Who is your favourite British Player 2021 Vote

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Who is your favourite British Player 2021 Vote

brittak · Satellite level

This takes me back to the polls that you did during first lockdown which seems eons ago now. Have just been re-reading some of the threads for the old British players too - making me feel quite nostalgic!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Indeed - it felt like it had been 18 months and a lot has changed in the GB players so why not see how it stands. The old time favourites ones where lots of fun, my only concern there would be that not a lot probably would have changed in our views on them over the past 18 months!! I have to say, I enjoyed the nuggets that folks like Rosamund/Gameover came up with to bring some colour to those. Hope folks do the same here

brittak · Satellite level

JonH comes home wrote:
Indeed - it felt like it had been 18 months and a lot has changed in the GB players so why not see how it stands. The old time favourites ones where lots of fun, my only concern there would be that not a lot probably would have changed in our views on them over the past 18 months!! I have to say, I enjoyed the nuggets that folks like Rosamund/Gameover came up with to bring some colour to those. Hope folks do the same here

Oh yes, views on the current crop of players will have definitely changed. Not suggesting a rerun of the old players ones, they should be left firmly in the past.
thanks for setting these up again

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Groups are drawn, 15 polls going up tomorrow folks !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Decided Im going to put this up for voting today around 10am and run it through the weekend. 90 players in 15 groups of 6; then 30 in 5 groups of 6; then 10 in the 2 semis groups, and a final 4. If I post the first round today Thursday , itll all close Monday night!

If groups end with ties for second spot, there will be quick one hour play off votes. So keep watch and if you want your favourite to do well, please vote

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 14th of October 2021 07:33:13 AM

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 14th of October 2021 07:48:51 AM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Thanks everyone who votes! 24 hours left, I wont advise scores other than time updates, or maybe occasionally when it seems it is really close!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Sorry if anyones favourite is missing, 90 players I hope would cover most bases!! I am sure there are one or two and I added a couple of the younger players in outside of rankings as they get a bit more press than most around here!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Round 2 groups will be drawn so that all the group winners go into a specific group place, ditto the RU's, a bit like the world cup football. I have deliberately kept players away in round 2 that happened to be in the same group in round 1. And will try and do the same in the semis.

I can see it is shaping up nicely so far and one or two groups looking slightly surprising to me!!

emmsie69 · Top national player

JonH comes home wrote:
Round 2 groups will be drawn so that all the group winners go into a specific group place, ditto the RU's, a bit like the world cup football. I have deliberately kept players away in round 2 that happened to be in the same group in round 1. And will try and do the same in the semis.

I can see it is shaping up nicely so far and one or two groups looking slightly surprising to me!!

I know you put a lot of work into this but it just isn't working for me. I found all my favourites crammed in 4 groups. Dan was the only 1 of my favourites that had no competition. Harriet's my fav female and Anton my fav young male so I had to choose 1 then Ali Gray, Stuart and Emma. Then there were 4 groups where I really didn't care that much for any of them Nightmare.

Maybe next year best U23 Male, best U23 female, best newcomer etc would be easier to group together and than a big final with 1 of each category.

Anyway it's your baby and you do a fab job with these polls.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

emmsie69 wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:
Round 2 groups will be drawn so that all the group winners go into a specific group place, ditto the RU's, a bit like the world cup football. I have deliberately kept players away in round 2 that happened to be in the same group in round 1. And will try and do the same in the semis.

I can see it is shaping up nicely so far and one or two groups looking slightly surprising to me!!
I know you put a lot of work into this but it just isn't working for me. I found all my favourites crammed in 4 groups. Dan was the only 1 of my favourites that had no competition. Harriet's my fav female and Anton my fav young male so I had to choose 1 then Ali Gray, Stuart and Emma. Then there were 4 groups where I really didn't care that much for any of them Nightmare.
Maybe next year best U23 Male, best U23 female, best newcomer etc would be easier to group together and than a big final with 1 of each category.
Anyway it's your baby and you do a fab job with these polls.

Hi Emmsie - thing is, I cant second guess what favourites everyone has so it is purely luck of the draw really. Vote where you like and how you like, please do, but it is just a bit of fun, so I am sure one way or another you can have a favourite out of the players in a given group, whether you love them all or are a bit couldnt care less.

I am quite happy to do this one the way I am doing it but also very happy if someone in future wants to pick up favourites in different categories - for me, seeing how players across categories compare is part of the fun.

the addict · Tennis legend

As it happens, Dan's goup was the only one I had to stop and thing about, as it includes Beth and EWS. Each to his own I suppose. Great job JonH, keep it up.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Plus - remember folks can and do vote tactically...it may be your favourite is likely to garner lots of votes in a group, so no problem if you choose to vote for your second favourite to give them a chance! It is all just a bit of fun, please do remember that

And in the next round all the players will get mixed up again, so no doubt more clashes etc. And in the final you may have all your favourites, so you have to choose one.

Just chill and go with the flow!

PS I have been contacted via PM by one person who felt I had put their favourite in the strongest group and been unfair to them. Ha. I can assure there was nothing duplicitous in the groupings!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

One thing I can guarantee is 60 players will be knocked out by this time tomorrow so the choice will get even harder for everyone !

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

the addict wrote:
As it happens, Dan's goup was the only one I had to stop and thing about, as it includes Beth and EWS. Each to his own I suppose. Great job JonH, keep it up.

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