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April 28..
Really hit the thick of things in this month, we played a massive 9 games in total.
Sadly this is where our Europa League run came to an end, Porto just had a little too much quality for us but we gave them a match in both games. They would win both 2-1
I the league, we are 8 from 8 and this is the best start we have ever made to the season, both defence and attack are playing well, we have now taken the record for wins in a row and most games without a loss. Its actually helpful we are playing so well because both Brann and Stabaek have just lost 1 games each (against Tromso) so we need to be on our game.
Routine wins in the cup, using the "B" team
I have now also just noticed the Euros are back on and will be played through June to July. Of course the season in Norway keeps playing on as well, Tromso currently have 5 players in the Norway squad, 4 in the Swedish squad and 3 in the Finland team all selected. Good times ahead!
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March 28...
Superb start this season, win yet another Mesterfinalen and then thrash Kristiansund and Brann to open the season.
We have pilled on the pain to Kristiansund in our last few games, no exception here either with our front 2 forwards scoring 5 goals.
Against Kobenhaven, we cruise to a nice 2-0 win at home and then leave it very late to secure the 2-2 draw in Denmark, it was not convincing at all but all that matters is you make it along.
Next up is the Portuguese Champions
They should be far tougher than the last games, hopefully we can give a good account of ourselves and not get thrashed.
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February 28...
Had to include the Europa League fixtures as part of my preseason efforts, I actually played 4 more before those as well so we would be well up to speed.
It helped, we crushed the Champions of Sweden 6-1 on aggregate
Very interesting but our 2nd round opponents would the Champions of Denmark. I am officially dubbing this the 'King of Scandinavia Trophy"
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Preseason 2028...
Welcome to season number 9
Apologises I dont seem to be making the progress in Europe as I would have liked but this season is another year. We start with Europa league KOs and need to make it to the quarter finals to advance from our previous progress.
If you have been reading this then I will continue the challenge forward
Transfers IN..
Despite having a very large transfer budget, I resist the urge to go crazy and spend it all and actually in truth, none of the below are even first team players. I spent some money on trying to gather up yet more of the most talented youth players around the area and 6/6 of the incomings will head to the under 19s or on loan. I am still waiting for the Haalands and Odegaard type quality players to come through, I do think we are now getting the best of the Norwegian regens through our academy because every youth intake day I check every single club in the top 2 divisions.
I wont lie, I was very very tempted to throw away my 'Scandinavian Only' rule. I spotted around 6-7 South American regens that would instantly change my side and give us a chance to do damage in the Champions League. I also saw a Polish defender that will probably turn into one of the greatest all time, and hes only 16 with minimum fee clause of 2.7m....
I held firm and maintained the course.
Transfers OUT...
Players out is where things get interesting.
I moved on both our first team right fullbacks, I am trying to bring the squad into the same age bracket together. The theory is they will grow and peak together, we have decent funnel of talent in the youth ranks and I want to give them a chance so we can find more diamonds in the rough and hopefully unearth the next superstar.
I also let Aas go, never saw his potential and we are going to play with only 1 CM this season so had to reduce the numbers.
Promoted Players...
Emil Palsson - Has been in and around the first team for a few seasons but now he gets his big chance as the first pick fullback
Matias Aittola - The back up for the right fullback spot, hes 2 years younger than Palsson and can still improve
Fredrik Biseth-Owe - Now we have 2 fulltime DMs and a DM/CB so we are covered well here now. Not sure who is getting the first crack at the spot, probably Efremov so I can free up Tagseth to cover other spots.
Tonni Amtoft - Yet another CM talent, he can cover out wide and up front as well. With limited spots available and a few players who can play and want to play then we need somebody to stand up and take charge. I think there is a decently talented player here and he just needs time.
Tactic...
I will be starting with something like this for the season ahead, as I mentioned I am not having much luck with a double pivot so why bother wasting the spot? I will move that forward and use 2 forwards for the first time, actually I never use 2 forwards so its a new thing for me as well in the last few FMs.
The DLP will be our official playmaker now, not sure who will get that nod there first.
All a bit of an experiment for now, especially the roles of both forwards, also we have to use Inverted Winger in most game on the right as our best player there is left footed and I suspect we may get out numbered and overrun in the middle.
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Thank god Kristansund dropped a couple of games.
