Thomas Lien

Left Midfielder - Kristiansund U18
30 Sep 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Thomas Lien

141 Edition

The Kristiansund Sentinel

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Leander Alvheim: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Kristiansund have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Júlíus Mar Júlíusson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kristiansund can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tobias Svendsen 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 Kristiansund this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

5 academy graduates step up at Kristiansund

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Transfer targets

Bodo/Glimt tell Kristiansund: Ulrik Mathisen is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Mikkel Ceïde

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market

One of our own: Thomas Lien joins the Kristiansund first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Lien is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Kristiansund promote Birger Svensson from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Birger Svensson 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.

Market

One of our own: Alexander Berge joins the Kristiansund first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Alexander Berge is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief