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Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:39 pm
by Rosa
It has to be Emma, surely.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:41 pm
by smalex
Oh god I'd actually forgotten him as well :lol:
Cavs got one. I think some people did some stuff in the Olympics and paras though...and wasn't there something about some football? Hard to remember now though.

Nah. Emma for SPOTY

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:42 pm
by Hazey_Jane
There will be the comparisons with fairy tales but this is still beyond wildest dreams stuff.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:36 am
by Livilla
I think Tom Daley was the bookies favourite til now (finally getting an Olympic gold medal as the pinnacle of a long career in the public spotlight, losing his Dad, and you know, knitting :)) ). But Emma has now jumped into the odds-on position.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:58 am
by Pippedydeadeye
I find it funny how we single out one person each year across a range of sports, just for telly (which I don’t usually watch because I find it kind of dull), and then concentrate on that event as though it’s the absolute pinnacle of all that these people have achieved. When it’s mostly a popularity contest.

I think it kind of diminishes all the amazing stuff they’ve done. Why does SPOTY matter? They’ve done amazingly well with their publicity for it to be on our minds at every big contest if a British person does well.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 10:48 am
by smalex
It really doesn't, it's just a bit of fun

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:03 pm
by Pippedydeadeye
I’ve surprised myself with my depth of feeling on it. :lol: SPOTY was one of my first thoughts too last night and then it annoyed me.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:13 pm
by smalex
I just like it as a recap of the year really (though increasingly they do much less of that). It is a silly popularity contest, but I think if a young woman was to win I'd be pretty pleased to see it!

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:16 pm
by Pippedydeadeye
Definitely.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:46 pm
by Livilla
I would be happy with either a young woman or an out and proud gay man - particularly since it’s a popular vote. I’d also love to see Rahim Sterling up there too, for similar reasons, but I think it’s unlikely individual footballers will be considered in an Olympic year.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:57 pm
by sally maclennane
There is a team award I think so I guess the England team will win that, and Emma can win the individual award.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:07 pm
by cluefree
smalex wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:17 pm
Rosa wrote: Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:15 pm No qualifier (male or female) has ever reached a grand slam final, let alone gone on to win it.
History maker.
I kept choking up when I was telling Pete about her achievement. And I’m not even bothered about tennis usually. She’s just amazing.

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:27 pm
by rosy
I would give several fortunes for this to be true:

https://twitter.com/clooky/status/14370 ... 98081?s=21

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 9:53 am
by Livilla
It’s not, sorry Rosy :)) I bet it still stings for Piers though, because everyone’s retweeting it as if it is (Andy Roddick, Judy Murray etc).

It turned out to be a great tournament in the end because Novak didn’t win. He was two sets down when I went to bed last night, but as he’d been in the same position in the French Open and came back to win I wasn’t holding my breath. But well done to Medvedev!

Re: Emma Raducanu

Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2021 10:00 am
by Chicky
C4 had over 9 million viewers watching the Raducanu match. Very good for women’s sport!