Norwegian striker Fredrik Brustad admits his expectations of “crazy” Scottish footballers have been met in his short time at Hamilton.
The 29-year-old joined Accies on a season-long loan deal from Molde on the final day of the transfer window and scored his first goal in the 3-0 win over St Mirren in the Ladbrokes Premiership last weekend.
Brustad surveyed his first few weeks in Scotland and said: “It is pretty much what I expected. In Norway we expect Scottish men to be tough and aggressive and a little bit crazy and it fits my opinion pretty well.
“There is maybe one or two (in Norway) but here it is almost everyone.”
On his move, Brustad added: “An opportunity arose through an agent. I needed some game time. I hadn’t been playing as much as I wanted to and I saw this to be a good opportunity so I took it.
“We played against Hibernian in the third round of the Europa League qualifiers. I didn’t play in that game but it was a good experience, a nice stadium and a nice atmosphere so it was tempting to try it out.”
Speaking ahead of Saturday’s visit of Dundee, Brustad added: “It is getting better and better each day. There is a good bunch of lads.
“Of course in the beginning it is different when you come to a new club, a new country and everything but I think it has gone well.”
And the striker rejected suggestions that Hamilton would be involved in another relegation fight.
“From what I have seen from the lads is that there is a lot of good potential, we just haven’t reached it yet,” he said.
“We saw bits and pieces of it against St Mirren so I don’t see any reasons why we should be thinking we are going to be 11th or 12th or whatever. I think we should aim higher.”
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