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Club Updates...
Plenty of cash in the bank for us now and the board has armed me with a nice budget to use as well.
I dont need all of that and have asked the board to spend more money on improving the overall wellbeing of the club and thats what has been done this off season.
The future is bright here in Tromso, its just about small gains each season on the path to domination......hopefully
More Youth Facilities work, we continue to lead the way in Norway. I want to secure all of the best talents possible and we need the infrastructure in place to do so.
We also decided to throw more money into the training facilities as well
The board is also going to add more seats, this time adding another 5k odd. We only just finished the last upgrade and will be playing on reduced capacity yet again. With 15k seats, we will have the 5th largest stadium in the league and will be getting close to hosting our Champions League games in Tromso and not Rosenborg.We are now the most reputable club in Norway, well kind of equal with a bunch of others but we are listed first so I am saying the best.
We are starting to get some of these records ticked off as well,
Still a long long way from Rosenborg and their 26 titles and I may never get there either.
I really want to get the 0 defeats record, Rosenborg did this in 2010 so I want to match this at least and then I want to take their record for most wins in a row (11) and games without losing (33)
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November/December 25...
Finished on our best ever finish in the league, I thought we were going really well but the 2 games in the Champions League proved we still are a very long way. Brugge thrashed us again, this time at home. We led 2-1 at HT and was looking good for a Europa League spot but they scored 3 goals in 10 mins at the end and beat us easily.
We did manage to win the domestic treble, easily taking care of Odds in the final of the Cup, Tjaland continued his amazing season with 3 goals
Good season over all, just have to keep on building up.
Huge news, Molde have been relegated, this is the first time they have ever been relegated.
Defence...
Linde ended up taking over the number 1 between the posts, neither ended up giving really great performances to be fair. I will be moving on Virtanen and replacing him with our prospect keeper Felix Ytternes. I have also spotted another young prospect at Valerenga, he was their first choice all season at 18 years old and performed well.
The loss of Forsberg was felt, Reitan was farily decent in covering the loss but he looks suspect going forward and promoted youth player Emil Palsson needs more time. I may look at a stop gap solution to help here to allow him more time to develop. On the left side we saw Wallenberg regress his output from the previous 2 seasons but Stromberg is starting to mature nicely and at 18 can really start to get more games and be a player for Tromso.
I had issues with my CBs all season, 1 is too slow, 1 is too short, 1 is tall but cant winner a header and the other has poor work rate. The young ones have time to learn and improve, I dont imagine anything will happen here and I am maybe need to help them tactically to get better as well
Midfield...
Tagseth was our best CM, he just has to control his anger as he got sent off 4 times last season, now with Kitolano gone I got more games into Laribi and Kovalainen and they showed some promise but nothing to suggest they are the future of the position at Tromso.
We have our massive youth talent Jon Ivar Bentzen getting more and more games but his physicals are still bad and will need more time and training.
I am toying with a 3 man midfield for next season and therefore have already signed 2 players to come in and add depth and I wont rule out a sale from this current batch
I think Skibsted will be taking over the current AMC position that Nordli has mostly had first choice off, I rotation them around all last season and Skibsted was looking better and hes got more upside.
Attack..
The attack was all about one man, Albert Braut Tjaland
Scoring a massive 44 goals and could have had more as he went missing in a few games as well. I suspect this next season will be his last here, there is huge interest in his services and obviously a massive bid will be hard to turn down.
The left wing Kallsberg continued to play well, scored less than last season but that role has been changed to a traditional winger. He may now shift over to the right-side, depends if I can bring in a solid left winger.
On paper Erik Osterdahl is our best player and biggest prospect, hes another I dont think will be here much longer as the every elite clubs are looking at him. Thankfully hes just signed a new deal so they need to pay up big if they want him.
Sadly, I think this is the end for Solli and Erlien, while they are both still serviceable players, they are not he quality I need to call upon if needed in European games. At best they would be decent lower table players. I would rather play a raw talent that needs game and training but has plenty of potential over them now and because of this they will both be moved on.
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October 25...
We clinch title number 3, first time we have won the title in October and I am happy about that. I can now give some reserves a chance to shine in our last 4 games.
In the Champions league, we were so so close to getting the upset win over Barcelona, stupid Jonathan David scored a late equaliser to save their faces and after 3 games, we sit rock bottom and very likely we are going to be staying there, probably need a result at home to Brugge to get anything from this campaign.
