'No time to sulk' - Williams on managerial changes
[Getty Images]Neco Williams is in awe of what came before him. The names of Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Craig Bellamy revered as everlasting icons of Welsh football.
But is walking in their footsteps a gift or a curse? Living up to the soaring standards set by the aforementioned trio is an expectation Williams and his Wales colleagues have no option but to cope with.
Wales' shot at World Cup qualification arrives as a welcome distraction from Nottingham Forest's fight against relegation for Williams.
From a personal perspective, the 24-year-old is having the most consistent season of his career, having made 48 appearances for club and country.
On his own form, Williams said: "I'd say it's probably been one of my best and consistent seasons I've had as a player.
"I think I've missed one Premier League game from my own doing when I obviously got sent off.
"I've always found it a bit difficult to get that consistency and I think as a professional you need that consistency especially when you're playing in the Premier League."
Yet Williams' personal achievements are tempered somewhat by Forest's collective difficulties.
Of course, the managerial changes – current boss Vitor Pereira is the fourth head coach the Forest squad have worked under this season after Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche – have not necessarily helped the team find a consistent rhythm.
"Every manager or coach has their different ways," added Williams.
"I guess this is just part of the parcel of football where the manager goes, you've got to be ready for the next one and you've got to take on his ideas and his style of work straight away.
"You know, to have four different managers with four different styles and ways of working - you've just got to adapt quickly and get used to it.
"There's no time to sulk. You've just got to get on and you've got to get on board with his ideas straight away."
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