Tight at the top with 13 to go!
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October 27...
December was a frustrating month, we had 4 draws in a row. It really hurts when your main forward is running cold and he cant score. We created lots of chances but putting them away was a challenge.
The away draw to Dinamo could be killer, I was banking on 6 points against them..
November 27...
Title number 5 in a row, ended up being comfortable in the end. We did finish with 72 points, one less than last season and still 4 short of our own record of 76. It was however our best year of the defensive side of the ball, we concede just the 18 goals and thats a new record for Tromso.
Also we are now closing in on Rosenborgs record of 33 without losing, we need to start hot next season and we can try and take that from them
The Dinamo game was almost a disaster as well, was basically our 5th draw in a row until we scored a 93rd minute goal. That was a huge win in the overall bigger picture.
December 27...
The last game of the season was a none event, nothing would happen either way and the players on both sides didn't seem to care as it ended in a bore draw.
We ended on 6 points, who knows what might have been if we got the double over Dinamo.
Ajax went on to win the group, they actually won the Champions League only 2 seasons back as well
Another fabulous season for the players, almost of them played well.
I did take the below after selling a few players, so those guys are missing from the list and there is bonus points for guessing who has left the club!\
Goalkeepers..
Tromso are blessed with the two best talents in the land, Kim Scheele Moe ended up taking over the number 1 but the new 'Wonderkid' has be great and is now a full Norwegian international. Its probably bit harsh an unfair on Ytternes, he was our number 1 last season but hes a year younger and his ability is just slightly below Moe, I will look to give him a little more than 13 games again next season.
With both of them so young so we are well stocked for the future here, however its also an area of strength in the nation as they have very strong depth in this position.
Defenders...
I ran with 3 specialist CBs on rotation, I used Wilmer Albrektsson as a 4th choice as he can play there and DM for us. Hove ended up being more used, hes probably the best of the 3 from him, Nilsson and Palmqvist and they all chipped in a few tidy goals as well. I am still searching for my Virgil Van Dijk player to join us but there is limited quality on the local Scandinavian market. The best CB in this region is a lad from Denmark, hes currently playing in Holland has has zero interest in making the move north.
Midfield...
This season I used 2 x CMs and a DM as a midfield 3 triangle.
It worked in that I wanted to be more defensively solid, the 2 players who rotated in DM being Tagseth and Albrektsson did fairly well in a very thankless role. Tagseth has the corner duties so his rating is higher from the assists, he also can play left winger as is his favourite position and was good there as well.
I never could solve the left CM issue and I tried all sorts of role and setting, Aas was again pretty terrible there, Skibsted was about the same but did score a goal or 2 and Bentzen despite being one of the best players in the squad and it being his prefered position only managed 1 goal in 16 games with no assists.
At least on the right we have Jorgensen who played well again, his assists are well down on last season but he still added 5 and scored 9 goals.
I have already made the decision to move away from a double CM and use just 1 and the 1 DM next season, no point in having a passenger in the 11. I will be going with a 2 forward system and I've been working on it for most of the season.
Attack...
Its not often you can lose a 70 million pound forward who scored buckets and buckets of goals and yet still continue to score just as many..but we did.
Herman Geelmuyden stepped up into big Albert Braut Tjalands shoes and finished with 39 goals in the end. This is only a little bit short of Tjaland and his 44 goals from 2 years ago. Both Ziegler and Soderberg failed to impress in their limited chances, I think Soderberg was because hes being retrained to play there and Ziegler because hes new and still very young.
Outside we have our 2 'wonderkid' wingers
Erik Osterdahl playing in his favourite Inverted winger postion on the right, was again our 2nd best scorer with 19 goals and also 10 assists. The more traditional winger from Iceland is Bjarki Por Haroarson and he was our leading assists man. I would love him to break into the double digits on the goal column next season if possible.
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August/September 27...
Poor old Kristiansund, they are having a bad year this season but its not helping I keep stealing their players who do well. They took a 6-1 thrashing from us to round the league month.
Champions league again this month, familiar enemy Atletico are in town and we take a draw again. We played very well and positive in this match, nowhere near that level in the away game to Ajax. I honestly thought we could have a chance to win that before the game started.
This is going to be a nightmare when the window opens..
