Good goal too - not unlike his goal against Bratislava - though Maeda would have been furious if he missed as he was unmarked square of him. Idah's presence forced the mistake for the equaliser too.
He missed a 1:1 earlier but on his weaker left side (arguably a better first touch avoids this). He seems to be breaking defences with good regularity now.
3-4 in Champions League too. Not bad for a bad season
I agree. If this is his "bad" season, and he improves next year, then this year has not been awful as a base line. However, at the same time, if this is his ceiling and next year is just more of the same then it's not good enough for what we need unfortunately.
Is worth noting across all comps for Celtic these are his stats:Originally Posted by Eirambler
23 starts
27 sub appearances
1 unused sub
1 injured
2 missed due to signing late
I think if he starts an extra 10-15 games, he probably ends up with close to 30 goals for the season
I think Celtic will sign another forward in the summer. He could find his starts even more limited. Will all depend on if Maeda stays.
It all depends what Celtic want. Rangers are in utter disarray and a load of signings away from putting up any kind of challenge, and obviously there's no other horse in the race.
Celtic will walk the league next year even with the same squad, unless (and probably even if) Rangers make wholesale changes and get a new manager.
They may want more firepower for a European campaign.
Idah was pretty quiet in the cup final today, and was taken off just after the hour.
To add insult to injury, he was the last person in the line for runner-up medals (apart from Brendan Rogers who gets a different medal), and they ran out of medals so he didn't get one (right at that moment, I'm sure he will).
It would probably be going straight in the bin anyway, Celtic won't place any currency on a cup runners up medal. It's a shame, because he significantly improved his stats in the last few weeks, but the way things ended today with Kenny and the especially awful Yang up front, and Idah himself having a poor game on the big occasion, they will definitely be shopping for strikers this summer.
In fairness to Idah, today was just another perfect example of a game that he's not suited to. Aberdeen parked the bus for 110 minutes and Idah just doesn't seem to have anything in his locker for that type of game. I think Kenny is in a similar spot.
Celtic seem to be crying out for an old-school giant striker like Quinn who can win all the aerial battles and do knock downs in the box.
They have the players for games that are competitive. They're sorely lacking players for games they will dominate.
Who knows..maybe they'll sign Maguire and he'll reinvent himself up there xD
I agree. They need a flat track bully up front for playing the likes of Aberdeen who park the bus game after game.
I actually think Celtic are missing an advanced paymaker, someone like Rogic who they never quite replaced. I haven't followed Rodgers' career like some here have but I don't think he favours this type of player. Dare I say it, I think Parrott is the type of player who they need. McGregor is great at joining things up but he's deeper lying. Hatate's energy was missed.
They had one, he went to Brighton for £25m.
O'Riley? He's more of an orthodox midfielder I'd have thought. More similar to Hatate and Bernardo in style. Certainly not the type of player I'd describe as "advanced playmaker". The type of player I had in mind would be more like Odergaard.
Or Azaz? (I doubt they could afford him)
Azaz is very much the type of player Celtic could use, but I think the time to move for him has passed.
On the mark in his first pre-season game (having missed the game in Cork he was promoting!), but Celtic are 3-2 down against Estrela - who stayed up in the Portuguese top flight on the last day - with 10 to go. Obviously pre-season games aren't ones to get too caught up about the result.
Doesn't seem to be having a great pre-season. I haven't seen any of the games. I know he's been carrying an injury.. anyone seen any of the matches? Really need Idah, Ferguson and Troy firing on all cylinders leading up to the qualifiers
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Kenny cost them next to nothing so expectations are non-existent for him. Idah cost them £9m so he's expected to hit 30 goals a season. They're not being judged by the same metrics. But the fact that Celtic would happily sell Kenny for around a million tomorrow tells it's own story.
Idah is not and never will be a 30 goal a season striker (20 goals would be a really good season) - he is capable of being responsible for another 20 goals by what he does on the pitch. Saying that - he does need to pick things up a bit.
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