The Brann Post
Match14 Aug 2027
No mercy from Brann
Haugesund will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Brann were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market16 Aug 2027
Niklas Castro 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 Brann can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
David Steinegger says Brann went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match14 Aug 2027
Brann keep winning on the road
5 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Markus Haaland beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
Brann supporters have found a favourite in Markus Haaland
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Markus Haaland has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Brann training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Niklas Castro 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.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Ulrik Mathisen in the eights
A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Joachim Soltvedt
“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.
In brief
- Squad Bjorn Odegaard signs a new deal
- The dugout Alexander Berge: “That is the standard”
- The dugout Sævar Atli Magnússon has become a man the manager trusts