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Velkommen tilbake! From the Arctic Circle of Tromsø to the docks of Oslo, pitches across Norway are finally thawing out in the spring sunshine and it’s almost time for Eliteserien to resume.

One of the great aspects of this game is that, unlike Fantasy Premier League (FPL), we are far from saturated with media consensus on the ‘optimal’ picks, transfers, chip strategies, etc., which for many lends the game an appealingly nostalgic feel that evokes the early days of FPL.

There’s so much more scope for finding your own hidden gems before they become widely publicised and, with the tougher pricing and six premiums staking competitive claims to a spot in our teams, generally a much wider variety between our squads. To get you started with your own research, here are a few key resources.

  • For all your statistical requirements, Fotmob is your best bet. They feature extensive team and player stats from last season, as well as excellent match coverage including shot maps.
  • An invaluable pre-season minutes tracker including full line-ups and formations, as well as goals and assists, can be found here (credit to Fantasy Markus for putting this together, and to Hibbo for bringing it to my attention).
  • A fixture-ticker can be found here.

HOW DOES THE ELITESERIEN FANTASY GAME WORK?

For the most part, FPL managers who are new to Eliteserien Fantasy will find it very easy to adapt to the format. The rules are identical when it comes to points scoring, using free transfers (they have even mirrored FPL in introducing the ability to roll up to five this year, and in allowing free transfers to carry over after playing a chip), selling value of players, etc. The main differences are found in the chips and the differing structure of the season.

As in FPL, managers receive two Wildcards per season, with the second available from round 16. However, the Free Hit chip – here called ‘Rich Uncle’ – is slightly different in that you are given an unlimited budget for that Gameweek. There is no Triple Captain or Bench Boost; instead, we have ‘Attack! Attack!’ – double points for all of your Forwards, and ‘Two Captains’ – both your captain and vice-captain score double points.

Obviously, the March–December timeframe lends itself to a very different structure to the Premier League/FPL. There is a summer break around GW16 which often sees a substantial degree of transfer activity and may trigger that second Wildcard. You will also notice that there are three early DGWs in GW2, 5 and 8 – in Eliteserien these doubles (and later blanks) are instigated by clashes with European qualifying fixtures rather than with the Norwegian Cup. So, unlike in FPL, they are largely front-loaded, with last season seeing only two smaller later DGWs (GW19 + 22). Therefore, many Fantasy managers will opt to splurge their chips early on. 

It is also worth noting that the Fantasy deadline is always five minutes before the kick-off of the first match of the GW, so you will get to see at least one set of line-ups.


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TEAM GUIDES

Now, for the bulk of this article, I will present a team-by-team guide in order of last season’s final league positions, providing an overview of tactics, key Fantasy assets as well as recent transfers and how these may affect the new season. I’ll go into more depth on last season’s top six, not least because there was a hefty 13 points separating 6th-placed Fredrikstad from 7th-placed Strømsgodset, and only four points separating 7th from 14th (one place above the automatic relegation zone).

BODØ/GLIMT

Reigning champions Bodø/Glimt, currently embarked on their deepest-ever European run and set to face Lazio in the Europa League quarter-finals, look strong favourites to retain their Eliteserien title in 2025 and offer an unparalleled depth of Fantasy options all over the pitch. Lining up in a 4-3-3, they are virtually unchanged from last season, with the only signings being right winger Ole Blomberg from Brann and loanee Jens-Petter Hauge now joining on a permanent basis.

Penalty-taking number nine Kasper Høgh had a stuttering start after joining Glimt last season with a string of goalscoring cameos as he was eased in, and injuries/fitness issues ensuring that he only once strung together three consecutive 60+ minute appearances. Yet he still finished as the league’s second-highest scorer, averaging a goal every 90.5 minutes. And the early signs for this season are promising – since the conclusion of the league, he has started every one of Glimt’s seven Europa League ties.

Hauge and Blomberg are expected to take up the left and right-wing roles. The former made a slightly disappointing start to his Glimt return after a staggering 2019 (half) season (14G 10A in 18 appearances) which led to a big-money move to AC Milan, but finished the year with a flourish. Anchoring the midfield trio and responsible for direct free-kicks, Patrick Berg has recently begun to add a Rodri-esque ability to start chipping in with a steady stream of attacking returns and owners will be clamouring for more of his long-range screamers. On either side of Berg, Håkon Evjen is the creative heart of the midfield, while dynamic left-8 and personal favourite Ulrik Saltnes loves to burst into the box and carries a real goal threat, but may see some rotation with the more defensively-sound Sondre Fet in a horses-for-courses approach.

The attack-minded left-back Fredrik Bjørkan is currently the second-highest-owned Glimt player, and justifiably so after notching 12 attacking returns in addition to his nine clean sheets last year. Jostein Gundersen is the pick of the CBs for his ability to bring the ball out from the back and launch a precise through ball.

An opening fixture against newly-promoted Bryne looks primed for triple-up/captaincy potential, but they do face some decent defences including tricky trips to Molde, Fredrikstad and Tromsø in the lead-up to their DGW8, so balancing Glimt’s expensive yet explosive options against doublers from Brann, Viking and Rosenborg will be a key decision for our starting squads.

BRANN

Pipped to the title in the final two games of last season, Brann are likely to attract plenty of early interest with two DGWs in the first eight rounds. Enjoying a hefty price rise to 10.5m after inheriting penalty duties during his breakthrough season, left winger/inside forward Niklas Castro was top of the pile for points last season with nine goals and 10 assists, while Aune Heggebø supplanted the misfiring Bård Finne as their number nine midway through the season and finished with 11 goals from 15 starts. The departure of Blomberg looks set to hand the right-wing role to new signing Mads Hansen, although he may face some competition from Ulrik Mathisen. Probably the most technically gifted player in this Brann side, Felix Horn-Myhre tends to drift into the channels from the left 8 role and looks a strong candidate to top the assist count, while bonus magnet Emil Kornvig is a fairly popular value option at 5.5m.