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1 hour ago, andychar said:
So there are no teams that play in the City Of London Ceremonial County. After a quick Google Map search it appeared they were the closest one therefore I chose them to represent the County.
Plus this is the logo...
You say no to that fish.
Thats a badass logo
Good luck! Nice read
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June/July 27...
I sent out a weaker side in the cup and it cost us the victory, we go down on penalties to Valerenga. As per usual I dont really mind, its just a few less games for the backups to to get and they will no doubt be the most disapointed.
3 from 3 in June in the league, we are in decent form through this period as well.
Usually in July we have Champions League Playoffs, but this season we are directly into the Groups so we dont have to bother with that anymore.
Still however we saw our form waiver in the games to Viking and Molde, I used my none preferred 11 in those games and it showed
At least took some revenge over Rosenborg beating us earlier this season
Champions League ..
I like the look of this group, I think there is a winnable 9 points here but now that I've said that we will not win a single game.
3rd in the group is the goal, also be a good test to see if we have improved since last season vs Atletico Madrid.
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May 27...
Our form ramped up at the end of April and into May
I really wish we could play those Europa League games right now...
A few things helped, I tweaked Geelmuyden roles to suit his style, I was trying to play him the same as Tjaland and it was not working so hes now going ok as a Pressing Forward.
I also moved Tagseth back to DM, much to his disgust as well but hes far more solid there than the new signing Albrektsson for now. I think he needs more time to settle in etc
After 10 games we take our rightful position as the top, Rosenborg have started well and at one stage were 6 points ahead of us but they lost a couple of recent games.
Herman Geelmuyden has been great for us, hes taken over the leading forward position and now that the role has been tweaked hes taken off.
With 23 goals in 19 games so far, who said we would struggle without Tjaland!??!
Transfers OUT...
There was also a last minute departure, Zahir Laribi will head to England join Burnley.
I felt the money was too good and we have options here anyway.
In his place, I have decided to promote from within
Tonni Amtoft - A young player who I think can end up being a better player than Laribi, not quite ready for games but will make a few sub and possibly a game or 2 at the end of the season.
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April 27...
What on earth, we lost 2 games in a month!
The loss to Brann was total BS just look at the stats, the plucky little guys score with their only shot on target and we battered them the entire game.
The good news is, in the last 3 seasons the teams that beaten me have all been relegated so good luck Brann.
I dont think Rosenborg are going to get relegated but they are on a run this season and opened up with 5 straight wins to be 6 points ahead. Maybe finally getting a challenge?
Transfers IN...
I got a little nervous and entered the market. I am trying to turn Henrik Soderberg into a forward but hes looked terrible and I was not sure I wanted to count on him as my back up.
Danny Ziegler - Looks fairly talented, i think he can serve us as well as backup for a few seasons and possibly in the future could lead our line. Hes a similar shape and mould as Tjaland as well.
While I was there in Copenhagen, I spotted another player we liked
Sabri Benzarti - I lacked some depth down the left and left footed players so made the move to grab him. He will play this season in the under 19s but will be watching him close
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March 27..
Atalanta catch us cold, honestly we were rubbish in both of these ties and still came close to winning through,
After beating Rangers on away goals, this time it was Atalanta's turn to do the the same to us.
We struggled to create and penetrate their backline and when we did the quality to score was not available, we just looked rubbish against both Rangers and Atalanta.
I am thinking because the bigger leagues are at the end of their seasons the teams are carrying all their fitness and form and we are starting the engines from an almost 2 months break. I did play a bunch of friendlies before, around 4 games before Rangers but quality teams were not available and we had to settle with playing really small sides that we thrashed.
I think if and when there is a next time, I need a better plan to get the team up to scratch
We did manage a winning start to the domestic season, again winning the Mesterfinelen against Stabaek. Was not the most of convincing of games either as we had to use a 68th minute penalty to relax a little bit
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Pre-Season 27...
Might as well rip the band aid off
The pre-season was all about 1 transfer and that dominated the news and headlines in Norway
Albert Braut Hjaland departs for China.
I didn't want to sell him obviously and all the Chinese clubs came knocking and it created a bidding war. Initially the bids were in around 30-34 million but I was getting annoyed and so was Tjaland. So when Guangzhou came asking again, I cheekily said give me 70 million.
They obliged and now we are down our big star
Transfers OUT.,..