On the home front, Valerenga and Kristiansund are in the battle for the 2nd Champions League spot and at the bottom the struggles continue for Molde, sure they wont go down will they??
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September 25...
Great start to the Champions League, thumped by Brugge 4-1... going to be a long campaign. We did however manage a smart 1-1 draw with Man City at home.
Kongsvinger, despite being dead last in the league did find themselves in the semi final of the cup and they proved to be difficult as only a penalty saw them off.
All systems go in the league, we are 10 points clear and 9 games to go. Looking good for our 3rd straight title as expected. At the bottom, could we see giants Molde relegated? Brann also are not safe either..
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August 25...
Champions League Group stages here we come!
Was not the cleanest of runs through the qualifying, last season was far easier but we do enough. The reward is a group of death with Barcelona and Man City, I was hoping to get 5 points this year and improve on last year but we might have to settle for a 3 point target.
In the league, other than the ugly top of the table clash with Valerenga, it was a smooth sailing month.
Transfers OUT...
Also this month, 3 players left us.
Only 1 of the 3 was a player I wanted to leave now but thats how it goes. Kitolano was just not working for me, I couldn't get a position to work and he never scored above a 7 in the ratings so we decided to double our investment and cash in.
Steffen Lie Skalevik, I was ok with him playing a few bench and sub appearances but he was not and wanted to keep playing so we agreed to let him leave.
The big departure of Forsberg was something I really was not happy with as hes been superb for us but 15 million is too much to turn down
I chose to not bring anybody in..
I will continue with Davio Sverrisson as our backup forward, hes done pretty well from the bench when needed and I promoted a player from the under 19s . Emil Palsson can give us cover at right back and looks good enough for now.
Erlend Reitan will now be our main option at right back and in truth, hes played far better this season compared to the last and I dont think it will be too bad.
We now have 38 million in the bank, thanks largely to the sale of Forsberg and making the group stages of the Champions League.
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1 minute ago, SixPointer said:
So far so good at the minute April update pending
Looking forward to it.
Mini Haaland doing ok? hes scored a large number of goals this season for me
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I suspect youll be scoring lots more goals with the tactic update, not sure the defences in Norway could handle a front 3 and the SS causes mayhem.
Interesting but I've rotated to a new tactic for a few games and I gave up the SS ..
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July 25...
We seem to just have these random losses to sides in us, also I find the AI loves to score goals in bunches. They score 1 goal and then they score 3 in 7 mins. Feels like it anyway as we lost at home 3-2 to Lillestrom, a side we just thrashed 6-0 2 months ago.
We bounced back with good wins over Rosenborg and Kristiansund and down the bottom of the table we see Molde are struggling bit time
Our Champions League run started here as well, a rather tougher than expected tie against Sheriff Tiraspol, I expected us to win far easier than we did but the Moldovan side were stern opposition.
Next up we have the Greek Champions Olympiakos and we better be on our game more in that tie or we wont be making it through.
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June 25...
Nothing much to write about here, a couple of league wins and 2 simple wins in the Cup games.
Really nice to see Fredrikstad back in the top league, they have worked their way up from the 3rd division,
With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, Fredrikstad is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football and was close to being the side that was chosen for this save.
Club matters...
More upgrades, continue to improve on and off the pitch.
The last few intakes have been rubbish, hopefully moving up another level will change that as well.
Around the league...
Norway on the move, we gain enough points to move up 4 places. This means we can skip a few rounds in the Champions League qualifying path. Assuming we win the title again. The good news is that now another team will have chance to also go on a run and earn some extra funds.
Still a long long way to go before we can secure automatic group stage places.
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April/May 25...
The new season is well under way, fairly decent start as well.
We have our usual early season wobble, dropping the home game to Viking and then playing out a 3-4 loss to Valerenga.
The defence still seems shaky, I am looking at a balance of keeping our attacking churning along like it is and trying to have a few clean sheets.
Erik Osterdahl has been in fine form to start us off, hes lodged 9 goals already.
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8 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
tactical very well balanced simple But clearly effective 👏🏻Still something not right with it,
I was conceding too many goals with players dribbling up through the middle, so I narrowed the defence and tried to block the middle. So then the AI started going wide, now they cross like David Beckham and players with heading attributes of 9 and jumping of 11 are scoring headed goals in the box.
