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I love football, live and breath the game. Big Arsenal fan, but I try to keep as impartial with my views as possible. Love La Liga, and Spain in general. Favourite Spanish team is probably Valencia, though Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao are always high in my affections. Always up for talking about anything football-related, as the famous adage goes, I eat, sleep and drink it.

Alex Writes About

The Short List facts and information about Alex Stamp

Favorite Athletes

Athletes? Er Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson and Carolina Kluft

Favorite Sports Teams

Arsenal and England

All Time Sports Moment

Redgrave's Fifth Gold

Most Memorable Game Attended

Erm, Real Madrid v Deportivo last year. First live experience of Spanish football

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Real Madrid winning five European Cups in a row. No-one will come close, time's have changed.

Ruth or Mays?

Ruth

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Jordan or Russell?

Jordan

Gretzky or Orr?

Gretzky

Pele or Maradona?

Pele, the first global footballing star. Maradona was a genius, but Pele was something else

Federer or Sampras?

Federer, Federer combines grace and brutality, speed and power, I would love him to break the record at the French

Tiger or Nicklaus?

Tiger, more my era

Schumacher or Senna?

Schumacher

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  1. by Shyam
    about 22 hours ago

    Hey Alex,

    The latest edition of Gooners' Views is out, where I catch up with Alden, Joe and Maire to discuss the current situation at Arsenal.

    Do check it out and leave a comment.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/83697-gooners-views-in-coversation-with-alden-sing-joe-guarr-and-maire-ofeire

    Cheers,
    Shyam.

  2. by Guido
    3 days ago

    Hey mate,

    I had a productive day today, finishing a total of three articles. Give them a read, please.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/82709-everton-to-scout-new-wayne-rooney-through-computer-game

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/82756-power-to-the-people-a-top-idea

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/82791-no-guts-no-glory-dutch-sides-should-drop-possession-football

    I'm especially proud of the last article but the other ones are okay too, so if you could give them a look and perhaps a comment if you agree or disagree with what I'm saying?

    Thanks in advance Alex.

  3. by Benjamin
    9 days ago

    Hi Mate

    Ive just writtern the 5th Issue of the Top Five series and this time I focus on spurs, I would realy appreachate it if you could take a look and make a vote and if you like make a comment.

    Cheers

    Benjamin

  4. by Shyam
    10 days ago

    Hey Alex,

    Do pundits really do their job, or do they have an agenda?

    Do have a look at my article, and leave a comment if possible:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/79801-english-premier-league-the-role-of-football-pundits

    Cheers,
    Shyam.

  5. by Alex
    11 days ago

    Hey Alex,

    I've just written an article about the route to becoming a successful writer in the World Football community. It might be of interest to you?

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/79416-the-route-to-the-top-making-it-in-the-world-football-community

    Thanks,

    Alex

  6. by Steven
    12 days ago

    Hey man. I've published what is essentially a forum post to ask all members how they deal with managing their favourite articles on b/r. Would appreciate a comment.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/78825-how-do-you-manage-your-favourite-articles-on-br

  7. by Ricky
    13 days ago

    The Underestimated Importance of Football Agents

    For some the roles of agents keep football the billion pound industry it is across the world today.

    For others agents are unnecessary commodities that suck millions of pounds out of the game each year at the expense of the sport. Which Side do you sit on?

    Be sure to leave your opinion Alex!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/78721-the-underestimated-importance-of-football-agents

    Ricky

  8. by Maire
    17 days ago

    No problem, nice article. I think even someone in the mould of Sol Campbell could help Arsenal go along way. Just have to wait til the transfer window and see I guess.

  9. by Benjamin
    17 days ago

    Hi Mate

    Ive just write the latest Top Five article and this issue I focus on the top five players from Chelsea. I would realy appreachate it if you could take a look and cast a vote and if you want make a comment.