Interesting but he was not the only player to leave and not the only player to China.
Both Nordli and Bjorn Inge Utvik will also be following him to China and to Guangzhou, it was time for them both to leave and for Tromso to bring in better players,
The other familiar face to leave is Sivert Solli, hes another player that won titles and helped us get where we are and we letting quite the amount of experience leave this window.
Transfers IN...
In terms of players coming in, it would have natural to take the riches we just received and go on a spending spree but sadly there is limited available on the local market who can make us better.
So only 2 players will be joining the first team, one is a goal keeper and the other is DM for when we use that system.
I am a little worried about the depth in the region to be honest, there is basically nothing left that can help us and I scour the youth intake days as well and the last few seasons its been awful. I was not able to locate a single forward that could come in and help us,
The window is still open and I am actively trying to bring a few more players but the season is about to start now as well so time is running out.
Kim Scheele Moe - I actually signed him 12 months ago but let him play the last season at Valerenga. He spent 2 years as their number 1 and has been capped by Norway as well. He will go into a direct competition with fellow youngster Ytterns for our number 1 spot between the sticks
Wilmer Albrektsson - Really not the best player but the best DM in all of Scandinavia that would actually join us. I wanted a specialised DM for when we need it and he will have to do for now.
Youth Promotions
There was a serious lack of players that we could bring in, I needed to find a forward and backup DM so I was left with no choice but to promote players and players who are not exactly ready.
Henrik Soderberg - Hes going to have to be our backup forward for now, he not the best either but with some training and game time he should turn into a serviceable player.
The situation is dire in the region with forwards, I did find a decent player who would have been perfect but as hes at Napoli, he was not willing to join us.
David Efremov - Will serve as our back up DM, hes also pretty raw but hes only 17 and honestly better than 95% of the other available DMs in the region
Club Upgrades
We did invest the new funds into the club yet again, I didn't ask for a stadium expansion this season. I want to see how we go with the new 15k limit we have.
I also upgraded all our coaching staff to 5 stars
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March 27...
Im in the middle of my pre-season and having to negotiate this tie during some interesting times for the club (more on that later)
In truth we played terrible and probably deserved to not make it through, however do sneak into the next round
Next up is a date with Atalanta, again on paper it looks winnable. They are currently 5th in Serie A and winding down their season.
We will need to play far better than we did against Rangers, I tried to get a few friendlies in before to get us up to speed but its caused more harm than good with a few injuries.
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November/December...
Time to finish out the season now, obviously we will go on and win the title again and make it 4 straight but really its about playing in Europe in the early part of the new year.
Another epic game against Atletico Madrid, they would win this one but they didnt deserve it. They scored from a corner and then Frank Kessie scored in the 93rd minute to give them the most valuable of 3 points. Its however going to be ok, Juventus did their part and beat Kiev so we are heading to the Europa League at the very minimum. We would need to beat Juventus in the last game and hope Kiev can do something vs Atletico but sadly it didnt work out that way. We lost another tight game to Juventus, this was also much tighter than it looked and the needed a penalty to really secure the win.
I've been happy with out defence lately, I made a shift to using a DM and its paying off well as it has helped us keep clean sheets while still also scoring many goals
No surprises here, we win 4 straight titles, Rosenborg won 13 titles in a row between 1992 and 2006 so there will be a long way to take down that record. They also won 4 in a row from 2015 and 2018 so we at least equal this and Viking also won 4 in a row a long time ago.
Despite only the single loss, we still dont break our own record of 76 points. We had quite a few draws this season. I will say however its an improvement again this year, the only loss we had was to the rock bottom Ranheim who only won 3 games all year...
The only player to not average in the green zone from the our preferred starting 11 was our left CM, there was nothing I could I do about it and no matter who it was and what role they played they never really got going.
Defence...
Felix Ytternes took over the number 1, Linde was just costing us too many poor goals and he will be leaving. I have already secured his replacement. The future will be bright in our GK ranks as well, Ytternes and our incoming player are both currently in the senior Norwegian squad.
Hove, Nilsson and Palmqvist all rotated through the CB positions, I only used Utvik in the cup games and when there was an injury/fatigue pile up and I expect him to also be leaving the squad this next window. The most pleasing aspect this season was our defenders started to get us goals, I spent some time to focus on our corners and set plays to try and give us and edge in harder matches where goals are difficult and it seems to have worked, our central defenders added 14 goals between them last season.
