From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
The month closes with Oskar Spiten-Nysæter out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Molde have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Oskar Spiten-Nysæter is the division's player of the month — 8.80
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Molde man on 8.80 with 4 goal contributions.
Market1 Sep 2038
Håkon Evjen hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bodo/Glimt can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Thomas Onana is the month's best young player — 6.89
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.89 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Aalesund player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2038
IK Start come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Rosenborg did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Sep 2038
So close: Thalissinho’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Mjondalen moved on, Thalissinho reports back to Aalesund, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Livan Burcu leads the division for assists — 7.72
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Molde player marked 7.72, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Sep 2038
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Molde heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Evenezer Forcha is the division's best-marked player — 8.93
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.93 across 4 matches for Molde.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
3 goals in 4 appearances for Stromsgodset leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
3 in 4 for Odd. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2038
Johan Martínez up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Rosenborg — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 6 goals in 5 appearances for Tromso.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
Jayden Ngwashi is the division's player of the month — 8.97
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Eliteserien man on 8.97 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
Aron Bohinen is the month's best young player — 7.03
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.03 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Stabaek player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Aug 2038
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Aug 2038
The offer from IK Start for Henrik Heggheim was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
Nobody made more than Herbie James this month
3 assists, 8.29, and a Bodo/Glimt player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Aug 2038
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Raphaël Le Guen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Molde the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Aug 2038
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
Jayden Ngwashi averaged 8.97 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
4 goals in 5 appearances for Stromsgodset leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
4 goals in 5 appearances for Bodo/Glimt leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2038
4 goals in 5 appearances for Odd, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 6 goals in 4 appearances for Stromsgodset.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Jayden Ngwashi is the division's player of the month — 8.67
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Rosenborg man on 8.67 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Thomas Onana is the month's best young player — 6.86
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.86 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Aalesund player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jul 2038
Elscha Furaha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sandefjord they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Jul 2038
Rosenborg say no — this time
The offer from RB Leipzig for Jayden Ngwashi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Jul 2038
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lillestrom can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
4 assists, 8.13, and a Sarpsborg 08 player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Jul 2038
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Molde hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Xander Newstead is the division's best-marked player — 8.68
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.68 across 3 matches for Molde.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Still scoring: Lima
4 in 4 for Mjondalen. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
Lamin Njie up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Valerenga — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jul 2038
4 goals in 4 appearances for Bodo/Glimt, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
The month closes with Cassander Dreyer out in front — 8 goals in 5 games, and Viking have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
Bruno Tavares is the division's player of the month — 8.64
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Tromso man on 8.64 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
Erling King is the month's best young player — 7.50
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.50 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Stabaek player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jun 2038
Rui Costa puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Odd, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jun 2038
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Molde is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
Bop Guèye leads the division for assists — 8.49
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 5 of them made by a Valerenga player marked 8.49, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
Jakub Pira is the division's best-marked player — 9.45
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.45 across 2 matches for Molde.
Market1 Jun 2038
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Tromso heard it as anything else.
Market1 Jun 2038
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Harald Woxen wants continental football; whether Haugesund can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
4 goals in 5 appearances for Molde, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
5 in 2 for Molde. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Jun 2038
5 goals in 4 appearances for Bodo/Glimt, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 May 2038
The month closes with Jayden Ngwashi out in front — 5 goals in 3 games, and Rosenborg have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Jayden Ngwashi is the division's player of the month — 9.25
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Rosenborg man on 9.25 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Aalesund
Thomas Onana was marked 7.08 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 May 2038
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Odd can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Noah Sahsah leads the division for assists — 9.10
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Rosenborg player marked 9.10, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 May 2038
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Molde heard it as anything else.
Market1 May 2038
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Viking they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 May 2038
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Jakob Vester reports back to Bodo/Glimt with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Highest marks in the league belong to a Bodo/Glimt man
Luka Vrbančić averaged 9.30 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Tobias Guddal up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Stromsgodset — 4 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
Noah Sahsah up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Rosenborg — 4 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 May 2038
3 in 3 for Bodo/Glimt. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Apr 2038
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Apr 2038
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Apr 2038
The Tromso deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Jesper Reitan-Sunde reports back to Rosenborg with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Mar 2038
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tromso, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Mar 2038
Tromso come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Rosenborg did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Mar 2038
Only the photograph left for Elscha Furaha
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Elscha Furaha will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sandefjord the goodbyes have quietly begun.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Feb 2038
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Feb 2038
Emil Breivik has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Molde they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Feb 2038
Daniel Braut wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Tromso hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jan 2038
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Aalesund, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jan 2038
Only the photograph left for Abakar Sylla
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abakar Sylla will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bodo/Glimt the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Jan 2038
Fredrik Sjøvold wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Molde hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Dec 2037
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Stabaek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Dec 2037
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rosenborg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Dec 2037
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
The month closes with Salvatore Amato out in front — 5 goals in 5 games, and Haugesund have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Aalesund man on 8.24 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Aalesund
Kenneth Frimpong was marked 6.97 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Nov 2037
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rosenborg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Nov 2037
Only the photograph left for Elscha Furaha
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Elscha Furaha will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Sandefjord the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Andreas Nygård leads the division for assists — 6.94
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Mjondalen player marked 6.94, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Nov 2037
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Molde heard it as anything else.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Milan Vukotić is the division's best-marked player — 8.60
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.60 across 3 matches for Stromsgodset.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
5 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
Lima keeps the pressure on
4 goals in 5 appearances for Mjondalen leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
5 in 5 for Viking. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2037
5 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 2 appearances for Mjondalen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Marked 8.64 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Odd have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Erling King is the month's best young player — 6.57
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 6.57 over the month and 0 goal contributions, from a Stabaek player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2037
Lautaro Díaz hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lillestrom can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Oct 2037
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Molde is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Nobody made more than Evenezer Forcha this month
4 assists, 9.31, and a Molde player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Oct 2037
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Molde hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Highest marks in the league belong to a Molde man
Evenezer Forcha averaged 9.31 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Market1 Oct 2037
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
Tommy Pilling up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Valerenga — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
A productive month at Tromso — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2037
3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.