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Alby Jnr is a young writer who wants to connect, speak and debate with as many Bleacher Report souls as possible...

No Ginger Bakers or sports radio talk... that just aint truth.

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nfluk.com
Glasgow Herald Newspaper
Goal.com

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"Like me, you could...be unfortunate enough to stumble upon a silent war. The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. Either way, you're accountable."

Arundhati Roy

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Real Madrid Beaten But Not Out

Published 3 days ago
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A European Roundup: The New Season Brings New Hope?

Published 4 days ago
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Spain: Del Bosque Picks His First Squad

Published 7 days ago
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Frank Lampard: Englishmen and Foreign Shores

Published 7 days ago
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Alby Writes About

World Football (84),
World Soccer (50),
FIFA (49),
La Liga (48),
EPL (45),
Breaking News (42),
Editorial (42),
Serie A (31)

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Favorite Athletes

Muhammad Ali, Ferenc Puskas, Tom Brady, Paolo Maldini, Leo Messi, Roy Keane, Joe Calzaghe, David Beckham, Henrik Larsson, Ana Ivanovic, Wes Welker, Michael Jordan, Carlos Puyol, Jinky Johnstone, Rocky Marciano, Romario, Jim Brown, Franco Baresi,Andre Agassi, Diego Maradona, Rodger Federer, David Beckham, Gustavo Kuerten, Luis Enrique, Dennis Law, Roberto Baggio, Franz Beckenbauer, Keith Wood, Gavin Hastings, Michael Johnson, Rafael Nadal, Ronaldo, Chirs Waddle, Brian O'Driscoll, Billy McNeill, Bret Favre, Gianluca Buffon and Ray Allen.

Favorite Sports Teams

Glasgow Celtic, F.C Barcelona, S.C Napoli, Juventus, AC Milan, Manchester Utd, Boca Jnrs, Chicago Bears, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, FC Bayern Munich, Scotland (Football), Scotland (Rugby), New England Patriots, British Lions Rugby Team, Boston Celtics,

All Time Sports Moment

Muhammad Ali

Most Memorable Game Attended

Superbowl Final 08: Giants - Patriots

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Brett Favre's most consecutive games will be a tough beat...

Ruth or Mays?

Babe - Just for his first name alone...

Unitas or Montana?

Tom Brady...

Jordan or Russell?

Mike Jordan...

Gretzky or Orr?

Love Ice Hockey but man it is hard to watch on tv in the early hours of the morning UK time... The puck is hard to see but I try...

Pele or Maradona?

Diego Diego Diego... Argentina would not have won the World Cup without him, Brazil would have won without Pele.

Federer or Sampras?

Becker/Edberg onto Agassi/Sampras onto Federer/Nadal...

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Woods... but the originals are the best...

Petty or Earnhardt?

Tom Petty off course "cha cha cha... she was an American Girl" lol

Schumacher or Senna?

Senna - he was the real deal...

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

The opera of Serie A and the heat that is La Liga...

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by Benjamin
1 day ago

hay dude check out my new article it may b of interest to u ?

by Barney
2 days ago

Hey,

The next Player Duels is out. This time it's Les Ferdinand vs Teddy Sheringham. Leave a comment to vote!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/49059-player-duels-les-ferdinand-vs-teddy-sheringham

Cheers,
Barney

by Dakota
5 days ago

Damn, I am super jealous, Alby. One day soon I hope to move back to Madrid and if possible write while I am there. We will see if it is possible. But a move back to the Iberian Peninsula is definitely in my plans for the near future.

I will put together some questions and send them over to you. If you could leave me your email address I will write it down and then get rid of it from my wall.

Thanks

Dakota

by Dakota
6 days ago

So I keep on seeing all of these previews of the EPL and I wanted to do something to preview La Liga and I was wondering if you were interested in being involved. I was thinking something along the lines of like 5 questions that we all respond to or something?

Let me know what you think

Dakota

by Barney
6 days ago

A special edition of Player Duels is out. This time I compare two managers. I cleverly call it Manager Duels!

