Yanks Abroad 31 August @ 04:26 PM EST
Troy Perkins and Valerenga snapped their seven league match losing streak against mighty Molde
while Clarence Goodson and Start slipped at home versus Brann.
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Yanks Abroad 02 August @ 08:56 PM EST
Start welcome back Clarence Goodson from Gold Cup duty as they take on Molde in Eliteserien action
while Jay Needham and Alta continue their 1. Division promotion push against Sogndal.
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Red Devils' new striker goes into denial over move New Manchester United signing Mame Biram Diouf
thought his transfer to Old Trafford was a wind-up. The Senegalese young striker will join from
Norwegian outfit Molde in January in a £2 million deal. But the 21-year-old thought the deal was
too good to be true.
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Manutd Blog 17 July @ 03:13 PM EST
Manchester United have signed 21-year-old striker Mame Biram Diouf from Norwegian club
Molde.
The player, originally from Senegal, will join the English champions in January, pending a medical,
and remain in Norway until then.
"Mame Biram Diouf will go through medical checks at Manchester United next week and will join the
club in January," Molde stated.
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Just a few days after Fergie hinted that the club's transfer business was done for the summer the
United manager has confirmed they have agreed a deal for a new striker. Senegalese born Mame Biram
Diouf is expected to sign subject to passing a medical next week, however he will be loaned out to
his current club Molde until January.
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Much like the heroine addict who swears this is his last hit, Manchester United (and Sir Alex
Ferguson) need just one more hit to get them through their Asia tour. As previously discussed,
Fergie made it quite clear that United were done in the transfer window (leading some incredibly
astute individuals to wonder whether or not this was smoke and mirrors).
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Breaking News
Manchester United have announced the signing of Mame Biram Diouf, a 21yr old striker from FC Molde
for an undisclosed fee.
Diouf will remain at FC Molde until January and then join up with his new teamates in the next
transfer window. Diouf has been with Molde for 3 seasons scoring 38 times in 73 appearances for the
Norwegian club.
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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 Bergen where humped,
thumped, thwacked and indeed wallopped by a magnificent Molde.
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You heard me. And after a fairly hectic summer-period one imagines quite a few of the Tippeliga
players could do with a rest as well, which is why it's so convenient that after this weekend the
Tippeliga takes a two week holiday. Before that though there is a potentially cracking round of
matches to be played, including the ultimate showdown of doom.
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Mikkel Diskerud and Stabaek take aim at Eliteserien rivals Lillestrom while Jay Needham and Alta
get a crack at Molde in midweek Norwegian Cup action.
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Well, terrific if you like your games full of goals and incidents. No so much if you like,
youknow, vaguely competent defenders.
After a couple of pretty stale rounds the Tippeliga perked up a bit in round 17, with goals
flying in at a fairly bonkers rate of 4,4 goals per game. Still, no matter how hard the
ever-excitable TV2 tried to talk it up, it was hard for the discerning viewer to watch the
weekend's highlights without being slightly troubled by the hopelessly poor defending displayed by
most of the Tippeliga outfits.
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Really, this has to stop now, this wonderfully stereotype-busting weather currently enjoyed in
most of the country makes it virtually impossible to get anything done.
Saturday
Sandefjord (9th) Odd Grenland (3rd)
Right, the fact that this game is well underway at the time of writing renders this preview
utterly pointless.
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This recent bout of hot weather has made Norwegians hit the beaches like dyslexic gangsta
rappers, but like busses in the Stavanger-area the Tippeliga waits for no one, and so here is a
quick roundup of the latest batch of games from the top tier of Norwegian football.
By now you really must be getting tired of reading this phrase, but it continues to be the case
and we're too hot to figure out a more clever way of wording it: Unless Rosenborg
sell their entire midfield in the summer, they'll win the league.
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A rare outbreak of sunshine in the Western bits of the country has left NFN's Norwegian offices
in a state of confusion and chaos, yet we struggle manfully on and here is an unusually pithy
preview of this weekend's action.
Sunday
Tromsø (13th) Aalesund (9th)
Tromsø will be desperate to improve on their rubbish home-record (1-4-2), while Aalesund will
be desperate to get attention for something else than what's coming out of their manager's
mouth.
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Tippeliga rounds are coming thick and fast, and the market is in severe danger of being flooded.
The issue is in no way helped by the fact that Rosenborg are running away with the league, while
everyone else just look a bit knackered. So, with the league currently a less than entrancing event
in purely sporting terms, we need some good old soap-opera to keep it interesting.
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After several teams looked sluggish and tired at the weekend, this midweek round could see some
very random results even by the Tippeliga's standards..
Wednesday
Fredrikstad (14th) Lyn (16th)
One rather peculiar quirk of the current standings is that bottom of the table Lyn actually have
a better goal difference than Aalesund, who are eighth.
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As clubs across the board sack players and cut wages, we here at NFN plow on heroically..Â
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Sandefjord (9th) VÃ¥lerenga (5th)
After Mad Martin Andresen realized he was about to lose his job a couple of weeks back, he
shelved ambitions of playing expansive football and went into "let's just not get fired"-mode.
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The second round of the Norwegian cup was so staggeringly uneventful and dull that we here at
NFN elected to ignore it altogether. However, with an epic shootout in the South, a local derby in
the Southwest and rampant minnows up North, the third round was an entirely different kettle of
fish...
