The Odd Post
Squad12 Apr 2027
Kristoffer Klaesson in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Odd this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Odd
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match10 Apr 2027
Whatever happens, Odd do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Josef Baccay 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 terraces12 Apr 2027
The crowd has taken to Samuel Skree Skjeldal
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market12 Apr 2027
One of our own: Alexander Pedersen joins the Odd first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Pedersen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Apr 2027
Patrick Lien steps up from the Odd academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Lien has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Apr 2027
Odd promote Magnus Odegaard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Magnus Odegaard has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market12 Apr 2027
Birger Bohinen steps up from the Odd academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Birger Bohinen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Hinrik Harðarson
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Samuel Skree Skjeldal at his very best
- Match Samuel Skree Skjeldal answers Stabaek immediately