Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Mats Moller Daehli and Joe Inge Bernet,
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 10:12 am
The Norwegian nightmare
By Glen Williams
Thursday 21st May 2020
Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Mats Moller Daehli and Joe Inge Bernet, three names that make many City fans shudder even to this day.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign as Cardiff City boss is considered a disaster by all who witnessed it. His tactics, squad rotation and, above all else, his transfers were enough to leave you bald from head scratching.
The Norwegian trio, all of whom had been at Solskjaer's previous club Molde, were unmitigated disasters.
Eikrem was once named in a Manchester United Champions League squad, bizarrely, but he was more poodle than Wolff while at the Bluebirds. He lasted from January to December, making only six league appearances before Russell Slade terminated his contract.
Bernet got one start in the FA Cup in an defeat at Wigan in February 2014 and came off the bench for 10 minutes in his only taste of Premier League action, a humiliating 4-0 home defeat at the hands of Hull a week later.
Daehli was the pick of the bunch, especially under Solskjaer, but was barely used when Slade came in and he was quickly shipped off to Freiburg in Germany the following January.
By Glen Williams
Thursday 21st May 2020
Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Mats Moller Daehli and Joe Inge Bernet, three names that make many City fans shudder even to this day.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign as Cardiff City boss is considered a disaster by all who witnessed it. His tactics, squad rotation and, above all else, his transfers were enough to leave you bald from head scratching.
The Norwegian trio, all of whom had been at Solskjaer's previous club Molde, were unmitigated disasters.
Eikrem was once named in a Manchester United Champions League squad, bizarrely, but he was more poodle than Wolff while at the Bluebirds. He lasted from January to December, making only six league appearances before Russell Slade terminated his contract.
Bernet got one start in the FA Cup in an defeat at Wigan in February 2014 and came off the bench for 10 minutes in his only taste of Premier League action, a humiliating 4-0 home defeat at the hands of Hull a week later.
Daehli was the pick of the bunch, especially under Solskjaer, but was barely used when Slade came in and he was quickly shipped off to Freiburg in Germany the following January.