I am now trying to use 1 of the CBs as a man marking CB and sticking to the opposition forward. Using Nilsson as hes tall has good aerial. lets see how that goes.
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3 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
Jorgensen flying as roaming playmaker. And Aas got 5 in 5 playing shadow striker. Will have a update the morn.
Mini haaland has had a couple of good games and a big goal.
lovely squad you assembled in the 5 years. Loving your local bias like myself 👍🏻
Still both on my radar, they are optionsif a player leaves. Likely Kitolano or Kovalainen leave then I will have space
I've had an annoying start to the season, I am getting too many bids on players and its making them unhappy. I will sell but the big clubs think because its Norway they can get a bargain. Red Bull Salzburg offered me 1.1 million for mini Haaland... hes got 16 goals so far. Stupid bid but he was sad about it.
At the moment there is 13 players with 'wanted status' in my first team. So about 50% of the squad..
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Tromso Squad Review...
Continuing from the last post, trying to show the entire squad and depth we have at the moment.
Attacking Midfield...
Simen Nordli - Attributes wise hes not as good as his stats show, he does everything we ask of him with goals and assists. Should be hitting his prime years how, no plans to replace him just yet.
Kristian Skibsted - The potential future to this position, I am guilty of not giving him enough games but this season we will change that. He has the potential be even better than Nordli as well.
Wide players...
I play various roles out wide, depends who is starting but its usually IF/IW or a variation of that. I will be looking to upgrade the depth in this area, I would like to have some very good quality players here, its an important position in the way we play. Kallsberg does his part and gets goals but I need more from the right hand side.
Poul Kallsberg - Superb player for us, his finishing attributes are low but does not appear to stop him. Hes a wizard on the free kicks as well.
Erik Osterdahl - Our first wonderkid, not from our academy but still looks a prospect, he will be our starter on the right this season. Hes also 2 footed and this is perfect and very valuable to the tactic and role.
Sivert Solli - Reliable backup, does what I ask and I cant really complain. He will be a player I need to upgrade and find quality at depth for.
Vegard Erlien - Same story as Solli, just a good back up, hes not going to win us Champions League games but helps with rotation. Does still score the odd goal and is serviceable.
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The Forwards...
I only play 1 up front and usually only run with 2 in the squad but I am going go with 3 for this season.
Albert Braut Tjaland - This will be his first season as our main forward, now a full Norway International as well. His physical stats are catching up to his cousin Erling Haaland so I am praying he can improve his technical to match as well
Steffen Lie Skalevik - The veteran, I was thinking to sell him but he did so well for us in first season and fired us to our first Championship and then added another 15 goals last season. Was big for us when Tjaland was out of form and I think he can be an option again.
Davio Sverrisson - I've promoted Sverrisson to the first team, he spent the last 2 years on loan with Odds and did ok. He actually scored a ripper of a goal against us to win a game for Odds as well.... there was some interest in his services on top of that and we rejected a 6 million offer.
How it all comes together...
Still have some roles to work on, I think the left CM role is good now and just need to get the best combination going with his partner. I really need to work out what I need or want from that position to be begin with, its like a Carrillo style role is what I need.
Upfront, not set on the poacher and sometimes use AF and CF, I think Tjaland can play most roles so once he settles in then it will be good.
I am happy with Shadow Striker now, I did use AM for a long time but with SS he seems to pop up in the box in better positions.
At the back, well this year we have an all Swedish back line and GK, defence has been improving season on season and I think we go into this year with the best players yet since we took charge.
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Tromso Squad Review...
I thought after 5 seasons, it would be a good time to do a full review of the entire squad.
The Goalkeepers...
Andreas Linde - Our new signing, adds experience and has been capped once by Sweden, will be given first chance to be our new number 1
Osto Virtanen - A new/old signing, we bought him back to the club after selling him and 2 years playing in Denmark. Was signed as emergency backup on his return but quickly reminded me why I was sad to see him leave the first time.
Felix Ytternes - A Tromso academy product, was almost set to be our number 2 before I saw reason and signed Linde. He will spent this season on loan as the First Choice for newly promoted Kongsvinger. Should be an interesting player to keep an eye on.
The Fullbacks...
An area of strength in the squad!