This time it's Ferguson vs Busby. Take a look and leave your comment!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47821-manager-duels-sir-alex-ferguson-vs-sir-matt-busby

Cheers,
Barney

by Marc
6 days ago

alri alby

check out my latest article on pre-season

hope your keeping well mate

Marc

by Michael
7 days ago

Allo mate thought I would let you know that my predictions are out for the first week of the 2008/2009 Premier League season.

It will become a weekly series called Weekly Musings, with added articles for the F.A.Cup, Carling Cup and The Champions League.

Here is the address, check it out and comment.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47606-weekly-musings-premier-league-predictions-week-one

Cheers mate.

by Dakota
7 days ago

You picked a fantastic game to attend. From what I saw of the game, they looked fantastic. I just don't know how they are going to get all their players enough playing time to keep them all happy this season.

Where do you currently reside?

It went against everything that I know and believe in but I wrote an article about Barcelona today. Check it out: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47530-with-messi-at-the-olympics-barcelona-do-just-fine

by Chris
7 days ago

Alright Alby, I recently wrote a piece about Bobby Robson, if you get the chance have a read.

Cheers mate.

by Barney
7 days ago

The latest Player Duels is out!

This time it's Robbie Fowler v Michael Owen. Take a look and leave your vote!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47459-player-duels-robbie-fowler-vs-michael-owen

Cheers
Barney

by Zahi
8 days ago

hey.

check this out and leave a comment if you wish:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/47141-rumors-realities-lampard-signs-new-deal-berbatov-set-for-man-utd

thanks,

zahi

by Andrew
8 days ago

Thanks Alby. I'll def check it out.

by Barney
9 days ago

cheers for the pick of the day alby! much appreciated!

by S
10 days ago

I love reading your articles about La Liga amongst others.

Nothing`s wrong with EPL...ironically I`m more interested than ever in the EPL cause of Big Phil and how things will go this season.

I just don`t like how it`s presented as the Soccer World Series. Silly and misleading...people who know little about football but are curious could be very much misled.

Andrew got me going and I had a rant.

I didn`t mean to cause trouble. I`d been in my corner pushing my Brazil stuff for months not troubling anybody.

Hope I don`t get banned or something.

by Barney
11 days ago

Hey Alby,

I've just started a new series called Player Duels. The first one has just come out and i would appreciate your comments and vote. this time it's Thierry Henry v Dennis Bergkamp.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/46135-player-duels-thierry-henry-v-dennis-bergkamp

Cheers,
Barney

by Salaar
11 days ago

Bleacher Report's World Football (EPL for Alby :p) Pundit Returns and this time it's bigger and better!

We've roped in Andrew, Shyam and myself to make predictions for Game week one in the Premier League, watch how the troublesome trio make some controversial yet convincing predictions.
Be sure to read here.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/46000-br-epl-pundits-here-we-gomatch-predictions-week-one

by Jon
12 days ago

hey alby,

ifyou get the time let me know what you think on this article I just finished... I'll work n follow up items depending on how this one goe down.

take it easy,
cheers,

Jon

by S
12 days ago

Thanks for the pick Alby. Cheers.

by Thomas
12 days ago

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45739-ronaldo-will-be-in-madrid-after-fergie-retires

Article about Ronaldo. I'd like it if you took a look and left your views

by Salaar
13 days ago

Hey Alby,
The first edition of the Bleacher Report World Football Pundits is out, Salaar Shamsi gets up close with two Top Writers on the network, Andrew McNair and Jeff Harbert.

Together the trio make a host of 'controversial yet convincing' predictions in a must-read article related to Arsenal, Robbie Keane, Sunderland, Spurs, Manchester United, Relegations and alot of other 'touchy' topics.

Be sure to read this article here
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45567-br-world-football-pundits-here-we-goseason-predictions

and make sure you have voted for your choices in the B/R World Football Community's Best Writer (July-August) here.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45499-br-world-football-communitys-best-writer-july-august

by Salaar
13 days ago

The second edition of the World Football Community's BRA's is out, this time with a voting concept.

