Gerard Healy Barracking ?

Middo · Post: # 941284Post **Middo** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:49pm

Man this guy was willing the shockers to make a run ...

super dooper · Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:50pm

must have laid a few $$$ on them, heard he likes to lay a few Gorillas on games at times

Middo · Post: # 941295Post **Middo** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:51pm

super dooper wrote:must have laid a few $$$ on them, heard he likes to lay a few Gorillas on games at times

Yeah mentions "on the couch" he loves the Dockers ..

jk23 · Post: # 941296Post **jk23** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:51pm

Agree, I said to my friend mute the telly pleeeeese !!

Dan Warna · Post: # 941301Post **Dan Warna** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:52pm

I've always found healy to be a fair if somewhat harsh critic of st kilda.

Middo · Post: # 941307Post **Middo** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:54pm

Dan Warna wrote:I've always found healy to be a fair if somewhat harsh critic of st kilda.

Ha ha Correct !!!!

Eastern · Post: # 941311Post **Eastern** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:55pm

Dan Warna wrote:I've always found healy to be a fair if somewhat harsh critic of st kilda.

Probably trying a bit too hard to hide his bias. Was a saints fan as a kid before going to Melbourne. Also has a family connection at the club. His dad was the manager of the social club/pokies venue for years !!

SainterK · Post: # 941314Post **SainterK** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:56pm

Nah, he has been on Freo's bandwagon....knows that Mike Sheahan will open OTC with "Dockers lost two in a row now Gerard"

Middo · Post: # 941318Post **Middo** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:57pm

SainterK wrote:Nah, he has been on Freo's bandwagon....knows that Mike Sheahan will open OTC with "Dockers lost two in a row now Gerard"

Looking forward to Monday on the couch !!

Bernard Shakey · Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:58pm

He has always been a Saints supporter. His jod is to make the game as exciting as possible for the viewing public. You don't have to believe all commentators are calling it as they really see it.

I noticed Jackovich was very kind to us.

Spinner · Post: # 941329Post **Spinner** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:59pm

Eastern wrote:
Dan Warna wrote:I've always found healy to be a fair if somewhat harsh critic of st kilda.
Probably trying a bit too hard to hide his bias. Was a saints fan as a kid before going to Melbourne. Also has a family connection at the club. His dad was the manager of the social club/pokies venue for years !!

Exactly. Grew up in the animal cage. He is just like us except he played for melb then Sydney and now commentates afl.

If you watch him enough I'll notice a well hidden soft spot for the saints!

SaintWal · Post: # 941330Post **SaintWal** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 8:59pm

Good call or Bad Call GT

Good Call

Middo wrote:
SainterK wrote:Nah, he has been on Freo's bandwagon....knows that Mike Sheahan will open OTC with "Dockers lost two in a row now Gerard"
Looking forward to Monday on the couch !!

Leo.J · Post: # 941342Post **Leo.J** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 9:03pm

I was told years ago by an apparent family freind of GH that he was a Carlton supporter...

If he has a soft spot for the Saints he hides it very very well.

Bernard Shakey · Sun 13 Jun 2010 9:10pm

Leo.J wrote:I was told years ago by an apparent family freind of GH that he was a Carlton supporter...

If he has a soft spot for the Saints he hides it very very well.

Being a Bentleigh boy he followed the Saints as a kid. The only reason he played for Melbourne was that the other side of South Rd (200 metres from Moorabbin Oval) was in Melbourne's metro zone at the time.

starsign · Post: # 941399Post **starsign** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 9:19pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
Leo.J wrote:I was told years ago by an apparent family freind of GH that he was a Carlton supporter...

If he has a soft spot for the Saints he hides it very very well.
Being a Bentleigh boy he followed the Saints as a kid. The only reason he played for Melbourne was that the other side of South Rd (200 metres from Moorabbin Oval) was in Melbourne's metro zone at the time.

yep back that in
and if you really follow his comments through and through you will find him very much prosainter
I put him up on the top of the list in terms of Radio/TV common-potatos as far as Saint-sympathy goes

And I think some of his family are Saints supporters to boot!

felixleo · Post: # 941428Post **felixleo** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 9:35pm

Didn't mind Healy , at least dwayne wasn't there and i thought Jacko was okay for a change.

linz · Post: # 941459Post **linz** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:00pm

Gerard stated several times he was bought up as a Saints supporter.

Maybe we should give him credit because it isn't obvious now.

3rd generation saint · Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:10pm

yes he was a St.Kilda supporter, grew up near Moorabbin.
He has actually been saying how impressive we have been in the last few weeks.
Mind you he does have a soft spot for the Dockers, probably feels sorry for them and hopes they find some success.
I wouldn't begrudge them some success, just not at our expense.

Stephen Theodore · Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:53pm

Have always thought he had a soft spot for Saints.

vacuous space · Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:57pm

3rd generation saint wrote:Mind you he does have a soft spot for the Dockers, probably feels sorry for them and hopes they find some success.

It probably has something to do with the AFL sending him to do a Freo game every two weeks. Because of the AFL fixture, he winds up calling Freo more than anyone else. He rarely calls us. I'm sure Healy's thrilled that he doesn't have to watch the garbage Freo served up for years anymore.

Healy soft spot for the Saints right will probably be more evident come finals time. He wants us to win a flag. I believe he's said that publicly. Right now Freo's resurgence (surgence?) is a better story. Particularly if you have to regularly call their games.

stinger · Post: # 941511Post **stinger** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:57pm

linz wrote:Gerard stated several times he was bought up as a Saints supporter.

Maybe we should give him credit because it isn't obvious now.

yep...he and his brother.....his dad used to be the co of the social club.....

Leo.J · Post: # 941512Post **Leo.J** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 10:58pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:
Leo.J wrote:I was told years ago by an apparent family freind of GH that he was a Carlton supporter...

If he has a soft spot for the Saints he hides it very very well.
Being a Bentleigh boy he followed the Saints as a kid. The only reason he played for Melbourne was that the other side of South Rd (200 metres from Moorabbin Oval) was in Melbourne's metro zone at the time.

I was told this around the time Diesel was playing for Carlton, maybe thats why he was thought to have been a Blues man at the time, being an ex-team mate...

Good to know he's a brother.

bigcarl · Post: # 941516Post **bigcarl** » Sun 13 Jun 2010 11:01pm

Bernard Shakey wrote:He has always been a Saints supporter.

that's what i've heard also. he was trying hard to hide his bias for us.

coincidently, his criticisms of our game are the same as mine. we don't get the reward we deserve on the scoreboard for the effort we put in.

we dominated for much of the match, but the dockers were still in it on the scoreboard with five minutes to go.

westy · Post: # 941642Post **westy** » Mon 14 Jun 2010 12:27am

Bernard Shakey wrote:He has always been a Saints supporter. His jod is to make the game as exciting as possible for the viewing public. You don't have to believe all commentators are calling it as they really see it.

I noticed Jackovich was very kind to us.

po quo

derby Street · Mon 14 Jun 2010 10:32am

SainterK wrote:Nah, he has been on Freo's bandwagon....knows that Mike Sheahan will open OTC with "Dockers lost two in a row now Gerard"

Love it SainterK - you've got Sheahan down pat - do you live with him?