This is the time to Believe

Då det råder en viss nyhetstorka just nu publicerar vi en gästkrönika. Skribenten Johannes Björklund bor i England och känner att svenskan fått stryka på foten under några år utomlands och har därför valt att skriva på engelska. Men vi ser detta som att vi bidrar till lite folkbildning. Fram med ordboken och håll till godo!

This is the Time to Believe
“Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
Falls drop by drop upon the heart
Until, in our own despair, against our will,
Comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
(Aeschylus)

When we celebrated promotion last year the atmosphere and belief around the club was that the future was bright. We had come through the worst of times and we were on our way back to where we belong. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy nor did we expect our progress to be quick. But slowly and steadily we would develop and return to Allsvenskan stronger and better than we had been for a long time. That’s the feeling I had one year ago and it is a feeling that is ever stronger today, despite this latest setback.

You may think I am crazy but for the first time in a long while I see in OIS an ideology, a road-map to success and that gives me hope for the future. The focus on developing young talents with a philosophy of attacking football, befitting “Lirarnas Lag”, is an ideology I firmly believe in and something I think OIS is trying to implement. If you don’t know the recent history of Southampton F.C. then I suggest you do some reading because their story has certain similarities with ours. In 2009 they went into administration and were relegated to the third tier of English football for the first time in 50 years. The club was sold and the new owners implemented a distinct new philosophy. Their success was to be built on home-grown talents and a philosophy of attacking football. It took the club 3 years to go from League One to the Premiership and while I don’t suggest OIS will be able to match this instant success, I do believe their example provides us with a guide to how we can once again be successful. (I recommend this article by Erik Niva for further reading about Southampton:http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/kronikorer/erikniva/dokument/article17686562.ab?teaser=true).

The response of the club to this latest setback will be crucial to determine any future success. If we get scared and diverge from the new path we have started on, if we focus on cutting costs rather than increasing revenue then the club will once again endure tough times in the near future. This is not the time to be cautious because we ran into a wall. This is not the time to be scared because our failure hurt us.

This is the time to run faster and be braver than ever before.
This is the time to construct a plan around our ideology and then convince old and new sponsors to invest more than ever before.
This is a time to see every day as a new opportunity to raise money and revenue for the club.
This is a time to re-launch Örgryte IS as a club who believes in their young players and who, no matter what the opposition or conditions, play attacking, attractive football.
This is a time to tell the world that IFK, GAIS and Hacken may play in higher divisions but OIS will play the best football and will do so with young, local talents.
This is the time to convince players like Jonas Bjurstrom and Hannes Stiller to join us and be part of something great.
This is the time to encourage all our key players that this latest setback is only a minor blip on our journey back to the top.
And, this is the time for every board member, coach, player and supporter to be brave, proactive and believe in our club.

There is a way to be ambitious and smart at the same time. We do not have to risk our economy by investing in players nor do we have to spend big to facilitate our success. What we need to do is ensure that everyone associated with the club works harder and with more purpose than ever before. The club should encourage every supporter to buy next years kit by designing it to resemble the traditional OIS kit (The correct red colour would be a good start). Every season-ticket holder should be allowed to bring a friend for 40kr. These ideas might be terrible but the point is that every supporter needs to dig in and contribute as much as possible. Let the ideas flow! Friends, comrades, fellow idiots who fell in love with this team, this is not the time to be negative; THIS IS THE TIME TO BELIEVE.

//Johannes


'This is the time to Believe' have 21 comments

  1. 30 november, 2013 @ 13:05 Stewart Donaldson

    Can you please translate Erik Niva’s article? I do not speak swedish and I want to understand.

    Cheers.

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  2. 30 november, 2013 @ 13:32 Bror lars

    Great read! It’s been a while since I read a article which have such a geuine positivity regarding our current situation. At least it made me feel more confident and not as negative towards our current team.

    As you compare Öis with Southamptons recent success i agree in many ways, and we should look at how succesful they’ve been. But the fact that they have one player with routine on every part of the pitch makes them more competitive. And we should aim to add those types of players to our current team.

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  3. 30 november, 2013 @ 14:57 Santa

    Ho, ho, ho…still celebrating the nerflyttning…cheers!!

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  4. 30 november, 2013 @ 19:30 PriMax_ÖIS

    Well spoken! Bjurström and Stiller will not play in ÖIS next year but it shouldn’t be a problem to find players on todays market. I agree on that local youths might be the way forward and why not select a young intelligent supporter into the board. It is a shame that Oskar Ä leaves the club after his impressive marketing in social communities like facebook, twitter, instagram and so on. Why not collect money to a ”renovation” of valhalla or ÖIS-gårdens field so that we supporters can go to an arena worthy of swedens most historic and glorious team.

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  5. 30 november, 2013 @ 20:03 Jean-Pierre

    Bon jour! Je voudrais ecrivez quelquechose en francais de ois…ca va? Bon: ois deveretez seul de joe particulier ensamble de prefirerie si desiree de avancdr sans perder joeur bon comme oscar, edmaan, emiil et tous les outre que peut faire le difference de sanmoier le qalgout de serie 1. Sur bonbon de chevalier ont d’accord plusieur de jouer forrestier a qlickerez le goool por decendre protecter. Quesque vouz pencez de mon ideee?

