Five Seasons By Emma Quayle - Football journalism the way it should be done

[MC Extra Dollop]

I have no problem with her, but it's easy to be everybody's favourite when your main thing is writing about optimistic, young players and not 'bad news'.

I agree with this. She is outstanding, but when you're a feature writer, rather than a head-kicker, it's easy to be popular.

 

[theflea]

Nah John Grisham's much better.

I prefer Michael Connelly.

 

[TerryWallet]

I read the Vlastuin one. Meh.....

I like watching the game of footy and i like evaluating teams and players. I like everything that entails the game of footy. Played and watched it all my life.

But i'm not interested in footballers lives and feelings and stories. I don't hero worship them or think they're any more special than any other unknown, and probably much more interesting, high achievers.

Nothing against Quayle but her personal pieces on players appeal to me about as much as an emotional background piece on an X-Factor contestant does.

 

[TradeDraft]

She is the Best Jurno and by some way

 

[dlanod]

Read them all because I was bored. Gia's is interesting. You don't hear much from players on the way out and on the cusp of deselection. Boyd was pretty similar to her draft book a few years ago. Jones' was ok, mainly for the look into Melbourne from the inside. Not much of interest in Ziebell's or Vlastuin's.

 

[Sttew]

Take notes Caro.

I'd still put all my money on Caro coming up with the goods. She has the guts to expose the stories that need to be exposed in the AFL, unlike Mark Robinson, Rohan Connolly et al.

 

[Belnakor]

caro is an idiot a trash, gossip journalist, of any one has a go at her, she plays the, you have issues because im a woman card, & she attemps to back up her claim with her imaginary sources!!

Caro did a pretty good job nailing your lads, plenty of sources too (ie the afl)

 

[brisbane13]

Caro did a pretty good job nailing your lads, plenty of sources too (ie the afl)

Lol, being demetriou's muppet she still did a crap job at that! Wasn't MarkThompson ment to have been the architect on the whole drug saga. Wasn't the AFL & ASADA ment to have handed out infraction notices on essendon & it's players and ban them? The club hasn't been found guilty of shit as yet! So as I said she is nothing but a gossip and trash journlist

 

[LosBeatles]

These articles are just extended versions of the same empty, phony cliches the players say in after the game interviews. Buried within 10 pages of boring writing... player get's injured, rehab is hard, player is sore after game, repeat x 10.

The Boyd one in particular is worthless with every word just empty PR, no one reading it could have the slightest idea what he's really like. Not that I'm bagging him, anyone about to start a 10 year career with the potential to earn $1 million a year would do the same. But it makes for boring reading. Just my opinion

 

[NUFC Tiger]

Haven't had a chance to read the others but someone mentioned the Vlastuin one earlier in the week on our board. Was a great piece, very deep and really showed a lot of what goes on inside a club, the mind's of players and even the potential impacts on friend and family.

So much better than the sensationalist crap we get served up nearly every day. There's always a place for news and opinions but that line often gets blurred. Much rather reading these longer, more insightful pieces personally.

 

[fortynine]

Reckon a grassroots campaign to get Quayle her own footy show is in order.

Best sports journalist in Australia in my opinion. Rest of them seem to be phoning it and only interested in being sensationalistic and reactionary.

She actually reminds me of Sid Lowe who is probably the best sports journalist in the world and how much passion they both show for the players and the STORIES. Most Australian journalists seem to think the players are robots and have no problem being very antagonistic. It's a real shame.

Anyway, bravo Emma. And well done to The Age for a bit of creativity for a change.