Arise, Sir Muttonchops

Yes, I know that the precedence has already been set

tim

Danny Boyle already has.

Some sportsmen and women deserve knighthoods, but they are very few and far between, I can think of maybe four in the past two decades.

A knighood is worth f*ck all nowadays when you are lumped with talentless parasites like Cliff Richard, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger amongst many others.

formance =

ever by a British sportsperson."

Ever? That seems a bit of hyperbole.

It's just twaddle. Like asking a group of today's teenagers what is the greatest song ever ever ever. Think they'll pick something more than a year or two old?

No one 'deserves' a knighthood. It's a gong from the establishment, trying to second guess public opinion

I'm really intrigued as to how you can categorise any of those four as either talentless or parasites.

Not really. I struggle to think of a 'greater' sporting performance by a british sportsman. For my money, the TdF [1] is far and away the toughest single sporting event in the world.

Quite so - I think Tommy Simpson would have clinched it if it weren't for those pesky amphetamines.

Quite. All a home grown industry with considerable exports. Although Sir Cliff perhaps not so much as the others. But does lots of charity work.

Jealousy.

Until next year when his team mate wins it. I think his clutch of Olympic medals may have something to do with him winning an award just as much as winning the Tour.

If you want to rank Wiggins alongside Brailsford I think Brailsford has actually achieved more and will probably go down as one of our best ever coaches but sooner or later someone will surpass him.

What do expect when the original post was x-posted to uk.diy? They're almost on a par with the shed tossers for coming out with rubbish.

To be the first British rider to win a 100 year old sporting event, widely regarded as the toughest there is, clean?

They should get one for services to the community, not services to themselves.

True.

This year, perhaps. But how about in the previous 1000 years?

Huh. Maybe you're right.

Heh. Was having a similar argument with a colleague at our xmas do last week "Paul McCartney was a rubbish songwriter, only when co-writing with Lennon did he do anything half decent, and Band on the Run was s*it and the Frog Chorus is the only other McCartney song I can remember, apart from that awful dirge Mull of Kintyre, and he obviously didn't do anything else decent otherwise I'd have heard of it..." etc.

I gave up. After naming a dozen or so other songs he'd never heard of.

Especially as tour cycling is a team event and, now more than ever, the team leader is paced to the win by his team mates. The eventually winner isn't always the best cyclist, but the one who keeps the best team around him (which can sometimes be down to luck).

(and FWIW triathlon's going the same way!)

tim