The fullbacks were again an area of strength, Wallenberg and Lynbo were constant threats in most games and added 18 assists between them alone. Their output did go down as I switched from Wingbacks to Fullbacks during the season while chasing a better defensive stability.
Both backup fullbacks Stromberg and Reitan were also solid, however Stromberg refuses to lift his average above 7.
Midfield...
Filip Ronningen Jorgensen was by far the most outstanding player in the midfield, he really ran the show for us and his passing and long range goals were a joy to watch. Its just a shame we couldn't replicate this success on the left side and his partner and this something I want to focus on resolving over the break. I think the players are good enough but it needs some tweaking and exploring some more.
I moved to a DM during the season, we had to sacrifice our Shadow Striker, I also didn't really have a player suited to that position and Tagseth was asked to do it, he did pretty well actually and managed to rack up an impressive 11 assists while doing so. I think those were mostly long passes over the top but it will do.
I dont foresee any major departures from this area but I am not against letting a player leave either. I will however be looking to secure a proper DM so I can free Tagseth and stop him complaining about playing in that role.
Attack...
The main man Albert Braut Tjaland, interesting season for him as well. I started him in the AMC postion as Shadow Striker and he was doing ok but not his usual output but when I ditched that role he then moved back to leading the line. His output was down this year because I didn't play him in the weaker games where he could pray on those defenders and he also played 13 games less this season. Still however with 24 goals in 30ish games its a very good season. The challenge is now going to be keeping him. Lucky for me, I have decent weapon in reserve. Geemuyden was great for us, he played 25 games and scored 18 goals and is very capable of scoring many more. Hes a different style of player so we have to adjust his role when he plays, hes more of a protypical poacher due to his size and if he had more speed he would easily score 40 goals
On the wings Erik Osterdahl was sensational, hes probably the best player at the club really and his return of 19 goals was good. Probably not going to be able to keep him forever so I want to do as much damage as I can while hes here.
I also started grooming the new Finish International Juha Lahtinen, he was average mostly but did show some flashes of his ability. He is not ready to take over that position on the right full time yet.
On the left, Bjarki Por Haroarson was the main player used and he did ok. Hes still very raw and needs time to develop, I could look at using Lahtinen there as well if I wanted.
So Rangers are our draw, another team we have played and defeated fairly recently as well.
I would expect we can get through them and into the next round.
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September/October 26...
Massive win at home vs Kiev, in the 92mnd our CB Hove stand up and heads home the corner. Vital win, even more huge when we battle out a draw with Juventus at home in the 2nd game of the European season.
On the domestic season, we are knocked out of the cup. I sent a weaker side out but still expected to win it, I wanted fully rested players to line up vs Juventus. Stabaek has beaten us a few times before so its not a deal in the gran scheme of things.
Another massive draw vs Athletico, actually we played so well in this game. Tromso go down to 10 men in only the 7th minute, and then in the 79th minute we lose another player and have to finish with 9 men. Our new found defensive ability is starting to show its fruit.
After 3 games in the Champions League, we actually sit 2nd and its looking very good for at least a 3rd place finish.
Only 4 games to go now in the league, we are 12 points ahead of Kristiansund and have already been confirmed for at least a top 2 finish.
I am hoping we can maintain the single defeat but also I am going to rotate in the reserves for the last 4 games so I can see how they play and if they will continue with the squad for another season.
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August 26...
We take down Salzburg again, however a much tighter afair than the last time we played them. The 2-1 win at home was not ideal, I thought we would need to score at least 1 goal in Austria but our defence held firm and we ground out the 0-0 draw to send us.
The group stage draw looks promising as well, it might give us the best hope yet of securing a 3rd place and moving onto some European football in the new year. I'd like to aim for at least 5 points, so a win at home to Kiev and 2 draws, if that happens and Kiev only either at home to us or beat us, then they should finish on 3 points and we will have enough finish 3rd and move to the Europa League the following year.
In the league, 4 very comfortable wins, and we are well clear by 10 points and 10 games to go.
Transfers IN...
I took the liberty to spend a little money in this window, 3 more youth prospects will join the fold and 2 of them look interesting enough to enter the discussion for next season.
