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The Preview that Pleads Innocence

27. March 2010

The woeful inaccuracies of NFN’s predictions is the stuff of internet legend, but so far we’ve actually gotten 10 out of 16 games right in the first two rounds of what is often lovingly referred to as “the bingo-league”. This is as opposed to last season, where NFN’s predictions were overall significantly less accurate than [...]

The Preview That Hasn’t Seen The Sun In A While

19. March 2010

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Complaining about the rain in Bergen is neither clever nor original, but having spent most of the week literally inside a cloud we here at NFN’s Norwegian HQ are really starting to get annoyed. That’s of course nothing compared to how annoyed the rest of this city will be this Sunday when Brann are thumped [...]

The Suddenly Reappearing Preview

12. March 2010

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Have no fear, the preveiw is here. And though it feels strange and altogether too early in the year for such things, the 2010 Tippeliga kicks off this weekend in a round that bizarrely includes one of the juiciest fixtures of the entire calendar..»crosslinked«Tweet

The Tippeliga preview that’s running out of synonyms for dull

17. October 2009

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Having carefully ignored the Norwegian part of the international-break due to the thudding tedium of the thing, the preview now reappears to guide you through the altogether more interesting run-in of the Tippeliga..Tweet

The overworked Tippeliga preview

12. June 2009

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Enough with this international nonsense, let’s get on with the proper football..Tweet

Macedonia v Norway preview

5. June 2009

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As Drillo prepares for his date with destiny, we here at NFN run the ruler over the Norwegian squad and look at what we can expect from Macedonia in the game that will determine wether or not Norwegians can start dreaming about South Africa 2010 again..Tweet

The Preview That Won’t Be Stopped By The Sniffles

25. April 2009

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This weekend’s Tippeliga preview contains pollen allergy, diving, a first mention of NFN’s smug-o-meter, an injured Jesus look-alike, stripping and the possibility of a sporting director going into orbit. What more could you possibly want?Tweet

The Preview That Would Rather Be Outside

18. April 2009

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Now what’s this then? A clear blue sky and not a rain-bearing cloud in sight? In Bergen?! The town is ripe with confusion and scantily clad felines, while in Oslo flying pigs have been spotted, Sarpsborg has frozen over and apparently Azar Karadas managed to successfully control the ball several times during Brann’s training-session yesterday. On [...]

The Preview That’s On Tour

3. April 2009

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Coming to you this week live from a rather unpleasant coffeehouse in Oslo, it’s the world famous Tippeliga preview! Saturday Viking (3rd) – Start (7th) Very rarely does a points-average of 1 point per game put you in the top half of the table, but that’s the situation for Start just two games into the [...]

The Reasonably Triumphant Return of the Preview

20. March 2009

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Saturday Vålerenga (16th) – Aalesund (7th) Kjetil Rekdal returns to his old stomping grounds with Aalesund on a quest to end the tango-shirts’ hopeless away-record (last season: 2-1-10), while Mad Martin’s Vålerenga for their part are on a quest to be less bad at football. If there’s as much as a semblance of pride left in [...]