James Forrest

Forrest has done well to play as many games as he's done at Celtic in his career. A decent squad player but he other than an 18 month spell under Rodgers I have never felt he's been good enough as a starter. He can be extremely brainless and I think the fact that he still has to move his whole body shape to touch the ball with his right at 34 is damning on the coaching qualities at our club.

His record for us in Europe and derby games is very poor.

14 goals in 118 games in Europe: Attached is the breakdown

1 goal v Cliftonville in ECL qualifier
1 goal v Karagandy in ECL qualifier
1 goal (penalty) v Ajax in ECL
1 goal v Rosbenborg in ECL qualifier
1 goal v Astana in ECL qualifier
2 goals v Alashkert in ECL qualifier
2 goals v Cluj in ECL qualifier
2 goals v AIK Solna in EL qualifier
1 goal v Lazio in EL qualifier
2 goals v FK Jablonec in ECL qualifier

Only 2 of Forrest's goals in Europe have game post qualification and one of those was a penalty. So in 14 years of playing European football for Celtic as a winger, Forrest has one goal from play in the group stage onwards. The same amount as Mikey Johnston.

He must have played close to 50 derby games for us and I can only remember 2 goals from him in those games, the 5-0 rout in 2018 and he got a late winner at Celtic Park the season Lennon took the reigns from Rodgers.

Other than an 18 month spell under Rodgers he has not been good enough to hold down a regular spot here. He has the same amount of goals against Rangers as Greg Taylor.

 

Love the guy and he's a Celtic legend but he simply cannot be considered a starter for us going forward and tbh it's been that way since the end of 23/24.

Can still offer something as impact sub against tiring defenders but that's it.

 

He’s got 110 goals and 110 assists in 532 games for us.

He’s a club legend and any slander of him in the past is simply embarrassing.

He’s not good enough now, he’s been past it for a few years for me. But slandering his entire Celtic career? Nah. Especially the effort you go to with your wee ChatGPT posts. Hunnish behaviour.

 

Do you have any comment on how he has only 1 goal from open play in European football proper in 14 seasons and 2 goals in what must be close to 50 derbies?

It's clear you have an axe to grind with me as I showed you up on the nonsense you were talking elsewhere as you seem to be stalking me around the forum and getting very hostile with me in a number of threads - you wanted the only thread I started on here locked and you are now calling me hunnish because I cited some very underwhelming statistics on Forrest. Play the man and not the ball - that's the hunnish behaviour.

I would say a 1 in 5 scoring rate for a Celtic winger is on the low side.

Here are some comparatives, obviously a per 90 min ratio would be much more reliable:

Jota - 33 goals in 99 games (1 in 3)
Maeda - 63 goals in 162 games (1 in 2.5 games)
Kuhn - 24 goals in 69 games (1 in 2.875 games)
Abada - 29 goals in 112 games (1 in 3.8 games)
Sinclair - 62 goals in 172 games (1 in 2.77 games)
Roberts - 18 goals in 79 games (1 in 4.38 games)
Elyonoussi - 25 goals in 66 games (1 in 2.64 games)
Mikey Johnston - 13 goals in 93 games (1 in 7.15 games)
Yang - 7 goals in 68 games (1 in 9.71 games)

 

Last night was as poor as ive seen him, albeit he nearly sneaked a goal. Looked like a shell.

 

He should only be an impact player, which I still think he cam be valuable to us, but no way should he be starting games like this.

 

Currently our best winger and he's half the player he used to be and he can't play 90mins.

Let that sink in to show how much we are being * over.

 

Maybe it’s because every thread you’re in, you’re talking utter *.

As soon as someone challenges you, you ignore them. You’re a troll. You bring absolutely nothing to this forum, I’m * bored of you.

You’re using stats to make Scales look better than he is. You’re using stats to put down Forrest’s entire career. It’s strange.

Get a hobby.