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He's the real deal for a 22 year old player. He's not gonna storm the PL, but he'll develop nicely over the years.He has not only played well in Denmark, but also in Norway at just 19.

Norway has a really good generation of offensive players:
Josh King has proven himself in the PL as a second striker (ten times more than Ashley barnes)
Mohamed Elyounoussi has been amazing for Basel (was linked with Palace, too bad that was forgotten)
Ola Kamara is great in the MLS
Sorloth is growing
Nobody is looking at Mushaga Bakenga anymore, but I expect a really bright future for him in a tough championship
Per Andre Helland from Rosengborg is a very good left footer
Bjorn Johnsen from Den Haag is a decent center forward, just like Soderlund
They have solid central midfielders like Markus Henriksen and Stefan Johansson.
Linnes and Per Egil Flo are good fullbacks.

They should qualify for a tournament really soon at the squad they have

Maybe you should look for the reasons why the national team hasn't qualified in more detail. How much have Ola Kamara. Mushaga Bakenga or Helland played for he national team?
They should have been there, they could have done more.
Josh King has not underperformed at all, he has 10 goals and 4 assists for the national team in 1800 minutes. Just shows that his quality in the PL is not random.

In the losses against Northern Ireland, Azerbaidjan and the Czech Republic there were players like Elyounoussi from Qarabag, Diomande, Jo Inge Berget, players who are not as good as Bakenga, Ola Kamara or Helland. Just my opinion.
Elyounoussi from Basel didn't play against Azerbaidjan and the Czech Republic and he's Norway's best player. That was a big mistake.
Skjelbred played as right midfielder and he's basically a defensive one.

So, there are a multitude of reasons why some matches were lost.

My point is he was great for all of them (including Rosenborg: 7 goals and an assist in 9 matches for Rosenborg in the 2016 campaign, underused in Eintracht Braunschweig)

Maybe his career will mushroom, though.

Great for all of them? He has played a total of 111 games since he left Rosenborg in 2012, averaging 18,5 matches per year. He has scored 29 goals in those years with an average of 0,26 goals per match. As a striker those stats are not great.

He is a fun guy with a great personality but not a great player.

Enlighten us, then. He may well turn out to be great but he isn't great yet.

However I think:

- he's had barren spells and come through them;
- even though he's had some unprepossessing stats at times other scouts have still picked him for bigger leagues and clubs before, and for the Norwegian national team
- he has the physique and attitude needed
- he doesn't over-elaborate and fanny about
- Hodgson thinks the sun shines out of his arse
- Ex-recto insolation has been confirmed by Hodgson's contacts in Scandinavia

Plus which he joined the club on the night of a full moon, a supermoon, a blue moon and an eclipse (although maybe the eclipse only workse in South America, where it was actually visible).

Edited by chateauferret (04 Feb 2018 11.03am)