Anthony Elanga

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Aye, and hes still offered more than Elanga.

I would hope so considering how long he was here. Elanga's shown nowhere near enough, but still has an assist more than Miggy did with about 8 months to spare and can count himself unlucky to not have a few more.

[Andy]

Miggy looked a much better footballer and a better fit for us in those opening few months under Rafa than Elanga has so far like, even if his output didn't back it up. 

 

Obviously he was shite for long periods after that under Bruce (who wasn't?) but when he first arrived most people on here liked him. 

[Lotus]

Watching the Forest highlights from last year gives me hope he’ll bed in eventually. 
 

Maybe he’ll flash in a couple of away games and get some form back. 

[bobbydazzla]

Lewis Hall couldn’t even get in the side during his loan spell and people on here were wanting to send him back to Chelsea rather than pay for him to go permanent because of how pointless he appeared to be. 
 

Look how that worked out in the end. 

 

Maybe Elanga won’t work out, maybe he will. No-one can say for sure. 
 

But completely writing him off already and saying he’ll always be shite is just the mad ramblings of lunatics. 

[The College Dropout]

Lewis Hall’s name needs banning from this thread. 
 

Lewis joined with 12 first team appearances to his name at 19. And was largely banished to the subs bench to develop on the training ground as Howe didn’t think he was ready and was totally untrusted.   But it was clear the reason we signed him was because he’s a baller and he would eventually show it.  
 

Eddie keeps giving Elanga minutes and he doesn’t produce.  At 23/24.  With over 100 PL appearances. And is evidently, not a baller
 

Elanga will improve with time under Howe that I agree. I guess some thought Hall was useless and now think he should be England’s left back.  But Elanga doesn’t have the footballing ability to go from too early written off (which I agree is foolish) to a potential world beater. That we know he can never be.  

[bobbydazzla]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

Lewis Hall’s name needs banning from this thread. 
 

Lewis joined with 12 first team appearances to his name at 19. And was largely banished to the subs bench to develop on the training ground as Howe didn’t think he was ready and was totally untrusted.   But it was clear the reason we signed him was because he’s a baller and he would eventually show it.  
 

Eddie keeps giving Elanga minutes and he doesn’t produce.  At 23/24.  With over 100 PL appearances. And is evidently, not a baller
 

Elanga will improve with time under Howe that I agree. I guess some thought Hall was useless and now think he should be England’s left back.  But Elanga doesn’t have the footballing ability to go from too early written off (which I agree is foolish) to a potential world beater. That we know he can never be.  

 

The Lewis Hall comparison is incredibly relevant. 

Many fans thought Lewis Hall was an unnecessary, expensive signing and he hadn’t done anything in his first few months at Newcastle on loan or at Chelsea to justify the purchase or the price tag. Complaining that £35m was insane money for a kid who’s played 12 times for Chelsea and can’t even break into the Newcastle side. 
 

They were wrong.

 

Many fans think Elanga is an unnecessary, expensive signing and he hasn’t done anything in his first few months at Newcastle or at Forest to justify the purchase or the price tag. 

 

They might be wrong. 
 

Time will tell. 

[The College Dropout]

Lewis Hall was an inexperienced kid. That’s the reason why he wasn’t playing.  He wasn’t consistently playing poorly - he wasn’t consistently playing. Because it was clear Howe thought he wasn’t ready and needed developing.  
 

Thats not the same as what’s happening with Elanga.  Elanga is getting minutes. And playing  decent amount. He’s just not playing well.  
 

You are talking about the perception of silly fans - not the actual situation.  Plenty of us at the time (me) read the situation for what it was.  
 

The closer comparison is Gordon tbf.  Elanga needs a confidence boost. 

[bobbydazzla]

I know I’m talking about the perception of silly fans, that’s the entire point I was making with the Hall comparison. 

 

I wasn’t comparing Elanga and Hall as players. I was comparing the reactions of fans to their signings and price tags. 
 

You are not a baller when it comes to understanding the points being made in my posts 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2025 by bobbydazzla
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[The Prophet]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but interesting Spurs fans are getting really pissed off at Kudos.

 

Feels like he's been far better than Elanga, but they're saying he takes way too long to do anything.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Elanga was better against Chelsea like, at least 2 or 3 contributions to attacking moves that could/should have ended in goals. 

[Thumbheed]

Needs to show more torso deception imo

[Whitley mag]

Forrest have played a blinder with Elanga and Johnson, both went for big money and have been shite.

 

MGW is probably decent saying they actually put up a fight to keep him, but wouldn’t touch another payer from that club with a barge pole.

