The Mjondalen Chronicle
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Mjondalen
David Hickson 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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Tobias Flem 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 Mjondalen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market14 Dec 2026
The David Hickson talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Mjondalen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Ware Peter Natana 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 Ware Peter Natana is on it.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Keerat Singh Mann wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Mjondalen will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
A door opens for Brinder Singh
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Market The clock does Mathias Bringaker’s negotiating for him
- Squad Eirik Wollen Steen has settled at Mjondalen
- The dugout The manager comes out for David Hickson
- Squad Jonas Elyounoussi back in training