Adam Idah

They struggle with physically especially at centre half when Souttar is out but Idah is horrendous at that kinda stuff despite having the attributes. I’d actually start him in the hope we play more a direct style this time, also like the idea of Maeda off the left against Tav right of a 3. Maeda will run off him back post almost guaranteed if so.

They are generally hard to press high against because they are set up to go longer against good teams and they won every second ball at celtic park.

I don’t mind pressing high but Hatate and Engels need to get on the seconds far better than our midfield has in the last 3 derbies

 

So I think much like Idah’s all round game his use of physicality is based on that too. When we played Villa, he was up against a centre midfielder filling in back there but he fancied it that night would run him go shoulder to shoulder etc.

That Nsila and Propper both hate that sort of thing, Propper tries to get physical and is prone to get pulled out, like you I wouldn’t mind Idah doing what he has the last two games of dropping in but at times I would use this as a decoy and is going over them to Maeda and Kuhn to come in off their respective wings as I think we could get a lot of joy.

 

At 9mil Idah shouldn't be a development player, but I kinda still see him that way....what I have liked in his development of the last couple of appearances is he has started to show a lot more of a John Hartson-esq approach where he is winning the first ball and laying it off.....if like the last couple of games, they crowd our defense and try to bully the mid-field, then Idah coming a little deeper (drawing a center half with him) and taking some whipped ball and laying it out to a rampaging Maeda or Kuhn....then I can see us doing some real damage.

 

Everyone likes to have a go at Idah but looked at last season and this to date and compared Kyogo and idah

Kyogo - Aug 23 to Jan 25
Goals 31
Assists 9
Minutes 5269
Goal Inv every 131 mins

Idah - Feb 24 to Apr 25
Goals 27
Assists 3
Minutes 2906
Goal Inv Every 43 mins

 

Brendan Rodgers has thrown his full support behind Adam Idah, as scrutiny continues to mount over the striker’s form following his £9.5 million permanent move to Celtic


The Irish international, who joined from Norwich City in the summer, has faced criticism for not consistently hitting the net in a team used to prolific forwards. However, Rodgers insists the narrative around Idah is distorted by the weight of his price tag.


He had a great six months on loan with the Hoops, scoring some big goals and some big games, and in the summer, Celtic fans were desperate to see him return permanently. With no option to buy included in the loan deal, Celtic had to dig out more than what they were probably prepared to.

“I think in terms of Adam in all fairness, I think if you take away, I think there’s a lot of look on his price tag, isn’t there?,” Rodgers told CeltsAreHere. “So everyone’s judging on the price tag


“If you actually take away the minutes and look at the minutes he’s played and the goals he’s scored, his actual ratio is very good. So what do you get in both? So from a tactical level you get him who can be the platform. Listen, I say a striker’s playing the space.

“I also want that we score. It’s not play the space and have three goals. It’s play the space and if you can get 40 goals, brilliant.

“And you’ll have the chance to do it. It’s knowing that at times whenever you’ve got to come short to create space or whether you’ve got to run in behind. So I think when you’re playing against high-pressing teams, you have to play a lot of forward passes, a lot of vertical balls and knowing that it’s not always going to be perfect and also playing against man-to-man.


So he can give you that reference point and when he’s big and strong and take the ball in, he can be unplayable.”

Idah is currently averaging a goal every 123 minutes, including three in the Champions League – a return Rodgers believes is being overlooked.

With Jota ruled out for up to nine months, Idah now appears set to lead the line in Celtic’s remaining matches, including Sunday’s Glasgow Derby at Ibrox. Having scored twice in the title-clinching rout at Tannadice, the striker is showing signs of hitting form at the right time.

With silverware still to play for, the Celtic boss is backing his man to deliver

 

That math ain't mathing

 

Big game player

 

As critical of him I've been if he gets the service on Sunday he will revel that environment

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