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James Forrest; he's awright so he is.
Topic Started: 26 Feb 2015, 09:19 PM (517,941 Views)
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When I think of Forrest I immediately think of Roberts. I don't think Forrest has a fraction of Roberts' qualities nor is he likely to. In my view we should be looking for guys of the Roberts standard for the first team. I think it's time we gave up on the Forrest "experiment".
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OptimusCheese
28 May 2016, 01:59 AM
DannyBhoyy
28 May 2016, 01:55 AM
Agree with the comment saying he's done nothing of note since 2011-12
Karagandy?
Right place at the right time to put it in the net - lovely night but does not in any way mean he had a good season or even run of games then
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28 May 2016, 03:13 AM
I really Forrest as a player when he's on his game. He clearly didn't get on with Ronny, maybe Brendan can get the best out of him.
So is it all Ronnys fault then?
It's hard to keep up in here, someone also blamed Neil previously.
Seems Forrests issues/deficiencies are everyone else's fault, accept his.

Also, people trying to play down how good a player Maloney was :lmao:
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searcher52
28 May 2016, 08:45 AM
When I think of Forrest I immediately think of Roberts. I don't think Forrest has a fraction of Roberts' qualities nor is he likely to. In my view we should be looking for guys of the Roberts standard for the first team. I think it's time we gave up on the Forrest "experiment".
Exactly.
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When the boy plays like he can he is an excellent asset. Unfortunately we don't see it often enough - partly due to injuries and partly due to confidence. It's not like we can just go out and buy top quality so to that end I'd give him a contract in the hope Rodgers can wring the best out of him. There is a player there, a top player under the right management imo.
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Mind he was our "2nd best player" last season with his amazing 0 assists?

Done a good dribble away to Kilmarnock once though.
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Will join the list of players who showed early promise but never really fulfilled his potential.

Should have stuck wi' the tennis.

Punt now please.
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28 May 2016, 08:51 AM
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28 May 2016, 01:59 AM
DannyBhoyy
28 May 2016, 01:55 AM
Agree with the comment saying he's done nothing of note since 2011-12
Karagandy?
Right place at the right time to put it in the net - lovely night but does not in any way mean he had a good season or even run of games then
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searcher52
28 May 2016, 08:45 AM
When I think of Forrest I immediately think of Roberts. I don't think Forrest has a fraction of Roberts' qualities nor is he likely to. In my view we should be looking for guys of the Roberts standard for the first team. I think it's time we gave up on the Forrest "experiment".
Exactly.

Paddy Roberts scored more goals in 14 Celtic games than Forrest has in two entire seasons. Roberts has only scored 4 goals less in his 14 games than Forrest has in three seasons.

Just get rid. I don't care how, just get rid.
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28 May 2016, 01:59 AM

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Right place at the right time to put it in the net - lovely night but does not in any way mean he had a good season or even run of games then
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28 May 2016, 11:46 AM
searcher52
28 May 2016, 08:45 AM
When I think of Forrest I immediately think of Roberts. I don't think Forrest has a fraction of Roberts' qualities nor is he likely to. In my view we should be looking for guys of the Roberts standard for the first team. I think it's time we gave up on the Forrest "experiment".
Exactly.

Paddy Roberts scored more goals in 14 Celtic games than Forrest has in two entire seasons. Roberts has only scored 4 goals less in his 14 games than Forrest has in three seasons.

Just get rid. I don't care how, just get rid.
Says it all really.

Due to poor form , lack of effort , skill and being injury prone - his contribution has been nowhere near enough.

Let him sponge off someone else for a few years.
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Another lad who struggles to carry the burden of his own sense of entitlement. If we are not going to/able to recruit the right role models for our youngsters to learn from then we need to be tougher and quicker in getting them to feck out of the club when they act up.

Similar to Liam Miller all those years ago, acceding to the unrealistic demands of an "entitled" no-mark only serves to disrupt and upset others (young and old) and their agents.

Let him get his dick out somewhere else.
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Just another wee Scottish guy with raw natural talent and huge potential who "made it", picked up his pay cheque and made a career out of putting in as much as was needed to get by. Imagine McLeish actually signed Gareth "Spurs Flop" Bale for 3m in 2010 and he saw out his days pissing about clubs like Birmingham. That's Forrest.
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28 May 2016, 03:13 AM
I really Forrest as a player when he's on his game. He clearly didn't get on with Ronny, maybe Brendan can get the best out of him.
The only thing Forrest doesnt get on with is staying fit and chipping in. Waste of wages and a squad place, im still hoping one of his admirers show some interest. Think Killie are skint just now though so theres not much chance of them taking him. He would be better getting a job with one of those injury claim companies, he could be their pin up boy....No injury too small, ive suffered them all.
Edited by Lewis Hamilton's Biggest Fan, 28 May 2016, 02:58 PM.
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28 May 2016, 02:58 AM
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27 May 2016, 07:41 PM
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27 May 2016, 07:15 PM

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Which have shown they are capable of matching Forrest at his best?
Rogic and Tierney are both younger and both much better :thumbsup:
Tierney has great potential and Rogic is nice one the eye at times but they've still to do it at a level Forrest has.
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I must have missed all these Levels Forrest excelled at.

He's a one trick pony. His trick is pace, he's lost a yard and is far too injury prone. He doesn't even assist his team mates.

Bin him.
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Nah, nowhere near good enough. If he'd not came through the youth system he'd have been chased years ago.
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28 May 2016, 03:49 PM
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Rogic and Tierney are both younger and both much better :thumbsup:
Tierney has great potential and Rogic is nice one the eye at times but they've still to do it at a level Forrest has.
I must have missed this level too, apart from the odd game he's done very little, Tierney at 18 has completed a season playing well every week, Forrest never achieved that,
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28 May 2016, 03:59 PM
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28 May 2016, 02:58 AM

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Tierney has great potential and Rogic is nice one the eye at times but they've still to do it at a level Forrest has.
I must have missed this level too, apart from the odd game he's done very little, Tierney at 18 has completed a season playing well every week, Forrest never achieved that,
Tierney's season consisted domestic games and Europa League. He played consistently but poorer games were quite rightly overlooked because of his age and his overall contribution. Forrest has played well in the Champions League, the level I was talking about, and when he was Tierneys age his poorer games were being overlooked too as the fans moaned about how bad and annoying McGeady was.
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28 May 2016, 03:49 PM
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Rogic and Tierney are both younger and both much better :thumbsup:
Tierney has great potential and Rogic is nice one the eye at times but they've still to do it at a level Forrest has.
Paddy Roberts hasn't played a second of Champions League football but only an idiot would argue he isn't better than Forrest in every conceivable way.

Rogic and Tierney made huge contributions to Celtic last season, Forrest showed early season promise and faded off as per. The guy should be coming into his prime yet he's struggling to even reach the levels he did as a teenager. His time is up. Some people have to let it go.
Edited by Continental, 28 May 2016, 04:13 PM.
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