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Can't recall a more uninspiring managerial entrance than that of Igor Tudor.

Basically getting paid to tell everyone how bad the players are and how hard his job is. Demoralising just to read the quotes.

02.03.2026 07:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bodø/Glimt can obviously (.... !) beat City and Sporting, but this pretty solid from the latter.

Barely dropping points in the league, too.

27.02.2026 10:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This Juve v Gala game .... mental!

25.02.2026 21:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thore Haugstad: Når det er lurt å være minst Bodø/Glimts hemmelige våpen? Avstanden mellom hvor gode de bør være, og hvor gode de faktisk er.

Om Glimt før kveldens kamp.

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18.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thore Haugstad: Fotball-oligarken som forsvant Roman Abramovitsj solgte Chelsea da Russland invaderte Ukraina. Nå spiller den mystiske milliardæren et langt farligere spill.

Skrev en sak om Roman i helgen.

Med hjelp fra @oliverkay.bsky.social, Nick Purewal og Jakub Godzimirski.

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02.02.2026 08:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Champions League non-penalty xG for group stage this season and last by country showing England well ahead in both seasons, big drop offs season to season for Germany and Spain, improvement into 2nd for Italy and France broadly the same year to year. Just raw numbers, no adjustment for schedule

Champions League non-penalty xG for group stage this season and last by country showing England well ahead in both seasons, big drop offs season to season for Germany and Spain, improvement into 2nd for Italy and France broadly the same year to year. Just raw numbers, no adjustment for schedule

29.01.2026 23:17 — 👍 25    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 3

Bodø/Glimt vs Real Madrid please.

30.01.2026 09:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thore Haugstad-kommentar: Bodø/Glimts avansement i Mesterligaen er ikke et mirakel Bodø/Glimts avansement i Mesterligaen er ikke et mirakel.

Én kamp kan være et mirakel.

Når det skjer tre ganger på rad, blir det noe mer.

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29.01.2026 12:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lenge siden jeg har kost meg så mye med en fotballkamp. For en omgang i Madrid.

28.01.2026 20:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thore Haugstad-analyse: Hvor bekymret bør Norge være? Januar har vært en grusom måned for Norges VM-sjanser.

Analyse av Norges skumle januar.

Mest bekymret for slitasje/skade på Haaland. Håper på overganger for JSL og Wolfe.

Mye som helst skal skje før vinduet stenger.

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27.01.2026 17:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tenkte mest på VM her

27.01.2026 06:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

January seen with Norwegian eyes 🇳🇴

— Haaland 0 goals from open play
— Ødegaard out of form
— Strand Larsen out of lineup
— Møller Wolfe benched
— Ajer injured
— No transfers yet for Bobb, Nyland, Schjelderup
— Senegal win AFCON
— Mbappé 5 goals in 3 starts for Madrid

😅

26.01.2026 13:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Ødegaard: Off again before the hour mark.

Haaland: 9 games 0 goals from open play

Glad the World Cup isn't next week 🇳🇴

25.01.2026 18:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So many issues at City, been feeling Arsenal have been the best team by far, and yet ..... just 4 points down.

25.01.2026 18:31 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Great goal Estevão. Seen so many players get caught in those situations, but kept up his pace really well.

25.01.2026 14:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Szobo is so so good.

24.01.2026 19:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joining the line of mourners for FBref. Worst football website news since Soccerway changed their fixture layout.

Huge kudos to everyone listing up alternatives.

21.01.2026 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bodø/Glimt always tricky up north, but this is wild. They they drew here with Spurs and lost against Juve and Monaco. City falling off a cliff here.

20.01.2026 19:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The number of subplots coming out from the AFCON final is just incredible. A rare case where you could justify writing a book about a single game.

20.01.2026 08:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Where does that rank among the hardest penalties to score in football history? Continental final, stoppage time, at home, one kick away from first such title in 50 years, and with *that* prelude.

18.01.2026 22:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thore Haugstad-kommentar: Det hadde ikke sett bra ut med Solskjær Ved å velge Michael Carrick som trener viser Manchester Uniteds nye ledelse at de går deres egen vei.

Tror Solskjær kunne funket frem til juni, men forståelig at det ble Carrick.

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14.01.2026 07:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Unless United have a long-term solution ready, I'd say Solskjær makes sense now, providing he leaves in June.

Rare to have a short-term option who did this very job so well 7 years ago, at the same club, at the same stage, with some of the same players.

11.01.2026 18:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Når treneren må forklare alt I engelsk fotball har alltid treneren fått kritikken om ting går dårlig. Nå rettes pekefingeren oftere mot tause direktører og eiere – med rette.

Jepp, veldig godt poeng. Skrev litt om det da Conte forlot Spurs, men snart logisk med en oppdatering.

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07.01.2026 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kommentar: For mange kokker, for mye søl Manchester United sparket Rúben Amorim etter 14 måneder. Når skal de bli enige om hva de vil?

Litt om United, som hentet Amorim selv om verken medeieren (Ratcliffe) eller to av direktørene (Wilcox, Ashworth) foretrakk 3-4-3.

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06.01.2026 17:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Fun with stats: United are 3rd for goals, xG and xGD.

05.01.2026 12:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ChatGPT really has ruined the em-dash, and it's a tragedy.

25.11.2025 07:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yep, I think all these things are true. (Without changing the idea that Slot should get a lot more time to fix it.)

24.11.2025 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Anyone in here genuinely believe Liverpool should fire Slot right now?

Lots of new players, injuries, Isak arriving late, Trent leaving, and an actual death in the team. Slot looked a genius a year ago. Surely seems to call for more patience, not less.

24.11.2025 10:00 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Small consolation for Isak: After 12 games, only Haaland and Welbeck have scored more than 5 goals in PL (excluding pens). It's tough out there.

24.11.2025 08:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Only Arsenal conceded fewer than 1 goal per game last season. Five teams on track to do it now.

24.11.2025 07:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0