We start up North with the upset that wasn't really an upset.
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Honestly, it may be that our brains were dulled by watching Norway and that we've lost the
ability to judge these things objectively, but wasn't that a rather good round?
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The Tippeliga rolled back into life in predictable fashion this Saturday when
Rosenborg won 3-0 over a hard-working but undeniably limited
Strømsgodset.
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Enough with this international nonsense, let's get on with the proper football..
Saturday
Rosenborg (1st) Strømsgodset (13th)
And we start this weekend's preview with an appeal. Strømsgodset are a nice little team with a
likable manager and a bunch of sympathetic players (and Stian Ohr).
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Rosenborg still better than anyone else, Brann still can't be bothered against smaller teams,
Molde still quite tasty, Viking still struggling: In the excessively random world of the Tippeliga
there are still some things you can rely on..
The best team in the league versus the (on current form) worst, Rosenborg's
visit to Bodø was always going to end badly for the hosts.
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Today is in fact the 98th anniversary of the Titanic being launched, and NFN is acknowledging
this by publishing this unsinkable preview, which will no doubt hit a metaphorical iceberg at the
earliest possible opportunity.Â
Monday
Fredrikstad (13th) - Start (2nd)
FFK's bright idea of going into the season with eight players in their first team squad on the
last year of their contracts was always going to end up creating some sort of a stink, and their
chief executive's bright idea of telling Norway's biggest tabloid that the situation was like
"winning the lottery" didn't really help.
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Brann 2 - 0 Molde
Highlights
There is something profoundly annoying about Brann. Probably because we're told by the media
that their fans are among the best in the country while actually they're a fickle bunch who only
sing when they're winning. Probably because saying the club is run like a circus would be an insult
to circuses.
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Uneven, unpredictable, and utterly bonkers: This round was typical Tippeliga, for better or
worse.
In Oslo the derby-ghost remains un-busted as VÃ¥lerenga failed to overcome a
Lyn team possibly powered by the paranormal. Mad Martin's merry men held a 1-0
lead going into half time after a decidedly dull first half, but then in the second it all exploded
into insanity, and after strange things had happened in both ends of the pitch the score at full
time was 4-4.
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More midweek madness in the Tippeliga as Molde try to keep up with Rosenborg, Mad Martin tries
to hold on to his job for a few more days, Lyn try to keep the derby-ghost alive and Viking try to
be less terrible at football.
Thursday
Molde (2nd) - Tromsø (12th)
The whole Tore Reginiussen-situation is growing increasingly bizarre.
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The annual May 16th round of the Tippeliga attracts big crowds of people ready for a party, as
people look to kick off the May 17th constitutional day celebrations a few hours early.
No place typifies the May 16th phenomenon like Brann Stadion. Now Brann-fans
are a fickle bunch, but when they're all out and up for it there are few grounds in the Tippeliga
that generates a better atmosphere, and May 16th is usually one of those occasions.
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Don your party hat and ready your flag, tomorrow is the traditional May 16th round of the
Tippeliga and we're all going to party like Steffen Iversen on a weeknight.Â
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VÃ¥lerenga (8th) - Fredrikstad (6th)
According to polls on the Dagbladet website, Vålerenga have both the best and the
worst fans in the country, neatly illustrating the problem with such polls.
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Don your party hat and ready your flag, tomorrow is the traditional May 16th round of the
Tippeliga and we're all going to party like Steffen Iversen on a weeknight.Â
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VÃ¥lerenga (8th) - Fredrikstad (6th)
According to polls on the Dagbladet website, Vålerenga have both the best and the
worst fans in the country, neatly illustrating the problem with such polls.
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Norwegian teams are off on the road to Ullevål after a first round that was like a footballing
equivalent of a Harry Potter-convention: Plenty of belief, but no actual magic to be found.Â
The Norwegian cup is a terrifically democratic competition: No favors are given to the big names
from the Tippeliga as they start on square one along with the rest of the pack.
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Yes, after a gaffe-tastic round 8 we have to ask. You can keep your Frank Haffey, your Fred
Martin and all of your Andy Gorams, on the evidence of tonight the Norwegian goalkeepers are as
dodgy as they come.Â
Starting with what should be the big dog, Rune Jarstein, assumed to be Drillo's first choice for
the upcoming internationals.
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Midweek madness in the Tippeliga! While you're waiting for a certain Champions League semi-final
to kick off, why not sit back and watch some players who don't make more in a week than you do in a
year? It's fun, we promise..
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Sandefjord (4th) - Viking (5th)
Have Viking turned a corner ?
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Rosenborg and Molde are still going strong, but NFN takes time out to salute the efforts of this
years promoted teams, who have all been superb so far. Other notable events this weekend include
the continuing struggles of Stabæk, Viking possibly turning some kind of corner and renewed calls
for Mad Martin to go away.
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Slap on a facemask, stock up on tamiflu and come this way for an all coughing, all sniffling
preview of the 6th round of the Tippeliga..
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Saturday
Aalesund (5th) - Molde (2nd)
One of the fiercest rivalries in the league, this encounter has been given some extra gloss
because of the fact that both teams are riding uncharacteristically high in the table.
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