It might be some consolation (or maybe not) for Bell that his two Viking-alumni teammates are also struggling to get minutes at Brøndby. Sebastian Sebulonsen's last league minutes also came in that August 29th defeat against Midtjylland, having been a fixture in the lineup before that. He's even dropped completely out of the last couple matchday squads. Henrik Heggheim hasn't made a league matchday squad since that defeat either. At least Bell hasn't been discarded to that extent. Though the two Norwegians didn't help themselves by being two of the guys dragged in the 39th minute in that 0-4 cup defeat in their chance to impress the other day. Brøndby are on an eight-match unbeaten league streak since August 29th, but only three are wins, so their position was the same prior to today's game as it was after their last defeat.
Either way there might be a few annoyed looks from the north-west, given Viking could very much use those three guys if Brøndby won't. They've only managed one win their last 12 league matches, and now sit 11th out of 16, after finishing in the bronze medal position last year. Old mate Stensness made his comeback from a long injury off the bench on the 10th, and has started the three subsequent league matches. All his appearances have come at centre-back, so despite some assertions on here that he opted against NZ because of Hay playing him as a centre-back, he seems to play his club football exclusively there.
Either way there might be a few annoyed looks from the north-west, given Viking could very much use those three guys if Brøndby won't. They've only managed one win their last 12 league matches, and now sit 11th out of 16, after finishing in the bronze medal position last year. Old mate Stensness made his comeback from a long injury off the bench on the 10th, and has started the three subsequent league matches. All his appearances have come at centre-back, so despite some assertions on here that he opted against NZ because of Hay playing him as a centre-back, he seems to play his club football exclusively there.