The Bryne Post
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Patrick Wik keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Bryne may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings12 Apr 2027
No sign of nerves from Kristian Skurve Håland at 20 — 7.62
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Kristian Skurve Håland did not need any: 7.62, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Wilhelm Ärlig arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Wilhelm Ärlig has, at Bryne, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Bryne
Duarte Moreira and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom12 Apr 2027
Graduation day at Bryne
5 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
Words at Bryne training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lars Erik Sødal 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 ratings12 Apr 2027
Duarte Moreira was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The terraces12 Apr 2027
One of their own: Nikolas Koutsakos
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match10 Apr 2027
Sory Diarra the difference as Bryne beat KFUM Oslo
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Sory Diarra. 2‑0 against KFUM Oslo, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Aron Ryerson joins the Bryne first team
- Market Ruben Odegaard steps up from the Bryne academy
- Market Bryne promote Mathias Bjorkan from within