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Johan Elmander - Breaking news
Hello, my name is Johan and I have my dance band here
I have started the psychological warfare against Johan Elmander, and I sent a few SMS messages to him to air the mood. There he had the nerve to say that they would win 8-0 against us?!? Against us? ha ha, isn’t he gonna play I wonder! 
No, my dear Johan, on Sunday there will be a whole lot of butt kicking, and you and I will play the lead roles. Period! But Johan is a really nice guy, and he invited me to a christmas dinner. But is he really so nice that everybody says? No, I’m not so sure, I think he is a real clever guy, so I said NO to the dinner out off fear of food poisoning. A Swede has never managed to out smart a Norwegian, and we will not start now either. But there is a little trap he could made use of, and that is that I’m lappish too, and he could have used that to his advantage. But vigilant as I am I saw that coming.
But what do we really know about this Elmander guy?
- He has 13 goals for Sweden, and that calls for great respect! (Although it is ONE goal less than what I have for Norway, and I’m a midfielder! Of course he has just over 50 games, and I have a little over 60. But hey, details smetailes.)
- He was voted Sweden’s best dressed man in 2008. Oh really? Let us hear what his teammates say. Quote Steinsson: his fashion sense is terrible! (True story)
- And I found this in a Swedish magazine: Your dribbling skills is kicking tha ball on one side of the defender and run on the other side!
- Yes, it’s probably my signature trick… but it works since I’m fast and strong.
Are you working on your beach muscles?
- Well, I need to be strong in my whole body so I can keep the oponents on a distance. With that I might get some beach muscles…
How much do you bench?
- Close to 100 kilos I reacon.
And on sunday we will see how the beach boy and his muscles do.. 
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Don’t embarrass poor Johan too badly on Sunday, Morten. He may not invite you back for another Christmas dinner
“A Swede has never managed to out smart a Norwegian” - I have never laughed so much to the point where It was actually hurting.
hahaha well played morten, try not to rough him up to bad, hes in my fantasy league team. rovers to win 2 - 0!
hilarious…!! Just, “ganbatte” for your Sunday match!!
Haha i can’t wait hopefully you will score morten
Thanks for posting the insightful video of Bolton traveling to Blackburn on game-day. Those suits looked more like Leeds kits, but whatever it takes to get them psyched for the match, I guess. Their pre-game is a bit odd, but so is their football. Good luck on Sunday, Morton!! All of your fans in Chicago will be listening on RadioRovers to hear you drive in your freekicks, and hopefully score a stunner from open-play. Blackburn alive!!!
Hi, Morton, I have a somewhat serious question, and I doubt you can answer it, but if you can, I am very curious: I saw a Premier League World segment a while back on Jason Roberts concerning his philanthropic endeavors, and while it portrayed a brilliant side of a true professional, as well as an extremely compassionate man, I saw a different side of him with his goal “celebration” against Newcastle. He was pushing you all aside and obviously trying to make a point to Sam that he was upset with his lack of appearances as of late. I know it must be a touchy subject, but can you shed any light on it? I really respect him as a person [solely based on what I have seen in the media, of course] but I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, as there is often much more than we are privy to. As a fan, you always hope for the representatives of Blackburn to be the most upstanding of people, but that is up to what we believe in as individuals. Was that “celebration” cause for concern in your eyes for one of your close teammates? I respect the situation, if you cannot answer, but it would be wonderful to get a response on the subject, as it is difficult to get any word on these issues when you live in the midwest of the United States!! I hate to pry, but I really want Jason to stay with Rovers, and seeing something like that along with some of the stories in the press make me think his time in Lancashire is short. Thank you for this blog and for the chance for your loving fans to access you through a personal portal, Mr. Pedersen. And thank you so much for committing to Rovers for a what could be 10 years!! You were right to say that few stay with one club these days, and Blackburn fans couldn’t be blessed with a better person than you to share those years with!!!
Hei Morten,
i stedet for å flagge Huseklepp til Blackburn, kan du ikke tipse dem om Harmeet Singh? De må jo ha kjennskap til ham fra før.. Minner dessuten de indiske eierne om at han er det nærmeste de kommer en indisk stjernespiller..
Lykke til mot Bolton, vi går for tre poeng.
Hey Daniel. Jason is a fantastic person and I hope that he will stay in the club as long as I’m here. He is one of the nicest persons I’ver ever met, and his celebration at Newcastle is no topic at all in the club. Actually I haven’t thought about it until you mentioned it, and I don’t think he was making any point to Big Sam. But of course, if you are as good a player as Jason and you don’t play, your obviously not happy with the situation, but Jason is a true professional and does the only thing that helps against few appearances, and that is to work harder and better than everybody else. He has, and now he is playing, scoring and giving assists and contributing to the teams climbing on the table. And I love it, because I really like playing with him. I hope that gave you somewhat answer to your question?
Hei Eirik, ja det hadde vært utrolig morsomt å fått Harmeet hit, sammen med Husekleppen! Og vi har et veldig godt nettverk som ser på spillere som gjør det bra og som kan hjelpe oss. Og i den forbindelse vil jeg sterkt anta at Harmeet er en spiller som er i radaren. Og sannsyligvis ikke bare hos oss, men hos mange klubber rundt i Europa, for Harmeet er en kvalitetsspiller og det vil overraske meg veldig hvis ikke han havner i en større liga. Og jeg vil gjerne ha han hit!
Morten
Thanks a bunch for the response, Morton! That is exactly what I was hoping to hear too, and I very much appreciate the response - Its not everyday a fan gets to interact with one of his sports heroes like this. Good luck at Bolton today!! Hopefully you, and Jason, can get on the board!!
Watching the Bolton match on tv. 30 mins in and you put Elmander on his back in a challenge…the beach muscles did nothing for him!! Come on the rovers
hahaha this post made me laugh a lot
, it’s cool to know that you have a friendship with football players that aren’t in your team because that says a lot of you as person 