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*Yawn* Asked my mate Claude what caused Alife to apply for unemployment before at Rosenborg...interesting reading.... Coaching style and methods Possession-based and proactive. Pressing from a tight 4-3-3 that requires wide midfielders to cover a lot of ground both inside and outside. It’s very demanding physically and cognitively. Fixated on detail and philosophy. VG described him as a coach with a clear philosophy who is extremely focused on detail. That’s the strength and also the source of most of his problems. Willing to use gamesmanship. He drew criticism in Norway for having ball boys remove opponents’ towels for long throws, and he defended it with a quip about not wanting guests bringing their own furniture. Decisive, not consensus-driven. When asked about dressing-room complaints at Rosenborg, his answer was essentially that he listens to feedback, uses what makes the team better, discards the rest, and someone has to make the decisions. Taken one way, that’s leadership. Taken another way, it’s a coach who doesn’t think morale problems are his to fix. Rosenborg: how it went wrong 2024 (first season): genuinely good. The appointment was widely ridiculed at the time. Club legend Jahn Ivar “Mini” Jakobsen called it very strange. Johansson still finished fourth, won manager of the month in August, and Rosenborg were described as the best team in the Eliteserien in autumn 2024. In Europe they beat Banga and Hammarby and reached the final Conference League qualifying round. On the back of that he was given a contract extension to 2028 in August 2025. 2025: the unravelling. The season started well and then fell apart. Several factors combined: Loss of key players. Nypan and Broholm left, and TV 2 pundit Jesper Mathisen said the recognisable Johansson style had largely disappeared without them. He called it a grey version of the side from twelve months earlier. Goals dried up. Rosenborg were heading for their lowest goals-per-game average since 1986. Results. 16 points from 14 games, then a run of seven league games without a win, finishing seventh. They lost 4-0 at HamKam and were humiliated 3-1 at home by KFUM Oslo. The dressing-room issues, which are the important part for you: In September 2025, VG reported grumbling in the dressing room that had lasted weeks, aimed at his leadership style and his selections. TV 2 then reported a “culture of fear” among players and staff. This is the most serious allegation in his file. The worst incident came after a late equaliser against Sandefjord. Johansson confronted 19-year-old Jesper Reitan-Sunde so harshly in the dressing room that other players reacted, and the story leaked. Johansson’s explanation was that he was frustrated and angry about the result and critical of how they defended. Captain Ole Selnæs’s response cut both ways. Publicly he said he didn’t recognise the VG picture and that every dressing room has a few unhappy players. But he also gave a half-time TV interview so pointed that pundits read it as a sign something deeper was going on. After the leak, his anger was directed at the leakers (“embarrassing and shocking, we can’t have people like that”), which tells you there were people inside willing to brief against the manager. An Adresseavisen commentator described players turning up to training as though out of obligation.

Agreed, good insight and goes to show how dugmeat Sparrow really is.

What's this? The bowling committee style approach to running a football club might not work after all...who'd have thought it?

This is looking very bad for Kyrk and the board. It's one easy piece of comms, we hear you, time/money, sorry, discuss some type of discounted season ticket as recompence and remeidal work TBC. Unless there is a big reveal coming this season...🤔

That's Eli fully confirmed as gone, great bit of business. I'm looking forward to the Just v Turnbull local derby!

Interesting to see where HB are...currently 5th in their season, played 16, before playing us they come off a run of 3 wins, scoring 11 goals and conceding 2. Their last game was 5/7 with a break before they play us and then getting back to league action. I have to disagree about losing being terminal for Alfred. The whole Alexander thing was on the cards the end of the season before, Sligo defeat triggered that, plus his arrogance never helped. Fingers cross we get some signings in and HB really aren't that good. Jury will be out until the first 10 games so see how Alfred's doing for me.

Have to agree. Just has outgrown us, but he's still under contract and hopefully there are a few clubs in to force up the price. It's about time we got paid, instead of being treated like a diddy club. £7m has to be a starting point, anyone else can jog on.

Worst.kit.ever. Jesus Christ.

Here we go!!! F.C. Copenhagen (DEN) HJK Helsinki (FIN) HŠK Zrinjski Mostar (BIH) Caernarfon Town FC (WAL) - FCI Levadia Tallinn (EST) Havnar Bóltfelag (FRO) One of these is our destination.

Good move for JT, the Pro league is the most scouted in the world, so if he lights it up a really big move is on the cards. #sell-on.

Bryan Gunn, knowing each other from Norwich days. On Jens, why would he want to go there?? Needs a total rebuild, board apathetic and sections of the fans are professional victims who demand to run the club. Not a harmonious place.

Absolutely raging at that Halliday on TJ and the only reason I can see is he's publicly low balled a valuation as the currants are interested. He has no right as a paid employee of the club to band about such pish. As for those staying oh it's still a lot of money, get a grip. You don't see other clubs drip feeding shite valuations of their players. Get that prick to fk out the club asap. Does he think noone on the press watches Open Goal?? There is no excuse to mention this. He can politely pass, but no he wants his puddle drinking mates to pick him up on the cheap. No ginger bottles allowed guys, sorry.

I stand corrected...It's like a reflex action when I hear that surname...

No suprise, he despises Motherwell, Accies Scum.

If Carlsberg did semis....GIRU that wee goblin, send him and his team back to methadoneland with Sweet FA.

I'm really impressed by Jens, he doesn't do word salad like the vampire or Robbo pish we had to suffer. His scandi vibe is refreshing and the ideas coming through are warming to the eye. Loving watching goal against the toilet drinkers over and over tonight. How Manny just lounges in box, then thinks, better get up and leather this...love you big man!!

Great result and well done to all..Big Ox was giving me heavy Sieb vibes...felt like the big man was back with that command of the box at times.

*Cough* Any Streams?

Really happy getting Tony back. He has an affection for us and as long as he gives his all (which he did before) and scores crucial goals when needed that's all we can ask.

Good idea in theory. Dempster spent months wining and dining the clowns from the council re: Ravenscraig, but it was just pie in the sky and they were happy to accept freebies, but had no intention of helping us relocate.

I'd say we're like a crodible farce these days.

Slattery was at the conference today and when asked about the players being behind the manager he did a massive tell of rubbing his neck. The next question was again is their unity in the dressing room the neck rubbing was in evidence. I'm no expert, but it looked very telling and wouldn't suprise me of the dressing room is fractured.

Today was Hammell-esque. Time's up Vampire.

The triple threat of Trevor Molloy, Paul Keegan and Danny Murphy (no, not that one) - Malpas classic..

Toasty (not sure if he's still in the Polis, but that's what he ended up doing).