The Viking Sentinel
Squad10 Apr 2028
Oliver Petersen breaks a bone — 64 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 64 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings10 Apr 2028
Nobody could get near Edvin Austbø
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom10 Apr 2028
Graduation day at Viking
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Words at Viking training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Henrik Falchener is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Anders Bærtelsen 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 Viking this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Apr 2028
Dino Islamović 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Aron Odegaard steps up from the Viking academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aron Odegaard 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Viking promote Marcus Selnaes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marcus Selnaes 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.
Market10 Apr 2028
Stefan Thorsby steps up from the Viking academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Thorsby 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
- Market One of our own: Erling Odegaard joins the Viking first team
- Match Viking come up short against Haugesund
- Boardroom Inquest at Viking