Jonassen keeps doing it from the bench
Bryne won the local derby in Sandnes against Sandnes Ulf, and once again it was Jonassen who decided it, coming on and scoring as a substitute for the second straight match (4). This has been a bruising spell for him. "It has been tough," he said after the game (4). Yet every time he steps on, he changes the scoreline.
That is not a small thing in a derby Bryne have rarely enjoyed. The club has a stack of bad memories against Sandnes Ulf (10). Beating them away, with injuries around the squad, does not erase that history, but it does break the pattern at a moment when it mattered.
The substitute who keeps producing
Two substitute appearances, two winning contributions. Jonassen is turning a specific role into the most valuable job in the squad (4). Managers love a plan B, and Bryne's plan B is now the main story of the run. You do not build a season around a substitute, but you absolutely carry form on one.
What to watch
The reverse angle arrives fast. The next local showdown against Sandnes Ulf is on Saturday (9). The question is whether Jonassen starts it, and whether the manager risks the fitness of a player who has admitted how tough this period has been (4). That decision will say more about the next month than the scoreline in Sandnes did.