Hurry up and vote for your choices,
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45499-br-world-football-communitys-best-writer-july-august

Thanks
SS

by Zahi
13 days ago

hey.

i have an improved version of my series "have your say" featuring alan mc guinness.

take a look and leave a comment:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45420-br-interactive-have-your-say-on-chelsea

by Shyam
13 days ago

Hey Alby,

Check out the first part of Rivals' Views - Pre-Season Edition, where top writers of BR will share their views about Arsenal and their teams with me.

The first part of the pre-season edition features our very own, Salaar Shamsi and what he makes of Arsenal and Manchester United this season.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/45359-rivals-views-pre-season-edition-arsenal-and-manchester-united

Thanks,
Shyam.

by Long
14 days ago

yo - Alan

loved the article - really liked it, thanks for sharing this with me

by Tanya
14 days ago

Thanks for the add Alby.

by Salaar
14 days ago

Hey..

I just wrote on 300th article for B/R..Another edition of my Rules of Journalism series, would mean alot if you had a look.

Cheers,
SS

by Zahi
15 days ago

hey.

take a look and leave a comment if you wish:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44840-what-is-football-soccer

Thanks,

Zahi

by Andrew
15 days ago

Hey Alby. Good to hear from you.

Yeah I've heard it mate and don't really understand. There is no way in hell either team can compete with the financial powers in Europe so why bother with such measly money.

Would like to hear your thoughts over an article.

by Long
15 days ago

Alby - rate it, the more we rate, the more exposure we get, lets give it some mileage

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44563-tennis-unplugged-roundtable-1-how-did-rafa-nadal-finally-get-to-the-top

by Salaar
16 days ago

Be sure to check out, Rules of Journalism, Part II...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/44192-rules-of-journalism-part-ii-learn-from-your-mistakes

and the fourth of edition of Who's the Best In the Premier League, Left Wingers.

Thanks
SS

by Long
17 days ago

i think it comes down to best of 3/5 .... thats where he might struggle a bit

i can see him taking on fed or joker even .... but i just dont see him getting through rafa, thats why am keeping my powder dry - for this first slam ....

by Salaar
17 days ago

Cheers, Alby..You deserve it, you've been a fine writer for B/R for quite some time now and Thanks for the fan add.

I do what I can..

Keep Well,
SS

by Long
17 days ago

going deep in NY ... or going all the way ?

by Dakota
17 days ago

Hey Alby,

Did you get a chance to catch Barcelona play yesterday? I watched the game and even though they were playing against a very overmatched side, they looked very good. Especially Eto'o.

Check out this article I just wrote about Madrid's signing of Van der Vaart and the injury to Sneijder:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43979-wesley-sneijders-injury-how-will-real-madrid-cope

Thanks

Dakota

by Long
17 days ago

thought of you mate

Murray won the whole thing ...

by Salaar
18 days ago

Hey mate,

The next edition of "Who's the best in the Premier League" is out, be sure to have a look and a leave a comment on who you feel is the best.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43619-defensive-midfielders-who-is-the-best-of-the-premier-league

by Salaar
19 days ago

Hey Alby,

Just wanted to congratulate on your 100th article for B/R..The World Football Community wouldn't be the same without you.

Keep Well,
SS

by Salaar
20 days ago

Hey mate,

The next edition of "Who's the best in the Premier League" is out, be sure to have a look and a leave a comment on who you feel is the best.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/43115-central-midfielders-who-is-the-best-of-the-premier-league

Cheers,
SS

by Long
21 days ago

i so wish he does - sometimes, you need a break from all else .... just go sit by the sea shore

by Long
21 days ago

yeah - will do tonight

too important to miss out - may be i push the the RT publishing by one more day

by Zahi
21 days ago

hey alby.

take a look and leave a comment if you wish:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/42866-rumors-realities-cristiano-ronaldo-demands-move

by Long
21 days ago

losing to Ivo in a 3rd set breaker - is a crap shoot

but in the bigger context - he is gonna be ques again

not a blues day

but is there any doubt - that FED can use a couple of months off

if i were him - i'll go home for a but, go fishing and then rock up to NY .... 2 days before, fresh and dandy

i'll whip out something today eve on this -

by Shyam
21 days ago

Hey Alby,

Thanks for the POTD..

