The Lillestrom Courier
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Luka Veum keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Lillestrom may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Lillestrom
Markus Karlsbakk and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at Lillestrom training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sander Moen Foss is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Fredrik Gulbrandsen gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Fredrik Gulbrandsen is on it.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Elscha Furaha gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market4 Jan 2027
The Markus Karlsbakk story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Markus Karlsbakk signs something — a contract at Lillestrom or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Lars Ranger has been promised minutes
- Squad Elscha Furaha wants out of the dugout
- Market Christopher Kjensteberg slips out the side door
- Squad Elscha Furaha is put on a programme of his own