The Odd Post
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Sebastian Hansen: 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.” Odd have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Daniel Johan Skaarud at 19 — 8.01
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Daniel Johan Skaarud did not need any: 8.01, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2027
Tobias Dahl stays at Rosenborg as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Odd will try again when the window opens; Rosenborg may not be selling by then.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Odd
3 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.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Kipras Kažukolovas 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.
Transfer targets12 Apr 2027
Door shut on Atli Þór Jónasson
Odd asked and Vikingur said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
Odd supporters have found a favourite in Hinrik Harðarson
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Hinrik Harðarson 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
Odd promote Henrik Linnes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henrik Linnes 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
Odd promote Morten Johansen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Morten Johansen 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thomas Pedersen joins the Odd first team
- Match Odd find a way past Stabaek
- Squad Elion Krosa stays put