Same Old, Same Old from The Star

[glovesavebythegoalie]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/icehockey/Steelers-ticket-money-is-gone.6446027.jp

Although the bit about the sponsor is new!!!

Bob W, seriously, we knew this already what is the point in writing it AGAIN!!

[Stewart]

Doom will be happy. One of the new sponsors management team is a member of CAMRA!

[glovesavebythegoalie]

http://www.linked2success.co.uk/live/showscreen.php?site_id=93&screentype=site&screenid=93

The Linked2success Sheffield Steelers!

No doubt the villagers down the road will have a field day with that!

On a serious note, from what I've read on their website they seem like they could help us greatly!

[ISLSteeler]

Doom will be happy. One of the new sponsors management team is a member of CAMRA!

Even better than that, Stewart, he helps micro-brewers sell their products. Top man!!!

[Jarv]

Doom will be happy. One of the new sponsors management team is a member of CAMRA!

But i thought taking pictures wasn't allowed at the arena


In-case anyone didn't get the wink, yes i do know what CAMRA is

[Stewart]

Doom will be happy. One of the new sponsors management team is a member of CAMRA!

Even better than that, Stewart, he helps micro-brewers sell their products. Top man!!!

I should have known that the mention of Beer would raise a response from you!!

[howeaboutthat]

You're getting the money up front from this sponsor right?

[Doom]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/icehockey/Steelers-ticket-money-is-gone.6446027.jp

Although the bit about the sponsor is new!!!

Bob W, seriously, we knew this already what is the point in writing it AGAIN!!

You know the point. ......At least that's another £0.45 saved for me......A year without Stars and I'll be halfway towards covering the cost of my season ticket.

Don't tell our new sponsor about the stuff that they try to pass off as beer at the Sheffield Arena.....He might withdraw his sponsorship.

[Stewart]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/icehockey/Steelers-ticket-money-is-gone.6446027.jp

Although the bit about the sponsor is new!!!

Bob W, seriously, we knew this already what is the point in writing it AGAIN!!

You know the point. ......At least that's another £0.45 saved for me......A year without Stars and I'll be halfway towards covering the cost of my season ticket.

Don't tell our new sponsor about the stuff that they try to pass off as beer at the Sheffield Arena.....He might withdraw his sponsorship.

It's never seemed to bother you!

[Heanor Lair]

Doom will be happy. One of the new sponsors management team is a member of CAMRA!

Im liking it as an Amber Valley member!

HL

[jezzie]

What does it take for BOB WESTERDALE to give the steelers a break and a good headline instead of another one to try and stir things up, what is his problem, there was no need to head the article today in that fashion, We know what has happened from Bob Phillips himself so lets leave it at that and get on with looking forward to the season, season tickets are safe and i believe that.

[Heanor Lair]

What does it take for BOB WESTERDALE to give the steelers a break and a good headline instead of another one to try and stir things up, what is his problem, there was no need to head the article today in that fashion, We know what has happened from Bob Phillips himself so lets leave it at that and get on with looking forward to the season, season tickets are safe and i believe that.

TBH jezzie over the years hes given the Steelers some very good headlines, and has also been a good conduit for when the Steelers have been having digs at the Panthers through the media.

The present run of stories (and BoB W didnt pick them up from nowhere, the information has come from inside the club) have taken on thier own momentum and like any journo he will run with them until they run out of steam.

HL

[Doom]

Im liking it as an Amber Valley member!

HL

I knew you must have at least one redeeming feature.

Do you know of Amber Ales Brewery in Ripley Derbyshire?

I had a very nice pint of their Imperial IPA a few months ago.

[AvsJohn]

Ok the attacks on Bob Westerdale are starting to get really old now.

Bob is an employee of which ever company owns The Star. He is there to make them money. He is not there to be the Steelers (or any other of our local sports teams) cheerleader or to shower them in positive PR and quietly sweep anything negative into two inches hidden on halfway through the classifieds.

What Bob reports is still news - regardless of whether you heard it first the night before in a Radio Sheffield interview, read it in an interview with the club owner posted on a fans forum the day before or have read the numerous rumours and counter rumours that seem to fill pages like this and others like it.

During the season we get considerable coverage (that many teams in this sport would kill for), when we win (and sometimes when we don't) we get additional supplements and full page colour spreads (indeed I remember a time when the entire backpage of the Monday Night sport section was devoted to nothing but Sheffield Ice Hockey every week during the season). If you want to enjoy that level of coverage in the good times, you have to be prepared to put up with the opposite during the bad times.

[John123]

Ok the attacks on Bob Westerdale are starting to get really old now.

Bob is an employee of which ever company owns The Star. He is there to make them money. He is not there to be the Steelers (or any other of our local sports teams) cheerleader or to shower them in positive PR and quietly sweep anything negative into two inches hidden on halfway through the classifieds.

What Bob reports is still news - regardless of whether you heard it first the night before in a Radio Sheffield interview, read it in an interview with the club owner posted on a fans forum the day before or have read the numerous rumours and counter rumours that seem to fill pages like this and others like it.

During the season we get considerable coverage (that many teams in this sport would kill for), when we win (and sometimes when we don't) we get additional supplements and full page colour spreads (indeed I remember a time when the entire backpage of the Monday Night sport section was devoted to nothing but Sheffield Ice Hockey every week during the season). If you want to enjoy that level of coverage in the good times, you have to be prepared to put up with the opposite during the bad times.

All fair points, however only valid should the Star report and dig up everything from every company to go bust in the area.

If they don't, it certainly points towards bias journalism and some kind of "alteria motive".