BBC SPOTY 2019

[Jon Crofts]

It's that time again to look at the list of contenders and think 'how the hell is he/she on the list?'

The contenders.

Ben Stokes
Dina -Asher-Smith
Raheem Sterling (how the hell is he on the list?)
Alun Wyn Jones
Lewis Hamilton (good god no)
Katarina Johnson-Thompson

[luke:lamf]

Well, that is a singularly uninspiring list.

Stokes or KJT for me (Clive). Sterling done nothing amazing.

Hamilton is very impressive in his dominance, but not a particularly interested in F1 and think he has won it before (?).

Asher-Smith won gold but in a field missing the very best.

So, Stokes won WC and some totemic individual performances. KJT won world gold, but IIRC Thiam was carrying an injury so could have been different.

[paul_e]

Asher-Smith for me,  she's had a superb season.

[Somniloquism]

Have to agree on your Sterling question. For the umpteenth year no British footballer has really done anything that deserves a nomination, yet they have to try to get one in.

[cdbearsfan]

I think Ellen White is unlucky seeing as she was top scorer at the World Cup.

[usav]

I think Ellen White is unlucky seeing as she was top scorer at the World Cup.

or Lucy Bronze - UEFA Player Of The Year.

[UK Redsox]

I’d like to see Alun Wyn Jones win but he won’t

[dcdavecollett]

And the winner is...…..Jack Grealish!!!

Thank you for voting!

[manic-road]

1st Stokes, 2nd Dina 3rd Lewis H.

[Damo70]

It's that time again to look at the list of contenders and think 'how the hell is he/she on the list?'

The contenders.

Ben Stokes
Dina -Asher-Smith
Raheem Sterling (how the hell is he on the list?)
Alun Wyn Jones
Lewis Hamilton (good god no)
Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Stokes or Hamilton. Preferably Stokes.

[cdbearsfan]

Anyone but Hamilton.

[paul_e]

For me you can split the list into 3:

People who shouldn't be on it - Sterling and Wyn-Jones
People in a sport where they're set up to dominate - Hamilton
and
People who actually deserve to be included - Asher-Smith, Stokes and Johnson-Thompson.

I'd be happy for any of those 3 to win but I'm slightly uncomfortably picking a cricketer in a year when we failed to claim the ashes at home and whilst DAS and KJT were both incredible KJT was treading a well-worn path whilst DAS is in an event where we've been under-represented for years.

[cdbearsfan]

England won a World Cup. Moore won SPOTY it in 1966, Wilkinson won it in 2003. Stokes has a claim in 2019 regardless of The Ashes.

[paul_e]

England won a World Cup. Moore won SPOTY it in 1966, Wilkinson won it in 2003. Stokes has a claim in 2019 regardless of The Ashes.

I know, as I said, he deserves to be in the mix but There's just a little black mark for me.

[cdbearsfan]

Probably best just to give it to KJT or her mate from Killing Eve will murder the judges.