Axel Wallenborg - Our star left fullback and assist machine, has added 29 assists in the 2 seasons hes been here. There was an accepted bid of 11 million last season but he decided to stay with us.
Adam Stromberg - The deputy to Wallenborg, has yet to show any decent form but hes still only 17. I am hoping there is at least another 2 years before he has to move into the starting spot, all depends if Wallenborg stays longer. There is limited depth in Scandinavian football at this position.
Lucas Forsberg - Has been with us since we signed him season 1, he gets higher ratings than his left fullback counterpart Wallenborg but adds less assists and goals.
Erlend Reitan - The most experienced of the fullbacks, does nothing great but also does nothing bad. I dont notice him to be honest, thats not always a bad thing and hes just a solid pro.
Centre-Backs...
Gustav Palmqvist - New signing, he started every game for 2nd place Stromsgodset last season and I expect he will do the same for us. His determination is a lower than I would like but he has good growth room in most other areas.
Filip Nilsson - The 2nd new Swedish import. Needs to work on a few stats, hes on intensive training now but I am really drawn to his height and jumping stats. He will get quite a few games this season in the view to him being the most regular partner to Palmqvist next season.
Sondre Hove - Still young and still working on his development, he made 19 appearances last season and should be around the same this season. Its just a shame his height is not the greatest.
Bjorn Inge Utvik - The reliable veteran, coming into his 3rd season with Tromso, he will have to split his starts with Nilsson this season but I suspect he will give the same solid output as per usual.
Centre Midfield...
It still an area in our tactic play that I am working on getting right but we have a few options here now. I usually run a rotation of 4 players in this area but for this season, we are going use 5 to help balance out the fatigue that seems to hurt us at the backend.
Edvard Tagseth - The leader and most experienced of the midfield players, had a great first season in Tromso. His energy and work rate are good key attributes, he scored 8 goals and had 7 assists last season. I would ideally like him to get to around 10 of each this season. Would start all games but he has injury issues and due to his role, gets a few cards.
Joshua Kitolano - Not sure what to do with Kitolano, I couldn't get anything from him at all and hes a small problem. I see him as a CM but its possible he should play further up or in a wider position. There has been some interest in his services, I wouldn't stop him from leaving.
Anton Kovalainen - Another player who I am yet to get the best from, i think I will try and give him 1 more season with us and see how he goes. Last season was the best of the 5 years hes been here so its possible that with age he will get better. Is currently wanted by a few clubs but his value is too low for what I value him as if we were to sell.
Zahir Laribi - On paper, Laribi is our best midfield option but hes also yet to really fulfil that ability. I am wondering if its because I re-trained him from playing winger to CM. Hes still only 20 so has plenty of upside, I am trying to improve his finishing stats but they refuse to budge on that.
Jon Ivar Bentzen - Jon is a player I think can be the future of our CM positions, I was going to leave him in the under 19s but I've made the decision to move him up and get him games. I will aim for around 10 games this season. His physical stats are poor but hes only 17 so should have a growth spurt at some stage.
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Pre-season 25...
A busy window but only 3 major singings for the first team, the focus was more on cleaning up the 2nd, 3rd and Under 19s teams and moving players on
I also spent some time upgrading coaches, organising the staff correctly and doing some general house keeping on the club.
This will be season number 6 at Tromso, a quick recap of how its all gone
Just remember the domestic season runs from March/April to December of the year it starts, we actually play European football at the end and start of a new season in Norway.
2020 Season - Won promotion to the Eliteserien with 1st place in the OBOS-Ligaen (Molde were the Champions)
2021 Season - Finished the season in 5th place, nice return to the Eliteserien (Valerenga were the Champions)
2022 Season - Finished 3rd, qualified for European Conference League and made it to the Semi-Final but lost to Arsenal (Kristiansund were the Champions)
2023 Season - Finished in first place, first attempt at the Champions League and finished bottom of our group. Had to clear 4 round of qualifying to do so.
2024 Season - Finished in first place, again will attempt the Champions League in 2025 and again will run through 4 stages of qualifying to do so. TBA on end result
Transfers IN...
Only 3 of the below players are for the first team, the other 2 are just youth regens to take a punt on and see how they turn out.
Gustav Palmquist - A local Norwegian born in Norway but has decided to represent Sweden instead. He cost a fair amount of money but I am hoping he can turn into the leader of our defence.