Cheers,
Shyam.

by Shyam
21 days ago

Hey Alby,

Wrote this article a few days back.. do read it and comment if you would like to:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/42031-world-football-transfers-dont-mean-everything

Cheers,
Shyam.

by Long
22 days ago

thanls Alby - got it

by Jeff
23 days ago

Seems it's impossible to satisfy everyone, huh?! Personally I have no complaints with your second take on the most important derbies in football. Well done once again.

by Zahi
24 days ago

Hey.

take a look and leave a comment if you wish.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/41697-rumors-realities-inter-sign-sulley-muntari-felipe-scolari-eyes-quadruple

Zahi

by Long
24 days ago

Hi Alby

I think it is time for the first Tennis Round Table (RT) at Bleachers. You are one of the top writers in the tennis domain, and hence we would love to know your response for the first RT question.

Rafael Nadal winning in Toronto last week combined with Federer losing in the second round, Rafa has an opportunity to take the No.1 ranking next week in Cincinnati? What has been the most important factor this year, in Nadal’s game that has provided him with such an opportunity, which he did not have the previous 4 years?

We intend to publish this section the coming Friday … so you have until the end of 31st July to send in your responses for the first Tennis RT question.

Please do email your response to : lleyton_blue @ yahoo.com

This is our page: http://bleacherreport.com/users/37592-Tennis-RT-Tennis-Unplugged

Thank You -

by Zahi
25 days ago

Hey Alby.

Take a look and leave a comment:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/41455-rumors-and-realities-tevez-signs-permanent-man-utd-deal

Cheers,

Zahi

by Long
26 days ago

Alby

i would personally love to know what you thought of Dark Knight - i normally say this

watch it once - to watch the entire movie
watch the second time for heath ledger ....

am sure you would love it - he is incredibly refreshing, too sad, we lost him ... too disconsolate

by Zahi
26 days ago

Hey

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/41042-rumors-and-realities-capello-staying-with-england

check it out and post a comment if you wish.

by David
27 days ago

Hi Alby - Thanx for the pick of the day vote for Is The Power Shifting In Europe?. I really appreciate it

David

by Gonzalo
28 days ago

Hi Alby - I had an exchange with John, who edited the post and erroneously removed the link to Sid Lowe - he's apologising all over the place for his mistake. Glad to see Sid getting the recognition. His weekly Liga column is always worth a read.

by Salomon
29 days ago

Thanks man... Much appreciated.
However, I wont be writing anymore articles untill after i return from my vacation. Just wrote this one to see how far up the ranking list i would go. Chelsea's activities have been fairly quite this summer anyway so there is not much to write on....

by Jeff
about 1 month ago

It's fast becoming a hot topic... let me know what you think.
Thanks.
Jeff
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/39274-ferguson-hits-back-at-tottenham-levy-is-the-hypocritical-one-now

by J. Michael
about 1 month ago

Congrats on being a top 50 B/R writer, you deserve it, at least.

by L. J.
about 1 month ago

I need to borrow your quote ... I'll have it back in a week or so.

by Daniel
about 1 month ago

Thanks for the add Alby!

by BabyTate
about 1 month ago

Paul Newman?

The Ginger Baker referernce is great.

by John
about 1 month ago

Alby,
I'm starting a fantasy EPL league for bleacher report writers. Interested?
John

by Zahi
about 1 month ago

Hey.

Take a look and post a comment

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/37891-have-your-say-on-juventus

by Joe
about 1 month ago

I'll keep writing about MLS if you keep writing about Europe. Thanks for the kind words.

by Jimson
about 1 month ago

Wow, we both won a SHARE of the Pick Of the Day award, lolz :)

by Marc
about 1 month ago

alri alby, keep up the great articles,

if ya have time have a look and leave a comment

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/37169-what-does-the-season-hold-forliverpool

Marc

by S
about 1 month ago

About the ARG X BRA well it was the first 0-0 in about 24 years.

