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Joe Bell (Viking FK | Norway)

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22 Apr 00:08
Bell full game in a 1-1 draw. D'Agostino with Viking's goal.

Aussies - Aggers a full game, and Yazbek off at 70 mins
Stensness continues his comeback with 20 mins off the bench.

Bell needs some Kiwi company. Ben Old?
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22 Apr 05:53
Good to see Bell making a comeback. Gives you hope for guys like Singh. Just find a club where you click and it flows from there.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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29 Apr 12:50 · edited 01 May 02:48 · History
Viking won their cup game 4-3 against Torvastad.

They also had a 3-3 draw with Odd (8th) in the league. Viking 10th. Bell full game & another assist (Viking's 2nd goal). Aussies - Aggers & Yazbek started. Stensness off the pine.

https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/04/28/norway/eliteserien/odd-grenland-ballklubb/viking-fotballklubb/4286629/



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01 May 20:55
Viking won 4-0
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01 May 20:55
4-0 win to Viking FK. Unsure if Bell played.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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01 May 23:17
Bell off at 78 mins (3-0).
Full game Stensness as he continues his injury comeback. Yazbek on at 68 mins (2-0). No Aggers
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02 May 04:36
Has the story of the Viking goal keeper who made the goal smaller come up? Weird story, if true!


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05 May 22:49
Full game Bell in a 2-1 win. Late 95th min winner for Viking.

Stensness on at HT (0-0), and Yazbek got 71 mins (1-1). No Aggers
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08 May 23:47 · edited 08 May 23:50 · History
Someone in Norway likes Joe Bell.

Unfortuntely overnight Viking are knocked out of the Cup losing 4-2 at 2nd tier Levanager, in ET. Round of 16 tie. Was 2-2 end of NT.

Bell & Stensness 120 mins. Yazbek on at 54 mins (Viking down 2-1). No Aggers.
Bell the assist for Viking's 2nd goal.

Viking with 2 players sent off late on, at 110 & 120 mins. Already down 4-2 by then. Stensness the 2nd guy who got his marching orders (2nd yellow)

https://www.flashscore.com/match/xM3Hxtpn/#/match-summary/lineups

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12 May 23:41
Bell full game a in a 1-0 win.
Aussies - Yazbek off at HT (0-0) & D'Agostino on at 80 mins (1-0). No Stensness.

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17 May 00:43 · edited 17 May 00:44 · History
Bad day at the office for Viking, as they get thumped 1-4 at home by Lillestrom.

Bell a full game, with Stensness getting his first start since his injury return, at CB. 
Stensness (88 mins) & both full backs were dragged off before the final whistle. 

Yazbek an unused sub, and Aggers on at HT, when Viking were already down 0-3.

Viking seem to like a good ANZAC ALM signing. Could be a good 1st European destination for someone like Ben Old. One summer league to another.

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20 May 21:22 · edited 20 May 21:26 · History
The ANZACs all start in a 3-0 win.

Full games Bell, Stensness and Aggers. Yazbek off at 56 mins

Bell an assist for the 3rd goal
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20 May 22:31 · edited 21 May 09:31 · History
coochiee
The ANZACs all start in a 3-0 win.

Full games Bell, Stensness and Aggers. Yazbek off at 56 mins

Bell an assist for the 3rd goal

https://highlights.eliteserien.no/playlist/as9i1goidgl6p

Defence splitting pass for that assist.

Keeps up his excellent form to start the season - We've got the 2021 Joe Bell back in action!

With an xA/90 (expected assist per 90) value after 9 games sitting at 0.30/90 minutes is also excellent areas too. For reference a value of 0.20 is good, 0.30 is excellent, 0.40+ is pretty much top of the pops (all league relative of course).
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26 May 21:00
3-0 win for Viking. Full game for Bell and got an assist too.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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26 May 23:59 · edited 27 May 00:29 · History
The goal itself a bit more impressive than Bell's assist. But he's having an impressive start to this Norwegian season. Viking up to 5th

Full game Stensness (at CB), and 73 mins Aggers. No Yazbek.

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27 May 00:28
Absolute bullet. I didn't think he was going to land that second flip.
You cant just pick and choose which laws to follow. Sure Id like to tape a baseball game without the express written consent of major league baseball, but thats just not the way it works.-Hank Hill
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28 May 23:37
Niche Cache.

Four assists already from deep in the midfield. There are a bunch of other blokes with four assists across the league but the only player with more is Bell’s own teammate Zlatko Tripic (six).
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02 Jun 21:43 · edited 03 Jun 00:30 · History
Bell a full game in a 2-2 draw
Viking’s goals both oggies 

Aussies - full game Stensness. Aggers off at 80 mins & Yazbek off at 71 mins.
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03 Jun 00:31
Mid summer break now in Norway. League resumes again 30th June.

