Seven months ago, a brash new artist that went by the name of Salomon Gonzales joined the already star-studded team of Bleacher Report.
74 articles later, I have decided to put a hold on my B/R involvement. Now, before you readers go ahead and put this down to Chelsea losing their unbeaten home record, I must stress, it is not!
Yes, the loss was hard to take. Yes, I am hurting real bad because of it. Although I (and everybody else) knew it had to go someday, as Alan McGuiness said it, I just wish it had come against different opposition.
I was thinking about squeezing in one final article in before bowing out. It would either have been an in-depth analysis of Chelsea's 86 game unbeaten run or one last Chelsea Roundtable. However, I decided against doing so and I am going to allow Alan McGuiness to have pleasure of doing it instead.
Although, I was terribly inconsistent with my writings, I'd like to believe that I was perceived as one of the better writers and one of the more likably writers on B/R.
I did my best to try and interact with fellow World Football writers and my readers. Writers such Andrew McNair, Salaar Shamsi, SB and Simon Williams were here when I joined and helped me ease right in.
Writers who joined after myself such as, Shyam Parthasarathi, Marzia Hazra, Barney Corkhill, Alex Diamond and Alan McGuiness have all more than played their part in making my stay here very pleasant.
Also a special thanks must go to Alex Diamond for his cool and professional edits.
During the seven months, I have managed to get 74 articles in. I posted 1370 comments on various articles written by my fellow writers.
I managed to amass 29 pick of the day votes, which is greatly appreciated.
I recieved a total of 954 comments to 74 articles.
I also managed to win over 45 fans, which i extremely proud of.
And finally, I recieved 49,433 article reads.
I am not saying I will be gone for good, but so much is going on right now that I will not have time to write as much as before. Given the fact that I was terribly inconsistent to begin with, I dont think it will be worth the effort.
Uni has to take priority over B/R and in the end it is a choice I have had to make.
To be brutally honest, I think B/R is losing its appeal. More and more writers are starting to turn in one article a week, when we used to have writers turning in 2-3 articles a day!
In the end I'd just like to say a special thanks to Zander, Ryan and all the rest of B/R community.
It was good while it lasted!!
I hereby step down and leave the Chelsea Community Leader throne to fellow community leader Alan McGuniess, who was doing a far better job than me anyway!
Thank you all for a wonderful time..
P.S.. Feel free to post note on my bulletin to let me know about new articles. I'd be glad to pop by and leave my opinion here and there.
So long folks!!
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2 months ago
Wow, this is a surprise!
It was great having you around here Salomon - your contributions will be missed.
Thanks for the mention, and good luck with your Uni.
I hope that you can pop in now and then to participate in certain discussions!
from 2 months ago
Thans mate.. its appreciated!
2 months ago
indeed it is a surprise. it was great having you here, as shyam said your contributions will be missed. good luck at uni mate, i hope all goes well :)
2 months ago
As Shyam said, this is a surprise!
I've enjoyed your articles, and the fact that you are where you are in the EPL and World Football rankings with only 74 articles to your name shows what a quality writer you were, and will continue to be.
Cheers for the mention, and your articles and opinions will be missed!
from 2 months ago
Thanks mate... its appreciated!
2 months ago
Surprised to hear this Salomon.
I know how you feel with Uni, at the moment that just has to take priority, the work is beginning to pile-up for me. I still try and turn out a few articles a week but nowhere near as much as during the summer (when it has to be said I had significantly more free time!)
Your articles will be missed mate and it was great to work with you as Chelsea Community Leader.
2 months ago
I'm surprised too, sad to see you go Salomon you will be missed. Be sure to check back in May for my piece on Arsenal's Champions League victory :P
from 2 months ago
haha will do Mary!
2 months ago
Hey Salomon,
We will miss your contributions very much, and hope you return to us sooner rather than later. That said, I wouldn't necessarily think of B/R as an all-or-nothing type of thing. You can log into your account whenever you please and read, write, post comments, etc. at your leisure. Obviously there are some times in life when you have to make priority adjustments, and I'm not about to tell you that your studies shouldn't be your primary focus at this time.
