy and Mcdowell leading the World Cup by 2 shots. Cmon Lads!!!!!!!! cement Mcilroys SPOTY win!!!!!!!

Nobody will care about that outside NI.

I think they will.....especially when they show the clips from his year.

How he dominated the Masters...but unfortunately couldn't quite get the win but showed great quality and confidence to come back fighting to easily win the US Open how he as consistently played well and moved up to number 2 in the world with his win at the Shaghai Masters and recently his win in the World Cup.

If he does win it that will top an excellent year for Mcilroy and will be another extra to add to his cause.

Clarke, one win, thats all they have to talk about.

I still think Cavendish will win but Mcilroy deserves to be at least in the top 2 after his year.

[golden bear]

No one really cares about golf. ONLY golfer to win - Nick Faldo (English) in 1989.

[Footy66]

No one really cares about golf. ONLY golfer to win - Nick Faldo (English) in 1989.

Yes I do know that Nick Faldo is (English).

I wonder why he is the 'ONLY' golfer to win....ummm maybe cos the only British players to win a Major since then were this year...oh and Mcdowell last year (but who is going to vote for Mcdowell, he certainly had no chance anyway against McCoy)

[golden bear]

Ian Woosnam, Paul Lawrie?

[Footy66]

alrite my mistake I missed them. Not really big name golfers though, Woosnam was decent but Paul Lawrie..crap.

Winners Sports In the last 30 years...

Athletics 8 (Must mean Mo Farah is going to win then, wack all your money on Mo)
Motorsport 4
Football 4
Boxing 3
Cricket 2 (Cook and Broad have a better chance than the golfers then)
Ice Skating 2
Horse riding 2
Golf 1 (Clarke and Mcilroy are screwed)
Rugby 1
Rowing 1
Tennis 1
Cycling 1 (Cavendish also has no chance going by History)
Snooker 1

[murf]

10 Contenders get announced on the 1 show tonight.

These are the only 9 that you can't get 100/1 on at the bookies (loads at 100/1 in equal 10th)

2.25 Mark Cavendish
3.0 Darren Clarke
10.0 Rory McIlroy
11.0 Mo Farah
34.0 Luke Donald
34.0 Sam Warburton
67.0 Alistair Cook
67.0 Tom Daley
81.0 Dai Greene

Warbuton is only very few lists and you can get 190 on Betfair. Phil Taylor only other on <100 at Betfair
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[Footy66]

Not sure how Strauss got in the top 10, his batting has been horrendous. Thought Broad would get in ahead of him and did not expect Kahn to be in there but it was hard to think of a 10th person.

Its defo between these 4:

Mcilroy
Farah
Cavendish
Clarke

Donald (No Chance)
Greene (No Chance)
Strauss (No Chance)
Cook (No Chance)
Murray (No Chance)
Kahn (No Chance)

[Ashers]

The shortlist (in alphabetical order) is: Mark Cavendish (cycling), Darren Clarke (golf), Alastair Cook (cricket), Luke Donald (golf), Mo Farah (athletics), Dai Greene (athletics), Amir Khan (boxing), Rory McIlroy (golf), Andy Murray (tennis), Andrew Strauss (cricket).

[murf]

No Daley, no Warburton, no shocks, no Ferguson (thank god).

[Judio]

Not sure how Strauss got in the top 10,

This is why

The full votes


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[Footy66]

The full votes

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Manchester Evening News:
James Anderson
Dimitar Berbatov
Darren Clarke
Glen Chapple
Rory McIlroy
Keri-Anne Payne
Paul Scholes
Andrew Strauss
Yaya Toure
Patrick Vieira

I thought this was a British SPOTY

[murf]

The MEN should be barred from voting next year. Pathetic.

[Surprised]

Ranking of votes
Darren Clarke 26
Rory McIlroy 26
Mark Cavendish 23
Mo Farah 22
Dai Greene 15
Alastair Cook 14
Andrew Strauss 14
Andy Murray 14
Luke Donald 11
Amir Khan 7