The Lillestrom Courier
Squad13 Dec 2027
Real improvement from André Stavås Skistad at Lillestrom
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. André Stavås Skistad is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Didrik Fredriksen 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 Lillestrom this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market13 Dec 2027
Lars Selnaes steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Selnaes 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Jens King steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jens King 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Lillestrom promote Patrick Sorloth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Sorloth 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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Aron Bjorkan steps up from the Lillestrom academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aron Bjorkan 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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Lillestrom are still strangers to each other
11 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
Henrik Melland 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.
The dugout13 Dec 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Ivar Winje's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout Henrik Melland has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Kparobo Arierhi asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A wage question at Lillestrom