The Haugesund Herald
Squad11 Jan 2027
Miika Koskela damages knee ligaments — 51 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 51 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market11 Jan 2027
Haugesund turn down Kolding IF for Håvard Vatland Karlsen
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Emil Rohd is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Haugesund
Martin Bjørnbak and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market11 Jan 2027
Haugesund promote Magnus Meling from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Magnus Meling 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Haugesund training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eirik Viland Andersen 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Håvard Vatland Karlsen 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 dugout11 Jan 2027
Emir Derviskadic 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The Jonathan Norbye question follows Haugesund around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jonathan Norbye’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market Ismaël Seoné placed on the list
- The dugout The manager makes Rasmus Møller a promise
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Anders Bondhus