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BBC News
11-04-2025
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- BBC News
'I'm not the finished product'
Nottingham Forest winger Anthony Elanga says he is "not the finished product" yet, despite his impressive season so to BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up and Show More Football podcast, Elanga said: "It's about momentum as a player. You want momentum and momentum playing week in and week out. That is the way you are going to improve and the way you are going to learn things."For me, having the players around me – older, younger – taking things from them, advice, advice on my game, because I'm not the finished product, I can always improve and that is something I have been trying to do this season."Looking at my game and what I can try and do better because, I didn't have one of the best starts to the season, that is why I can't say I have done really well. I can still improve and get better, can still start the season even better, but, at the end of the day, it is not about how you start but how you finish."I want to make sure I finish as strong as possible, personally and with the team as we're more than capable of doing so."Whenever somebody asks me 'is this my best season?' I always say it is going to be the next one. It is always the next one – the best goal is the next one, the best assist is the next one, the best game is the next one. You can always improve and get better and better. This season I have been really trying to hone down on everything. My decision making, my finishing, my passing, my general positioning, my general understanding of the game - there is so much you can improve on as a football player."If you are willing to put that extra yard in, that extra work in on and off the pitch, you are more than capable of reaching heights you wouldn't think are possible to reach."Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds
BBC News
28-03-2025
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- BBC News
Wood getting injured 'was worst case scenario'
Nottingham Forest were dealt a huge blow during the international break after striker Chris Wood limped off during New Zealand's 2026 World Cup qualifier and as a result will miss Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final at extent of Wood's hip injury is unknown, but "it is certainly not the news Nuno Espirito Santo would have wanted," said BBC Radio Nottingham's Colin Fray on the Shut Up and Show More Football podcast."It was worst case scenario," Fray added."Nuno has referenced that he hopes he will be alright for Manchester United on Tuesday night so that is in the - fairly - short term. That means there is some optimism that it is not a really bad injury despite it inducing a lot of pain. "I guess what they are hoping for is that it was just the impact and once the pain subsides then there is no further damage. But we are all guessing until the results of his scan come through."Wood's injury rounded-off an eventful international break in which he also scored a hat-trick against Fiji, before being substituted off and getting booked for signing autographs for people in the to Shut Up and Show More Football on BBC Sounds
BBC News
20-03-2025
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- BBC News
'It has been deserved' - what's behind 'remarkable' turnaround?
Former Nottingham Forest midfielder Steve Hodge has been explaining what has sparked the club's "remarkable" turnaround, one year on from the Reds receiving a four-point deduction for breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability on BBC Radio Nottingham's Shut Up and Show More Football podcast, Hodge said: "It's down to lots of different people. It's not just those on the pitch, but also those off the pitch - recruitment-wise and management staff."Everybody deserves a lot of credit around the football club. It is remarkable. I don't think anyone who thinks they know football would have had Nottingham Forest even in the top half of the table this season."So, as we approach April, to be in the top four or five for the whole season with 16 wins in the Premier League - that takes some doing. It has been deserved. I think everyone appreciates that this side have done a great job."They do need to keep their main players fit because they will still have issues with their squad depth and strength if some of those main players get injured, so touch wood on that."The success this season is down to the improvement of the players, the improvement in recruitment, how they have gelled together, the management and how the staff have structured the team."Also the players being self-motivated and happy with each other, wanting to run through brick walls for each other, gets results like they have got so far this season."Listen to the full podcast on BBC Sounds
Yahoo
14-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Abbott on learning from 'one of the best defences in the Premier League'
Eighteen-year-old Forest centre-back Zach Abbott says he is enjoying learning from "one of the best defences in the Premier League". The England Under-19 international made his senior debut for Forest in a Carabao Cup tie against Grimsby in 2022 but has began training full-time with the first team in the past year. "For anyone it's a massive step," he told BBC Radio Nottingham's David Jackson. "You go to the back of the pecking order really and that's a really good challenge. "You need to be confident in yourself, do the right things at the right time and get involved with everything you can. I'm learning off what is now a top-three Premier League team so it's really good for me to learn from one of the best defences in the Premier League. "You see what they do and what I can do differently. I want to pick things up from people and magpie different things from different players." Abbott appeared for Forest in the Carabao Cup second-round defeat on penalties to Newcastle last August and was in the squad for the Premier League win at Everton in December. "It's been a really progressive year, I think I've learned a lot of really useful information, a lot of good tactics, and I just want to keep pushing on. "There are world cup players there and that's where I want to be in the future. They also know I need to make my own way and do things myself so I like to learn from own mistakes as well. They know that because they have been there too. It's really good around the place." Listen to more from Abbott on the Shut Up and Show More Football podcast on BBC Sounds
BBC News
14-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Abbott on learning from 'one of the best defences in the Premier League'
Eighteen-year-old Forest centre-back Zach Abbott says he is enjoying learning from "one of the best defences in the Premier League".The England Under-19 international made his senior debut for Forest in a Carabao Cup tie against Grimsby in 2022 but has began training full-time with the first team in the past year."For anyone it's a massive step," he told BBC Radio Nottingham's David Jackson. "You go to the back of the pecking order really and that's a really good challenge."You need to be confident in yourself, do the right things at the right time and get involved with everything you can. I'm learning off what is now a top-three Premier League team so it's really good for me to learn from one of the best defences in the Premier League."You see what they do and what I can do differently. I want to pick things up from people and magpie different things from different players."Abbott appeared for Forest in the Carabao Cup second-round defeat on penalties to Newcastle last August and was in the squad for the Premier League win at Everton in December."It's been a really progressive year, I think I've learned a lot of really useful information, a lot of good tactics, and I just want to keep pushing on."There are world cup players there and that's where I want to be in the future. They also know I need to make my own way and do things myself so I like to learn from own mistakes as well. They know that because they have been there too. It's really good around the place."Listen to more from Abbott on the Shut Up and Show More Football podcast on BBC Sounds
