Adam Idah

Nineteen goals. Goals to minutes ratio is fantastic for this season.
Big game player, a lot of his work goes unnoticed and unappreciated by the Celtic fans.
Takes other defenders out of the play and position, creating goalscoring chances for his team mates.
Has the height, physicality and deceptive bursts of speed to rattle opposing CB's.
He is a major reason for our success this year.

 

Thought he was a real handful today, wish his finishing was better and not just because i had him to score 2+ on my bet builder.

 

To be fair the 2 crosses Maeda flashed across were just a bawhair too much, can’t really put them on him. On another day it would of been a hat-trick.

Though his 2 chances 1 on 1 were very poor, narrowed his angle and rushed the strike. Then he puts his goal away like that from a tighter angle.

He has a lot of good attributes but also lacking in a lot key ones for a striker.

 

Adam Idah has hit back at his critics and insisted his goal record for the season has almost slipped under the radar.


The Celtic striker made it 19 for the term with his strike in the 3-1 victory against Hibs



Nicolas Kuhn and Reo Hatate were also on target as the Hoops roared back from going behind to Martin Boyle’s opener

Idah has notched five goals in his last four games but there were some groans from the stands at Parkhead after a couple of missed chances.

The 24-year-old is determined to ignore the doubters and said: “There’s going to be pressure. But I can deal with that. No matter where you’re at there’s always going to be pressure


Being at such a big club there’s such a big expectation. It can be tough at times. But I think this is my fifth or sixth season and I’ve been through a lot.


“For me, it’s just about staying consistent and scoring goals. 19 goals this season has gone a bit unnoticed.

“But for me it’s just about keep going and trying to finish the season on a high.

“I’m on 19 goals now, which is really good. I’ve said it before, for the minutes I’ve played to get 19 goals is unbelievable



“A lot of people forget that I’m confident in myself.

“There’s a lot of things I feel that I do for the team that helps a lot.

“So I’m really pleased with how my season’s going.”


Idah insisted some of his hard graft goes unseen by supporters and he said: “Yes, 100-percent. I work with the analyst and a lot of the staff, and there’s a lot of things I feel I can bring to the game.

“Some unselfish runs that I make that will create space for other players.

“A lot of that does go unnoticed, and I get it. Fans aren’t going to be looking at that, they want to see goals



“But I’m here to help the team and at the end of the day it’s a big bonus when I do score.

“I’m confident in myself, I know that I will score if I get the opportunities.

“Like I touched on before, I will get chances and I’m going to miss chances. But it’s that one you get



“It’s obviously a good thing to be known as a big game player. But it’s about me staying focused and just doing the best I can.”

Idah is determined to maintain the end of season form and he’s got his sights set on being a Hampden hero again this term after grabbing the winner in last season’s Old Firm Final.



And he insisted he has the full backing of boss Brendan Rodgers as he gears up for Aberdeen in the big showpiece


He said: “He’s been unbelievable. I’ve had it before when it’s been the opposite way and it can affect you.

“But training every week and having the backing of not just the manager, everyone else and the players have been fantastic for me.

“It’s so good for me


“I’m not really focused on what anyone on the outside is saying. But I know I can go into the games and be myself.”

 

Be good if he didn't have to hit back at critics.

Dunno what some folk are expecting form folk sometimes.

On yerself Adam

 

People talking about him becoming this and that are dreaming. He was starting behind Kyogo and then Maeda when there was still something to play for. He doesn't have the attributes required to be on a par with the average quality of our starting strikers over the years.

The best you can hope for is to play him in low-stakes games like today, boost up his numbers, and minimise the loss when it comes to moving him on. That needs to be sooner rather than later. At 24 you can just about call him a prospect. Get the money back, invest it in a player that has been properly scouted rather than buying a player simply because he's the #9 in the Irish national team.

 

Don't mind him backing himself but he needs to realise that him scoring goals isn't a "bonus". It's what he's been signed to do.