It takes more than the spectacle that is international football to halt the Adeccoliga, youknow.
Odd Grenland can pop their collective corks as they secured their place in the 2009 Tippeliga with a 4-0 thumping of Hødd. It also looks very likely that they'll win the league as Start were somewhat bizarrely smacked around by Moss and lost 4-0. Sandefjord were held to a 0-0 draw by Sandnes Ulf but are still on track for promotion.
Kongsvinger took another giant leap towards safety with a 1-0 win over Løv-Ham, while Bryne came back from being two goals down to draw 2-2 with Haugesund.
A 3-1 win over NIL-Trysil means Sogndal are now firmly in the driving seat in the battle for the playoff-place, while an utterly inexplicable 5-0 defeat to Sarpsborg Sparta means Notodden's chances of sneaking up behind them are now slim.
Odd: Back in the big time
2009 will be an Odd year (boom and indeed boom) according to manager Dag-Eilev Fagermo: "We have a good selection of players and we have many with the potential to compete in the top division," the triumphant manager told the press after Odd had secured promotion with a 3 game-margin.
The Telemark-based outfit have scored a whopping 69 goals in 27 games so far this season and promotion has looked a certainty for a while now. Still, there are many questions Odd-fans will be asking themselves as they look forward to returning to the Tippeliga: Will their manager, who has had short-term success at Pors, Notodden and Strømsgodset before buggering off, stick around for the long haul this time? Will their power-forward Peter Kovacs, who is about as quick on the turn as the Jahre Viking, be able to cope with the pace of the Tippeliga (he's tried and failed before youknow)? Can the club afford to bolster their aging midfield?
Still, happy days for Odd who have certainly looked more like a Tippeliga-side this season than teams like HamKam and Aalesund.
2 opinions:
How important is Goodson to Start? I looked at some numbers. He's played 20 games and they lost one and gave up 15 goals. He missed 7 games and they lost 3 and drew 2 while giving up 15 goals.
Looks like when he players they are almost unbeatable and when he doesn't teams at the bottom of the table win or are very competitive. Btw, when he got sick Start was on a 6-7 game win streak and at the top of the table.
Lar's
I'm thinking he has to be the MVP of the league given what he means to his team and their postion in the league.
Very hard to disagree with that. Players like Borgersen, Engedal and Mathiesen can all do a job next to someone like Goodson, but take him our of the equation and Start's defense looks pretty dire..
The should still go up though, they only need like one more point to ensure it and I can't see Sogndal winning the rest of their games anyway..
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