The Stabaek Post
Squad2 Aug 2027
The knee: Sander Riise out for 103 days
103 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Stabaek lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market2 Aug 2027
Karsten Ekorness 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 The request is on a desk at Stabaek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market2 Aug 2027
Eyes on Aleksa Matić again
The phone has started ringing about Aleksa Matić again, and this time the name on the line is Stromsgodset. Stabaek are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets2 Aug 2027
Stabaek rebuffed over Isak Skotheim
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hødd have kept their man, and Stabaek go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Herman Haugen 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.
Match31 Jul 2027
Hødd take the points off Stabaek
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Ruben Lien joins the Stabaek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruben Lien is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Aug 2027
One of our own: Morten Hauge joins the Stabaek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Morten Hauge is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout2 Aug 2027
Marius Ulla 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.
In brief
- Boardroom 97% of the income goes out in wages at Stabaek
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Stabaek keep their word to Marius Ulla