Run-in between Moregard and SBTF?

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Truls Möregårdh i jättekonflikt med förbundet (Truls Möregårdh in huge conflict with the association)
https://www.expressen.se/sport/truls-i-jattekonflikt-med--forbundet/

瑞乒协直接卸磨杀驴,小莫被逼签协议,个人赞助收入全上交 (The Swedish Table Tennis Association directly abandoned the donkey after it had done its job. Xiao Mo was forced to sign an agreement and hand over all his personal sponsorship income)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9517863069

瑞乒协要发卖小莫??? (The Swedish Table Tennis Association wants to sell off Xiao Mo???)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9516463860#151718570062l
 
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Truls Möregårdh i jättekonflikt med förbundet (Truls Möregårdh in huge conflict with the association)
https://www.expressen.se/sport/truls-i-jattekonflikt-med--forbundet/

瑞乒协直接卸磨杀驴,小莫被逼签协议,个人赞助收入全上交 (The Swedish Table Tennis Association directly abandoned the donkey after it had done its job. Xiao Mo was forced to sign an agreement and hand over all his personal sponsorship income)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9517863069

瑞乒协要发卖小莫??? (The Swedish Table Tennis Association wants to sell off Xiao Mo???)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9516463860#151718570062l
Lol the Swedish TTA association doing a little "authoritarianism" was not on my cards.
 
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Poor Moregard...

小莫取关了安东 法尔克和k卡 (Xiao Mo unfollows Anton, Falck and K. Karlsson)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9564871587

Drug-related and not related to the run-in per SBTF.

Svenske förbundskaptenen Tobias Bergman avgår med omedelbar verkan (Swedish national team captain Tobias Bergman resigns with immediate effect)
https://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis...nen-tobias-bergman-avgar-med-omedelbar-verkan



托比.贝里曼辞去瑞典国家队主教练一职,瑞乒协称和最近的冲突无关
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9552791998
 
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And the drama continues...

老瓦 老佩给安东 卡尔松 法尔克三人的声明点赞 (Old Waldner, Old Persson liked the statement of Anton, Karlsson and Falck)
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/9568198174
 
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Falck latest IG post has no mentioned of Moregardh. Only Falck, Karlsson and Anton at the end of the post.

It seems strange why Moregardh would unfollow Kallberg, Falck and Karlsson on IG. I understand the conflict with the board but makes no sense on why Moregardh would unfollow these 3 players. Was it due to Falck not mentioning Moregardh at the end of his IG post or something else we don’t know about?
 
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Even his own countrymen have had enough of Moregard's gamesmanship.

Profilernas attack på Truls: ”Det är en konflikt” (The profiles' attack on Truls: "It's a conflict")
https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbla...till-attack-pa-truls-moregardh-ar-en-konflikt
Truls Möregårdh firade stort efter att ha besegrat Anton Källberg.

Nu får den 23-årige pingisstjärnan kraftig kritik av sportmedieprofilerna Lasse Granqvist, Tommy Åström och Jens Fjellström.

– Det var som att de var förbannade på varandra här. Truls var lack på Källberg, så såg det ut. Det är något annat här, säger Lasse Granqvist i gemensamma podcasten Sporthuset.


Truls Möregårdh vann den andra svenska segern någonsin på World Table Tennis-touren.

I första omgången i franska Montpellier besegrade han landslagskollegan Anton Källberg med 3–0 i set.

I podden kritiseras dels det överdrivna firandet av Truls Möregårdh.

Och dels att det skulle finnas en olöst spricka i svenska landslaget.

– Det sticker ut alltså. Han gapade och skrek när han vann någon boll. Han vrålade rakt ut. Det gör dem. De håller på att psyka varandra, men är man landslagskompisar kanske man ska ha en balans i det där. Det var för mycket, säger Lasse Granqvist.

”Gränsfall trampa över”

Jens Fjellström är inne på att Truls Möregårdh använder det som en psykning och försök till mentalt övertag mot flera motståndare.

Beteendet jämförs med tyske tennislegendaren Boris Becker, men samtidigt påpekas att de småländska världsstjärnorna Mats Wilander och Stefan Edberg inte höll på så här mot varandra.

– Det handlar här om för Truls Möregårdh att tänka sig för och hur han väljer att spela sina kort. Jag tycker att det här gränsfall att trampa över. Truls Möregårdh behöver balansera det här bättre, säger Jens Fjellström.

