The Odd Post
The terraces12 Feb 2029
The mood at Odd has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market12 Feb 2029
Isak Bae Eikeland 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 Odd can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Zakaria Mugeese signs for Viking while still at Odd
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Zakaria Mugeese has agreed terms with Viking for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Thomas Lisboa arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Thomas Lisboa has, at Odd, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets12 Feb 2029
Rosenborg tell Odd: Henrik Falchener is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Odd
Andreas Nygård 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Thomas Lisboa signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thomas Lisboa commits to Odd for another 3 years.
Market12 Feb 2029
Odd sign Fredrik Singh, one for the future
Fredrik Singh is 16, and Odd have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The dugout12 Feb 2029
Casper Glenna has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Odd will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Squad Words at Odd training over how hard people work
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Luca Mailhol
- Market The Hinrik Harðarson question follows Odd around