Marcus Olsen

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11 May 2029
Friday
Process

Marked for Marcus Olsen

129 Edition

The IK Brage Courier

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Muhamed Diomande asks to leave IK Brage

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout

Adam Sandström frozen out at IK Brage

This is not rotation. Adam Sandström has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at IK Brage is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Tempers go at IK Brage

Gustav Nordh was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at IK Brage

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustav Berggren was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

When it matters, Viktor Frodig plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

Bamir Sadiku knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at IK Brage, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The shop window has Gustav Berggren in it

IK Brage have let the market know Gustav Berggren can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Market

IK Brage and Leon Cornaire are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

A season on the outside for Kayen Scheepens

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at IK Brage has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief

Back issues
125 Edition

The IK Brage Courier

18 Dec 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Adam Sandström frozen out at IK Brage

This is not rotation. Adam Sandström has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at IK Brage is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Tempers go at IK Brage

Gustav Nordh was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Words at IK Brage training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Teodor Wålemark 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 dugout

When it matters, Viktor Frodig plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

Marinus Larsen knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marinus Larsen trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The shop window has Gustav Berggren in it

IK Brage have let the market know Gustav Berggren can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

69 Edition

The IK Brage Courier

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Gustav Nordh out for 31 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason IK Brage will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at IK Brage

Sebastian Jarl was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout

IK Brage keep their word to Pontus Jonsson

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout

Anes Čardaklija gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Anes Čardaklija is on it.

Market

The Jakob Rømo Skille question follows IK Brage around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jakob Rømo Skille’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad

Anes Čardaklija wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and IK Brage have no good answer.

In brief