    Cheers

    Benjamin

  10. by Benjamin
    24 days ago

    Hi mate

    Ive just writtern my latest article in the Top five series. this time I focus on Liverpool and their top five players. I would realy apreachate it if you could take a look and cast a vote and if you feel like it a comment would be great.

    Cheers

    Benjamin

  11. by Ricky
    26 days ago

    Tottenham Crisis: Clear Out As Ramos, Comoli & Poyet Leave Tottenham To Make Way For Redknapp

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/73388-clear-out-as-ramos-comoli-poyet-leave-tottenham-to-make-way-for-redknapp

    Fascinating development takes hold at White Hart Lane, check out the article and leave your opinions!

    Ricky

  12. by Baris
    29 days ago

    To be honest we were not excited about the arrival of Aragones in the first place. And as for Güiza, the verdict is yet to be done.

    Aragones signed a 2 year contract which he declared will be followed by his retirement. Zico was not kept because of some vague reasons everyone rumors about. Some say the board wanted him to change his staff, some say it's the money, some say it's because he did not win the league. Whatever the reason was, the team was improving with a limited squad. That is disturbed by the change of manager.

    Aragones is probably a great manager but he needs readier teams. More technical, more equipped, more technique. Whenever a foreign coach comes to Turkey they say "Turkish players are very technical". I find it funny because behind that technique you hardly find any fundamental, which throws the technique to garbage. Briefly, Fenerbahçe is not a team for Aragones.

    Kezman was our previous striker, which failed heavily during his time in Istanbul. He scored many but he was playing a single striker and was losing the ball all the time etc. When Semih was in better shape he was at the bench but always kept talking then. He was not the player for us. Now Güiza is playing single striker or one of double with Semih but he is not much different than Kezman. Fenerbahçe is in need of a striker who is really strong, can dribble past defenders and is dominant in air. Ok, that is Adriano :) But I fancy that there must be other players which fit to that description more than Güiza does when you are considering a spectrum between Adriano and Kezman :)

    We are not really impressed with the club's transfer policy actually, team is lacking depth in many positions but we are being miser when it comes to buying new players. The fee of 14M€ is a huge figure paid for Güiza's services, ok, but what about a right full back, or replacement for Aurelio.

    Last year's league runners up and CL quarter finalist is already fighting for a UEFA cup place in the league after just 7 match days. This is sad.

  13. by Baris
    29 days ago

    Last night's game was quite entertaining for any football fan, regardless of the team they support, except for us of course. Yesterday was weird, tons of goals in all games almost.

    Our team is almost the same as last year's but interestingly we are conceding many goals. Loss of Aurelio to Betis and Aragones' way of handling team defense is confusing every thing. His latest practice in Spain national team is inapplicable to today's Fenerbahçe. They had so many technical and physical players, quality with the ball etc. So closing down the distance between frontline and backline was not much of a problem for them. They were able to play 4 central midfielders at the same time because of this. But Fenerbahçe is not Spain. Our backline is not as organised and anticipating. Our central midfielders are plain warriors with close to none technical capacity. So they tackle and win the ball but cannot use them effectively. Güiza missed tons of goals which would have changed the scoreline but the game was not going in our favor at any moment. If we were to score 7 goals, you would score 8.

    Aragones' days are considered counted but it doesn't look like he will resign. Everyone believes he has huge numbers in his contract as compensation so us sacking him looks unlikely too. No one knows what will happen. We are terrible in the league too. We'll see.

  14. by Baris
    29 days ago

    i find it quite amusing that an arsenal fan added me the day after his team defeated mine 5-2 :)

  15. by Shyam
    about 1 month ago

    Hey,

    In a Bleacher Report Exclusive, I've managed to catch up with ex-Arsenal player, Danny Karbassiyoon and ask him a few questions about him, and his time at Arsenal.

    Do check it out and leave a comment:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/71194-br-exclusive-catching-up-with-danny-karbassiyoon

    Cheers,
    Shyam.

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