rjw63 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I'm sure a lot of us will be following Mellberg's fortunes at his new club and eager to know the correct pronunciation. I've done a bit of Danish and can confirm that it's Freughaghaaaagh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPDK Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 It's an interesting move. Fremad Amager got new owners about a year ago. A young (30-ish year old) guy from Monaco who made a fortune on real-estate. He's been pouring money into the club ever since and they looked like a good team this spring. They are a very interesting case. The director of sport is a 29 year old russian guy that was brought in from a scouting agency that relied heavily on statistics and algorithms. I know some have talked about us using the Moneyball-philosophy. These guys lives it. It'll be interesting to see Fremad Amager moving forward with Olof at the helm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Sounds a lot like the Brentford approach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 1, 2019 Moderator Share Posted July 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, NPDK said: It's an interesting move. Fremad Amager got new owners about a year ago. A young (30-ish year old) guy from Monaco who made a fortune on real-estate. He's been pouring money into the club ever since and they looked like a good team this spring. They are a very interesting case. The director of sport is a 29 year old russian guy that was brought in from a scouting agency that relied heavily on statistics and algorithms. I know some have talked about us using the Moneyball-philosophy. These guys lives it. It'll be interesting to see Fremad Amager moving forward with Olof at the helm. So they've taken a leaf out of Midtjylland's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NPDK Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 2 hours ago, BOF said: So they've taken a leaf out of Midtjylland's book. Most definitely. Especially considering that the owner is involved with a group of people, looking into purchasing clubs throughout Europe and build some sort of empire with a lot of feeder clubs to one big club (kind of like the Midtjylland and Brentford connection). It'll be very interesting to see if anything comes from it (I personally doubt it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 (edited) So another player has his season ruined by those plastic pitches that for some reason are allowed in Allsvenskan. Patrik Paka Karlsson has his ACL ruptured playing on that doormat of a pitch in Östersund. I hate those pitches so much. Edited July 3, 2019 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 On 03/07/2019 at 13:27, sne said: So another player has his season ruined by those plastic pitches that for some reason are allowed in Allsvenskan. Patrik Paka Karlsson has his ACL ruptured playing on that doormat of a pitch in Östersund. I hate those pitches so much. Sounds a bit extreme that plastic grass causes and ACL rupture? Would be interesting to see some statistics on injuries after the introduction of these pitches. Especially strain injuries. It's an endless discussion whether they're good or bad here in Norway. Most players and coaches seems to prefer grass. However when alternative to plastic grass is a snow covered potato field, it's hard not to opt for the plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Skruff said: Sounds a bit extreme that plastic grass causes and ACL rupture? Would be interesting to see some statistics on injuries after the introduction of these pitches. Especially strain injuries. It's an endless discussion whether they're good or bad here in Norway. Most players and coaches seems to prefer grass. However when alternative to plastic grass is a snow covered potato field, it's hard not to opt for the plastic. Not seen any stats regarding men's football but in women football there is apparently a very high numbers of knee injuries on plastic pitches. That might partly be down to weaker legs or poorer training but apparently it's a very big issue. Norway might be even worse for weather but in Sweden it's mainly down to clubs not owning their stadium and the town wanting to use the stadium for concerts and other crap to make as much money as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Plastic pitches save clubs especially smaller clubs more money per season especially in colder countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 47 minutes ago, Zatman said: Plastic pitches save clubs especially smaller clubs more money per season especially in colder countries Not in Sweden as pretty much no club bar Malmö FF own their stadium and they have grass. It's the city that saves/earns money by using it for non football events Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 40 minutes ago, sne said: Not in Sweden as pretty much no club bar Malmö FF own their stadium and they have grass. It's the city that saves/earns money by using it for non football events Club saves money i meant in games needing to be rearranged(some leagues fine clubs if too many postponed) , groundsmen, policing costs on rearranging games. Also tv games are protected for clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Interview with Mellberg. Quote After 1.5 years in the media shadow, Olof Mellberg is back on the coach bench. The allsvensky media circus, however, he keeps away from when he is now a new manager in the Danish second-generation team Fremad Amager. - I believe in what the club can do and what we can do for it, says the former national team captain and the BP coach. Left BP - continued his education At the end of the 2017 season, Olof Mellberg announced that he did not want to continue in the Brommapojkarna - even though he led the club to the All Swedish Championship and that his coach dispensation had been approved. Mellberg still knows, a little more than two years later, that the decision was right. - I do not regret leaving the Brommapojkarna. We had a fantastic development and worked very, very well with many things, but it was a long process and a decision that emerged. What have you done instead? - Still educating me. I was in a process where I conducted the so-called CBA education, an intensive training for former elite players when I finished in BP. In the same vein, I would start the UEFA Pro training. It has been useful - I got the opportunity to do it and then it was to take advantage of it. - I notice that now when I am back in the "bubble"; now we are here and this is the case. Sometimes it may be useful to get some other impressions, which I got when I wasn't working actively with football, he says. https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/mellberg-oppnar-for-allsvensk-aterkomst/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 And in a move that will surprise absolutely no one Henrik Larsson has resigned from his post as manager of Helsingborg IF. After a whopping 2 months at the post having had minimal positive impact he decides to leave with the club hovering just above the relegation places stating verbal abuse as the reason. The fans turning on him (again) was utterly predictable after what happened last time he was at the club. Him being a mediocre at best manager with a massive ego also doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Henrik Larsson is the Swedish managerial version of Steve Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, Zatman said: Henrik Larsson is the Swedish managerial version of Steve Bruce Or Thierry Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Olof Mellberg has stepped in and taken over from Henrik Larsson at Helsingborg to try and save them from relegation. Tough ask, they are a mess. Apparently it's a multi year contract 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 52 minutes ago, sne said: Olof Mellberg has stepped in and taken over from Henrik Larsson at Helsingborg to try and save them from relegation. Tough ask, they are a mess. Apparently it's a multi year contract Whut? He's only been at Fremad for 5 minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 9 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Whut? He's only been at Fremad for 5 minutes Yeah it's really out of the blue. There is a presser at 15 where he'll be announced apparently. Bigger club and higher level than Fremad but still very unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted September 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted September 3, 2019 6 hours ago, sne said: Yeah it's really out of the blue. There is a presser at 15 where he'll be announced apparently. Bigger club and higher level than Fremad but still very unexpected. There does appear to be a definite gulf between an Allsvenskan A and an Allsvenskan B this season with Helsingborg in the wrong one It certainly appears to be a far from impossible task though. Who knows. This could be the serendipitous appointment that sets him on his rightful path to managerial greatness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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