Anthony Elanga

[La Parka]

He's not settled yet but he showed some promise today. Hope he comes good. Still blame Isak 😂 

[nufc123]

Better. The bar is low.

[Guybrush]

Looked better today. Still not got a shot on him, but actually running and some crossing ala Murphy looks good on him. 

[Lotus]

Some good crosses and some awful general football.
Better than he has been but still less effective than Murphy on a bad day.

onwards and upwards, hopefully.

[Doops]

The lad has zero aggression in him. Always on his heels too

[Aiston]

Did better, still a lot of frustrating things.

 

Put a few good crosses in though.

[Gottlob]

I thought he looked a bit more upbeat today and spurned a few opportunities but also got into some really good positions, including for their red card. He could have scored a couple had he dealt better with a pass from Gordon and had Wissa managed to find him late on.

[Wallsendmag]

Bit better but as depressing as it is to say he's absolutely miles behind Murphy and should be benched for the next 2 games at least.

[Virtua Stiva]

The less touches the better with this kid. Some decent deliveries when he got it out quickly

 

 

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[Pilko]

Another 7/10 which represents a bit of progress. Lacks aggression though.

[Displayname]

Thought he was clearly our biggest threat along with Gordon.

[The Bonk]

Wissa did him dirty when he was in clear on goal. Hopefully he gets a goal soon, build up his confidence. 
 

5 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Bit better but as depressing as it is to say he's absolutely miles behind Murphy and should be benched for the next 2 games at least.

I dunno mate, they’re equally frustrating if you ask me. 

[Andy]

He was a bit better today but his decision making was still pretty poor. Did at least offer a threat though. 

[Wallsendmag]

9 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

Wissa did him dirty when he was in clear on goal. Hopefully he gets a goal soon, build up his confidence. 
 

I dunno mate, they’re equally frustrating if you ask me. 

 

Murphy has the numbers to back himself up. I'd rather him than Elanga any day.

[The Bonk]

1 minute ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Murphy has the numbers to back himself up. I'd rather him than Elanga any day.

Elanga had plenty of offensive numbers with Forest, but I think his ceiling is higher than Murphy and I generally love Murph.

[Wallsendmag]

Just now, The Bonk said:

Elanga had plenty of offensive numbers with Forest, but I think his ceiling is higher than Murphy and I generally love Murph.

 

He hasn't shown anything like that for us though so shouldn't start in these next 2 massive games. As things stand right now Murphy is miles clear of Elanga.

[Boey_Jarton]

22 minutes ago, Virtua Stiva said:

The less touches the better with this kid. Some decent deliveries when he got it out quickly

 

 

 

The 2-3 times he got it out his feet and pinged in a cross the delivery was excellent.

 

When he has time to engage his brain it all seems to fall apart 

[The Bonk]

2 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

He hasn't shown anything like that for us though so shouldn't start in these next 2 massive games. As things stand right now Murphy is miles clear of Elanga.

I’d go with Murph too, especially if Wissa gets a start midweek.

[GeordieT]

19 minutes ago, The Bonk said:

Wissa did him dirty when he was in clear on goal. Hopefully he gets a goal soon, build up his confidence. 

Elanga wasn’t best pleased with him at full time, understandably. Fortuitous to be honest it didn’t cost us.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Was a great run inside that resulted in their red card. 

[El Prontonise]

Got better as the game went on, still not convinced on his technical ability though.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

His brain is against him at the moment which doesn’t help. 

[Infinitely Content]

1 hour ago, Doops said:

The lad has zero aggression in him. Always on his heels too

I've been thinking that, but I'm leaning more towards it being a confidence issue. He seems hesitant and likely overthinking everything, even before he took that curling effort at the Gallowgate, he seemed to spend an age sorting his feet out and it looked a bit awkward.

At some point, the chances are he will start to play more intuitively and fluently, at which point I feel we will see a more assertive and decisive player.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Just now, Infinitely Content said:

I've been thinking that, but I'm leaning more towards it being a confidence issue. He seems hesitant and likely overthinking everything, even before he took that curling effort at the Gallowgate, he seemed to spend an age sorting his feet out and it looked a bit awkward.

At some point, the chances are he will start to play more intuitively and fluently, at which point I feel we will see a more assertive and decisive player.

Hes definitely thinking too much, and you can see sometimes he’s not sure where he should be stood, when he should run. Hes clearly being asked to play differently to what he was used to at forest and it’s taking a lot of time for him to adjust. His first touch is a bit of a worry but I think he’ll end up alright.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Be nice if some fans could stop berating everything he does in the ground.