The IK Start Gazette
Squad8 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at IK Start
Eirik Schulze and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
No hiding place for John Olav Norheim
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John Olav Norheim, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Altin Ujkani 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.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
Alexander Gurendal 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 Alexander Gurendal is on it.
Market8 Nov 2027
Håkon Lorentzen linked with a move away
The name of Håkon Lorentzen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. IK Start say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
Jens Husebø asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Danny Amankwaa still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at IK Start would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout8 Nov 2027
The manager makes Kristian Hjelvik Halvorsen a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at IK Start. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad8 Nov 2027
More bad news for Stefan King
Another 10 days on the injury, and a return date that has now been moved more than once. The medical staff have stopped giving one.
In brief
- Boardroom IK Start keep producing them
- Match A season winding down at IK Start
- Loan watch Deni Dashaev's loan at Valerenga nearly up