Kenneth Dokken has been fired at Odd – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio

– This is about the results and relegation. It’s about us having to change in order to be able to turn the tide after relegation, says general manager of Odd, Einar Håndlykken to news. Einar Håndlykken is the general manager of Odd. Photo: Hans Philip Hofgaard / news The board will therefore use its right under the employment agreement with Kenneth Dokken to ask him to resign his position as head coach, the club writes on its website. news has been in contact with Kenneth Dokken, but he says that he cannot comment at this time. – I can’t say anything about it now. It is not the right time, he says. Odd moved down from the Eliteserien on Sunday after 15 years in the top division. Only won five games – Kenneth is a brilliant and hard-working guy who we have been very happy with this year. But the club needs to make changes so that their stay in the 1st division will be as short as possible. Dokken took over as head coach in the Skiens club ahead of this year’s season. He then replaced Pål Arne “Paco” Johansen, who resigned to continue his career in Swedish football. Odd won only five games in the series under Dokken. They showed completely different faces when Kenneth Dokken was hired as head coach in January this year. Photo: Robert Hansen / news Need someone who can get results Dokken resigns with immediate effect. Knut Rønningen will lead the team in the last two games of the elite series. Odd meets Bodø/Glimt at home and Haugesund away. These results can have a direct impact both on who takes gold and which team has to qualify. Einar Håndlykken is clear on what the team needs in a new coach. – We need a good coach who is good with the players, and who can develop players that we are very keen on in Odd. And he is not least concerned that the skiing club should get back into the elite series. – And we must have someone who can give us the results out on the field that we need to get back to the top of Norwegian football, where we belong. Must evaluate thoroughly Håndlykken says they have the recipe for how to get back into the Eliteserien again. – We are now in the middle of an evaluation process. The first measure is what we have done today. We will also evaluate the entire club and our sporting work. Then we hope to come up with measures and a new strategy that will point out our new course. Odd is at the very bottom of the table with 23 points with two rounds remaining. Published 13.11.2024, at 19.15 Updated 13.11.2024, at 20.32



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