Congratulations Chris Hoy!
December 22, 2008
Cyclist Chris Hoy celebrated being named as BBC Sports Personality of the Year recently and I for one would like to congratulate him on his wonderful achievements. However part of me wonders when we will have a British footballer claiming one of the most coveted awards in sport. I guess that this will not happen until one of the home nations is relatively successful in a major tournament, but it is difficult to see this happening for the next five years at least.
You would have to say that out of all the home nations England look the strongest on paper, but turning this in to meaningful performances is a different thing all together. Too many players under perform on the big stages – if they didn’t of course we could well be basking in the glory of a European Championship win rather than reflecting on a rather mundane summer.
The Olympic Games of 2012 are surely the time to really show the world what we are made of – I cant see anything more than a quarter final exit during the 2010 World Cup (assuming we get there that is!) and so this together with the 2012 European Championships must take a predominant role in our plans. It is time to place a renewed emphasis on youth schemes and invest as heavily as we can do in the England players of tomorrow and who knows in years to come the Sports Personality of the Year award may be dominated by successful domestic players!
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