The Ranheim Post
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Thomas Kongerud 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.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Christoffer Aasbak knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ranheim, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market11 Oct 2027
Famara Camara linked with a move away
The name of Famara Camara keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ranheim say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Magnus Fredslund 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 Magnus Fredslund is on it.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Oliver Holden has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Oliver Holden has written the date down.
Looking ahead11 Oct 2027
Ranheim host Sogndal
Next up at home: Sogndal, who go into it in position 14. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The training reports on Mathias Emilsen are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
Loan watch11 Oct 2027
Tage Haukeberg first choice at Raufoss
8 starts and a season average of 6.65. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
The Ranheim production line keeps running
17 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.
In brief
- Match A season winding down at Ranheim
- Squad Patrick King is out on the grass again