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Very difficult year, normally we're struggling to work out who has done enough to merit the award and this year there are so many people who would win it. Bradley Wiggins - certain winner if it were not for Andy Murry who would also have been a certain winner if it wasn't for Sarah Story and the list goes on...

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Yes l have to agree with you as there are so many fine candidates and l would not know what one to choose at the moment as there has never been a sporting year like this one for a long time..

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You added a Joey Barton option, REALLY?

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Just making sure you read all the way to the bottom of the list.

Really tough call this year, I'd imagine the Olympians will get a special group award leaving a fight between Murray and Wiggins.

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Barton to win all the way. None of those deserve to win Personality of the Year imo. Although I suppose Murray will win it. But until he wins Wimbledon, he hasn't achieved anything major in my book.

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US Open is a Grand Slam....

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I'll take a different slant and say Clare Balding. Sports commentator, presenter and writer).
She has come through her own adversities, and she smiles more than Murray :D
I admire her very much.

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No John Terry? :erm: :D

Impossibly difficult to judge because so many of them have achieved so much. However, taking the word 'personality' as my cue, I've voted for Jess Ennis as she has a smile to die for.

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Just the smile? ;)

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Well - her party frock too. The fact that she's been seen in the same one multiple times. It somehow adds to that whole unspoiled Olympian athlete thing, that she's not some preening sleb like so many of the wastes of space seen attending premieres and other glitzy events. :D

Yes, she is also a fine figure of a woman, though personally I prefer more curves, such as those I am blessed to enjoy here at home. ;)

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I went with Andy Murray. Mostly because he won the US Open, was passionate about losing the Wimbledon final, but also won a gold and silver medal at the Olympics. Bradley Wiggins is a close call for winning the Tour de France as well as the gold. Mo Farah would be up there as well on account of his 'story' and the symbolism of a first-generation immigrant competing under the British flag and his obvious pride in doing so.

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I can't decide. Any other year at least half a dozen of them would be red hot favourites to win. I've narrowed it down by excluding Baron :D

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Yes, but without Federer and Nadal playing he had an easy ride to the final. And Djokovic just wasn't good enough. I still say that until Murray wins Wimbledon, he won't have achieved anything. That is my opinion on him, I'm sorry if others don't agree with it.

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It has to be Wiggins for me 99 editions of Le Tour the biggest and most prestideous Cycle race in the World and not even a sniff of a British winner apart from the great Robert Millar. Wiggo did it in style , he then went on to win the Oylmpic time trial a week later
I conceed Murray has done a great job this year and it will be a close battle between them.

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A Grand Slam is a Grand Slam and l am not sure Federer or Nadal would have beaten Murray if they had met in this tournament.

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Apart from Joey they are all winners and all their names should be on the trophy.:)

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The only winner will be the bookies, taking all those bets. ;)

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Presumably Joey is on there for those who are tempted to vote Wiggo but afraid that he might hunt them down to chin 'em and stub a ciggy out in their eye.

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Joey Barton is just on there as a joke...

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That isn't shown on the BBC, it's the BBC sports personality after all...

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It's a public vote.

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Bold = corrected :D

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Barton should win the toerag of the year award.

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Andy Murray, he has achieved something brilliant in a sport that has some of the greatest ever players the sport has seen in its history playing at the moment.

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Wiggo. Murray's achievement is fantastic, but Wiggo is the first Brit to win the TdF which is the biggest cycling event in the World. With respect for Murray, the US Open is one of 4 Grand Slams. It's not quite on a par with the TdF. It would have becom a very hard choice if Murray had won Wimbledon though.

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Oh is this their actual list then? Because the reasoning for Bob nudd or Phil Taylor never winning was supposedly because their sports weren't shown on the BBC.

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I think the shortlist is drawn up by the BBC before it's put to the vote but I don't think inclusion on this list is dependent on the sport being on their channel. Mark Cavendish won it last year and cycling isn't on the BBC. It's on Channel 4, ITV and sometimes Sky. Phil Taylor was included in the shortlist in 2011 but came second in the public vote.

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No Mario Balotelli :(

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I narrowed it down to Wiggins or Murray and finally went for Wiggins. It will be interesting to view this year.

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My vote goes to Ellie. About time the title was voted on what it is, not flavor of the day

BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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Apparently it used to be the rule that the winner had to appear on sportsview (later to become sportsnight) but considering that show finished in the late nineties it can hardly be held against them anymore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Spo...e_Year#History

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Got to go with Andy Murray.

He became the first British man in a Wimbledon final for 74 years. After finishing as runner up he broke down in tears during his post match speech.

One month later he's back in 2 more Wimbledon finals to secure a gold and silver medal for team GB.

Finally on Monday he ended Britain's 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion with an epic victory over world number 2 Novak Djokovic in the US Open final. It involved the longest tie break in US Open Final history at 12–10 in the first set, it made Murray the first man ever to win an Olympic gold medal and the US Open in the same year, and it tied with the 1988 US Open final as the longest final in the tournament's history.

Oh and as a little bonus he won the 2012 Brisbane International at the beginning of the year too.

Murray has been the nearly man for the last few years with many doubting he could win a Slam. This year he has shown great heart, commitment, mental strength and character. He has also opened up emotionally this year and let the fans get a glimpse of who the real Andy Murray is. Apart from Jessica Ennis, I can't think of anyone else in the list who has had the same level of expectancy and pressure put on them by the press and public as Andy Murray this year. This for me is what makes him the sports personality of the year.

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It will be the only personality he will ever have if he wins.:D

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:D

Ironically the partnership between the usually droll Murray and the blunt Lendl has been a winner with the press, and has proved Murray has a great sense of humour.

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It will be led by Lendl as he always had character unlike his protege.

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Ok,lets just agree to differ.;)

The resultwill after all be down to those who write in and vote.:)

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I think the deciding thing will be that Wiggo is regarded as the peoples champion, as can seen by the thousands lining the roads in Towns and Villages during this weeks Tour of Britain, which is effectively his lap of honour.

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No Victoria Pendleton?

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It is a joke nothing more and most certainly not an argument as this will be the only time that I will vote on this matter.:D

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Not up here in Scotland he isn't :p:

The ATP World Tour Finals, regarded as the fifth slam, takes place at the O2 Arena in London during November. In the tournaments 42 year history there has never been a British player in the final. Surely IF Murray wins this he'd have a great chance at sports personality of the year.

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Her achievements have been over a decade and not a big bang in 2012, though they are none the less impressive for that.

She's also a bit marmite - she certainly seemed to polarise her team mates' opinions of her. One of the support team is marrying her, although it seems he had a major falling-out with another of the team, who was his flat mate, because of it.

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But Wiggo is in England:p:

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:LOL:

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ditto Wales ;)

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Sports Personality of the Year: BBC award shortlist named

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sports-...ality/20466947

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From the shortlist, Ellie Simmonds would be my first choice, Nichola Adams second and Wiggins third. Under no circumstances do I want Murray winning, anyone but Murray.

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I was pushing for Andy Murray however got to go with Nicola Adams.

Adams defeated Mary Kom from India in the Flyweight semi-final before defeating world number one Ren Cancan in the final to claim the first Olympic women's boxing Gold medal in history. Her dominant performances were a highlight of the Games.

Unlike many others on the list, Nicola has since shown she has a great personality in her public, TV and radio appearances. A true real role model and pioneer for womens boxing.