Given his strong start to the season I wonder if any UK clubs will be looking at Bell again (UK passport). Des's promoted Oxford one obvious candidate.
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04 Jun 12:49
Tuiloma his French. Singh with his German. Thomas with his Dutch. Libby with his Italian. Stamenic his Serbian. Now Bell with his Norwegian.

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04 Jun 12:52
coochiee
Tuiloma his French. Singh with his German. Thomas with his Dutch. Libby with his Italian. Stamenic his Serbian. Now Bell with his Norwegian.


That is one happy Joe Bell. Fantastic to see! 


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05 Jun 05:05
martinb
coochiee
Tuiloma his French. Singh with his German. Thomas with his Dutch. Libby with his Italian. Stamenic his Serbian. Now Bell with his Norwegian.


That is one happy Joe Bell. Fantastic to see! 
I think I might be able to decipher a bit of what he said - based on Danish/Swedish (can't understand the interviewer though).

He mentions there were some nice goals by Simon and [Sondre] Auklend. Then he jokes that he doesn't really deserve an assist for the goal [the one from deep last week] after the interviewer said he got one. 

Then he mentions that they are missing/dropped [mangler is literally 'missing'] a few points they have deserved but also have got some points they didn't deserve.

He mentions the important match vs Molde next weekend [at the time, it was the 2-2 draw]. Wanting to finish the first ten matches on a high point, but that they are a very good team and they have to focus. They have a long time and some good training so he hopes it will go well.

He then gets asked his plans for the holiday [no mention of national team or anything]. He said he's going down with his friends to Mandal, on the southern tip of Norway as someone [couldn't get who] said it looks nice. So he is hoping for sun there.

I'm sure I got a bit wrong, but it's similar enough to recognise stuff. It is cool to see him comfortable på norsk, the time in Denmark wouldn't have harmed his grasp too much by the looks. Think of Danish as the Scandinavian equivalent of someone with a really strong Scottish accent, the subtitles are necessary (the pronunciation of Superliga side/town Hvidovre, for example, is just brutal) but written isn't too far from Norwegian (bokmål specifically, they have a lot of dialects).
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05 Jun 06:42
Viking's next league game is 30th June, around same date as the Nations Cup final. Viking with a friendly a week prior. So it's probaly as simple as the dates just couldn't work for Bell & Bazeley, re getting him too & from Vanuatu.

Still he has a UK passport, looks like he's playing well, now has an ex U20 coach in The Championship, plus it seems likely a couple of AWs team mates (Waine & Stamenic) in that league next season. He will being looked at by some clubs for sure. Plus Viking a bit like the Nix are a 'selling club'. Transfer fee income is part of their model.

However after his unsuccessful stint in Denmark, Bell being the smart lad he is, will take his time to make sure any potential suitor is a good fit. But we all hope he can at a higher level than Norway.
  
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30 Jun 23:48
Bell a full game in a 4-2 win. 

Aussies - Stensness a full game, Aggers off at 66 mins (2-1 Viking), and Yazbek brought on at 78 mins (3-1)
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07 Jul 23:28
Bell full game in a 2-1 win. Two late goals for Viking to get the win, 81 & 85 mins.
Viking up to 4th, with 4W & D in their last 5 games.

Aussies - Stensness a full game, Yazbek off at 68 mins (1-0 KFUM). No Aggers
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09 Jul 11:41
From Flying Kiwis. He's playing well in Norway.

Viking now sit comfortably in fourth with games in hand that could now send them as high as second after Brann were thrashed 5-1 by Bodø/Glimt (after getting a tenth minute red card). Like most of them, Bell was off the pace in the first half but then more than made up for that with an excellent second forty-five.

Overall he completed 71/88 passes, won three tackles, was fouled three times, and had more touches of the football than any other player on the pitch. 

Might just mention that former-NZ representative Gianni Stensness had a very good game at centre-back too.
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13 Jul 06:17
I think it’s Daggers Coochie, because of D’Agostino…


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13 Jul 22:36 · edited 13 Jul 23:18 · History
Bell full game and a yellow in a 2-0 win.

Aussies - Stensness a full game, Yazbek off at 87 mins (2-0), Daggers an unused sub

Viking in 4th on GD (a Euro spot) 5 pts clear of 5th spot now. They are right in the title race, having played 1-2 games less than the teams above including 1st placed hipsters Bodø / Glimt.

Bodø / Glimt (15 games, 33 pts), Brann (16 games, 29 pts), Molde (15 games, 28 pts), Viking (14 games,  28 pts).

So yes a generous call by Viking to release Bell for the Olympics. Looks like he will miss the next 2 league games, but likely back for their game on 5th August.
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