The media exploited Eliteseria 2018 – they took so bad

The big surprise team of this year, Ranheim, was sentenced again in the 1st division to the great majority. Adresseavisen and iTromsø were the only media houses that did not download them directly.

But Svein Maalen's crew had skeptics to hold their mouths. The seventh place of the team took advantage of the tips to shame. The good performance of the team allowed the coach to be named coach of the year at the Sunday Football Festival.

Haugesund and Kristiansund finished fourth and fifth, respectively. There were also some who had looked after them. Before the start of the season, neither team was better than the ninth.

Haugesund coach Eirik Horneland and KBK coach Christian Michelsen were nominated for the Svein Maalen prize.

disappointment

The great disappointment, seen from the eyes of the predecessors, was Strømsgodset. Most like the fluvial city team as a possible title challenger. In our overview, none of the tips puts them out of the top three.

But instead of fighting the gold, there was a struggle for survival in the upper division of the country. In June, head coach Tor Ole Skullerud opted to retire. Bjørn Petter Ingebretsen made a temporary comeback before finally getting the job.

"BP" was created for the cup final (played Sunday), but Strømsgodset could not celebrate safe spaces before the end of the final series.

So they missed

We determined the total number of locations per media in their board.

Dagbladet made the most accurate, with "only" 46 bombs in total.

ITromsø was at the opposite. They missed 68 positions in their predictions.

"I'm comfortable with Tromsø correctly placed (10th place, jou.anm.) It's good that Rosenborg and TIL are right, in addition to being one of the two newspapers where Ranheim did not quite down, "said Rune Robertsen, sports editor of iTromsø, who worked with their advice.