The Hødd Post
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Hødd close the window on a squad of their own making
10 in and 6 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The step up is real for Davide De Battisti
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad5 Apr 2027
A falling-out at Hødd
Sondre Fosnæss Hanssen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Hødd
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edu Espiau was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Mirza Mulac
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Henrik Melland moves up the pecking order
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at Hødd than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
Looking ahead5 Apr 2027
Johan Bakke faces his old club
Stromsgodset next, and one man in the Hødd dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
The dugout5 Apr 2027
Jesper Robertsen asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market5 Apr 2027
The Sebastian Haugland story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Sebastian Haugland signs something — a contract at Hødd or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Aaron Atkinson in it
- Market Noah Jenssen Riise leaves for nothing
- Market Patrick King leaves for nothing