Var inte med på lag-EM

De kommer in på att Truls Möregårdh inte kom till spel på lag-EM i ungerska Budapest i oktober när det uppgavs att han stoppades av en knäskada.

Tommy Åström slår fast att det finns en konflikt med förbundet och att de måste lägga korten på bordet.

Truls Möregårdh fick tidigare inte ha sin bror Malte Möregårdh som tränare.

När Tobias Bergman lämnade som förbundskapten var inte Truls Möregårdh med bland landslagsspelarna som uttryckte sitt stöd på Instagram.

”Osämja med landslaget”

Det kallas för en mardrömssituation av Lasse Granqvist och en konflikt som måste lösas.

Tommy Åström: – Från högsta ort måste man ta tag i det här problemet. För nästa år kommer det ett lag-VM i London. Då ska OS-silvermedaljörerna i lag vara tillsammans där. Då måste Truls Möregårdh vara kompis med Anton Källberg och Kristian Karlsson. De måste få ordning på det här. Nu har de kört någon slags brandsläckning med små försök. Det är inte alls löst. Det är inte löst för fem öre. Det är bara dimridåer. Ingenting är löst.

Tommy Åström: – Det är ingen konkret osämja mellan Truls Möregårdh och Anton Källberg.

Lasse Granqvist: – Det såg ut så.

Tommy Åström: – Jo jag vet, men det är en osämja mellan Truls Möregårdh och landslaget. För han vill inte representera landslaget med de andra under de här omständigheterna, när de inte har löst de här konflikterna som inte bara handlar om tränarfrågan utan också hur man ska matchas. De har huggit på Truls Möregårdh också; ”så där kan man inte göra”.

Sporthuset har tidigare haft med förbundschefen Thomas Buza i podden som sagt att konflikten är löst, men det håller inte alls Tommy Åström med om.

På torsdagseftermiddagen möts världsfemman Truls Möregårdh och 18-rankade Anton Källberg igen i den första omgången av WTT Champions i tyska Frankfurt.
Truls Möregårdh celebrated big after defeating Anton Källberg.

Now the 23-year-old table tennis star is receiving heavy criticism from sports media profiles Lasse Granqvist, Tommy Åström and Jens Fjellström.

– It was like they were mad at each other here. Truls was a match for Källberg, that's how it looked. It's something different here, says Lasse Granqvist in the joint podcast Sporthuset.


Truls Möregårdh won the second Swedish victory ever on the World Table Tennis tour.

In the first round in Montpellier, France, he defeated his national team colleague Anton Källberg 3–0 in sets.

The podcast partly criticizes Truls Möregårdh's exaggerated celebration.

And partly that there would be an unresolved rift in the Swedish national team.

– That stands out. He gaped and screamed when he won a ball. He roared outright. That's what they do. They're trying to psych each other up, but if you're national teammates maybe you should have a balance in that. It was too much, says Lasse Granqvist.

"Crossing the line"

Jens Fjellström is referring to Truls Möregårdh using it as a psych attack and an attempt to gain a mental advantage over several opponents.

The behavior is compared to German tennis legend Boris Becker, but at the same time it is pointed out that the Småland world stars Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg did not do this towards each other.

– This is about Truls Möregårdh thinking about himself and how he chooses to play his cards. I think this is borderline crossing the line. Truls Möregårdh needs to balance this better, says Jens Fjellström.

Did not participate in the European Team Championship

They mention that Truls Möregårdh did not play at the European Team Championship in Budapest, Hungary in October when it was stated that he was stopped by a knee injury.

Tommy Åström states that there is a conflict with the federation and that they must put their cards on the table.

Truls Möregårdh was previously not allowed to have his brother Malte Möregårdh as coach.

When Tobias Bergman left as national team captain, Trul Möregårdh was not among the national team players who expressed their support on Instagram.

"Disagreement with the national team"

It is called a nightmare situation by Lasse Granqvist and a conflict that must be resolved.

Tommy Åström: - This problem must be addressed from the highest level. Because next year there will be a World Team Championship in London. Then the Olympic silver medalists in teams will be together there. Then Truls Möregårdh must be friends with Anton Källberg and Kristian Karlsson. They have to get this sorted out. Now they have tried some kind of firefighting with small attempts. It is not solved at all. It is not solved for five öre. It is just smoke screens. Nothing is solved.