11 clean sheets last season (joint-third in the league) perhaps doesn’t quite do justice to Brann’s true capabilities in this area, much of which may be down to the alternation between gung-ho Joachim Soltvedt and the more solid (now departed) Ruben Kristiansen at left-back. Their pre-season friendlies suggest this may remain a problem position, with Soltvedt, unlisted youngster Kvale and Japhet Sery Larsen all given a shot at starting there. Sery is typically a domineering centre-back with outstanding ball-carrying ability and a bit more set-piece threat than his zero goals would indicate and looks an excellent entry point to their defence at only 5m. Keeper Matias Dyngeland also looks good value at 5m.

VIKING

There is only one place to begin here and that is with Fantasy god Zlatko Tripic. 10 goals, 16 assists, an unparalleled xGI/90 of 0.91, a whopping 104 chances created (32 clear of nearest rival Eikrem), and a monopoly on set-pieces… it would be sheer madness to even consider going without the Viking captain. With three DGWs in the first eight, many managers will be looking to triple-up on the Stavanger side. Beyond Tripic, however, the remaining Viking spots are not entirely clear-cut, especially since no other (current) player topped 100 points last year. Centre forward Lars-Jorgen Salvesen has now departed for Derby County, leaving a hole up top for which Nicolas D’Agostino (who also took their most recent pre-season penalty with Tripic on the pitch) looks to be the likeliest candidate. Pre-season gametime has, however, been heavily shared with Sander Svendsen, Erik de Lanlay, Jakob Hansen and new recruit Hilmir Mikaelsson. Young winger Edvin Austbø is generating a fair bit of pre-season buzz and could be in line for a breakout campaign, while the versatile Sander Svendsen is usually good for around 10-12 attacking returns per season when given consistent minutes. Ostensibly the holding midfielder, Aussie Joe Bell has had a stellar pre-season with three goals and three assists and could represent a bargain at only 5m.

From a defensive point of view, however, there wasn’t much to get excited about with only eight clean sheets (ranking 10th). It looks as though they are attempting to address this with substantial transfer activity during the off-season: Sondre Langås followed Salvesen to Derby, while inbound are Martin Roseth and Anders Bærtelsen from Lillestrøm and Haugesund. Kristoffer Klaesson is expected to take over goalkeeper duties after Patrik Gunnarsson’s late-season departure for the Jupiler Pro League.

ROSENBORG

The most decorated club in Norwegian football history, Rosenborg have tailed off from the giddy heights of conquering Real Madrid in the 97-98 Champions League, but still boast some serious talent. Teenage sensation Sverre Nypan is Eliteserien’s MVP according to Transfermarkt and has been relentlessly linked with Arsenal and Manchester United. It’s not hard to see why with his graceful slaloming ability in tight spaces, wonderful quick feet and incisive movement. Capable of playing anywhere across the attacking midfield positions or even up front, he settled into a central midfield role last season and began to deliver on his promise with 15 attacking returns. Now priced up at 9m, he will undoubtedly be in high demand for Rosenborg’s DGWs 5 & 8, if not from the start. ‘Kjeks’ (biscuit) of the year award winner Ole Sæter ranks among the league’s finest pure 9s but, with an injury record that would make Reece James blush, was the source of much frustration last year. With his deputy Noah Holm failing to make much of an impression, Rosenborg have bolstered their options by bringing Dino Islamovic back from Allsvenskan.

Some OOP potential can be found in Adrian Pereira – classified as a defender, he has featured partly on the right wing in pre-season as well as towards the end of last year.  He also has a share of set-pieces and is more than capable of contributing attacking returns even from LB, making him the clear standout pick from a mid-table defence. Those looking to triple up might also consider left winger Emil Ceïde, or Pereira’s competition on the right, Marius Broholm.

MOLDE

Molde’s fifth-place finish last year was a huge disappointment for the potential title challengers, and having also lost on penalties to Fredrikstad in the Cup final, they missed out on European qualification for the first time since 2016. At times they played some of the most exciting attacking football in the league and were more than capable of going toe-to-toe with Glimt as in their thrilling 3-3 draw, but were let down by defensive inconsistencies and a worrying tendency to throw away leads late on.

Having exclusively employed a 3-5-2/3-4-2-1 formation with extremely attacking wing-backs, they now seem to have shifted to a 4-2-3-1 in their Conference League games and pre-season friendlies. Loanee Fantasy favourite Ola Brynhildsen has now departed for MLS, and young wing-back Mathias Løvik’s stellar performances have landed him a big-money move to Serie A. Last season the wing-backs – Løvik (left/right), Haugen (left), Linnes (right) and Stenevik (left, right and sometimes centre forward) – were highly lucrative but heavily rotation-prone gems/headaches depending on your luck; now, with Løvik gone, will the (potentially) reduced degree of rotation between the remaining three boost their Fantasy appeal or will the transition to a back four rein in their attacking license?

Further forward, 2024 was all about the relentless Kristian Eriksen and the mercurial Magnus Wolff Eikrem. Due to a raft of injuries up top, Eriksen was frequently pushed into a front two, and his incredible energy levels proved a nightmare for opposing backlines en route to his league-leading 14 goals. The partnership with second striker Eikrem – Wolff’s deft touch and vision perfectly complemented Kristian’s industrious running – was particularly fruitful, with the veteran chipping in with a further 12 goals and six assists. Now 34, fitness is increasingly a question mark for Eikrem, especially during the more congested phases of the schedule, but he remains an outstanding premium Fantasy asset and captaincy candidate.  

After his 2024 was derailed by an early injury, Fredrik Gulbrandsen will be hoping to nail down the centre-forward role this season and looks to have found some form in pre-season. Further Molde midfield options were rather thin last season, with the likes of Breivik and Hestad heavily rotated and not really offering sufficient threat to offset this. Early indications are that the double pivot will consist of playmaker Møller-Dæhli (a key cog in their possession-oriented system if not an outstanding Fantasy option) and one of Breivik/Enggård, with a possibility of any one of the three covering the 10 role in Eikrem’s absence.