[bobbydazzla]

26 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Forrest have played a blinder with Elanga and Johnson, both went for big money and have been shite.

 

MGW is probably decent saying they actually put up a fight to keep him, but wouldn’t touch another payer from that club with a barge pole.

 

Elliot Anderson says hi

[Dr.Spaceman]

42 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Elanga was better against Chelsea like, at least 2 or 3 contributions to attacking moves that could/should have ended in goals. 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

49 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

 

Well yes and no, those were good contributions so it is some progress. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 hour ago, Thumbheed said:

Needs to show more torso deception imo

Any kind of deception really

[Whitley mag]

1 hour ago, bobbydazzla said:

 

Elliot Anderson says hi

I wouldn’t pay what they’d want for him now that ship has sailed.

[Elric]

He's scoring against his old club. 

 

No really. 

 

Stop laughing. 

[bobbydazzla]

46 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

I wouldn’t pay what they’d want for him now that ship has sailed.

 

Do you have a theory on how Forest are able to polish a turd and sell them for an inflated price ?

 

They’ve had a conveyer belt of average managers over recent years and we’ve just taken their DoF from them. So it bodes well for us if the DoF was the key to their rip off tactics.

 

Forest definitely aren't comparable with a situation like Fergie’s Man Utd cast offs playing shite once they were no longer able to suckle on his teet. A lesson NUFC never seemed to learn from back in the day, we just kept going back for more.

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2025 by bobbydazzla

[Whitley mag]

6 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

 

Do you have a theory on how Forest are able to polish a turd and sell them for an inflated price ?

 

They’ve had a conveyer belt of average managers over recent years and we’ve just taken their DoF from them. So it bodes well for us if the DoF was the key to their rip off tactics.

 

Forest definitely aren't comparable with a situation like Fergie’s Man Utd cast offs playing shite once they were no longer able to suckle on his teet. A lesson NUFC never seemed to learn from back in the day, we just kept going back for more.

 

 

 

 

Nee idea I didn’t rate Elanga when we signed him but thought Johnson looked a good prospect at the time when Spurs got him.

 

Looking at their players now you’d probably take MGW, Anderson and Murillo.

 

I did notice our Greek keeper is apparently doing well at Seville mind and made a great save at the weekend.

 

Hopefully Wilson bucks the trend and bodes well like you say. 

 

 

[Yorkie]

I did like his instincts for that breakaway at the end of the game. Poor decision-making at the end but you know he'll have had a shot in mind from the moment he scampered away, and he's obviously so desperate to get going for us. It doesn't help us but I did have some sympathy; gifted by only experiencing the moment through highlights. 

 

I don't think anyone else in the side even gets into that position so it's a promising sign. Happy to clutch at straws, all we can do is hope he gets better so I'm choosing to!

 

Avatar is changed by the end of Jan. I can feel it.

[Conjo]

On 21/12/2025 at 22:45, bobbydazzla said:

Many fans thought Lewis Hall was an unnecessary, expensive signing and he hadn’t done anything in his first few months at Newcastle on loan or at Chelsea to justify the purchase or the price tag.

Time will tell. 

 

Those fans are idiots, and were a loud minority. Don't mistakenly mix them together with those who thought it was too much to pay for someone Howe wouldn't give any chances until it was way overdue, when the money spent could have been used to better effect elsewhere. Although both were wrong, the argument from the latter group was much more rational.

[Begbie]

On 21/12/2025 at 22:45, bobbydazzla said:

 

The Lewis Hall comparison is incredibly relevant. 

 

No

[TheBrownBottle]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

I did like his instincts for that breakaway at the end of the game. Poor decision-making at the end but you know he'll have had a shot in mind from the moment he scampered away, and he's obviously so desperate to get going for us. It doesn't help us but I did have some sympathy; gifted by only experiencing the moment through highlights. 

 

I don't think anyone else in the side even gets into that position so it's a promising sign. Happy to clutch at straws, all we can do is hope he gets better so I'm choosing to!

 

Avatar is changed by the end of Jan. I can feel it.

I thought it was more frightening that a fresh Elanga couldn’t scamper away from Cucarella despite the centre half having played the full 90.  I think any of our wingers can do precisely what he did there.  It was shit play at the end of it, too. 

[Poon Raccoon]

2 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

I thought it was more frightening that a fresh Elanga couldn’t scamper away from Cucarella despite the centre half having played the full 90.  I think any of our wingers can do precisely what he did there.  It was shit play at the end of it, too. 

I was thinking the same when i watched that.