Filip Nilsson - Another Swedish regen with Afghanistan 2nd nationality. He has a few issues, his work rate is poor and his personality is fickle but I've had success in changing and improving those on players, hopefully he can do the same.
Andeas Linde - Looks to be bargain for his price, as a goal keeper he should be in the prime years. He is another Swedish player to join our ranks. At this stage, it would appear hes going to be our new number 1 but will give it a good go to see who wins.
Transfers OUT...
A large number of players departed, sent a few of the first team out and moved out the youth prospects who were deemed to be not good enough.
I agreed to let Captain, Jacob Karlstrom leave because he came and suggested to me he would like a new challenge. I felt bad as he was likely going to be demoted to number 2 and felt it was the right thing to do.
His departure means we have none of the original starting squad left remaining in Tromso.
Here is the full squad for the new season, with more departures from the first team vs incomings, I have decided to promote the best of the youth and see they go.
I will do a full team breakdown in my next post
I've also played the Mesterfinalen game vs Lillestrom
Back to back wins and 6-0 is a new record score for this game.
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Good signings, some of those players returning on loan look awesome!
Your mini Haaland looks better than mine
How is Filip Rönningen Jörgensen for you? I am looking at him or Syveer Aas as potential incomings if a player leaves.
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November/December 24...
The conclusion to the season.
Only 1 thing went to plan, that was winning the title and retaining the league, we did have to limp over the line as well. We lost to Haugsund, then beat Stabeak and Odds to win it. We finished with less points than last season, so we went backwards in a way.
We had some serious issues with injuries, suspension and fatigue really hurting us this month. We might need a bigger squad.
In the Champions League, Valencia thrashed us again, we couldn't repeat vs Benfica at home. Still a long way behind these teams in terms of class.
It came down to the final game against Milan, the winner would take 3rd and place in the Europa League. Again they best us and win 2-1. In the end, we make the 4 points I wanted to get and we take some positive from this first campaign.
So we win again and we will run the Champions Path gauntlet to make the groups, we need to do that so we can ensure progression
Odds and Rosenborg have just done enough to stay up and this season we also see a new top 3 formed. Stromsgodset had a great season, they have a great forward in Erlend Hustad and he scores lots of goals for them, infact he was the leading scorer in the Conference league last season.
Kristiansund and Bodo/Glimt have really gone backwards this season.
Some big decisions to be made this off season, we have a little cash in the bank and will look to improve. Might be quality vs quantity window.
We still wont stand in the way of good sale for the club, if we get a bid that is well above the value then the player will be allowed to leave.
Goalkeepers...
Virtanen is superior to Karlstrom between the sticks, he will take number 1 for now. There is a decent looking youth player that came in through the last intake, he might be getting a look this season.
Defenders...
Need to make some moves here, I think 2 of our Centre Backs will leave, I want to keep hold of Wallenborg and Forsberg if I can. Stromberg has really struggled to backup on the left but thankfully we have a decent rotation option with Reitan having a decent first season in Tromso.
I still feel like our defence is the weak link, either the players or the system we are playing.
Midfield...
Tagseth was great for us in the middle, he was the only real standout for us in these positions. On the flip side, Kitolano was super disappointing, hes a good player so its likely I am not helping him and we need to find a role for him, he is however wanted and it will be hard to turn down a decent offer at this stage.
Kovalainen is another enigma, he does not offer us much at all, would be player we would sell for the right price. The 4th and last of the midfield rotation quartet is Laribi, on paper he looks super but still yet to see the best of him, he is also wanted but I would like to keep him
In the AMC postions, Nordli was a clear star for us, he added 17 goals and 6 assists. This is exactly what I want and expect from this position. Due to the form of Nordli, it was quite hard for Skibsted to get a game, I need to get more games under his belt this season because he does have some talent and should look to bring him along.
Attack...
Next season will be the year Tjaland is our clear main forward, hopefully he can bring some consistency with him, he looks like he could score 30-40 goals in this league. I dont want to let Steffen Lie Skalevik go, he was decent again with 15 goals, his physicals are now gone however, so I might bring in another and use him as 3rd option for the Cup etc
Outwide, leading goal scorer Kallsberg was the main star, he scored 28 goals for us. Granted he did also score a few penalties as well but its a good result from him. On the other side, I managed to get 27 games into Erik Osterdahl, so next season he is going to be the preferred starting player for this spot, there is some interest from Europe's elite clubs, if he goes then hopefully its very large offer.