Actually if you go back that far you`ll get to a famous dry spell where BRA was without a world cup win for more than 2 decades ending in 94 and perhaps we are in one now.

The scoreline reflects an overly cautious ARG playing against a BRA in totally disarray.

BRA footie is in shambles right now as the big names are really lazy to give their all as they try to protect their million dollar legs and the new talent is just really not up to scratch. ARG have Messi we have nobody.

Pato needs to have a big season in the coming months. A replacement for Romario has not been found. Ronaldo was great but still needed space to run to goal as his roots are in futsal. A true master of the box has not been found so far and this is something that also plagues the team as player after player is tried.

Another issue is that everything is being prepared for 2014. Hence many young players are being called but like I said Anderson is NO Messi that`s for sure.

This 2014 strategy troubles me very much as I fear when the CBF does start to take things seriously it might be too little too late.

All of this could change tomorrow if some great 17 year old pops up but for now the mood in BRA is one of nervous apprehension as we watch ugly football and enter matches with fear of losing.

From an ARG point of view I say they should have gone for the kill. Recent heavy losses probably were still stuck in their minds however and the draw seemed to suit everyone.

by S
about 1 month ago

A breath of fresh air from all the transfer bla bla.....

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/37040-world-football-women-referees-making-the-beautiful-game-even-more-so

by Marc
about 1 month ago

alri alby, hope your well

take a look and leave a comment
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/36245-barcelona-revolution-points-the-way-to-a-new-era

cheers

Marc

by Diego
about 1 month ago

Appreciated the comment on my MLS piece. Thanks.

by John
about 1 month ago

Thx man

by John
about 1 month ago

Hey

just writing to tell you that I am no longer writing for Bleacher Report. I have embarked on several new ventures of my own and they are in direct conflict content-wise with BR.

Two of my blogs (mrflushing.com and blognyg.com) have been incorporated into the Yardbarker network and and a third one - ny giant nation - is being run by sportsblognet.com

I also bought into a sports video site that is in its infancy - smackcaster.com - which we are still developing....

Rgds

by Salaar
about 1 month ago

Hey Mate,

Our First 4 Round Tables have been published,after giving the writers a deserved break,we return with another World Football Round Table..

The Topic this time round is :
"Which system do you prefer, golden goal or penalties and why".This topic was suggested by S and I'd like to thank him for that.

You have till 30th June (Monday) to send in a contribution..If you wish to participate,send in a contribution 50-150 words to worldfootball@post.com

After you done the above...leave some spaces..write "MY PICK" and choose from one of the following topics..the topic which gets the most votes will be the topic for our next Round Table..

The Topics are :
1.Which club or country do you think has the most intriguing uniform and why?

2.What is your Best World 11 of all time and why?

3.What do you think is the most annoying thing in football and why?

Till then..it's a wrap..

Cheers,
SS

by Jeff
2 months ago

Alby Jnr,

I'm in a contest to co-host a Radio show on a L.A. radio station and I'm in need of votes. Every contestant was given the directive to drop a two minute demo, I've done that and have advanced to the 5th round of the 7 round contest. The site to check me out if www.am570radio.com the contest is called "Fame & Fortune II" there is a Fame & Fortune II Vote Now banner on the site and I am in the 'L' bracket. Go to the site and check me out.

Jeff

by Andrew
3 months ago

Congratulations Alby

Well played to Celtic, it's a shame Rangers couldn't have put up with more of a fight.

by Jimmy
3 months ago

Alby ..that article was designed to draw certain comments. The real article is coming soon.
Stay cool my friend.
Scottish ball rules!

by S
3 months ago

Yeah ...thought you`d gone forever...good to have you back.

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All Time Sports Moment

Most Memorable Game Attended

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Ruth or Mays?

Unitas or Montana?

Jordan or Russell?

Gretzky or Orr?

Pele or Maradona?

Federer or Sampras?

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Petty or Earnhardt?

Schumacher or Senna?

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

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