What if the UK get no medals?

[sunny jim]

Another silly stat - the Brownlee family is 36th, beating the likes of Spain, Turkey, Greece, Mexico...........

 

[twistedAM]

Another silly stat - the Brownlee family is 36th, beating the likes of Spain, Turkey, Greece, Mexico...........

Yeah, what has happened to the Spanish pharmacists?
Or are a load of them banned like Contador?

 

[Orang Utan]

What if Team GB get as many as fifty medals?

 

[sunny jim]

What if Team GB only wins 20 gold medals?

 

[sunny jim]

BBC Sports Personality of the Year might be a hard decision this year! When I was a kid if you won gold at the Olympics you were pretty certain of getting the BBC SPOTY.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What if Team GB only wins 20 gold medals?

You look different OU

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

BBC Sports Personality of the Year might be a hard decision this year! When I was a kid if you won gold at the Olympics you were pretty certain of getting the BBC SPOTY.

I bet miserable Murray will get it

 

[sunny jim]

You look different OU

Have I contravened Urban decorum? Sorry OU

 

[kabbes]

I'm sure Wiggins is a shoe-in for SPOTY. Olympic gold AND the Tour de France.

I'd give it to Mo though. Or John Terry.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Have I contravened Urban decorum? Sorry OU

No, but you might have confused OU

 

[Orang Utan]

I bet miserable Murray will get it

Who cares? It's not a proper award

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm sure Wiggins is a shoe-in for SPOTY. Olympic gold AND the Tour de France.

I'd give it to Mo though. Or John Terry.

Mighty Mo would be good or Jessica Ennis. Winner should be a woman for a change.

 

[sunny jim]

I bet miserable Murray will get it

My betting is Jessica Ennis, because she had to do 7 disciplines to get 1 medal.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'm sure Wiggins is a shoe-in for SPOTY. Olympic gold AND the Tour de France.

I'd give it to Mo though. Or John Terry.

I'd say yes but I reckon Mo, Jess Ennis and Andy Murray are in with a shout. But Wiggins for me

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

My betting is Jessica Ennis, because she had to do 7 disciplines to get 1 medal.

You should do a new thread with poll

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I think the new question is, 'what if UK doesn't come in at least third in the medal standings'?

UK is kicking ass.

 

[sunny jim]

You should do a new thread with poll

Who would be in with a chance then? And as far as I can make out a woman hasnt won it since 1964. Jessica Ennis must be favourite then
eta: Zara Philips won it in 2006 and there have been a few before that too

 

[Gingerman]

I imagine Team GeeeBeee will be a shoe-in for the team of the year award.

 

[kabbes]

I imagine Team GeeeBeee will be a shoe-in for the team of the year award.

That would be an awesome cop-out. Literally. I would be in awe of their cop-out.

 

[agricola]

SPOTY has to be Wiggins - as great as the achievements of Ennis and Farah were, what Wiggins has done is unprecedented and it encompassed the greatest bike race in the world, several of the almost as important bike races in the world and the Olympics.

Also he said "We're just going to draw the raffle numbers now" on the Champs-Élysées.

 

[sunny jim]

There's been 12 women who have won it in 50 years.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Well off the top of my head:

Bradley Wiggins
Chris Hoy
Mo Farah
Jessica Ennis
Victoria Pembleton (only if she doesn't cry, and just to please TwistedAM)
Miserable Murray ('cos it might make him smile)
Some boatie people
Beth Tweddle (just to cheer her up a bit)
Boris Johnson for his zip-wire event
David Beckham for looking good in a boat
Team GB Male Gymnasts for being first to get a medal in over 100 years

I dunno, what's the criteria?

 

[mattie]

Well off the top of my head:

Bradley Wiggins
Chris Hoy
Mo Farah
Jessica Ennis
Victoria Pembleton (only if she doesn't cry, and just to please TwistedAM)
Miserable Murray ('cos it might make him smile)
Some boatie people
Beth Tweddle (just to cheer her up a bit)
Boris Johnson for his zip-wire event
David Beckham for looking good in a boat
Team GB Male Gymnasts for being first to get a medal in over 100 years

I dunno, what's the criteria?

The name sort of implies personality, but Nigel Mansell won it one year which makes it all a bit confusing.

 

[sunny jim]

Well off the top of my head:

Bradley Wiggins
Chris Hoy
Mo Farah
Jessica Ennis
Victoria Pembleton (only if she doesn't cry, and just to please TwistedAM)
Miserable Murray ('cos it might make him smile)
Some boatie people
Beth Tweddle (just to cheer her up a bit)
Boris Johnson for his zip-wire event
David Beckham for looking good in a boat
Team GB Male Gymnasts for being first to get a medal in over 100 years

I dunno, what's the criteria?

Still think Jessica Ennis should win! All the rest (apart from the silly ones who dont count) are only good at one thing, while Jess is brill at 7 things.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

SPOTY has to be Wiggins - as great as the achievements of Ennis and Farah were, what Wiggins has done is unprecedented and it encompassed the greatest bike race in the world, several of the almost as important bike races in the world and the Olympics.

Also he said "We're just going to draw the raffle numbers now" on the Champs-Élysées.

and for the tack incident

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

There's been 12 women who have won it in 50 years.

That's not very many

 

[Orang Utan]

I think the new question is, 'what if UK doesn't come in at least third in the medal standings'?

UK is kicking ass.

I'm not sure it is possible to overtake the US and China.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I'm not sure it is possible to overtake the US and China.

No chance

 

[sunny jim]

That's not very many

Another reason why Jess should win then. That and she's Team GB's most complete athlete.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

I'm not sure it is possible to overtake the US and China.

...which leaves open the possibility of coming in third.