No complaints about the backups, Solli was decent, Erlien also played well. I think as long as they are all happy to stay then we have no issues going with them again for another season.
The board has finally agreed to add some seats to the stadium, a good result for Tromso and a direct reward for the Champions League run that bought in 16 million to the bank.
This still wont be enough to host Champions League group games.
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34 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
Flying again! What tactics to you play with?
A pretty simple 4-2-3-1, wide, positive and pressing.
I can't really get the 2 x CMs to play how I want yet.
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October 24...
Jeez October was a rough month
We lost a tight one away to Milan, then lost in a top of the table clash to Stromsgodset.
Valencia then rolled into town and dominated the game.
We did thankfully win 2 games in the league, we just 3 games to go we are 7 points clear at the top. Looking like we will go back to back. I am secretly happy to see Sandnes at the bottom of the table, they took 4 points from us.
We sit bottom of our Champions League group, as expected to be fair. At this stage our best chance is looking like we will need to do the double over Benfica but they also have won a game as well.
I was not paying attention but Tjaland has made his full Norway debut now, he scored his first goal against Greece, the new manager has installed a 2 forward system playing 5-3-2 and he has been playing next to his cousin Erling Haaland up front for their country.
They are currently top of their Nations League group with 1 game to go. They can still miss out on promotion, they need a result against Denmark in the final match
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September 24...
First game of the group phase and we pull an amazing 3-1 victory away to Benfica, most satisfying as their manager claimed before the match it was going to be an easy win.
3 from 3 in the league, we are 10 points clear of Stromgodset who are having a fantastic season, their main forward Erlend Hustad has been scoring goals all over the place. They look like good value for 2nd place as well right now and we will play them in October, looking to avenge the loss in the cup where they knocked us out and with a victory over Tromso again, they can bridge the gap as they also have a game in hand.
Brann and Kristiansund fell well behind, at the bottom Rosenborg and Odds have started work it out and move slowly up the table.
Kallsberg scored 6 goals this month, he now holds the record for most goals in a season for Tromso.
Transfers IN..
I had some concerns over fatigue and injuries so made a loan move to give us cover, hes on expensive wages but only here till the end of this season
He might be one of the most high profile players to grace the Eliteserien.
His physicals are gone but he will only be asked to play in positions and roles that require little movement and will just be cover from the bench.
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Champions League...
At this stage, any group draw would have been tough so no matter who we pulled it was going to be an uphill battle. At least there was no tier 1 mega clubs in our group, all 3 home ties should be sold out as well, this will bring us more income again.
Benfica and Milan both finished 2nd in their leagues last season and Valencia finished 3rd.
I would love to get 1 win and 1 draw, this would had significant funds to our bank balance, allow us to improve the squad and try and get 2 wins next year.
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Norway National Team...
A very quick update on how the Norway job went.
I have resigned from the position as promised after the Euros, this was always my plan regardless of how we went. I wanted to concentrate more on club football. I think I did a decent job of turning around their form and tried to install the new generate players.
I wont rule out coming back at some stage if the chances comes or maybe I will take a job with another Scandinavian country but for now, its about Tromso and punching it with Europe's elite.
Games Managed - 24
Games Won - 20
Games Drawn - 3
Games Lost - 1
European Championship Semi Final - Our only loss
They would go and beat Spain 3-2, the same Spanish side we thrashed in the group stages. Might have been a missed opportunity. We played far better than 4-1 shows, Haaland went missing in this game and we couldnt find the back of the net.
Some of the new generation who made thier full international debut under me, these are the sorts of players we need to find in our local market.
Sivertsen - A player we had on loan at one stage when he was 17, a product of the Kristiansund youth academy. Hes now playing for Juventus but has been out of loan
Isak Hansen-Aaroen - Its sad because hes such a good player, he was a product of the Tromso youth academy, he moved to United the window before we took charge. He is the standard of player we wont to bring out of our home youth system
Emil Ceide - Scored on his debut in my first game in charge, was dominate in the Norwegian league, has since gone and moved to Bologna
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August 24...
Big month for Tromso coming up
Firstly, Champions league and oh boy we played beautiful.
