It's 2012 blog readers and quite frankly if you are a sports fan it is time to get excited with the European Football Championships, the Olympics and the Paralympics this year to fill your boots with for starters. In fact the sporting calendar for this year could be described as the equivalent of a menu at a 3 star Michelin restaurant.
It would be interesting to fast forward to 12 months time and see which sportsmen and women have accomplished the ultimate goals in their sporting careers, and also to see if any of my sporting hopes and dreams will have come true in 2012. Here's a couple to name but a few.
1. If Sebastian Vettel is to win the 2012 Formula One Title, he is made to work ridiculously hard for it.
You would think if a Formula One driver has won the world title two years in a row, he is somewhat special. Are Formula One fans entirely convinced that Vettel is a great driver yet though? I have my doubts. Let us be in no doubt that Vettel has been driving a ridiculously fast Red Bull car this past two years, and that car has virtually guaranteed him pole position in every race more or less. As a consequence it's left the situation in most Formula One races of Vettel riding off into the sunset while all the other drivers fight for the minor places. When someone is able to stay with Vettel in that Red Bull car and challenge his supremacy he is not exactly convincing. Who can forget when Jenson Button was on his tail in the final lap of the Canadian Grand Prix, he made a monumental mistake which gave Button the race. There is no question Vettel is a talented driver, but you get the feeling if he is to be remembered for years to come, he is going have to work hard to win the title, meaning he would have to hold off a charge by Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of a race, or overtake Fernando Alonso in the final corner before the chequered flag. Of course this will also be dependant on several factors. The likes of Button, Hamilton and Alonso will need cars that will challenge the Red Bull car in terms of speed and taking pole position in a race every so often and .........leading to my second dream of 2012.
2. Lewis Hamilton will not be involved in a crash or coming together with any driver and will maintain at least 5 car lengths in front of Felipe Massa for the entire season.
2011 will be a year he will want to forget both on and off the track really. Let's face it, based on his antics on the track, if he was driving a normal car on any road he would have lost his no claims bonus on his car insurance ten times over. Hamilton's mind clearly was not focused on the job for 75% of the season, but boy when he was on form he was brilliant. You can't help but get the feeling that Hamilton would have Vettel for breakfast if he was driving the same Red Bull Car though. His nature is to be aggressive and try and win, something that has gained him a heck of a lot of admirers and 3 victories this season just gone. Let's hope for Formula One's sake that Hamilton is back on form this year and we see a sensational season.
3. Andy Murray wins a Grand Slam tournament (note don't care which one)
Yes blog readers i'm sick and tired of hearing that Britain hasn't had a male Grand Slam Tennis champion since before my grandparents were born or not far off. I love Wimbledon and i just want to hear a different topic of conversation other than can Murray win Wimbledon this year, next year, ever!
Murray is undoubtedly a talented tennis player and does have the potential to win a Grand Slam. I think his biggest Achilles heel in terms of him potentially winning a Grand Slam is two fold. Firstly his mental frailties and secondly he is often tactically naive in big matches. Instead of imposing his own game on an opponent, he tends to allow himself to be dictated to by his opponent, which is why i'm hoping his new coach Ivan Lendl will help fine tune him in terms of tactics and mental focus, so we can all rejoice and just enjoy the tennis at Wimbledon.
These are dreams to name but a few. Whatever happens it is going to be a very interesting sporting year.
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