The Stabaek Post
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
Nobody could get near Magnus Lankhof Dahlby
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Stabaek
Magnus Lankhof Dahlby was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Stabaek
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Marius Lundemo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad12 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Magnus Lankhof Dahlby
“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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Stefan Pedersen steps up from the Stabaek academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Pedersen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Patrick Haaland joins the Stabaek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Haaland is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Stabaek promote Tobias Bjorkan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tobias Bjorkan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Stabaek promote Patrick Bjorkan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Bjorkan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Match Odd take the points off Stabaek
- Squad Julián Freyfeld wants to go home
- Boardroom Stabaek spend where nobody can see it