Mary Earps

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Mary Earps

Comments like this only prove Hyde right.

Like what?

That she's married to a BBC Director?

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Mary Earps

Serena williams shouldn't really get the credit that she does because the top 100 men in Tennis would beat her.

Now if she had won it that would be totally different, she was the best tennis player in the World for what seems like a lifetime and is famous. (lifetime award type as she's not British)

It doesn't matter that she couldn't beat the men she was dominant almost unbeatable, in a sport that women have been playing at a high standard for decades.

My post was not anti-women, it was just this award was daft, as she plays a team sport and is not famous or outstanding enough to have won it IMO.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Mary Earps

Marina Hyde is definitely one of the most on point journalists out there. You really think her husband/BBC influences her writing?

What defending a BBC program, what do you think?

[lardy]

Re: Mary Earps

Now if she had won it that would be totally different, she was the best tennis player in the World for what seems like a lifetime and is famous. (lifetime award type as she's not British)

It doesn't matter that she couldn't beat the men she was dominant almost unbeatable, in a sport that women have been playing at a high standard for decades.

My post was not anti-women, it was just this award was daft, as she plays a team sport and is not famous or outstanding enough to have won it IMO.

And yet it's two in a row for women's footballers...

[fugsyphil]

Re: Mary Earps

And yet it's two in a row for women's footballers...

Who won the euros in 22 and made the world cup final in 23.

[Rjk]

Re: Mary Earps

Who won the euros in 22 and made the world cup final in 23.

They also had by far the biggest viewing figures of any of the sports listed

The ashes averages 878,000 viewers per day

The women's world cup final had more than 14 million viewers

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Mary Earps

In reality I care little about such awards, but to me she seemed as good as any of the other nominees and her influence on young girls to take up and play football is significant.

I really can't understand why people are so angry about it, it's very odd behaviour.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Mary Earps

Whatever your thoughts are on the winner, it was a case of a public vote to engage the public in respect of a TV programme.
It's like being annoyed as to who won the X Factor.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Mary Earps

Like what?

That she's married to a BBC Director?

That you think it’s relevant. It takes a certain type of mind to imagine that some connection to the BBC invalidates everything she wrote.

You proving her point for her.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Mary Earps

That you think it’s relevant. It takes a certain type of mind to imagine that some connection to the BBC invalidates everything she wrote.

What so if Peter Ridsdale's wife, said he did a brilliant job and saved the club, and did the early tickets to benefit us, you would say brilliant thanks for that what a great guy that Peter is :xmasthumbup:

Or would you have a distrusting mind, because she's not impartial?

[North Cardiff Blue]

Re: Mary Earps

In reality I care little about such awards, but to me she seemed as good as any of the other nominees and her influence on young girls to take up and play football is significant.

I really can't understand why people are so angry about it, it's very odd behaviour.

Agreed I'm typing with a smile at how angry they are getting :xmashehe:

Agreed it's not a proper award anymore, they've changed the format and it's just like a celebrity jungle-type show nowadays with some celebrity's that we've never heard of :xmasthumbup:

[Bobby Dandruff]

Re: Mary Earps

Who won the euros in 22 and made the world cup final in 23.

Women’s Euros and WC.

Try to get it right, if you want to attempt to gain any credibility here.

[Bobby Dandruff]

Re: Mary Earps

They also had by far the biggest viewing figures of any of the sports listed

The ashes averages 878,000 viewers per day

The women's world cup final had more than 14 million viewers

So 25m viewers for The Ashes then. Twice as many as the final.

Great argument.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Mary Earps

So 25m viewers for The Ashes then. Twice as many as the final.

Great argument.

Do you think a different 878,000 watch the Ashes every day?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Mary Earps

What so if Peter Ridsdale's wife, said he did a brilliant job and saved the club, and did the early tickets to benefit us, you would say brilliant thanks for that what a great guy that Peter is :xmasthumbup:

Or would you have a distrusting mind, because she's not impartial?

She not saying what a great job her husband did, I don’t think he’s mentioned is he? What she is saying is that a bunch of sad, mainly old, men appear to have a problem with a woman footballer being elected as Sports Personality of the Year and they struggle to explain why that should be when asked to do so.