FREDRIKSTAD

The major surprise package of last season, Fredrikstad stunned Brann with a 2-0 away win in GW2 and never looked back on course to a sixth-place finish in their first top-flight appearance since 2012. The foundation of their success was undoubtedly their defence, recording a league-leading 13 clean sheets. Goalkeeper Jonathan Fischer also ranked first for bonus points and third for saves, while left wing-back Stian Stray Molde notched up six goals and four assists to finish as the game’s highest-scoring defender. Both have unsurprisingly been handed more premium price tags of 5.5m and 6m this season.

Penalty taker and scorer of a spectacular direct corner, Morten Bjørlø was the star from an attacking perspective but has now left for Konyaspor, while the impressive Maï Traoré has joined Notts County. In truth though, Fredrikstad’s attack never really provided consistent Fantasy appeal, with industrious midfielder and occasional fill-in striker Sondre Sørløkk’s three goals and five assists the next best they could muster.  The squad has had quite an extensive overhaul during the winter break, with an array of midfield/forward signings including Shein, Faraas, Hanstad, Øhlenschlæger and Holten about whom I unfortunately know next to nothing, although Allsvenskan aficionados may recognise Holten, who will compete with Henrik Skogvold for the centre forward role.

An opening schedule including DGWs 2 and 8 provides incentive to hope that Fredrikstad can go some way toward matching last season’s heroics, but the substantial changes to their squad as well as the loss of manager Thomassen toward the end of last season lend a cloud of uncertainty over whether second-season syndrome may rear it’s head.

THE MID-TABLERS

Interest in Strømsgodset largely revolved around their defence, with Icelandic international Logi Tómasson carrying a substantial attacking threat from left back. He has also been popping up in an OOP left-wing role in pre-season. KFUM Oslo, the only YMCA team I’m aware of in top-flight football, massively overperformed expectations in their first-ever Eliteserien season, in large part due to the highest-scoring forward in the game, Johannes Andres Hummellvoll-Nuñez. In contrast to Fredrikstad, they come into 2025 with a largely unchanged side. Sarpsborg enjoyed an especially swingy 2024, at times flirting with relegation but finally landing in 9th place. A terrific side for the neutral viewer, they kept just three clean sheets in 30 matches but do boast one of the league’s most brilliant young wingers in Sondre Ørjasæter.

Sandefjord are unlikely to make much of a claim to our starting squads despite sporadic flashes of attacking quality from forward Stefan Sigurdarson and winger Jakob Dunsby. Despite a DGW2, Kristiansund have a similarly limited Fantasy appeal unless you’re the kind of oddball that gets your kicks from picking the amusingly named recent recruit from relegated Odds Ballklub, “Daddy’s Boy”. Goalkeeper Lansing did however rack up an impressive 120 saves last season. Their 4-0 pre-season victory over Molde might look impressive on paper but that was very much a second-string Molde line-up. The appeal of HamKam’s outstanding Fantasy performer of last season, set-piece maestro Gård Simenstad, has taken a significant dent with his OOP status revoked; he is now classified as a midfielder.

Tromsø’s 15th-placed finish belies a significantly greater degree of Fantasy potential. Having gutted the heart of their defence before the start of 2024 with the sales of Casper Øyvann and Jostein Gundersen to Molde and Glimt, they endured a horrendous start to the season but eventually stabilised and finished with a respectable nine clean sheets (joint third with Brann). They will surely rectify that this year and are more than capable of a top-half finish. Left wing-back Runar Norheim is emerging as a Fantasy asset capable of competing with the likes of Stray Molde and even Bjørkan; on free-kicks and corners, he contributed eight assists last year. Why Vegard Erlien continues to be classified as a midfielder despite playing exclusively in a front two is a mystery to me. He will be looking to bounce back from last season’s injury-hit campaign and return to the goalscoring form of 2023 which saw him net 15 times. He may be joined up top by fellow OOP candidate Napoleon Romsaas, although new signing Ieltsi Camões will provide competition for that spot.

THE ALMOST-RELEGATED AND THE FRESH MEAT

Scraping together just 29 goals last year, there was very little to recommend about Haugesund’s attack. With lead striker Sory Diara sidelined until June, they have however made a potentially interesting addition in Runar Espejord from Bodø/Glimt. Defensively they were no pushovers, but the loss of centre-back Bærtelsen to Viking, highly-rated keeper Egil Selvik to Udinese, and an injury to promising right-back Mikkel Hope doesn’t bode well for improving on last season’s 14th-place finish, which necessitated a relegation playoff tie against Moss to ensure their survival.

After their shock relegation in 2023 which saw them drop out of Norway’s top-flight for the first time in 22 years, Våleranga absolutely stormed the First Division scoring 2.7 goals per game. Bookies’ pre-season odds indicate an expected finish this year of around sixth place, and a DGW2 should spark some early interest. Stats from the First Division are a little hard to come by, but their pre-season friendlies suggest that left-winger Elias Sørensen and forward Muamer Brajanac may be worth a look.

Fellow promoted side Bryne seem like they could be 2025’s whipping boys, but the gap between Eliteserien and the First Division is a far cry from that between the Premier League and the Championship, so who knows whether they could follow in the footsteps of Fredrikstad/KFUM and spring a surprise.

COMMUNITY MINI-LEAGUES

Finally, I will leave you with a couple of mini-league codes, with thanks to hosts Mullered in Maenam (Koh Samui Classic) and The Knight’s Template (Hallen av Skam):

  • Koh Samui Classic: fflual
  • Hallen av Skam: peow06



  1. FPL Bielsa
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    3 months, 4 days ago

    Any thoughts on what to do with Sorensen after his early sub. Already have 3 Viking and Castro. SIF mid maybe or just keep him for another week ?

