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Tippeligaen, round 25: Media fervently hopes for actual excitement about the gold, young talented kid plays without a worry in the world.
As the battle for the may-be-important fourth place rages on, the mainstream media still prove to be a bunch of clueless cowards, preferring to seek out pretend drama that may or may not become real at some point in the future. NFN will thus be the only provider of the real drama RIGHT NOW, and [...]
Continue reading...Round 3: Lillestrøm Hump Hopeless Hønefoss
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
The whole Tippeliga-thing isn’t really working out so far for Hønefoss who were thumped 6-0 at Åråsen. Elsewhere Kongsvinger are also pointless after the first three, pre-season favorites Rosenborg, Molde, Viking and Stabæk all dropped points and there were more peculiar pleasantries from Kjetil Rekdal..»crosslinked«Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga Round 1: Rosenborg Sneak Snowy Showdown
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
“Ac Milan have an old squad”. “Arsenal play pretty football”. “Steffen Iversen is a bit fat”. The footballing world is full of these tired, old, yet inescapably accurate clichés. “Rosenborg won in spite of not playing all that well” is well on it’s way towards becoming one of them.Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 23: Vålerenga hand Rosenborg the title
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Ten points ahead with a game in hand and still undefeated, let’s face it, there is no way Rosenborg is going to throw this away. But the relegation-battle is shaping up to be pretty damned fierce, and after a very bad run Mad Martin finally got a big win as he continues to cling to [...]
Continue reading...Continental calamity complete as remaining Norwegians go out
Friday, August 28, 2009
Much like the European parliament, this season’s European club competitions will be devoid of Norwegian representation. For the first time since the concept of qualifying rounds was introduced back in 1994, no Norwegian club has managed through and into the proper competitions..Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 20: Mad Martin closer to the sack than your average potato
Monday, August 17, 2009
Back in November 2007 when Martin Andresen was appointed to spearhead the Vålerenga-revolution, the stated ambition was to establish the club as one of the top sides in Norway by 2010 and to be the best team in Scandinavia by 2013. Let’s just reflect on that one for a moment, as another fairly abysmal performance [...]
Continue reading...The preview that thinks headbutting Viking-players is fair game
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Hello!?! Can you hear us?! As the over-rated and over-hyped (though quite good, to be fair) English Premier League attempts yet again to overshadow every other sporting event on the planet, we here at NFN know we have to work hard to grab your precious attention. I mean, how can anyone possibly be expected to [...]
Continue reading...Norwegian cup finally gets interesting
Monday, August 10, 2009
Having given the Norwegian cup a deservedly wide berth so far due to the relentless tedium of the thing, the quarter finals were so jam-packed with incident that NFN can no longer ignore it. Like a kind of weird uncle in the Norwegian footballing family, the 2009 Norwegian cup has gone from annoyingly dull to [...]
Continue reading...European Update: Old Man Rushfeldt shines as Tromsø progress
Friday, August 7, 2009
The dreaded wipeout of Norwegian teams from European competition was narrowly avoided, thanks to the evergreen Sigurd Rushfeldt and that rule that says teams that don’t make the Champions League can have a go in the Europa League…Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 20: Masterful Molde maul sorry Start, while Kenta finally departs Lyn..
Monday, August 3, 2009
In an eventful round of the Tippeliga, Molde gave Start a severe battering, Odd held Rosenborg, Bodø/Glimt picked up three invaluable points and Vålerenga lost yet again. In addition to all of this, Kent Bergesen has finally left Lyn..Tweet
Continue reading...The preview that finds the concept of punctuality revolting
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Having proved this week that they’re no good in Europe, the Norwegian clubs now return to the altogether more rewarding activity of playing amongst themselves. This weekend’s preview tackles seriously saucy subjects such as the increasingly comical situation at Lyn, Erik Hagen’s nickname, Polish builders and, well, the apocalypse..Tweet
Continue reading...European Update: Oh dear
Friday, July 31, 2009
After the first legs of various European ties this week none of the Norwegian clubs find themselves in particularly promising positions, with only Tromsø managing to record a win and all the other contenders suffering various degrees of defeat.Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeliga round 19: Irrepressible Rosenborg, irrecoverable Lyn
Monday, July 27, 2009
The chances of this season’s title race getting interesting look about as slim as Lyn’s chances of staying up, as Rosenborg’s mental strength and superior squad-depth yet again earn them a late win. Rivals Molde on the other hand missed chance after chance and ended up dropping points..Tweet
Continue reading...The return of the Tippeliga preview
Saturday, July 25, 2009
It’s back! After a quick holiday the Tippeliga returns and so does the preview, tackling important issues like Kjetil Rekdal’s holiday and the possibility of Patrick Walker getting a tan.Tweet
Continue reading...European Update: Rosenborg fail, Stabæk and Tromsø prevail
Friday, July 24, 2009
The second qualifying rounds for the Europa and the Champions League were played out this week, and it was two out of three for Norway. Stabæk kept their cool and overcame Tirana to set up a thrilling third round encounter with Fc Copenhagen, Tromsø battered Dinamo Minsk, whilst Rosenborg.. oh dear..Tweet
Continue reading...Tippeligaen Round 18: A fitting end to part one
Monday, July 13, 2009
As the curtains close on part one of the Tippeliga, the 18th round proved a highly appropriate ending: Rosenborg won without impressing anyone, Molde won and impressed everyone, Lyn shot themselves in the foot and the rest was all a bit random. Now, nothing would be more gratifying than to report that the bullies from [...]
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