People are hyping our players, who aren't that special, like Deulo or Halil.
Deulo hasn't played in a senior NT, and he was extremely modest in 2 Seasons of a senior football in Everton and Sevilla.
Yet, he is aged 21.
Halilovic played in Croatia, I am from Croatia, and our league probably isn't too much stronger than a Norwegian league.
And he wasn't bossing at all even in our crappy League.
He was hyped by Dinamo's owner Mamic and his newspapers.
Halil had some nice solo actions, but his overall play over 90 minutes was far from something spectacular.
(He was just a one trick pony with his speed and dribbles, against teams 10 times weaker than Dinamo. But even then he was losing soooo many balls)
Again, in a very, very poor Croatian league, where Dinamo is 10 times stronger than 90% of opponents, plus half of the league is corrupted and Dinamo's owner is basically the owner of half of other 1st div teams.
Further, Halilovic is far from a starting 11 of our NT team.
-- he wasn't anything special even in youth NT teams tournaments, or now in Barca B
Now, let's go to Odegaard:
1. he is bossing in Norwegian league at the age of 15 and 16, unlike Halil, for example
2. he is almost the key player of their NT team, right? (Where are Halil and Deulo, much older guys?)
Look, Odegaard could also fail, but for now:
1. he is extremely good in Norwegian league, even aged 16
2. he is very good in their senior NT team also
3. unlike our latest gems (Deulo, Halil, Adama), he is not one dimensional, he seems very "smart" on a field. And he isn't a diva yet (Deulo, Halil).
It is hard to say who will make it or who won't, but this guy currently has virtually no visible "bugs" or "flaws" in his play.
He is very young, but he seems like all-round player in all areas, again unlike Deulo, Halil or Adama.
So, maybe they'll all flop, or maybe our guys turn to be much better one day, but in this moment, Odegaard seems much closer to turn into something special than all of our current youth gems.
