The Bodo/Glimt Courier
Squad31 Jan 2028
A row about effort at Bodo/Glimt
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Patrick Berg was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Ola Brynhildsen has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bodo/Glimt will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Isak Aron Sjong
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market31 Jan 2028
Odin Bjørtuft linked with a move away
The name of Odin Bjørtuft keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Bodo/Glimt say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
The manager makes Magnus Bech Riisnæs a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Bodo/Glimt. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad31 Jan 2028
The penny has dropped for Magnus Bech Riisnæs
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at Bodo/Glimt the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
In brief
- The dugout André Hansen keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Haitam Aleesami is the talk of the training ground
- Squad Welcome back, Stefan Elyounoussi