BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022

[Lillian Thomson]

Never really deserves its own thread, and probably less so this year than ever.
BBC desperately hoping England don’t win the World Cup meaning they’d have to take team of the year away from the Women’s Euro Winners.

 

[sledger]

what motivates you to make a thread about it each year, LT?

something to do with Clare Balding I imagine

 

[Lillian Thomson]

No, I just like crap threads.

 

[GIMH]

Jonny Bairstow should win it IMO

 

[GIMH]

Or Elliot Nevitt

 

[Prince EWS]

Never really deserves its own thread, and probably less so this year than ever.

Thread closed.

 

[wpdavid]

Jonny Bairstow should win it IMO

I was going to suggest Stokes.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Nothing happened in the World Cup to influence the winner.

 

[GIMH]

I was going to suggest Stokes.

Yeah it really should be Stokes.

The T20 team would probably take the team award in many years but suspect the Lionesses have that one sorted

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah it really should be Stokes.

The T20 team would probably take the team award in many years but suspect the Lionesses have that one sorted

Yeah, be something of a travesty if they didn't.

Ben Stokes for overseas personality though?

#wasntfunnythefirstthousandtimes

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Beth Mead is favourite. Without the ladies football team it would be a year similar to when Steve Davis and Ryan Giggs won it because nothing happened.

 

[ashley bach]

Can the award be made to a coach? If so then Baz himself would have to be in contention. He's changed the direction of the game and thrown his
personality all over the face of English cricket.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Can the award be made to a coach? If so then Baz himself would have to be in contention. He's changed the direction of the game and thrown his
personality all over the face of English cricket.

There’s a separate coaches award, but that’ll being going to Wiegman unless the winner has to be British, in which case Baz can’t win either.

 

[wpdavid]

Yeah it really should be Stokes.

The T20 team would probably take the team award in many years but suspect the Lionesses have that one sorted

As Brumby says, there would be something wrong if the Lionesses didn't win the team award.

But Stokes has done more to deserve the individual award than Beth Mead imo.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The six contenders are in, three I wouldn’t recognise if they fell over my dustbin, O’Sullivan who did pretty much what he always does plus genuine contenders Stokes and Mead.
Mead favourite.

 

[wpdavid]

The six contenders are in, three I wouldn’t recognise if they fell over my dustbin, O’Sullivan who did pretty much what he always does plus genuine contenders Stokes and Mead.
Mead favourite.

I thought you were exaggerating. But you weren't. The nominees are gymnast Jessica Gadirova, footballer Beth Mead, curling's Eve Muirhead, cricketer Ben Stokes, snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan and athlete Jake Wightman.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Be amazed if Beth Mead doesn't win it.

 

[Howe_zat]

78 gold medals for British competitors at the Commonwealth games so I'm surprised they didn't opt to include any of them, opting for two people who either skipped or disappointed there.

 

[duffer]

Be amazed if Beth Mead doesn't win it.

She's great, hope she wins it

 

[weeman27bob]

I thought you were exaggerating. But you weren't. The nominees are gymnast Jessica Gadirova, footballer Beth Mead, curling's Eve Muirhead, cricketer Ben Stokes, snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan and athlete Jake Wightman.

Eve

I'm definitely a fan of having people from smaller sports get nominated rather than a collection of people from the same sports. Anything that can help give those sports a bit of attention is good as far as I'm concerned.