Tommy Åström: – There is no concrete disagreement between Truls Möregårdh and Anton Källberg.

Lasse Granqvist: – It looked like that.

Tommy Åström: – Yes, I know, but there is a disagreement between Truls Möregårdh and the national team. Because he does not want to represent the national team with the others under these circumstances, when they have not resolved these conflicts that are not only about the coaching issue but also how to be matched. They have also attacked Truls Möregårdh; “you can’t do that”.

Sporthuset has previously had federation head Thomas Buza on the podcast say that the conflict is resolved, but Tommy Åström does not agree with that at all.

On Thursday afternoon, world number five Truls Möregårdh and 18th-ranked Anton Källberg will meet again in the first round of the WTT Champions in Frankfurt, Germany.
 
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With 9 days to go before WTTC 2026, the infighting continues...

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Svenska bordtennisförbundet: Förbundskaptenen har aldrig avgått
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With 9 days to go before WTTC 2026, the infighting continues...

Förbundskaptenen säger upp sig – nio dagar innan VM
https://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/forbundskaptenen-sager-upp-sig-nio-dagar-innan-vm
Förbundskaptenen förnekar SVT:s uppgifter: Har inte avgått
https://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/forbundskaptenen-fornekar-svts-uppgifter-har-inte-avgatt
Svenska bordtennisförbundet: Förbundskaptenen har aldrig avgått
https://www.svt.se/sport/bordtennis/svenska-bordtennisforbundet-forbundskaptenen-har-aldrig-avgatt
I wonder if Persson not left would these issues still be happening with team coaches.

I don’t know what Truls is like in real life but since he is rank No 2 as of recently I would give him the benefit of doubt of wanting his brother to coach him instead of Team Sweden coaches as he has won a couple of WTT events with his brother as coach. If he was losing WTT events or not making at least QF’s or later then having his brother as his coach would be questionable.

The only issue I have with Sweden Table Tennis is the restrictiveness when it comes to uniform. Not as bad as China when it comes to when to wear the team uniform but still not as good as Team Germany and Chinese Taipei where they only have to wear the team uniform at World Championships. It’s understandable why Truls might be pissed by that as I’m assuming he has to self-fund everything himself to have his brother coaching him and his sponsors are paying a decent amount if he wears his sponsors uniform but he can’t do that as he has to wear Team Sweden uniform at World Cups, WTT Finals, Smashs and some Champions events.
 
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Persson had his own episode of drama with the players, so he was wise to take a leave. I'm starting to see why Waldner and company didn't coach, on top of the Stiga fallout.

Moregard has been a disappointment and just as bad as his teammates in WTTTC (2024 and 2018) and so should not get his way until he proves otherwise. FWIW, Moregard is like Odo right now, even worse than Ito and Hayata at teamwork.
 
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From what I have gathered, and of course this is info from media, but Truls wants Sweden to pay for Malte coaching him. Truls wants to arrive later to the camp. Truls does not want to share room with anybody else (who wants)? Truls wants to wear his sponsors clothes. Above all - he probably wants everybody to think like him.
 
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Persson had his own episode of drama with the players, so he was wise to take a leave. I'm starting to see why Waldner and company didn't coach, on top of the Stiga fallout.

Moregard has been a disappointment and just as bad as his teammates in WTTTC (2024 and 2018) and so should not get his way until he proves otherwise. FWIW, Moregard is like Odo right now, even worse than Ito and Hayata at teamwork.
Where are the articles on what Ito and Hayata did? You usually dont make such statements without linking to yourself.. I don't remember any reports of national team players or the JTTA having major issues with Ito or Hayata in a systematic way.
 
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Where are the articles on what Ito and Hayata did? You usually dont make such statements without linking to yourself.. I don't remember any reports of national team players or the JTTA having major issues with Ito or Hayata in a systematic way.
Oh, please. As I've repeated stressed, stop wasting my time.

Before Mizutani and Hirano touched on in 5/2025, Hirano Sayaka had already pointed out in 12/2023 the rift among WT members during the selection race for Paris 2024.

When Ito abandoned the WT of Asian Games 2022 after missing out on WS, I already called out the hypocrisy of her love for team events over at MyTT. That's not what a team player does when something doesn't go your way. Hayata showed that she cared about her international results (WR points which have a bearing on Asian Games 2026) more than domestic results (T.League 2025-2026) despite taking over the team captain from Mori Sakura yet had the audacity to talk about what the team should be when she was absent for most of the regular season. She'd better not signed up like Ito. Her apology, in which she admitted her absence, was so bland in comparison to Nagasaki's celebration.

