Adam Idah

Objects thrown at him last night ...always the same st that * hole

 

Delighted for him, let's kick on big man and show us what you can really do - your time will come soon enough...

 

Nice double, will do him good.

 

Anyone know his goals to minute ratio this season?

 

Weird how Kyogo's back up strikers are probably the most prolific strikers we've had since Larsson.

Minutes per goal
84 Idah (16 in 1351 minutes)
97 Giakoumakis (26 in 2517 minutes)
99 Keane (16 in 1582 minutes)
110 Oh (12 in 1315 minutes)
118 Griffiths (123 in 14499 minutes)
120 Dembele (51 in 6156 minutes)
123 Kyogo (80 in 9808 minutes)
136 Hooper (82 in 11122 minutes)
142 Edouard (86 in 12199 minutes)

Without penalties...

101 Giakoumakis
101 Idah
110 Oh
123 Kyogo
127 Griffiths
132 Keane
137 Hooper
161 Edouard
162 Dembele

 

Have given him stick for simply not being very good recently, but that was a fine cameo last night. With Kyogo getting on the scoresheet I thought it was important for him to show something.

Did very well and he arrested a big demon from last season with his penalty miss at Tynecastle back in March - great to see him fire one into the corner this time around.

Seems to be in good spirits too so hopefully can kick on a bit. Dunno how he becomes first choice though because Kyogo is clearly Rodgers' favourite and the better all-round player.

 

It was a cracking penalty.

 

The quality of his finishing in front of goal is impressive, really top class in that aspect. Agree though in his all round game probably needs to become more of a physical presence.

 

He can be fast as *....just takes him a bit to get going. But totally agree he needs to be more 110% in his press and more physical

 

It's easy to forget how quick he is, big man is rapid when he gets going.

Would start him against Ross County next week.

 

Doing what he is supposed to do. Kyogo main man if we need him.let him on and score

 

Would be ideal but he just seems better aff the bench

 

Totally agree.

 

Aye, a wee Suttonesque type adjustment where he goes to war with the opposition defender, gets in his face and generally riles the * out them would be nice.

 

Coin-throwing Hearts fans paying for my Christmas presents, jokes Celtic striker


As a Celtic player who cost the club the best part of £9m to bring to Glasgow, Adam Idah is probably not short of a penny or two.

Still, it is almost the season of goodwill after all, and the big striker was grateful to the Hearts supporters who so generously threw their spare change his way after he bagged a double off the bench at Tynecastle on Saturday night.

Idah saw the funny side of having coins pelted at him from the corner of the Main Stand closest to the away support, with missiles raining down as he celebrated in front of the locals, and he thanked those Hearts fans for supplementing his Christmas shopping.



“I definitely enjoyed it,” Idah said.

“They were giving me a bit when I was warming up, so I thought I’d give a bit back.

“I could probably buy all my Christmas presents with the amount of coins on the pitch!

“But look, it’s a bit of banter and I was happy to celebrate in front of both sets of fans.”

Thankfully, despite projectiles flying around that corner of the stadium at various points during the evening, there appeared not to be any serious damage done. Something Idah was grateful of, having been in the wars recently himself.

“I had a bad concussion,” he said.

“I think the nose is broken but I just need to wait until it settles down a bit as there is still a bit of swelling.



I don’t know if I’ll get it fixed – I’m quite scared to be honest!

“It’s the first time I’ve ever broken it, so it was inevitable at some point. We’ll see how it goes. I managed to avoid the black eyes but it was tough breathing and sleeping, and I was getting bad headaches.

“But after a couple of days it was fine.”

Idah certainly gave Hearts a headache when he came into the action on Saturday night, forcing home Celtic’s third before atoning for his penalty miss at the same venue in March as Celtic suffered their last domestic defeat.

“It was nice to make amends,” he said.

“It was in my head when I stepped up to take the penalty



I knew I wanted to score to put it right. Thankfully I did that, and I was really pleased with the two goals.”

Idah’s contribution gave the scoreline an emphatic sheen for Celtic, but you would have got long odds on the match finishing the way it did after a first half in which Hearts pressed the champions effectively and managed to knock them out of their stride.

Some half time adjustments from Brendan Rodgers though, and the quality he was able to call upon from his cavalry on the bench, eventually saw Celtic take control of the game and move themselves three points clear of Aberdeen at the top of the table.

And in truth, the sight of the likes of Idah and Paulo Bernardo coming into the action underlined just why Celtic are clear of their domestic opposition.


With the squad we’ve got, everyone is capable of playing their part,” Idah said.

“I think that’s why we’ve been really good this season. It doesn’t really matter who starts the game, it’s about making an impact.