Mary Earps

[Bobby Dandruff]

From a man who achieved what exactly?

Ever played in a WC?
Ever represented your country?
Ever played pro sport?
Ever played at county level?

Or are you just a nobody on the internet who calls pro players rubbish yet couldn’t tap a bag of sand?

What a weird reply! lol

[lardy]

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[North Cardiff Blue]

You really dislike women don’t you?

Love em, so much so much so that I married one many decades ago

[North Cardiff Blue]

He’s probably never been near one sexually

Haven't you got some second-hand Christmas tree lights to sell?

Probably forgotten more than you've had, and you're right hand that's obviously overused doesn't count

[North Cardiff Blue]

If the award was 'worlds best goalkeeper' then I'd kind of see your point. But we're talking about sports personality of the year. If every other athlete is being judged against their peers in their own sport, why should womens footballers be judged any differently?

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[North Cardiff Blue]

Comments like this only prove Hyde right.

Like what?

That she's married to a BBC Director?

[North Cardiff Blue]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

[North Cardiff Blue]

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

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

[Bobby Dandruff]

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]

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]

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]

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

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.

[Rjk]

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

[North Cardiff Blue]

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.

You understand the concept of impartiality Bob, don't pretend to be stupid!

She's deflecting the main point that the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (who her husband works for) has lost the plot and viewers and will go the same way as their top sports quiz, not watched and then scrapped at some point.

[the other bob wilson]

You understand the concept of impartiality Bob, don't pretend to be stupid!

She's deflecting the main point that the BBC Sports Personality of the Year (who her husband works for) has lost the plot and viewers and will go the same way as their top sports quiz, not watched and then scrapped at some point.

I understand you’re desperate to make a point that has got nothing to do with the subject of this thread. It’s not the BBC that has lost the plot here.

[North Cardiff Blue]

I understand you’re desperate to make a point that has got nothing to do with the subject of this thread. It’s not the BBC that has lost the plot here.

OK I overestimated you

Impartial
Someone who is impartial is not directly involved in a particular situation and is therefore able to give a fair opinion or decision about it.

[the other bob wilson]

OK I overestimated you

Impartial
Someone who is impartial is not directly involved in a particular situation and is therefore able to give a fair opinion or decision about it.

And there was me thinking that the result was decided by a public vote, not a BBC director who specialises in “distribution and business development”.

Just what is your point? Are you saying that the BBC fiddled the vote, those who voted for Mary Earps are idiots or there’s no way a woman footballer should win such an award?