Henrik Soderberg - A 19 year old forward/AMC from Sweden, has a few interesting stats and is somebody we can work on to improve. I see him more of an AMC than a forward. Ideally he will spend a season out of loan as we have a few options in that position right now.
Tonni Amtoft - Another versatile looking player, the 17 year old looks a fine prospect for CM type role but again its another area we have well stocked in. He will spend a season on loan and have an evaluation at the start of the following season
Transfers OUT...
Also finally leaving was Anton Kovalainen, hes headed over to France, I added a 20% profit clause on the off chance the French manage to unlock his talent and somebody bigger comes in
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June/July 26...
June and July were threatening to be hard months, I totally forgot there was a World Cup and the Eliteserien would play games during this period.
At this point we now have quite the large continent of Norwegian and Sweden Internationals so the squad was decimated, both nations would call up players for the friendlies before as they worked out their final squads and it was looking pretty scary for the selection front in our games ahead.
Thankfully they only missed 2 games, it would have been 6 but both Norway and Sweden failed to win a game and finished rock bottom of their groups
Suprisingly it was a fairly straight forward period, we actually played some of the best football we have all season, I also started my transition towards a modified system to try and have more sturdy defence, all indications are pointing towards that being a success.
How embarrassing for both nations...the single goal Norway scored was from Tromso player Tjaland.
Maybe I need to go back and help Norway again (They sacked the manger again)
Next month we jump straight into the Champions League playoff, we will face familiar foe as we have been here before against the Austrians.
We won 4-2 on agg last time. More of the same would be appreciated.
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May 26...
May was an up and down month, we started the month very well by thrashing Start twice and then Rosenborg but then played out 3 straight draws.
The issue that has playued us for most of the save is keeping clean sheets, we score goals fairly easily but always concede and the manner we concede usually 1) A cross into the box 2) A winger cutting in diagonal inwards goal and scoring from an acute angle or 3) A rapid forward running through 3 defenders up the middle.
All is still ok, we are on top and just the single loss so far, its our best start to the season yet and our tandem due of Tjaland and Geelmuyden are free scoring for fun at the moment.
Kristiansund continue to surprise and annoy me, I was certain after we signed Geelmuyden their 27 goal scorer from last season they would regress but no, they found a wonderkid from Ecuador on a free transfer to sign and reload again to be a thorn in our side.
Also the rest of Europe is coming out of their summer breaks now and are shopping for bargains, at the least the hotels in town will be busy with all the scouts and managers who are vistiting
Tromso has 16 players who are currently be converted by bigger clubs in bigger leagues, I am doing my best to hold on to them. I will accept a bid that is a realistic transfer but at the moment they are mostly all offering the value and to me thats unrealistic and a fine example was a bid of 2.4 million for Albert Braut Tjaland
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March/April 26...
Here we go then, another season here in Tromso and another season of expected progress as a club
4 from 4 to open up the campaign in March, including another win in the Mesterfinalen, we now become the equal most winners with 3 trophies in this competition and can over take Rosenborg next year.
A heavier schedule in May saw us play 7 games, we win 5 and lose another. The loss to Ranheim was quite shocking, its yet another loss to the team at the bottom of the table. I also used a basically full first team in this match as well.
Because of that result, only made minimal changes for the opening of the Cup and didn't play the reserves or youths as I would normally and the players responded with a 16-0 thrashing of Solberg
New signing Geelmuyden has started very well, leading the team for goals as he settles into his new club
In other news, the Eliteserien has moved up 5 places in the competition rankings as we edge close to getting automatic group stage pass in the Champions League.
On the club front, we take a 10 place leap into 65th position. Its a good sign, it shows are moving in the right direction. I need to make some strides in Europe this season, either by making it out of our Group in the Champions League or by taking 3rd place and having a run deep into the Europa League.
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4 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
What role you playing him?
Hes playing on the right of midfield pair with Mezzala - Support
He scored 1 goal in the last 4 seasons before arriving here hahahah
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Also a tip for you, be careful when you get to 2026.
The Norwegian season plays games during the World Cup, I've lost 8 first team players to the Norway and Sweden squads and it looks like they will miss 6 games
I was not prepared..