    1. Captain Mal
        3 months, 4 days ago

        Brajanac is more of a concern for me.
        I'm keeping Sorensen for now, no obvious replacement and I want to save some transfers in order to bring 2 or 3 Rosenborg assets in before their double.

      • The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 3 days ago

        He was fuming about the subbing. Think he's looked their best fantasy option (Brajanac a sell for me) and I wouldn't be too worried about his mins but he does have a tough fixture this week and I think it's reasonable to move on Våleranga players now if you have replacements in mind

      • Holmes
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 3 days ago

        More than his attacking threat, his YC threat has annoyed me, hence got rid.

        Though looking back, I should have benched him instead of taking hits.

      • FPL Bielsa
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        3 months, 3 days ago

        Thanks for all responses think I’ll keep for now and continue to store up transfers.

    2. Captain Mal
        3 months, 4 days ago

        Bodo in Europa League semifinals and Djurgarden in Conference League semifinals, huge day for Scandinavian football.
        Hogh played 76 minutes, Bjorkan 103, but they don't play again until Monday night. Tough upcoming schedule.
        Surely Hauge doesn't take another penalty for Bodo after a second - ugly - miss in a row.

        1. mookie
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 3 days ago

          Berg is suspended for the first leg of the EL SF.

        2. The Mentaculus
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 4 Years
          3 months, 3 days ago

          Looks like the Fredrikstad game stays in GW5:

          https://x.com/ToKapteiner/status/1910983887775314029

      • PartyTime
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 3 days ago

        Allsvenkan deadline in 3 minutes

        1. Men in green tights
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 3 days ago

          Sh*t missed that.......

          1. PartyTime
            • 4 Years
            3 months, 3 days ago

            Ouch

      • The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 2 days ago

        Turns out Bodø/Glimt will actually blank in GWs 5 & 6 (contrary to the To Kaptainer twitter post earlier).

        "This is what the Norwegian Football Association writes on its website. The NFF, in consultation with Norsk Toppfotball, Fotball Media and rights holder TV 2, has decided to move the matches.

        * Fredrikstad – Bodø/Glimt is moved from Thursday 1 May to Wednesday 16 July.

        * Bodø/Glimt – Strømsgodset is moved from Saturday 10 May to Wednesday 30 July."

        https://www.vg.no/sport/i/dR9dBj/bodoe-glimt-bodoe-glimts-kamper-i-eliteserien-flyttes-etter-europa-league-suksess

        1. mookie
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          Cheers! Makes WC6 a bit more complicated.

          1. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            I caved in with this 2 week wait and already wildcarded this gwk.
            But can see your point

            1. mookie
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 2 days ago

              Good luck!

        2. Men in green tights
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          Definitely want to give them best chances of getting to final . Good luck to them.

        3. mookie
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 2 days ago

          If they were to reach the final would their GW7 fixture also be postponed?

          1. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            Looks like that way , especially the way spurs are playing got a really good chance .
            Also something about if Bode get through to the 3rd domestic cup they will be forced to play it on the 12th May.

            1. mookie
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 2 days ago

              3rd domestic cup? They have 3 cup competitions?

              1. Men in green tights
                • 6 Years
                3 months, 2 days ago

                Meant third round , getting tired now been on nights.
                Oops.

                1. mookie
                  • 11 Years
                  3 months, 2 days ago

                  So, GW6 could be a huge blank GW then?

                  1. Men in green tights
                    • 6 Years
                    3 months, 2 days ago

                    Think it more to do with the cup game takes priority of league game which would have been moved to middle of week or the other way round. But for Bode the league has been moved already as they are in the semi if that makes sense so potentially they will be playing 2 games in a 3 day period. Could be some tired legs in the second leg.

                    1. mookie
                      • 11 Years
                      3 months, 2 days ago

                      Cheers! Makes sense.

          2. The Mentaculus
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 4 Years
            3 months, 2 days ago

            Europa league final is 21st May. If they make it I'd imagine the Glimt v Rosenborg fixture on the 24th would be postponed, making GW8 a SGW for both

            1. mookie
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 2 days ago

              16th May GW7 heavy rotation if they make the final.

            2. mookie
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 2 days ago

              Will have to go without Bodo players on WC6 with an easy way to get Bjorkan and Hogh in once they're out of EL.

      • The Mentaculus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 4 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        Anytime goalscorer GW3 (Noricbet):

        Erlien 43%
        Høgh 38%
        Islamovic 37%
        Tripic 36%
        Holten 36%
        Heggebø 36%
        Mikkelsen 36%
        Mikaelsson 33%
        Brajanac 33%
        Melkersen 33%
        Castro 32%
        Nuñez 32%
        Jonassen 31%
        Lien 30%
        Gulbrandsen 30%
        Christiansen 29%
        Svendsen 29%
        Karlsbakk 28%
        Hauge 28%
        Eikrem 28%
        Austbø 26%
        Gonstad 25%
        Nypan 25%
        Broholm 25%
        Sigurdarson 25%
        Ørjasæter 24%
        Sørensen 24%
        Saltnes 22%
        Njie 22%
        Farji 22%
        Bjørdal 22%
        Ndour 20%
        Berg 20%

        1. mookie
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Cheers!

        2. Men in green tights
          • 6 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Odds make it interesting for K choices. But I'm sticking with Trips .
          Good luck all.

          1. mookie
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Was about to ask if it's safe to captain Tripic. 🙂
            Best of luck!

              1. mookie
                • 11 Years
                3 months, 1 day ago

                Cheers!

      • Assisting the assister
        • 9 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        How many players do you need to save the FH? Can get to 9 with a -8

      • mookie
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 1 day ago

        14 points from my triple Tromso defense is not bad considering they've conceded 3.

        1. TallestJohn
          • 8 Years
          3 months, 1 day ago

          Very weird game from a fantasy perspective. More than happy with Haugaard, Alte, Ndour. KBK really trolling us. Lansing and Rakneberg off injured early. I like Alte even without penalties although will have to keep an eye on Tufekcic and now this Kilen as well. That's the sort of thing that makes this game fun, a player owned by 41 people can bag a hat trick.

