Adam Idah F. Celtic b.2001

[Eirambler]

Yes, for all the stick he gets they wouldn't have won the title the season before last without him. Since he signed permanently it's been a lot poorer. I think teams in Scotland figured out fairly quickly how to deal with him - just play a low block and he can't function at all. Swansea a lot less likely to come up against that kind of approach in the Championship. Presumably Alan Sheehan thinks he can bring on his game.

[geysir]

Idah made a valuable contribution to Celtic's season when he joined on loan but in no way was he key to that 2023/24 league title win, as in they wouldn't have won it without him, that's patent nonsense.
However he did win the cup that year for them (single-handedly) against Rangers. Idah contributed to 2 league title wins but just did not kick on from his early promise, considering he has the height, failed miserably as threat with his head and could not tack down the nr. 1 strikers role when given a host of chances to do so. He is being transferred onward at a financial loss for Celtic of some millions, that's not a success story, that means he's being given another chance to make the grade elsewhere that he has shown promise for in spurts.

[elatedscum]

Yes, for all the stick he gets they wouldn't have won the title the season before last without him. Since he signed permanently it's been a lot poorer. I think teams in Scotland figured out fairly quickly how to deal with him - just play a low block and he can't function at all. Swansea a lot less likely to come up against that kind of approach in the Championship. Presumably Alan Sheehan thinks he can bring on his game.

I'm not that sure that it's him not functioning but as much the team not functioning or not functioning to maximise his qualities. I remember seeing a game last season that Celtic won probably 2 or 3-0, it was relatively comfortable. But the whole game he made great run after great run, was creating space for the midfielders to exploit by dragging both CBs with him - and it seemed like any opportunity he got to receive it, his teammates instead tried a more intricate pass to Engels instead.

In general, it's something I've seen a good bit with Idah, in games with a low block or 11 men behind the ball, he's very useful, he just doesn't end up with the goals to show from it...