I have to admit I am now starting to warm up to Vardy - despite his big girlie antics that got Huddlestone sent off at your place last season. Vardy is right though. There are many hidden gems in lower / non-league football. Grimsby have one called Bogle who they signed from Solihull Moors in the summer. He is a real handful and could make it up a few levels if given the chance.
My vote is for Greg Rutherford in lieu of Rootie not being on the list. Just a note about Lucy Bronze, compare her for like in the men's game she is a Centre, right or left back not a stricker.
It's a prestigious award, I don't think they'd consider giving it to a nasty little racist, whatever he'd achieved.
Its great to see Sinfield in there, nearly two decades of outstanding performances with the Rhinos, over 4,000 points scored (3rd highest ever), captained his side to the treble this year and a complete professional both on and off the field. He's the sort of athlete you want kids to look up to. Leeds Rhinos should be team of the year for winning every trophy possible but you just know its going to be England's Women for finishing 3rd. Unfortunately he wont win as RL obviously doesn't receive anywhere near the exposure that other sports do. For him and the Rhinos to be nominated is pretty much a victory anyway.
He's riding the crest of a wave at the moment so people like yourself think he should be in there. This award is for the year and for half of that year he wasn't scoring goals and was racially abusing innocent bystanders so his omission is hardly surprising.
Didn't St Helens win the team award one year? It's very rare the RL even get a mention during the show though!
the whole thing is miles from my region of interest. if the award were called "sports person of the year", it'd be more accurate, since most of them have the charisma of a cardboard cut-out. as it is, it's 99% about sports that i don't care about.
Why be bitter? Sad little man. He's apologised and been on a diversity awareness course. I don't think he's racist at all, he was just ignorant and drunk. Besides, they've nominated Fury so that argument goes straight out of the window.
Eh? Other people have been nominated for things they've done in less than a couple of hours. Another bitter no mark. It's laughable really.
Unless it's quinoa, kale or almond butter I won't be touching it. I may have a cold brew coffee if they have them on though.
Bernie and his wife, Dorothy, were very good friends of ours; they attended our wedding. I think he sliced his nose in an accident when driving to Prague. Others in our circle included Mike Larsen and Brian Medcalf (plus a few others whose names have vanished). We used to train at the old Riley High School. Before that, Bernie would train on a high bar he built for himself (in East Park, I think). As his biceps indicated, he was a weight-lifter before that. Personality-wise, he was the opposite of his great rival, Nik Stuart, one of the funniest men I've ever met -- the last person you'd ever think would go down with Alzheimer's.
Small world, I went through to Brid on my Bike from Pock to see Dorothy and Mick a couple of month ago. they were fine and Mick never changes he still looks 40 even though he is more or less 70. Bernie and Mick have told me all these stories, as well as the one about their first gear to wear in their first competition was painters white overalls cut down to size.
I'm confused here. Last I knew, Mick Larsen was married to Margaret. Please update me. My own first gym pants were a pair of second-hand cricket whites, drainpiped and elasticated by my own fair hand. I've probably still got 'em somewhere, but I doubt I'd get into them. One thing's for certain -- I wouldn't be able to do a handstand, or much else, in 'em!
Anything here take your fancy? (Burnsy may have eaten most of it by now though) That is genuinely the offerings in the media area at the Etihad tonight.