          1. mookie
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Kilen probably took the pen as he was on for a hat-trick, right?

            1. Holmes
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 14 hours ago

              Kristiansund's three-goal scorer Sander Kilen scored his first three goals in the elite series in Sunday's match against Tromsø. Now he admits to NRK that he was not the one who should have taken the penalty kick that ensured Kristiansund's third goal.

              - We'll have to deal with that later, says Kristiansund's coach Amund Skiri to NRK.

              He adds that Kilen is a player they have a lot of faith in in the Northwest.

              - Those were the first three. A nice start, says a modest Sander Kilen to NRK.

          2. Make FPL Casual Again
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            Plus he's only 19, an up and comer, so could be a great pick

          3. ffs casual
            • 5 Years
            3 months, 1 day ago

            I watched half of the game. the stream started around 40 minutes into the game so didn't see much of the first half. Tromso played a passing game, occasionallly overpassing. Norheim and Cornic both creating chances. Cornic unfortunate not to get an assist. Erlien was a little disappointing. A couple of chances, but would expect more from a fantasy perspective. Romsaas was a little more lively than Erlien in attack before being subbed. Kristiansund was counter attacking with 9 players defending when not in possession. Both defences were poor. I don't see many clean sheets from either team.
            Alte was excellent. Certainly passes the eye test, but didn't get in goal scoring areas. Assist for both, one a cross to the near post, the other from a corner. Kilen was very advanced and took both goals from open play well. The penalty was bad, but scored the rebound and then taunted the Tromso fans and picked up a yellow. The penaly was a var call and as soft as you can get. I can see why the Norwegians want rid of it. Tufecic would probably have taken the penalty if Kilen wasn't on a hattrick. I would be surprised if Kilen takes the next one.
            I'll be transferring in Kilen. 5.5m for a midfielder playing as an attacked seems like good value. Might get Alte for GW5.

        2. RamaJama
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          3 months, 12 hours ago

          Really good start with 16 from Haugaard and Alte, brought me to 352 overall

      • mookie
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 13 hours ago

        Sjøeng, Sjåtil, Tshiembe, De Oliveira, Jarl, Bjørdal, Lange, Ambina, Riisnæs, Sørensen, Brajanac

        Tangvik, Pereira, Nemcik, Jenssen, MK Ceide, Väänänen, Broholm, Fossum, EK Ceide, Islamovic, Nypan

        1. Holmes
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 12 hours ago

          Jenssen wagon about to start

        2. Holmes
          • 11 Years
          3 months, 11 hours ago

          Broholm G, Ceide assist

          1. mookie
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 11 hours ago

            Ceide with futsal skills there.

            Was 0,1m short of Sorensen to Ceide. 🙁

            1. Holmes
              • 11 Years
              3 months, 11 hours ago

              I went Farji

              1. mookie
                • 11 Years
                3 months, 8 hours ago

                Everything you touch turns to gold these days. 🙂

                1. Holmes
                  • 11 Years
                  2 months, 29 days ago

                  I picked Molde for a hit 😆

      • BobB
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        3 months, 11 hours ago

        Is Sa going to be ok for next week?

        1. The Knights Template
          • 11 Years
          2 months, 29 days ago

          Hi Bobb!

      • Holmes
        • 11 Years
        3 months, 11 hours ago

        CS looks unlikely for RBK

      • Captain Mal
          3 months, 9 hours ago

          Didn't play either this week, but it can't be emphasised enough how spectacularly awful picks Brajanac and Ndour have been.
          DGW fever in all its glory.
          Also, Tomasson benched again, another disaster I was lucky to avoid.

          1. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 9 hours ago

            Agree , one of the reasons I took a early wildcard to sort it out.

            1. Captain Mal
                3 months, 7 hours ago

                Yeah, makes sense. Getting rid of all these problematic assets, not to mention an early WC is good for team value.
                My initial plan was to play the WC after the DGW5, but Bodo blanking in 6 makes it tricky.
                I guess I'll have to include a couple of them and bench them or delay the WC for 1 week, neither of which is optimal.

                1. Men in green tights
                  • 6 Years
                  3 months, 7 hours ago

                  Think most are either using RU in gwk 8 or save up FTs as to they blank 5 and 6 you can get 2 back in with no issues unless something else happens with injuries.
                  The way I'm looking at it is it made life a lot simpler, now it's a case of saving FTs .

          2. Hazardous1221
            • 2 Years
            3 months, 9 hours ago

            I'm 1.1m rank, debating a really differential Freehit. How mental would I be for going with something like this?

            Pope
            Cucurella, Ait Nouri, Sessegnon
            Diaz, Barnes, Murphy, Iwobi
            Welbeck, Cunha, Strand Larsen

          3. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 9 hours ago

            Goals , goals starting to lose track who is scoring a crazy bank holiday.

          4. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 9 hours ago

            Keeping the faith with Trips paying off at the moment.

          5. Men in green tights
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 7 hours ago

            Hogh not starting on bench for Bode

          6. Make FPL Casual Again
            • 6 Years
            3 months, 6 hours ago

            Looks like we'll need to find a way to find out what Bodo Glimts players are doing with their Eliteserien fpl picks next week...

            1. Holmes
              • 11 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              Fortunately not for next 3 weeks

            2. The Mentaculus
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 4 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              Super frustrating after I WCed Høgh back in... looks like I'll be switching between Høgh & Heggebø virtually every week 😆

              Thought these excessive rests would be a thing of last season, especially with the magnitude of this fixture. At least we do the Glimt lineup in GW7 when some will be thinking of WCing.

          7. mookie
            • 11 Years
            3 months, 6 hours ago

            Why didn't Austbo get an assist for the first goal?

            1. Holmes
              • 11 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              It was Bell?

              1. mookie
                • 11 Years
                2 months, 29 days ago

                Yeah, it was Bell.