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1 minute ago, SixPointer said:
The ODD men arrive
haha thought you might enjoy that
Filip Ronningen Jorgensen has been superb. 7 games, 4 goals and 7 assists. 7.62 rating.
Surprisingly, Odd are sitting 4th at the moment..
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Pre-Season...
A fairly similar pre-season and transfer window to the last.
16 new faces at the club, however only 4 of those will join the first team and all are replacing or upgrading players who left. The other 12 players are all youth prospects. I tend to wait around until around mid February when the new intakes land in Scandinavia and go hunting for new prospects.
I also continued with sending players on loan, most of them to rival clubs in our division. My thinking is that they will get better with playing first team vs youth league and I always ensure they are sent out as regular starters.
Players IN...
Filip Ronningen Jorgensen - After Kitolano left we were a little short of quality in the middle, Jorgensen has had a few decent seasons at Odd and joins just as hes about to enter the prime years. In the 6 games I've played into the new season hes scored 4 goals and added 6 assists so its fair to say hes hit the ground running.
Syver Aas - I honestly only signed him because Kovalainen was transfer listed and I accepted bids for him. I just hadn't thought about the fact he could reject those offers. So now I have an over stock in the CM positon. Its not the worst problem to have, hes a talented player and will add value to our squad. At the moment I am still playing only 2 x CMs and we have 6 quality players for this area so its going to be an interesting season trying to make them all happy. I am still going to try and make a sale or two when I can in the next window.
Simen Alexander Santos Lynbgo - A player I sold around 4-5 seasons ago, he went to Gladbach and then to DInamo. I needed a fullback option and I have a great up and coming player in my youth side but hes not ready. I see Lynbo as a great back up and stop gap until hes ready to move up.
Herman Geelmuyden - Herman will be the most interesting of the incomings, he scored 27 goals in the league last season for Kristiansund and was just behind Tjaland in the goal scoring chars. I decided to bring him in because I want to future proof myself for the possibility we may have to move Tjaland on at some stage soon and we will be without a quality player and I also want to make the crazy decision to move Albert Tjaland down into the AMC position. I use the AMC as a shadow striker and I think he can do well there. It seems insane because he scored 44 goals playing upfront last season but I also think Geelmuyden is solid player and using them both together is the way forward.
I thought it might also help slow down Kristiansund who have been a thorn in my side but they went and signed a 19 year old wonderkid forward from Ecuador to replace him...….
Youth Team Promotions...
With the departures, I also needed to plug a few other gaps. There was nothing interesting around on the local market so we make the bold decision to promote from within the club.
Here are the new faces in the squad but players being promoted from our under 19s.
Felix Ytternes - Will be our number 2 this season, he returns to the club after a full season playing in the Eliteserien for Kongsvinger last year. I plan to give him around 10-12 starts this season with a view to becoming number 1 next season.
Bjarki Por Haroarson - Very raw talent but hes got speed and we need that. Controversy hes going to be replacing a player who leaves us and a player who's been here for a fair while. In youth we trust!
Juha Lahtinen - Another raw talent with speed. He spent a season with AaB in Denmark on loan and returns to us now to be a weapon from the bench, hes got some poor stats that need to be worked on and I cant see him being a super star but I will use his speed to exploit the slow defenders that Norway seems to have plenty of.
Players OUT...
Some big names leave us, big names for Tromso that have done well and been here a few seasons anyway.
Vegard Erlien, a good player but below the next level we are looking to reach. I cashed in while he still have value.
Also leaving but on loan was Sivert Solli, I am going to make the left wide player a traditional winger and his right foot wont work. I could have moved him to the right but he would be 3rd or 4th option over there at best.
Last major departure was Otso Virtanen, he came back to the club and help us through a jam but its time to leave again and this time for good.
There others were just loans or players not worth keeping
Season 2026 Squad...
A very young squad this season, I let a fair amount of experience leave but its the future we are thinking for and I have faith in the kids.
Finances...
Still a decent bank balance considering all the club upgrades and stadium expansions
Another Champions League run will double that. Also very very well under the 362k wage budget.
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May 28...
Basically the perfect month, 5 wins from 5 games and no goals conceded.
The two up front system is really firing on all cyanides now, Geelmuyden is the main threat and Soderberg his normal partner has come along leaps and bounds
12 from 12 has me dreaming of the improbable 30 from 30 wins