RBL are dispatched 4-0 in Norway, not sure ive seen us play that well. They did manage to get us 2-0 in the way game but the game was tight and I felt the 2-0 was flattering to them. So next up and for a place in the Group Stages, we play Kobenhaven, the finalist from the Conference League. The Danish giants won the Danish Supaliga last season and lost 3 games in doing so.
Again, we turn it on when it matters the most, easily and very easily dispatching the Danish giants. We are now headed to the group phase! We probably wont win a game, this season was about making the groups and banking the almost 14 million for doing so. If we can grab 1 win, then we can add another 2.5 million to the bank balance. We are also playing home European games at Lerkandal, the home of Rosenborg. This is netting us some handy gate receipts along the way as they can fit almost 22k fans into their stadium. I was at least happy we played the early rounds at home in Tromso, our fans could finally see European games at home home
In the league, we thrashed a very struggling Rosenborg, draw to a new bogey side Sandnes, they beat us last match and get a draw here and do so while sitting rock bottom..whats up with that?
We did lose a big game to Brann, I was torn with this game as it was after the loss to RBS and 3 days before the huge game against Kobenhaven. As as result, I decided it was ok if we lost, I would make back those points later so I sent out a team with returning injured players and 2-3 first 11 players.
We are now 5 points clear, with 9 games to go. Its a little tighter than I would have liked but I am confident
Rotation is the name of the game for us, we rotate players all the time based on what is ahead. We had to make Champions League progress.
The battle to lead the line as been fun, we have young gun Tjaland and old vet Skalevik. I have been favouring the veteran in bigger games. I think Tjaland needs another year to build his consistancy as he can be very very hot and then vanish for games, at least with Skalevik, hes always around the box and ready to score if he has a chance.
Nordli and Kallsberg are my two little gems, Nordli playing AMC is the perfect little player and Kallsberg, despite his less than desirable attributes is our leading scorer with 21 from left wing.
At the back we have Wallenborg, the Andy Robertson of Sweden. He continues to supply the goals, I have been trying to bed in Stromberg as his backup but not having the same success. On the right side, Forsberg has a higher rating and a few less assists and is a key player for us. I am not sure why hes not as converted as Wallenborg is.
New and former player Virtanen has slotted back in perfect, in his 9 games since returning he has already played better than Karlstrom, he might have to stay there as well.
I should also mention Tagseth, playing well with his 7.18 rating and chipping in a few goals and assists but its more his work rate and defensive work that I have noticed. He is willing to drop deep and harass players, I've seen him defending on the wing and fullback spots. Hes the little engine.
Transfers IN...
Our number 1 GK and current captain was also injured during this period. I had no faith in back up Haug (I actually released him when I signed Virtanen)
So we turned to former player Virtanen, I didn't want him to leave when he did as I always thought he was super solid. He returns for free, very likely he could take back the number 1
Also, I spotted Jon Ivar Bentzen, a super raw talent but somebody I can see something in. We spent a fair amount of money to get him over as well, I will probably find a way to play him next season. We have shown faith in 16-17 years old before, no reason that should change.
Transfers Out...
I let Saletros leave, made back the money we spent and he was not playing games so win/win for everybody
We also accpeted a huge bid of 11.25 million for left back Wallenborg. A player I didnt want to leave but being realistic, Tromso would not turn that down. However he decided playing in Belgium for Standard was not happening and he promptly rejected them
Finances...
Boy that Champions League money really helps, it will be club defining. Infact, if we do that again for the next 2-3 seasons and dont win many games then its probably also ok. Need to think bigger picture, I want to keep upgrading the facilities, I would love to get more seats in our stadium so we can play at our real home and this money is enough to keep us as challengers in Norway.
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6 minutes ago, SixPointer said:
How’s reitan playing? I’ve got him in this summer. Was transfer listed.
Loving how tight the top 4 is. Also great to see the mighty Rosenberg struggling.
Hes solid, hes really not a going forward type fullback but hes great at locking down his area. He does have 4 assists in 19 starts. His competition Forsberg has 8 assists and 2 goals.
Your boy Kitolano has been the disappointing signing, Hes not offered much, not sure how to get the best from him
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Posted · Edited by SimpleFM
Oh my bad! Totally missed that, I obviously didn't look hard enough.
Greatest team in Europe will take some time, unless I change my approach and draft in the South American regens.. (won't happen)