          8. The Knights Template
            • 11 Years
            2 months, 29 days ago

            I am A no.1 in Australia! Huzzzaahhhhhh!

            1. The Knights Template
              • 11 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              Tis shameful to boast!

              1. The Knights Template
                • 11 Years
                2 months, 29 days ago

                And answer you’re own posts!

                1. The Knights Template
                  • 11 Years
                  2 months, 29 days ago

                  Nobody noticed champion!

                  1. Men in green tights
                    • 6 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    We bow down to you Sire .
                    Well done for this great achievement.

                    1. The Knights Template
                      • 11 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      I notice you are way ahead of me, I didn’t not have the balls to cap’n Tripic. Well played!

            2. The Hunt
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              Well done Alex.

              1. The Mentaculus
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 4 Years
                2 months, 29 days ago

                I'm afraid the time you spent looking that up would have been far better spent merely looking up (the page you're commenting on)

            3. Timanfaya
              • 2 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              No.1 what?

            4. mookie
              • 11 Years
              2 months, 29 days ago

              There's someone who started in GW2 that's outscoring me . 🙁

          9. Captain Mal
              2 months, 29 days ago

              Fun fact #1: Berg got a bonus point despite no goal or assist in a match that ended 2-2
              Fun fact #2: The week's top-scoring manager didn't captain Tripic (he went with Karlsbakk!)

              1. Men in green tights
                • 6 Years
                2 months, 29 days ago

                Happens a lot with the bonus points . As it done by fan in the stand .
                Interesting about top scoring manager.

                1. Captain Mal
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    Yeah, I guess we are preoccupied with the way bonus points are awarded in FPL, which by the way isn't that great nor does it accurately reflect a player's performance, so anything different immediately stands out.
                    I had no idea how bonus points were calculated in Eliteserien, that's interesting.

                    1. The Mentaculus
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 4 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      I think it's detailed in the rules but honestly I don't really have a great grasp of it, either FPL / Eliteserien, only that my impression is Eliteserien tends to correspond more directly to goalscorers

                  • TallestJohn
                    • 8 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    They changed Eliteserien bonus points a couple of years ago to an FPL-style index. I think that's still how it's done, as stated in the rules, but now they no longer show the actual index score on the fantasy site.

                    My transfer in this week, Fredriksen, got a bonus point as a defender in a 3-1 win.

              2. Captain Mal
                  2 months, 29 days ago

                  If I go to the transfers menu and use the "list view" , I can see the updated prices. That's not the case with the "pitch view". Anyone else got the same issue or is it just me?

                  1. Men in green tights
                    • 6 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    Pitch view shows you the selling price of the player

                    1. Captain Mal
                        2 months, 29 days ago

                        Yeah, true, that was a genuine brainfart moment, considering it's exactly the same in FPL.

                    2. Holmes
                      • 11 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      refresh the page?

                  2. mookie
                    • 11 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    Greedy Holten didn't let Ohlenschlaeger take the pen for a hat-trick.
                    Ohlenschlaeger one of the first players in once I play the WC.

                    1. Men in green tights
                      • 6 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      Sign of a true striker.

                  3. Men in green tights
                    • 6 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    Anyone how bad Holten's injury is as it would be a shame to miss out on all them points this coming gwk against FKH.

                    1. The Mentaculus
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 4 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      Not yet but the Fredrikstad page on diskutopia is usually really good for training updates & stuff and I'll be looking out for it as I wanted to captain him next week

                      1. Men in green tights
                        • 6 Years
                        2 months, 29 days ago

                        Cheers, I was also looking at him as an option too.

                  4. Men in green tights
                    • 6 Years
                    2 months, 29 days ago

                    Don't forget Allsvenskan mid week fixtures start Wednesday 17:55 subs to be done by.

                    1. Holmes
                      • 11 Years
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      Thanks, decision need to be made quicker. To save or take a hit.

                      Mjallby triple up or look elsewhere...

                      1. Men in green tights
                        • 6 Years
                        2 months, 29 days ago

                        Already done your transfer then , if not get Mjallby in form mid in Rojkjaer without a doubt.

                        1. Holmes
                          • 11 Years
                          2 months, 29 days ago

                          If you had to pick one from Mjallby, H. Johansson or Rojkjaer?

                          1. Men in green tights
                            • 6 Years
                            2 months, 29 days ago

                            Both good choices, flip a coin to be honest . Go with Johansson then it's a shame you can't get them both in.

                  5. Captain Mal
                      2 months, 29 days ago

                      Checking some highlights, the Valerenga - Rosenborg match was nothing like the scoreline would suggest. Quite extraordinary that Valerenga didn't score. My decision to play Sorensen over Brajanac was admittedly poor, lucky not to be punished, he had two good chances.
                      Regarding Rosenborg, picking 2 of Ceide/Broholm/Nypan/Islamovic will be tricky. Broholm has been the stand out so far, although it's too early, that's a decision for GW5 anyway.
                      Pleased with how Romsaas and Heggheim looked despite the outcome. Could have ended with much more, especially Romsaas (to be fair, though, Bjorkan's dodgy clean sheet somewhat balanced it out, can't have it all going your way). It's a shame they play against each other next week, though I might play them both regardless.
                      Some enticing options have emerged as possible Ndour/Brajanac replacements, but I think I'll save the transfer again and keep maximum flexibility in view of DGW5.

                      1. TallestJohn
                        • 8 Years
                        2 months, 29 days ago

                        Makes me feel slightly better about bringing in Fredriksen instead of Yttergård Jensen (love FFK's fixtures going forward despite the imminent blank)

                        1. Captain Mal
                            2 months, 29 days ago

                            Good call, Fredrikstad one of the teams that flew under the radar, I was wrong to ignore them completely, those who went there got rewarded.

                      2. Punned It
                          2 months, 29 days ago

                          Just WCed, want to line up for coming doubles (seems to be Bodø doubles in 13 and 15 as well, and a few blanks thrown in for good measure). Got Holten, but there's not a lot of info on his injury, as per usual.