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  6. 30 november, 2013 @ 23:23 Kommittén för Statssäkerhet

    Jag hoppas ngn inom snar framtid skriver en gästkrönika på rövarspråket eller varför inte klingon?

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    • 1 december, 2013 @ 00:10 Klingon King

      Here is a minor guest krönika in klingon:
      Fu%k off you committe for the security of the fuc&ing state!

  7. 30 november, 2013 @ 23:26 Kommittén för Statssäkerhet

    Rorövovarorsospoproråkoketot blir det va? Rövarspråket alltså…

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  8. 1 december, 2013 @ 11:35 Ataturk

    Merhaba öis! Tamarak usluk behlir besiktas vaslar turmuluk tablir ju kolmticar doborlit geshtyr turkyie? Artikulur turkie ok?

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  9. 1 december, 2013 @ 13:04 Kommittén för Statssäkerhet

    Ни в коем случае не будет преувеличением называние Запада тоталитарным: хоть раз забудьте о Сталине и начните читать Герберта Маркузе, который вдохновил мятежные движения шестидесятых (сегодняшний же униженный и подчиненный студент хочет лишь заново обсудить условия займа со своим вездесущим банком):посредством этого пути оно организовало свои технологические базы — современное промышленное общество склоняется к тому, что оно может быть тоталитарным. Тут ”тоталитарное” означает не только террористическое политическое функционирование общества, но также и не террористическое экономико-техническое функционирование, которое действует посредством манипуляций нуждами законных выгод.

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  10. 1 december, 2013 @ 13:57 Makrillen

    Vi får inte driva för mycket med lönnfete Felix och de övriga ÖIS- nördarna…de saknar självdistans och egna liv…de lever bara för ÖIS… (!?) Snacka om bortkastade liv.

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  11. 1 december, 2013 @ 14:12 Thaksin Shinawatra

    ศูนย์ราชการแจ้งวัฒนะ , บริษัททีโอที , บริษัทกสท. , สำนักงานสืบสวนคดีพิเศษ , กระทรวงพาณิชย์ , กระทรวงการคลัง , สำนักงบประมาณ , กระทรวงมหาดไทย , กระทรวงแรงงาน , กระทรวงต่างประเทศ และกรมประชาสัมพันธ์ โดยทุกที่ดำเนินการ ได้ดำเนินการอย่างสันติไม่มีความรุนแรง สำหรับสื่อมวลชน กปปส.ได้ประสานเจรจาขอความร่วมมือให้ถ่ายทอดสัญญาณการแถลงของ กปปส. ซึ่งสื่อเข้าใจแนวทางของ กปปส. และมวลมหาประชาชนเป็นอย่างดี การดำเนินทั้งหลายสืบเนื่องจากมวลมหาประชาชนต้องขจัดระบบทักษิณ ซึ่งกอบโกย โกงกินประเทศไทย ทำลายนิติรัฐ นิติธรรม ใช้อำนาจมวลชนอันธพาล ข่มขู่ทำร้ายนักศึกษาประชาชนจนเหลือที่ประชาชนจะทนได้อีกต่อไป ที่สำคัญกระทำการเป็นกบฏต่อรัฐธรรมนูญ ไม่รับอำนาจศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ ดังนั้นการไม่ยอมรับอำนาจศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ ก็ถือว่าเป็นการทำลายรัฐธรรมนูญ และหลักการปกครองตามระบอบประชาธิปไตย

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    • 1 december, 2013 @ 17:07 Felix Jonsson

      Varför inte använda ditt hemspråk och vanliga namn ”Gabriel”?

  12. 1 december, 2013 @ 14:16 Big Mama

    Aidha, amesema kuwa vita aliyopo siyo kati ya Chadema na Zitto, bali ni vita ya watu wengi, akitaja magenge ya watu wanaotaka urais 2015 na walioficha fedha nje ya nchi walioungana wakiona tatizo lao ni yeye hivyo kutaka kumwondoa bungeni.
    Akizungumza katika mahojiano maalumu na gazeti hili kwa njia ya simu, Zitto alisema kuwa hadi sasa bado hajapokea tuhuma 11 anazokabiliwa nazo, hivyo hajui makosa hayo na bado anasubiri akabidhiwe kwa maandishi.

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  13. 1 december, 2013 @ 14:17 Öisarn

    Goa gubbar ni är…

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  14. 1 december, 2013 @ 17:01 •••---•••

    •—••-•—••••-•—•••-•••hedman••—-••—•••KC:-(•••-••••—–•-•—•••Felix:-(••••—–••—•

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  15. 2 december, 2013 @ 01:32 Ansgar

    Orgryte!!
    любовь и верность, наши цветами являются красный и синий. Эта страница обо Orgryte и как мы можем в очередной раз взять нас к элите!

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  16. 3 december, 2013 @ 04:40 Greven

    Lurigt det där med språket. Var på jobbresa till Peking en helg för några år sen, när jag kom hem var svenskan som bortblåst. Särringen fick sätta mig i skolbänken och nu är jag något sånär på väg tillbaka.

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    • 3 december, 2013 @ 10:30 Daffy

      Haha, yeah right!


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