Tommy Soleng

Øystril. Sone & kretslagstrener. Spiller & trenerutvikler. UEFA B

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@robbopalmer If only the manager had the vision to bring Trent, Scott and Wharton, then maybe there would have been some creativity too… Palmer, Hall would have given far better options too. Abyssmal coaching

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@GuillemBalague No Trent and no Wharton. 2 players that could easily open up opposition with a clinical pass. But no. This will be Tuchel’s doom. If not today, then soon

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@yiaman Skjønner ikke poenget heller. Rekker jo aldri å finne flyten og rytmen man trenger. VM i innbytterpuls?

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@HendrickD82 It is like watching Prime Arne football. Slow, no creativity, no stretching, Abyssmal crossing from Idiotic angles and still open like autobahn in the middle. Sane is more washed up than Michael Ballack

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@JanAageFjortoft Jeg tror også at Ståle fikk en del svar på hvor enkelte spillere står i forhold til hverandre når man blir målt på det høyeste nivået. Mange spillere kan se bedre ut enn det de faktisk er når de kun møter svak motstand. I går fikk man se tydelige svakheter i begge bokser

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@yiaman Men allikevel er Schjelderup langt mer effektiv. Det blir for lite killer

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@TomNordlie @Nilszwei Oliseh legger seg bak ryggen på Theo. Problemet for meg er passiviteten til Østigård. Kun overgått av rollen hans som ballfører

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@HendrickD82 @blvcklyte People can’t see how slow-paced and open international footy is, compared to PL.

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🚨🗣️New: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Vinicius Junior refusing the mandatory halftime interview with FIFA at the World Cup:

“People are shocked that Vinícius walked away from a halftime interview. I am shocked that anyone thinks he should have stopped in the first place.

Halftime is not a television studio. Halftime is not a podcast. Halftime is not a red carpet. Halftime is the heartbeat of a football match.

For 45 minutes, players are warriors in a storm. They run, they fight, they suffer, they bleed. Then they get 15 precious minutes to recover, to breathe, to listen, to think. And FIFA wants to spend part of that time chasing soundbites? That is like pulling a Formula 1 driver out of his car during a pit stop and asking him how the race is going.

And FIFA’s idea is to shove a microphone in the player’s face and ask, ‘How do you feel?’

How do you think he feels? He’s exhausted.

This is modern football’s biggest disease. Everything is content. Everything is sponsorship. Everything is television. The match hasn’t even finished and they’re already trying to manufacture headlines.

They tell us they care about player welfare. Really? Then why are players playing more games than ever? Why are tournaments expanding? Why are injuries increasing? And now they want halftime interviews too? The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

Halftime is sacred. It belongs to the players and the coaches. That’s where games are won. That’s where tactics change. That’s where injuries get treated. That’s where leaders speak. It is not a media circus.

And don’t tell me this is for the fans. Fans want better football, not a tired player giving a robotic 20-second answer because somebody sold another broadcast package.

Vinícius understood that. He chose football over public relations.

The funniest part? They threaten him with a fine. A fine. As if that changes the principle. If I were there, I’d pay it too. Because some things are worth more than money.

If FIFA really had their way, they’d put microphones in the dressing room and call it innovation.

Football should come first. Not content. Not commercials. Not corporate greed.

For once, a player pushed back. And that’s exactly why so many people are angry.”

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@LaurensJulien @ESPNFC They did 5-4-1 defensively all match. De Jonge went down next to VVD prior to the Ake switch. But from 70+ minutes Koeman took it further and had zero offensive focus. Just a coward. Brilliant player, meh coach

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🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the USA vs Paraguay stoppage for TV commercials:

“I’ve spent my entire life in this beautiful game — as a player at the highest level, as a fan, and now as someone who analyses it every week — and what unfolded during that USA versus Paraguay match left me deeply frustrated. The fourth official standing there on the touchline, arm raised high, instructing the referee to hold the restart… not for any injury, not for tactical reasons, and not even primarily for player hydration in that scorching heat. No. It was because the broadcast team hadn’t finished airing all their commercials. That’s not football. That’s a television show pretending to be a World Cup match.

The beautiful game is being strangled by greed. Players are out there in the heat, ready to restart, momentum building like a storm about to break — and we pause everything so the sponsors can cash in. It’s like stopping a symphony mid-crescendo because the advertisers want their jingle heard. Football didn’t conquer the world by turning into American sports with endless timeouts and ad breaks. We had rhythm, flow, emotion that flowed like a river. Now? It’s dammed up for dollars.

This isn’t about hydration or player welfare anymore — it’s a slippery slope where the soul of the game is sold piece by piece. Fans deserve better. Players deserve better. The referee on that pitch looked like a puppet on strings controlled from some broadcast truck. Enough is enough. We need to protect what made this sport the greatest on Earth before it disappears completely.”

The World Cup should be football’s cathedral. Instead, we’re turning it into a shopping mall with a pitch in the middle.

And here’s the question nobody wants to answer: if the fourth official is waiting for commercials, then who is really running the game? FIFA? The referee? Or the broadcasters?

Because the moment football starts asking advertisers for permission before asking the players, you’ve crossed a line.

The World Cup is supposed to be the showcase of football. Not the showcase of who paid the most for airtime.”

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@ianyoungkop @HendrickD82 Had he stayed fit, he would have been the best RB in PL era

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@HendrickD82 @ianyoungkop Still remember his debut.

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@HendrickD82 @JotaBelieveIt But Anderson is also much better than those 3, although I would love Wharton at Lfc. There is no certainty that the trio will reach his level even tho they Are better at 21-22.

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@Anettefos Slo av i pausen. Fullstendig skivebom av tv2

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@tv2 har kjøpt lyd og bilde utstyret på Temu. Helt ubrukelig.

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@CELfc97 @AnfieldSector It will be Oliseh

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@carlsundqvist Det er hans valg. Har bare hatt slike kontrakter

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@HendrickD82 @Dec10Smith Is he the kid from Germany?

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@CounterPressers Are you ragebaiting or just clueless? In what universe is Grav a intelligent player?