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There has been some new activity in the norwegian camp. Drillo has picked out these fantastic men to fight for a place in the starting eleven against Germany in february:

Rune Almenning Jarstein - Rosenborg
Jon Knudsen - Stabæk
Martin Andresen - Vålerenga
Trond Erik Bertelsen - Viking
Daniel Braaten - Toulouse
Christian Grindheim - Heerenveen
Mounir Hamoud - Bodø/Glimt
Brede Hangeland - Fulham
Thorstein Helstad - Le Mans
Daniel Fredheim Holm - Vålerenga
Erik Huseklepp - Brann
Tom Høgli - Tromsø
Morten Gamst Pedersen - Blackburn
Tore Reginiussen - Tromsø
Bjørn Helge Riise - Lillestrøm
Per Ciljan Skjelbred - Rosenborg
Børre Steenslid - Viking
Fredrik Strømstad - Le Mans
Kjetil Wæhler - Aalborg
Tor Hogne Aarøy - Aalesund

Yap. I know. You only heard of one of them? Maybe two? And where is John Arne Riise and John Carew (our great star, hahahahhaha)? Well, the former is suspended and the latter got an injury. Among this twenty good ol players is three fresh and clean debutants. Tor Hogne Aarøy is a thirty-one year old attacker that is mounts 204 cm from the ground. Which makes him one of footballs tallest players and also a typical Drillo-pick because of his strenght in front of the goal ("extreme qualities", Drillo said). Of course the national coach and geography-lover didnt want to talk about formations, but admitted that the most likely formation was a 4-5-1 with Helstad on top. The two other debutants are Mounir Hamoud and Børre Steenslid.

There seem to be a buzz exitement going through the norwegian press and people. Drillo is also the kind of person who stirs up discussions. Some love him, others hate him, but everybody got an opinion. Pundits are allmost refusing to answer if the Drillo-style is out of date, or not. Probably afraid to be proven wrong. Again.

Fourteen of the players are based in Norway. Meaning that they are on holiday right now. Or at least between seasons, so its probably our players in Europe that takes the important positions when Drillo fields his team.

I suspect its going to be the good ol Drillo bored-out-of-my-mind kind of football. Of course its Germany and we really dont have any other choice with the players we got. The question is if Drillo can figure out a way to score goals and keep the defence thight. The answer to the first is probably set pieces and counters. The answer for the second question I couldnt answer. Except Hangeland, our defensive players are too poor.

I also get the feel that everybody, except me and the usual sceptics, has a new entusiasm. Drillo is also a great agitator within the team. He makes players believe in his systems with well founded factual (and again; boring) arguments. And with belief one can do anything, right? Or not. I dont think the players are good enough though.

"But hey, Greece did it!" you say.

"Well, our players are still shite" I say.

The times will tell.

Other news in Scandinavian football is that "the little warrior", Alanzinho, has been sold from norwegian champions Stabæk to turkish team Trabzonspor for aprox four million euros. Stabæk are now looking for another brazilian player. Thats our new thing you see. We send people around the world looking for talents, take them to Norway and sell them if they are good enough. If not, they get a tough meeting with a cold country. "But hey, we took you out of the bushlands", we scream, "be fucking grateful!". Norwegians expect everybody that is "granted" to live in our "fantastic" country to get down on their knees and thank us. Yack!

In Sweden Henke Larsson has attended the first training of the year after holding out about wether to quit football. Or not. So basically he is back. Again. Only 37 years old, the swedish newspaper Sportbladet, talks about how Sir Stanley Matthews was 50 when he quit playing at the highest english level in 1965. Everybody obviously forgot the last european championship where Sweden where thumped out because of their lack of speed and the highest average age. Swedish coach Lagerbäck is a little annoyed by Larssons love for training indoor bandy, and screams: FORGET THE LITTLE BALL, PLAY WITH THE BIG ONE! It must be hard for him, dont you think? Larsson again, is so old he dont really care what people think anymore. "I was in Barcelona", he argues and kicks a camera man in the leg, "so shut the f*** up". And right he is.

And thats all for now. Cherio.

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