                          Anyway, so far:
                          Tangvik
                          Falchener, Eid, Ceide
                          Ceide, Tripic, Castro, Kornvig
                          Holten, Heggebø, Høgh
                          Grønneberg, Bell, Husebø, Dia

                          I've got a feeling about Rosenborg's defence, at least for the upcoming games. Bodø haven't quite blown me away, and are way expensive, but thinking about letting Tripic go after GW5 to free up funds for Salten or Sjøvold (or both!).

                          Fun fact, picked Grønneberg as cheapo GK cause he's my neighbour's son.

                          1. Men in green tights
                            • 6 Years
                            2 months, 29 days ago

                            Used my wild card last week , with hindsight I would of took out Hogh they have brought him off the bench last game, got a feeling he won't play at all this gwk so if I was you drop him now and save a FTs for later to get him back in .Then go Broholm for RBK.
                            The rest looks ok.
                            GL

                          2. The Mentaculus
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 4 Years
                            2 months, 29 days ago

                            Quite an impressive turnaround for Rosenborg defence this year. I'm surprised but impressed. Are you planning to use Attack! Attack! in GW8? That's my new plan, with that frontline. I only have 2/3 of it currently though, and I wish I'd started with Heggebø & Holten this week rather than Høgh & Holten. Nervous about Kasper's mins next week now.

                            I'm also considering letting Tripic go in GW8 to complete the AA8 forward line but I'm not sure I'd recommend it earlier with Haugesund & Sandefjord in 6 & 7. But I feel like Viking's DGW8 isn't the best and then they have Fredrikstad in 10 so that seems an ok (if still risky) period to compromise

                            1. Punned It
                                2 months, 29 days ago

                                Yes, AA for gw8. Nice call on Viking's fixtures, maybe I'll take out Høgh now and have a bit of a mini-WC by saving my FHs till then. Høgh must be back in by then, can't see him being out for long.

                          3. Punned It
                              2 months, 29 days ago

                              I agree Broholm looks good, guess I've got to chuck M Ceide (well, just switched him for Jenssen, anyway), then. But Høgh usually plays well for Bodø and most matches, and he had a couple of near shots. Will probably be a fair bit of reorganising to fit him in again. Who do you like for the last fwd slot?

                              1. Punned It
                                  2 months, 29 days ago

                                  Argh, reply fail.

                                  1. Men in green tights
                                    • 6 Years
                                    2 months, 29 days ago

                                    You can get away not having Hogh until GWK , which most will be either WC gwk 7 ready for it or RU I'm on RU for that week.
                                    GWk they is on really two teams you need for the double IMO they are Viking and RBK .
                                    Dgw 5 clubs strikers haven't been on form so wouldn't go with them do that leaves sgwk which is Karlsbakk as he is on fire.
                                    So front 3 of Holten , Heggeboe and Karlsbakk looks good.
                                    Personally wouldn't get drawn into trying to eleven doublers for gwk 5.

                                    1. Punned It
                                        2 months, 29 days ago

                                        I agree with your last sentiment, Haugesund especially are rubbish, and Kristiansand aren't impressing anyone. Karlsbakk's a good shout, although Sarp haven't really met the toughest teams yet. I fancy AAchip in gw8, preferably doublers, but plenty of time, I guess. That does leave me with zero Bodø assets, though.

                                        1. Men in green tights
                                          • 6 Years
                                          2 months, 29 days ago

                                          I know the feeling, got Hogh at the moment but will be shipping him out . The rest of your team should cover Bode anyway as they have a deep squad depth to cater for the cup run so will be resting the first team players so don't think you have a lot to worry about.
                                          Strange start to the season this now with all the blanks and basically having no Bode or Molde players in my team , definitely didn't see this happening.

                                          1. Punned It
                                              2 months, 29 days ago

                                              Makes sense. Cheers for your insights!

                                  2. Make FPL Casual Again
                                    • 6 Years
                                    2 months, 29 days ago

                                    So, does Hogh play 90, 45 or 10/0 mins vs KFUM, and reasoning...we probably wont get leaks/line-ups will we?

                                    1. The Mentaculus
                                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                      • 4 Years
                                      2 months, 29 days ago

                                      Unlikely to get a leak. Helmersen RC v Lazio obviously limits options for playing Høgh anything under 90mins v Spurs. A quick scan of current groupthink on diskutopia has basically everyone keeping Høgh but I feel like if they were already so protective of his mins in as big a game as Molde (A) after only 76mins v Lazio it's probably more likely he doesn't start KFUM. Unless I see some encouraging quotes about e.g. rhythm ahead of Spurs I think I'm leaning toward selling & rebuying in 6/7. Captaincy definitely off the menu

                                      1. The Mentaculus
                                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                        • 4 Years
                                        2 months, 29 days ago

                                        * in 7/8

                                      2. Make FPL Casual Again
                                        • 6 Years
                                        2 months, 29 days ago

                                        Yeah that makes perfect sense.....though there is a counter argument to say that this years different, he started and played most of the first two games, before the Lazio games, no managed mins etc...and was just rested vs Molde. maybe some fatigue etc....though that specific match doesn't make sense for a rest

                                      3. Punned It
                                          2 months, 29 days ago

                                          Molde have been a bit rubbish out the gate, so I don't think that's it. NRK seemed to assume he hadn't done well enough in the last Lazio game and got sidelined for those who did. But I would assume Spurs are more important than early days Eliteserien.

                                          1. The Mentaculus
                                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                            • 4 Years
                                            2 months, 29 days ago

                                            True enough in that I am kind of targeting Molde from a fantasy perspective in a way that I wouldn't have expected pre-season, but still would have thought it's not a game they'd look to rotate as much as KFUM (H). Interesting that NRK put it that way; I didn't really think Helmersen has made enough of an impression since joining to seriously challenge Høgh's place

                                            1. Punned It
                                                2 months, 29 days ago

                                                Could be a combination, both Helmersen doing well and Høgh showing fatigue. It seems there's a whole lot of players usually being subbed off around 70 in Eliteserien, dunno if it's tactics or they just don't have the stamina?