「仲良しグループ的な感じはなかった」銀メダリスト・平野早矢香が語る“卓球女子団体”チームワークの舞台裏「本番より代表選考の方がキツい」 ("There wasn't a close-knit group feel to it," says silver medalist Hirano Sayaka, discussing the behind-the-scenes teamwork of the women's table tennis team. "The selection process for the national team was tougher than the actual competition.")
https://number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/859730
あのロンドン五輪も「仲良しグループ的な感じはなかった」

平野さんは石川佳純さん、福原愛さんと3人でチームを組んだロンドン五輪の女子団体で、日本勢として史上初のメダルとなる銀メダルを獲得した。現在の卓球界の隆盛の第一歩だ。

――3人で力を合わせて戦った経験から、メダルを取るには何が大事だったと言えるでしょうか。

平野 今の選手たちもおそらく同じだと思うんですけど、卓球は個人種目なので、日頃からみんなで集まって練習しているわけではなく、選手それぞれが母体を持っていて、そこで強化をしていることが多いのです。それに個人戦であれば対戦することもあるので、いつも一緒にいる仲良しグループ的な感じはなく、ある意味みんながライバルです。

早田ひな、25歳の主将が語る“チームの在り方”「先輩方が築き上げたもの」 紆余曲折の2025年は「前に進むために必要な時間」【Tリーグ】 (Hayata Hina, 25, captain, talks about "what the team should be": "It's something our seniors built." She sees the turbulent year of 2025 as "a necessary time to move forward." [T.League])
https://spread-sports.jp/archives/372675
 
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Oh, please. As I've repeated stressed, stop wasting my time.

Before Mizutani and Hirano touched on in 5/2025, Hirano Sayaka had already pointed out in 12/2023 the rift among WT members during the selection race for Paris 2024.

When Ito abandoned the WT of Asian Games 2022 after missing out on WS, I already called out the hypocrisy of her love for team events over at MyTT. That's not what a team player does when something doesn't go your way. Hayata showed that she cared about her international results (WR points which have a bearing on Asian Games 2026) more than domestic results (T.League 2025-2026) despite taking over the team captain from Mori Sakura yet had the audacity to talk about what the team should be when she was absent for most of the regular season. She'd better not signed up like Ito. Her apology, in which she admitted her absence, was so bland in comparison to Nagasaki's celebration.

「仲良しグループ的な感じはなかった」銀メダリスト・平野早矢香が語る“卓球女子団体”チームワークの舞台裏「本番より代表選考の方がキツい」 ("There wasn't a close-knit group feel to it," says silver medalist Hirano Sayaka, discussing the behind-the-scenes teamwork of the women's table tennis team. "The selection process for the national team was tougher than the actual competition.")
https://number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/859730


早田ひな、25歳の主将が語る“チームの在り方”「先輩方が築き上げたもの」 紆余曲折の2025年は「前に進むために必要な時間」【Tリーグ】 (Hayata Hina, 25, captain, talks about "what the team should be": "It's something our seniors built." She sees the turbulent year of 2025 as "a necessary time to move forward." [T.League])
https://spread-sports.jp/archives/372675
You waste more than enough of it. Others can read what you wrote and see whether your comparison of Ito and Hayata to the situation with Moregardh has any merit (a world in which two players are one is a weird one). In fact, if Sweden had more players performing at the level of Moregardh, a lot of these issues would rapidly go away. Teams go through problems all the time, the good thing is that in addition to good players, Japan has no players who are so far ahead of the rest of the team that their playing or not would totally imbalance the team's performance in most events.
 
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You waste more than enough of it. Others can read what you wrote and see whether your comparison of Ito and Hayata to the situation with Moregardh has any merit (a world in which two players are one is a weird one). In fact, if Sweden had more players performing at the level of Moregardh, a lot of these issues would rapidly go away. Teams go through problems all the time, the good thing is that in addition to good players, Japan has no players who are so far ahead of the rest of the team that their playing or not would totally imbalance the team's performance in most events.
Well, without Harimoto and Sora I don't think they would have a shot to any medal. With them they now have a very credible shot to medals of any color. They are solid top 10 players, whilst the others are not really close in base level. But maybe you are talking of the women?
 
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