Perhaps nowadays working-class heroes come in all shapes and sizes and salary brackets, even one like John Carew, who aspires to Porsches with lipstick pink interiors, but it was the Norwegian who handed Stoke the early initiative they refused to relinquish by heading a Rory Delap long throw beyond the haplessly flapping Peter Brezovan. Brighton manager Gus Poyet did not criticise his statuesque 6ft 6in goalkeeper, rather reflecting on a lesson learned from a crushing defeat.