Reply to: BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2009

[original PM]

I think Giggsy is also a Unicef ambassador

Not that that makes him a personality but shows he has something between his ears unlike most footballers

It does seem that someone has taken a look at his lengthy and rather illustrious career (filled with some epic goals like the one against Arsenal in the FA cup semi in 99 on the way to the treble) and said hang on this guy has won loads of team trophies but not so many individual ones thus he got the footballer of the year and now this

I do agree he should have got some sort of lifetime achievement award - but guess he is a bit young yet.

[Doggy Styles]

Then the lifetime achievement award would have been more appropriate, no?

Possibly, yes. But wouldn't he have been up against Ballesteros?

[Moscow Mule]

Then the lifetime achievement award would have been more appropriate, no?

He's not old enough and he's still playing.

[gingerjedi]

He's an ageing Welsh footballer with a very hairy chest and black beady eyes.

Good in his day, but he's been nothing special this year, not even a regular in his club side, and he hasn't got a public personality at all. But I suppose the ageing bit swung it for him.

Then the lifetime achievement award would have been more appropriate, no?

[Moscow Mule]

But I suppose the Man Utd supporters swung it for him.

FTFY

[Boudica]

mmm hairy chest

personally i would vote for Ronnie O'sullivan he has it going on, parents are crims, drug addiction, separated from wife etc and he still has a sense of humour...

[Doggy Styles]

Who the heck is Ryan Giggs????? Truely I've no idea who he is.

He's an ageing Welsh footballer with a very hairy chest and black beady eyes.

Good in his day, but he's been nothing special this year, not even a regular in his club side, and he hasn't got a public personality at all. But I suppose the ageing bit swung it for him.

[lilelvis2000]

Who the heck is Ryan Giggs????? Truely I've no idea who he is.

[RichardCranium]

Well done, Eddie Izzard.

Comedian Eddie Izzard has been honoured with a special award at the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year for his epic marathon feats for Sport Relief.

[Alf W]

Giggs - shoe in. The BBC have been setting him up all year for it.

Strauss will be part of the 'Team of the Year' for the Ashes.

Button will be second. Murray third.

The rest are likely to suffer from the "Who?" factor.

Nearly! Should have guessed some token eye-candy for third spot.

[oracleslave]

Since when did the ability to punt round a football, when you've got no O-Levels, amount to having a "Personality" ?

Don't normally side with you on sports related issues BGG but in this case

^^^ WHS!

[Board Game Geek]

Since when did the ability to punt round a football, when you've got no O-Levels, amount to having a "Personality" ?

[centurian]

Murray should win. he is the highest achieving British sportsman in the context of the competitive environment in which he plays.

But he hasn't yet won any of the 4 majors. When he does, he will probably get it - and deservedly so

Finally the word is "personality" not "interesting personality". So everyone qualifies under this title. No one is defining what that personality should actually be.

But it's a public vote, so the definition is whatever the public decide it is - and I bet that most people do vote according to a definition of "interesting personality".

[centurian]

Why should Button win, Lewis didnt win it last year.

The competition was a lot stiffer was last year... in Olympic's years the award generally tends to go to a gold medalist - although Mansell & Hill won it in 92 & 96 respectively.

[Moscow Mule]

I'll still watch though, just to see what Ennis looks like in a dress

Nothing pervy about that, MM.

And the answer is - H-O-T