The Åsane Herald
Squad21 Dec 2026
Filip Oprea is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Kristoffer Barmen falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Einar Iversen 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 dugout21 Dec 2026
Hassou Diaby is still paying for one afternoon at Åsane
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
Market21 Dec 2026
The Martin Samuelsen question follows Åsane around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Martin Samuelsen’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout21 Dec 2026
Peder Hoel Lervik asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Thomas Lotsberg
- Squad Jonas Odegaard back in training