Best of luck with school—look forward to seeing you around again once your schedule frees up.
2 months ago
Hey Saloman,
I definitly know how you feel bruv as Im the same. I also agree with what you said about the writers becoming more inconsistent. To be honest I feel its to do with the speedy growth of the website. Articles just fly through the site often unread.!!!
Anyway Saloman best of luck with all future endevours. Wish you well....
Keith
ps. If Chelsea were to win the league, Im sure you would be back in full force! :)
2 months ago
Schoolwork and all, I'm still surprised :/
but I also understand what you mean, I wish I could submit more articles but with school and everything that's going on its tough to keep up.
Wish you all the best and it's been a real pleasure (thanks for the mention, very appreciated). Hope to see you back here soon and keep in touch ;)
p.s. great talking danish with you and you're also the first person I've come across who despises the same teams as me hahaha :D
from 2 months ago
lol thanks Marzia...
yeah it was great talking Danish/Swedish with you haha. It was fun!!
p.s drop me your email on facebook ;) and we can keep in touch!
2 months ago
I wish you the best and please feel free to leave any comments.
2 months ago
Good luck to you in the future mait, always remember you as the person i could get the truth and honest opinion from, dont stop speaking your mind coz it makes you who you are.
cheers
Benjamin
2 months ago
Salo. Sad to see you go. Hope you pop by now and again. Your knowledge of world football and unbiased opinions were golden. Hope to hear a comment now and again.
from 2 months ago
Thanks S... I might still have to come back every now and then to keep myself updated with South American Football haha ;)
2 months ago
Salo. Sad to see you go. Hope you pop by now and again. Your knowledge of world football and unbiased opinions were golden. Hope to hear a comment now and again.
2 months ago
Salo. Sad to see you go. Hope you pop by now and again. Your knowledge of world football and unbiased opinions were golden. Hope to hear a comment now and again.
2 months ago
Hey Salomon,
I respect the fact that you are getting your priorities straight. In the end you'll be happier for it and you can always come back to Bleacher Report if your schedule allows you to. Thanks for being a good Chelsea Community leader and I always enjoyed your articles mate. Bummer about this weekend, but as Scolari said "this is life". As your life moves on from B/R I wish you all the best and God bless.
2 months ago
Sad to say goodbye Salomon, I enjoyed your articles and opinions.
I understand you have other commitments, as do I, I have not submitted any articles for a while now being real busy.
Farewell mate and all the best.
2 months ago
Wow. Hard to believe , really. You will be missed and your articles have always been great. Good luck and hope everything goes exactly the way you want it
cheers x
2 months ago
Salomon, dude, school is important, but hey, we are all here, right!! Do come visiting often if not as often as earlier, you know we will miss your presence on B/R...some goodbyes are not meant to be!
2 months ago
You'll be sorely missed Salomon..you truly are a B/R "Heavyweight"! Lets hope you can find time in between Uni...good luck mate!
SAS
2 months ago
All the best Salomon, it has been good to get a Scandanavian perspective on World Football and you wrote some excellent stuff.
Cheers
from 2 months ago
Thanks mate... its appreciated!
2 months ago
Good luck with all your future endeavours. I hope you'll still drop in from time to time.
Adieu.
2 months ago
Good luck mate. I'm struggling to write one a week at the moment but I'm determined to hang on until the holidays.
2 months ago
Sad to hear Salomon, but I completely understand and respect your decision. You will be missed — I really hope we see you back here from time to time in the future.
And thanks so much for the mention — but I never really did that much! It was always a pleasure to read your stuff, so I thank you for that. Good luck with all your future work!
2 months ago
Man, I was kinda shocked when I heard this. I do understand though considering school sometimes gets the best of me and takes away from my productivity on the site.
With that being said, thank you so much for supporting me these past few months and contributing to my articles. You are truly one of the good ones on here. Best of lucky my friend!
2 months ago
He'll be back! :)
from 2 months ago
haha how'd you figure that out mate?
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