SOLLIED

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Hello everybody

I am a supporter from Club Brugge from Belgium.

What did you heard about Trond Sollied ? Can you answer me in English because i don't understand Norwegian.

We have heard here in Belgium that Trond, when your team is playing in Eindhoven (2 november) going to talk with your manager. Is there some more news from your newspapers ?

Greets from a Belgian friend

[2mas]

[haavarl]

But on a side note - it is no secret that Sollied is the first choice for new manager among both the fans, the players and the rest.

Still, it doesn't seem likely that he'll come "home" just yet.

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Today he say in the newspapers, when I will i go to Rosenborg.

Sollied : Money is no problem for Rosenborg. Rosenborg can buy my contract with Club Brugge. When i will leave Bruges, I leave. But now i dont want to go away

He will only a) national coach of Norway or b) go back to Rosenborg

[Club Brugge K.V.]

What does it mean on your forum : Trond Sollied blir Trener ?

[haavarl]

It means: "Trond Sollied is our new coach" [word by word: "becomes coach"], but it isn't accurate. The poster quoted it from a radio program; it has no factual value.

Rosenborg will have talks with Sollied after our match against PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday. Noone really believes that he'll come "home" now; he'll stay in Brugge until he leaves for a bigger European club. Maybe he'll return to Norway in 10-15 years.

Still, our club administration seems to feel that there is some hope; and Sollied hasn't said that they don't have to come and talk with him, so I guess there exists a small chance ...

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Congratulations with your title. It was very close i have heard. Now a new trainer named Sollied en you are out the problems

[Club Brugge K.V.]

I read on your forum a new thread about Trond Sollied. Can give someone a translation that we can follow also

Thank you very much

[langtind]

In my last post in the norwegian part of this forum, I posted some links to two articles in the newspaper.

VG told that Sollied had rejected the offer from RBK. Adressa told that nothing was sure...

In other words, nothing is clear...

Arild

PS! Sorry for my bad english, but I hope you understand...

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Thank you very much. When you know something more you post it here

[oyvindh]

According to different media he is saying one or more of the following:
- I will not be Rosenborgs coach from the 1st of January
- I will not leave Club Brugge in the middle of this season
- ...but I do not want to close any doors

I don't think it will happen, but the next few days will probably give us the answers.


Something completely different: How does the Brugge fans feel about Sollied in general?

[slick]

He is contested. After 5 years people know him 100%. We always know when (and whom) he will change a player. It has become dull according to some.

Also a few more technical players like Blondel and Stoica don't leave the bench, which is also not so popular. Not with the fans and not with our new technical director Marc Degryse.

But his results could hardly get better. And I still love his style of play, so he has my support.

But the recent failures in Europe (loss against Dnjepropetrovsk and Sjakthor Donetsk) have put even more pressure on his position.

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Something completely different: How does the Brugge fans feel about Sollied in general?[/quote]

On this moment some fans love him and others don't. Sometimes he is to obstinate. He wan't change his system (4-3-3) when it is nesseceary (like the games in Ukrain, when 0-0 is a great result). That is the greatest problem with Trond.
The fans know the little problems but he let it be. And always he let play Rune Lange. How good or bad, no problem for him. He play

[oyvindh]

Thanks for the answers, interesting read. Sollied used to be more populear, didn't he? I assume poor results in international maches is among the things that have made the opinion change its mind.

Do people feel that Rune Lange gets to play all the time just because he comes from the same country as Sollied? Silly question I suppose, you don't have to be Italian to suggest such a thing.

[slick]

No, most think that Rune Lange always plays because of Sollieds preference for physical play. Shorter, more technical players get overlooked.

[haavarl]

The Sollied case, as described by rbkweb.com.

[Club Brugge K.V.]

Trond Sollied is one of the possiblities to take the manager job at Tottenham. Do you know there something more about that ?

[VerneTroyer]

a far as I know, dutch asistant manager Martin Jol was supposed to take controll temporealy untill a new manager was in place. But the players wanted Jol on a permanent basis, and they seem to have gotten their will.
So Trond will, at least for now, stay with Brugge.
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[2mas]

Again Sollied is wanted back, but this time things seem to go Rosenborg's way:

"My situation is clear: I have a contract with Gent. Shall I break it, I have to be bought out, and everything is possible in football," Sollied says.

Read more: Sollied returns to Lerkendal?

UEFA's magazine "Champions" nominated Sollied as one of the top ten European coaches after his Greek double with Olympiakos in 05/06:

1) José Mourinho, Chelsea
2) Felix Magath, Bayern München
3) Henk ten Cate, Ajax
4) Gordon Strachan, Celtic
5) Frank Rijkaard, Barcelona
6) Arsène Wenger, Arsenal
7) Paulo Bento, Sporting Club
8) Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United
9) Trond Sollied, Olympiakos
10) Cesare Prandelli, Fiorentina.

The motivation was:

"His talented, organized coaching style has opened a sea of difference between his team and other Greek sides."

Read more: Sollied in European elite

I actually think Norwegian newspapers are more updated than the Belgian ones in this matter, but please update us if you find something interesting, Gerrit!

[2mas]

Rosenborg sports director Knut Torbjørn Eggen is going to Gent.

"I can't say anything about when, why or how. That would be very unprofessional of me. We must now deal with his formally being Gent trainer, and that he is under contract. And before anything else happens, we have to do something about that formality," Eggen says.

Read more: Rosenborg hunt Sollied

[Engelsk]

Sollied? pft, get Mourinho...
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[Gerrit]

I am probably amongst a minority but I would rather not have Sollied at Lerkendal. I don't trust him. I follow the Belgian football for over 15 years and Sollied is one of those coaches who signs a contract then to break it as soon as another offer comes along. He did it with Ghent (going to Bruges), he did it with Bruges (going to Greece) and considers doing it again to Ghent now. If he signs for RBK he may leave us as well on a bad moment. I don't trust him, even if he is a good coach. I would rather have Eggen back.
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Rosenborg, forever pride of the North!

[robbie]

you are right about sollieds reputation but remember that sollied played eight years in the rosenborg defence. he is one of us.
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[Gerrit]

Eggen is definitely one of us as well, but with him I would feel confident he will serve the duration of his entire contract. With Sollied I would feel unsure about it. After the troubles of the last seasons we need a stable coach that can build long-term on a squad. I would love to get Eggen back, if he would want it himself.
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