Gerard Whateley - Best in the business?

[Walter H White]

His well publicised grilling of Hird is proof in point that Gerard can ask the tough questions and he is always the consummate professional; credible, unbiased, insightful and intelligent.

Discuss.

 

[DirtyMuso]

Gerard is by far and away the best footy journo there is. The qualities listed are all spot on. Loved his work on 360 lastnight, and every other night for that matter. Plus his commentary on ABC Grandstand is fantastic, best in the business IMO.

 

[Walter H White]

I also agree with all of your points completely. I might be biased because Gerard is a Geelong fan like me but he never seems to show any bias at all, great restraint and professionalism.

 

[Lethality]

Your poll contains all the journalist trolls (Ralph even takes his trolling to twitter) . . . what about serious football writers like Chip LeGrand?

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

I agree Gerard is very good, one of the best, but what is with the poll options?!

Gerard, a retiree, a gag option, two bin rakers and an drunken idiot.

Its Gerard vs 'Other' for me.

 

[Bishop]

Gerard is awesome, wouldn't even put the others in the same category of him. Does the hard hitting interviews and is well respected by all.

 

[Billy ray]

Ash Stevens

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...rrasses-channel-7s-football-analysis.1096665/

 

[Bluelegs]

He believes Hird should have been expecting to answer a string of confronting questions from fellow co-host Gerard Whateley that captured the attention of the football public.

“You can’t go on for a twenty-minute interview and not expect to have some unsettling questions, it was a pretty solid chat,” said Robinson on SEN radio.

“Normally it’s good cop, bad cop and I’m the bad cop.

“I thought Hird handled himself pretty well on his feet, people told me it was really tense but sitting there I didn’t think it was.”

http://www.sen.com.au/news/05-15/robbo-talks-hird-on-360-pickers-irrelevant-tigers

That's a little insulting to Gerard.

 

[Micksy]

Ash Stevens

http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threa...rrasses-channel-7s-football-analysis.1096665/

Yar Yllib?
I don't get it.

 

[The King!]

Poll is a bit slanted as others highlighted, but he is certainly pretty good

Rohan connolly is ok

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Gerard is by far and away the best footy journo there is.

I think what distinguishes Whateley from the rest is that he's a journalist first and a football journalist second.

He brings the same rigour and attention to detail to covering sport that you'd expect from a journalist covering hard news. There aren't too many for whom that is true.

 

[Whiskers]

Poll needs fixing to Is Gerard the best journo?
Yes
No
The other options you've given aren't really options.

 

[daniel anderson]

i think that Gerard is the best play by play guy on radio or tv and so is Adam White and they are both on abc.(you could also add Tim Lane Tony Leonard and Bruce Eva on 3AW but...)

 

[Ry009]

Rohan connolly is ok

I agree, but he's lost a fair bit of cred over the drug saga. Understand his frustration as a supporter defending their club, but he's let that creep into his work far too much.

 

[Willo_]

What no Stevo!!

 

[Sprout]

Poll options are a joke. May as well have added Humpty Dumpty as an option. Sheahan is retired ffs.

Martin Flanagan is the best football writer going around. Whateley is one of the better ones. Earned points for his grilling of Hird, which was better late than never.

 

[JRFoxy]

Love Gerard - for a weedy, nerdy looking bloke who appears to have never played a game in his life, he is well-researched and eminently unbiased.

 

[Beerfish]

There aren't many better.

 

[Bishop]

The big fella has been lined up to go 1 on 1 with Mick Malthouse tomorrow night at 8.30pm on Fox Footy! Wonder how much $$$ Mick is getting

 

[ManWithNoName]

The big fella has been lined up to go 1 on 1 with Mick Malthouse tomorrow night at 8.30pm on Fox Footy! Wonder how much $$$ Mick is getting

It's unpaid.

 

[tugga]

Looking forward to gerard's interview with Malthouse tonight. You just know he will ask all the right questions.

 

[Beetlebum]

Is this the sequel to the interview Beaker did with Mick before his 715th game?

 

[Beetlebum]

Love Gerard - for a weedy, nerdy looking bloke who appears to have never played a game in his life, he is well-researched and eminently unbiased.

I don't know about him being unbiased, he doesn't actively barrack for Geelong but if he doesn't like a player, coach or a team he can be just as vindictive as any of the flogs he works with. He's just more eloquent than most.

By and large I agree though, he's one of the few men in football that don't make me want to burst my eardrums listening to them talk about the game.

 

[ozgamer]

Not really a contest for Gerard unless Other is the name of some ghostwriter at the The Roar.

 

[Jcpdragonx]

his game knowledge is meh. said buckley was coach of the year. probably the worst call ive ever heard on fox footy.