Glimpse, Comment | A predicted disaster
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Nidaros: Bodø/Glimt and Molde does not contribute to alleviating the pressure in the Norwegian economy. They may come to learn that it is not worthwhile to use up the “savings”.
Glimpses of success is particularly founded on an efficient and well-rehearsed playing style. It will be an advantage for the club if its managers remember this, even if it is terribly funny to call the account phone these days.
Mold is to a greater extent and buying teams, who year after year have made good investments. They can do it with buying and selling football players. But honestly: 30 million for Veton Berisha?
It’s tempting to be a little sloppy, and I ask Northerners and Roma people to take this with a certain indulgence: Well, both clubs behave as they actually are, but don’t need to see themselves as: Small-town teams. It is somewhat upstart in a way that currently spends money.
In comparison is it a little chieftain-like calm over Rosenborg, represented among others by coach Kjetil Rekdal:
– The notes do not burn in the back pocket.
RBK has similar to Molde just made a big sale, which both clubs naturally had to do, and can sort of afford to “reinvest” the money, like Bodø/Glimt do. Sporting manager Håvard Sakariassen even uses that word. People in Bodø are not happy about money that stays on the books. No, but the people in Bodø know better than most, literally, servants of a club that can see the long financial lines. It was not so long ago that the club was technically bankrupt and fundraising campaigns were organized and Runar Berg played for free.
It is a liberation to hear Rekdal talk about this. He is concerned that the club has players who are coachable and who can keep getting better. He is also clear that the club will not be swayed by individual players who value themselves higher than the club does. Whether he ends up being right or not: this attitude commands respect.
Above all is the expression that he understands what makes a good football team: The collective. Bodø/Glimt have sent several players abroad who they have now bought back – because the club does not have the opportunity to find their good foot and put it together with others, with complementary good feet. This was largely the case with the Rosenborg players in the 90s as well. They functioned collectively, but not nearly as well when they had to compete with their individual skills.
This is exactly what it is which has made Bodø/Glimt so good, and as a consequence of that: The roles are clear, the eleven is fairly clear, and if you are not in it, then you are a challenger. For example, Glimt has brought home the excellent left-back Fredrik Bjørkan. Do they really think they need a challenger to him who comes from Denmark and costs millions of kroner? Or will the Dane and Bjørkan compete for the same place? In that case, it is a partially new practice in Glimt.
It applies first and above all to see the potential in the players you have, let them show you what they can do – and put it together with others who can do something else. Here Bodø/Glimt has been much better than Rosenborg in recent seasons. It may be need that has taught Rosenborg to spin. In that case, it will benefit the club, perhaps already this year.
It certainly is at Rosenborg with this strategy will not end up in financial trouble. But let’s hope for Glimt’s part that they don’t steer towards another bankruptcy.