The politicians in Bodø municipality do not have to worry about population decline. The city’s football pride ensures that on its own with the players they muster ahead of the 2023 season. This is of course a slight exaggeration, but the yellow shirts’ squad right now can anyway be described in one word: Folksom. news’s review shows that the silver winners from last year’s elite series season currently have over 30 players in their stable. And as you know: You can start with a maximum of 11 players each time. – They actually have an eleven behind the first eleven who had asserted themselves at the top of the Eliteserien. There are extremely many good players in backup, says news’s football expert Carl-Erik Torp. This is what the Glimt coverage looks like right now. Photo: Montage news/NTB – Extremely high quality And it’s not just anyone who is on the list of players, here we’re talking about a bunch of meritorious national team players and big profiles evenly across the board. Gultrøyene’s striker Lars-Jørgen Salvesen notices what he describes as “hard competition” in training every day. – The quality of the training routine that is here now, it is probably extremely high compared to many other elite league teams. I probably also think that clubs around Europe are struggling to have the breadth we have now, he says to news. In Spain, where Glimt is charging up for the new season for four straight weeks, they have had over 30 players or more throughout the training camp. Success coach Kjetil Knutsen answers “no” to news’s question whether the club has ever been better equipped for success. – The quality and the number we have now, it is tremendous, he realizes himself, and knows it is a luxury problem. – Plays a high game But the Glimt manager points out that there will not be as many players on contract when the Eliteserien starts in April. Knutsen states that his squad will be shaved down to around 25 players. – 25 is also a high number. How big of a gamble is it if you don’t succeed in Europe then you have quite a few games to offer all these players? – I feel we are gambling very little, but that tells a bit about Glimt’s ambitions, Knutsen replies. Carl-Erik Torp is excited about how Knutsen will handle the situation in 2023. Photo: Terje Pedersen / Terje Pedersen – They are playing a high game, but it seems like a considered and sensible gamble. If they break out early in Europe, they may be able to make some adjustments in this transfer window or the next, says news expert Torp. What the club is doing now, Knutsen believes, is to reap from the experiences they made last year. They then played a total of over 50 matches in Norway and Europe. – We must have tough competition for every position on the team. And we have to deal with different combat situations, we have to deal with different loads, and people have to endure that. That is why we are keen to source the types we think fit in. We work every single day to further develop our culture, says Knutsen. – Got a stamp on us And the plan is crystal clear: Knutsen is building a stable that will be competitive both in Europe and Norway for several years to come. – If you want to be good in this world here, you have to take momentum when you have it, he believes. Patrick Berg is happy about the increased competition. Photo: Egil Sande / news Glimt profile Patrick Berg believes that the many players and the hard fight for minutes is a challenge that the coaching staff simply must solve. Berg believes that last year was instructive and made them realize that you cannot rely on the same players week in and week out. – Never had a better starting point Last year, Glimt received a lot of criticism for not rotating anything particularly in the team, but that has its natural reasons, he believes. – We’ve got a stamp on us that we hardly rotate at all, but I think it’s about whether you haven’t felt confident that you can maintain the level of performance we want if we rotate too much. We need many players who are competitive and can maintain the level we want, we must have players who can really contribute, says Berg to news. And he is, to put it mildly, satisfied with the impact the Glimt stable has ahead of the 2023 season. – Both mentally and football-wise, we have never had a better starting point in Bodø/Glimt’s history, there is no point in hiding that, Berg warns the competitors. – It will be impossible to keep everyone satisfied news expert and former Brann player Carl-Erik Torp believes that you have to go all the way back to when exactly Brann won gold six points ahead of Stabæk in 2007 to find similar coverage in Norwegian football. He thinks Knutsen can quickly have problems keeping the atmosphere up when the season starts and some players are eaten up with just a few minutes on the pitch. – It will be impossible to keep everyone happy, that’s the case in all player groups whether you have 18 or 25 players. The funny thing that can happen here is that they will play 11 against 11 in training, and then there are good players who have to stand on the sidelines and watch. It is not an optimal situation. But for the best, this will be great, Torp believes. Which team will win the Eliteserien 2023? Molde Glimt RBK Another team Show result Had to drop stars in the European squad The many players have also caused headaches when it comes to European games next season. Already on 16 February, Lech Poznan awaits in the first of two playoff matches between the group runners-up from the Serie Liga and the group threes from the Europa League, and the winner gets a place in the Serie Liga play-offs. Since last season, the Aspmyra club has lost a number of players who were registered for European matches, such as goalkeeper Nikita Haikin, Ola Solbakken, Alfons Sampsted, Elias Hagen, Japhet Sery Larsen and Marius Høibråten. In addition, Joel Mvuka is considered gone, although he was immediately loaned back to Glimt from Lorient when the transfer recently went well. Although Glimt has got Mvuka back and has also replaced the missing players with names such as Omar Elabdellaoui, Fredrik Bjørkan, Odin Bjørtuft, Faris Pemi, Jeppe Kjær and Adam Sørensen, Kjetil Knutsen’s problem has been that they can only register three new players for the upcoming European matches. Now Glimt has decided to register Adam Sørensen, Joel Mvuka and Faris Pemi, reports Avisa Nordland. Fredrik Bjørkan, who was injured in the training match against Viborg recently, was replaced by the Danish new signing at the last minute before the registration deadline expired. Such choices must be made by the coaching team at Aspmyra continuously throughout the season. Knutsen believes he must be prepared for the possibility that dissatisfaction may arise among the reserves, who are often referred to the bench. – Now we are in “pre season”, now we get to work in peace and quiet, there is no team selection and that type of thing. But this is part of team play, everything is not always 100 percent, and there are individualists who want to play and compete. We just have to be good at dealing with it when it arises. I’m not worried about that, but we have to keep our eyes open, both for the player group as a whole, but also towards individual players so that things don’t degenerate, says Knutsen. Knowing that he can only select 11 players each time. These are with Glimt til Spain With the exception of Ulrik Saltnes and Sigurd Kvile, who have continued their training in Bodø after their injuries, these have been with the yellow jerseys south: Julian Faye Lund, Magnus Brøndbo, Isak Sjong, Adam Håkonsen (short loan from Rana), Omar Elabdellaoui, Morten Ågnes Konradsen, Odin Bjørtuft, Isak Helstad Amundsen, Brede Moe, Marius Lode, Adam Sørensen, Fredrik André Bjørkan, Brice Wembangomo, Lucas Kubr, Albert Grønbæk, Patrick Berg, Hugo Vetlesen, Gaute Vetti, Ask Tjærandsen-Skau, Fredrik Sjøvold, Sondre Brunstad Fet, Amahl Pellegrino, Lars-Jørgen Salvesen, Jeppe Kjær, Gilbert Koomson, Joel Mvuka, Faris Pemi, Lasse Nordås, Sondre Sørli, Nino Zugelj. Runar Espejord.
ttn-69
Check out the wild Glimt stable – believes Knutsen is running a high game – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcasting schedule
