Shaun Custis is the chief football reporter at The Sun. As he writes for a tabloid clearly the language and style differs majorly from the work of Henry Winter but he still gets all the facts down which are required. Some people may say he exagerrates what he writes from time to time but all in all its a pretty interesting read.
I browsed the internet trying to find out what other people think of him as a writer. I found an article on the Newcastle section of football fan site Vital Football. The short piece was far from complimentary, portayed the writer and his brother who also writes for The Sun very negatively.
http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=85788
In comparison Custis has been regularly nominated for Sports Journalism Association awards, showing that people do recognise and likes his work. One of his more recent articles, a match report reflecting on Arsenal's 5-0 thrashing of Porto focusing in particular on striker Nicklas Bendtner, is a prime example of what Custis does.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2885696/Arsenal-5-Porto-0.html
His writing is often comic and witty yet informative. Like Winter you can tell Custis has his opinions but his writing is balanced and you believe he's well informed.
Is he a better writer than Henry Winter? I don't think so but I did enjoy looking at how his writing varied.
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I agree with the comments left on vital football, curtis seems to report in a way that is stating the obvious, like by saying in 2009 Manchester Uniteds main aim was to knock inter milan out early on? well obviously that would be fergies intention. For an editor you would expect a more interesting read. However i personally read tabloid and i really like Curtis's opening line
ReplyDeleteALEX FERGUSON loves his fine wine but Ryan Giggs is still his favourite vintage.
With Ryan Giggs being one of fergies most experienced players, this is a nice opening line.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2314397.ece#ixzz0hs4hQ2VX
As for Henry Winter, he's obviously a trained broadsheet writer with a sense of humour, attracted general tabloid fans to his articles, Curtis could do with being a bit more witty, he might win over his critics.