Nine games, only two wins, nine points and 11th place in the Eliteserien. That is the status of the Trønder club as summer knocks on the door. With the loss to Brann on Monday evening, the speculation surrounding Kjetil Rekdal’s future has not diminished. On Wednesday, the coaching team has been summoned to the club’s board meeting. Former Rosenborg coach Per Joar “Perry” Hansen himself came under heavy pressure in Trondheim during two periods. – Nobody is happy in Rosenborg right now. Not the fans, and not Rekdal either, says Hansen to news. REKDAL DEFENDER: Per Joar Hansen. Photo: NTB Asks the board to look at itself Perry was Rosenborg’s coach from 2004-2005, and was given another term from 2012-2014. After several months of poor results and internal unrest, the RBK board justified the dismissal in 2014 with a lack of sporting development. Perry believes it will be far too easy to place all the blame on Rekdal. He highlights the many coaching changes since the beginning of the 2000s, and that it is far more difficult today to retain players over time. The former RBK coach believes the club must look inwards – and not just at the coach – to see what questions they ask when hiring a head coach. – What is the club’s strategy? How does the club want to appear? What type of football do we want to play? There should be a common thread all the way from the A team down to the 14-15 year olds in RBK, then you have to hire coaches based on that philosophy. In that way, Kjetil has probably only done the job he came for, says Perry, who points out that it is the board that has chosen the direction. – So then they (the board) have to look inward at themselves, and look at the decisions they have made. The sporting management also has a responsibility for player logistics, scouting, and making arrangements for Kjetil to get the types of players he wants, and with the quality you must have to fight at the top of the Eliteserien. On Tuesday, news was in contact with RBK’s chairman Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen, who replaced Ivar Koteng a year ago – and after the appointment of Rekdal. Johnsen states that she wants to hold the board meeting on Wednesday before anyone from the board makes a statement to the press. Missing development Just a few hours after the loss to Brann, the supporter group Kjernen moved out and wanted Rekdal removed as head coach. The Kjernen board does not believe that the current coaching staff can reverse the trend. – We at Kjernen believe that the time for the coaching team is over. It is about not seeing a plan, no ambition, no idea of how to appear. Then you appear as a club without an identity, and that is problematic, says Kjernen leader Bjørn Skar to news. – It is because you have not established a basic game or an attacking pattern after one and a half years. Then you have to strive to find someone who can find the way for it, he adds. Skar emphasizes that the RBK board is better suited than him to make such decisions. But the Kjernen board are clear about what they mean. – We go to the games to stop other people’s games, instead of playing our own. The players must also take their share of the blame, but it appears as a team with no confidence at all. Then again, you can ask questions about who is responsible for giving the players the spark and mentality they need, says Skar. news has not been able to get a comment from Rekdal. Press manager Jørgen Stenseth states that players and coaches have Tuesday off. After the Brann match, Rekdal replied as follows when asked if he felt pressured: – Yes, it’s no fun losing matches. The only way out of it is to get better and develop. Today we get to show some good things, but we have to show more good things for 90 minutes. Former RBK hero and long-time football expert Jahn Ivar “Mini” Jakobsen believes that the problems primarily lie forward in the pitch. – I think the purchases Rosenborg has made in attack have been too bad, and they are not up to par. You can easily say that it is a purchase for the future, but that does not hold in Rosenborg. In Rosenborg, you must win today, not tomorrow, says Jakobsen. However, he is convinced that Rekdal will get more time. The former RBK player is critical of Kjernen moving out as they did on Monday night. FORMER RBK PLAYER: Jahn Ivar “Mini” Jakobsen. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB He points out that it is not the supporters’ group that decides who is the coach in Rosenborg. – It is no solution that Kjetil Rekdal leaves today. I don’t see that there are any other good coaching solutions on the stairs, but it’s starting to burn a little under his feet. They have several important games now with HamKam, Stabæk and Sarpsborg 08, which are the teams we will basically beat. So we’ll count up after those games and see where we stand then, says Jakobsen. Perry, who has experienced both resigning and being fired at Rosenborg, believes the pressure is enormous. – You cannot compare the pressure you have as a Rosenborg coach with anything else in Norwegian football. You have to win games, but you also have to win in a special way, says Perry. After Wednesday’s board meeting, there will be a new challenge already on Thursday. Then the 2nd division team Stjørdals-Blink awaits in the 2nd round of the cup.
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