                                                1. Punned It
                                                    2 months, 29 days ago

                                                    Come to think if it now - Molde have been rubbish so far, and Bodø really dominated the first half. Maybe the fatigue let Molde take control of the second half where Bodø on usual form should have kept up the pressure?

                                                    1. Make FPL Casual Again
                                                      • 6 Years
                                                      2 months, 29 days ago

                                                      Molde only came back after Bodo subbed off important players....

                                                  • Make FPL Casual Again
                                                    • 6 Years
                                                    2 months, 29 days ago

                                                    With Helmersen banned for Tottenham, Hogh has to play; surely manager wants Hogh maintaining match sharpness/rhythm with such a gap between games ?

                                                    1. Men in green tights
                                                      • 6 Years
                                                      2 months, 29 days ago

                                                      You might be right . But personally I think he will come on as a sub for 20 minutes so I've shipped him out for the next few weeks until GWK 8 . Bit of a gamble then we have to be different so now I've got no Bode players at all.

                                                      1. Make FPL Casual Again
                                                        • 6 Years
                                                        2 months, 29 days ago

                                                        10 days between his cameo vs Molde and the Tottenham game, assuming he doesn't play in cup; Tottenham will be 14 days since his last start vs Lazio,

                                                        He started and did 80mins vs HamKam 5 days before Lazio; there's 4 days between KFUM and Tot, maybe he gets 70 mins ?

                                        • Men in green tights
                                          • 6 Years
                                          2 months, 28 days ago

                                          Allsvenskan's just found that the BP V DIF on the 28th April has been called off officially now due to the semi final taking place.

                                          1. Holmes
                                            • 11 Years
                                            2 months, 28 days ago

                                            makes it easy to drop Kosugi next week

                                            1. Men in green tights
                                              • 6 Years
                                              2 months, 28 days ago

                                              Line ups out for today's fixtures.
                                              44 mins to go for subs.

                                              1. Holmes
                                                • 11 Years
                                                2 months, 28 days ago

                                                I keep ignoring Rojkjaer because of poor stats and he keeps on getting attacking return :/

                                                1. Men in green tights
                                                  • 6 Years
                                                  2 months, 28 days ago

                                                  Rojkjaer taken off at start of 2nd half not sure why must be an injury.

                                                  1. Men in green tights
                                                    • 6 Years
                                                    2 months, 27 days ago

                                                    Just found out calf strain, so much to saving a FT .

                                              2. Holmes
                                                • 11 Years
                                                2 months, 28 days ago

                                                Stroud captaincy fail as well, should have stuck with Nyman.

                                                1. Men in green tights
                                                  • 6 Years
                                                  2 months, 28 days ago

                                                  Still time with captain choice.

                                        • The Mentaculus
                                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                          • 4 Years
                                          2 months, 27 days ago

                                          Holten is in the Fredrikstad squad for their cup game today. Starting 11 is heavily rotated; Holten on the bench with Fischer, Eid, Øhlenschlæger etc

                                          1. Men in green tights
                                            • 6 Years
                                            2 months, 27 days ago

                                            Cheers for the update , good news to see him on the bench at least .

                                          2. The Mentaculus
                                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                            • 4 Years
                                            2 months, 27 days ago

                                            And deflagged now

                                            1. Men in green tights
                                              • 6 Years
                                              2 months, 27 days ago

                                              You still thinking of putting the K on him this weekend. I'm looking at it as a good option instead of Trips , it's going to one of them either way for me.

                                              1. The Mentaculus
                                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                                • 4 Years
                                                2 months, 27 days ago

                                                Yeah I think I will. Have asked on diskutopia FFK thread also for any training news

                                                1. Punned It
                                                    2 months, 27 days ago

                                                    Your Google Translate is cute.

                                                    1. The Mentaculus
                                                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                                      • 4 Years
                                                      2 months, 26 days ago

                                                      Hehe there's something wrong about "trent" isn't there? Someone made a TAA joke about it before but I don’t know the past tense of training...

                                                      1. Punned It
                                                          2 months, 26 days ago

                                                          No, that's right, although it's a participle, but Norwegian has a pretty strict inversion of verb and subject in questions (and some other grammatical situations), to the point of splitting up the verb. Har han trent? Also, the short sentences, Norwegians love using too many words. Do let us know if you want more insight into a language hardly anyone uses!

                                                          1. The Mentaculus
                                                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                                            • 4 Years
                                                            2 months, 26 days ago

                                                            Cheers! My Norwegian pretty much stalled at the basic conversational level. Reading comprehension is not too bad but I never really got much writing practice

                                              2. Punned It
                                                  2 months, 27 days ago

                                                  Oh nice, cheers! Think I'll captain him in, Haugesund make Tromsø look almost good and let in 5 goals v. Godset. As Holten has almost half of Fredrikstad's goals so far, he must be in for at least two.

                                              3. The Mentaculus
                                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                                • 4 Years
                                                2 months, 27 days ago

                                                Høgh split 45mins with Bro Hansen in the cup today; Helmersen an unused sub. Not sure that's a good sign for Sunday

                                                1. Punned It
                                                    2 months, 27 days ago

                                                    Bro Hansen played the whole game. Høgh in for Hauge. Not much of a game, probably sent him on so he could have a light jog. He'll prolly play.

                                                    1. The Mentaculus
                                                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                                      • 4 Years
                                                      2 months, 27 days ago

                                                      Ah sorry yeah you're right. Still think Høgh unused / Helmersen 45 would have been a better sign for a Høgh start, but I'm pretty undecided still about what to do with him

                                                      1. Punned It
                                                          2 months, 27 days ago

                                                          I mean, if you want to rest Høgh but also get an ok start to the league, it's a fair game to rest him rather than the weekend.