Adam Idah

kyogo and idah both scored goals too when the service has been terrible.if memory serves me correctly maeda has scored from lw after playing through the middle over the past few games.

 

Just scored for Ireland!!

 

https://streamin.me/v/e8e0dbc4

Took it well too.

 

https://x.com/GoalsXtra/status/1903923724199596411?t=K6WXAqUNPxvFdRIjNgSJTQ&s=19

 

Good timing for Ireland hopefully gets us the win tonight and a nice boost for Idah heading into the weekend against the diets.

 

Yass Idah on yourself big man.

 

Didn't look too over excited to score, did he?

 

And theres the final whistle a rare away win followed up by another win and Idah with the winner

 

Ireland’s matchwinner Adam Idah admits he had a point to prove to Heimir Hallgrímsson after being benched for the first leg against Bulgaria.

Although he was first-choice striker under Stephen Kenny, Idah has slipped behind Troy Parrott and Evan Ferguson in his successor’s reckoning.

The Celtic striker showed his worth in Thursday’s second leg at Lansdowne Road by springing from the bench to volley in the winner to complete a 2-1 win – 4-2 on aggregate.

His shush celebration was directed at online trolls but there was also a reminder to the Ireland management of his scoring abilities.

“We had a laugh and a joke,” the Corkman said about his interactions with the manager.

“Obviously he had his reasons why I didn’t play in the last game. I was frustrated, I didn’t really agree with it, but that’s football.

"We are men at the end of the day and we had a laugh and a joke after the game. I think that's all I needed to do, to go on the pitch and show what I could do, and thankfully I did that. Hopefully he can see what I’m about now.

“I’m an attacker, I want to come onto the pitch and help the team. Look, don’t get me wrong, the boys that have been playing have been doing brilliant. But I’ve got to work for myself as well. I’ve been having a great season


“It was disappointing not coming on the other night, so I had that conversation with him and it happens in football all the time. It was nothing bad, it was just me asking what I needed to do and he told me, and thankfully he gave me some minutes today and I was able to show myself.”

He added: “I saw a lot of stuff online, so it was just telling people to shut-up, really. Obviously I was frustrated with the first game, but I came on today and did what I’ve been doing all season, so it was just to the people who were doubting me.”







Idah also hit out the racism incident which marred the Ireland U17 win over Poland on Saturday. He can empathise, having been subjected to abuse in the past.

“It’s ridiculous in this day and age that there are racist comments going about, it’s shocking, especially in football when there is so much awareness around it.

“Hopefully Uefa can put it right. I’ve had it before, where I put the complaint in and nothing came from it.

“We do need to do things, put our foot down. Look, I’m not going to lie, it’s probably going to happen a lot more, it’s going to be hard to stop but once we get the awareness out, we need more people to understand what it’s about, but once we get the word about more, it can make a big difference.

 

Delighted for big man, he's a very good player - but needs to focus on his game and delivering for the team and not all the other noise, openly disagreeing with manager, his ego etc.

 

Thought his take on calling out racism as unacceptable but still present was pretty on the mark.

 

Hope that gives him more confidence, even though the service to him the other week wasn't great.

 

He made 2 or 3 good runs, but was indecisive when he got there. On one occasion, he should have played it early to Forrest, played it to their player on another, and didn't put enough weight on a pass with his attempted cutback.

 

He drifts out wide far too much, too many times he's in the wing when we need him in the middle.

 

Did well. Should have took the shot on though...

 

I was thinking today that I don't know what his role is moving forwards.

We've won the league in all but name, playing a mid-table side at home, coming off a two-week break with 9/11 starting players fit, and he's just scored for the national team. If we don't trust him to start under these conditions, I don't see what role he realistically has here.

We can talk about room for development etc but it won't happen at 24 being sat on the bench. If we're not playing him in games like today, to me it's a sign that the manager doesn't see a future for him here.

 

I like the big guy as he brings a whole new dimension to the team. Hopefully he gets more game time as I think he will only get better.

 

Not going to make it as a Celtic No.9. Cut losses and move on in summer.

 

Actually thought his hold up was decent when he came on. Think it was him that creates the Forrest chance too.

But then misses a * sitter late on and that sums him up.

Not good enough for us, been a poor poor debut season as a permanent Celtic player