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James Forrest; he's awright so he is.
Topic Started: 26 Feb 2015, 09:19 PM (518,037 Views)
Dogmeister
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no venom here but i just think he is pish poor, winger who cant cross, doesn't lift his head for the pass, easily read by defenders and apart from the goal against karagandy has been consistently crap, he must have something on the manager and or be exceptional in training because he has contributed nothing recently. There must be better talent coming through the ranks that could now be given their opportunity
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Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
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Dogmeister
30 Jul 2015, 08:03 PM
no venom here but i just think he is pish poor, winger who cant cross, doesn't lift his head for the pass, easily read by defenders and apart from the goal against karagandy has been consistently crap, he must have something on the manager and or be exceptional in training because he has contributed nothing recently. There must be better talent coming through the ranks that could now be given their opportunity
Forrest has been the only player our academy has produced (since Mulgrew - who was away for four years at three different clubs before he came to the fore) who has become and remained a first team player.

Whatever you make of him, this notion that our development squad can spew out players to displace first team regulars is fantasy
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He wasn't great but he worked hard and bailed out a knackered Lustig quite a few times. I actually think he's a very good player, but obviously his injuries rarely allow us to see the best of him. I don't know what his stats are but I would imagine that his goals and assists per minutes played would be pretty good. His crossing isn't anywhere near as bad as is being made out. More times than not he needs to wait on our attackers getting into the box and that often leads to defenders doubling up on him.

I thought GMS was good in the 2nd half last night, but Armstrong was pretty woeful, that might be because he's stuck out on the wing, however he needs to get stronger and impose himself in games
Edited by Pablo7, 30 Jul 2015, 08:18 PM.
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Imagine if he'd ran the ball into the corner when he could have attacked and then lost possession.
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remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
Think Forrest managed to beat his man once. GMS beat a man at least twice and had a shot on target so no he didn't ;)
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30 Jul 2015, 08:19 PM
Imagine if he'd ran the ball into the corner when he could have attacked and then lost possession.
Imagine he knocked the ball by people and lost it time and again or cross the ball out the park. That would be good eh.
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remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
Yer nephew's pish, deal.
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mizpah
30 Jul 2015, 08:55 PM
remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
Yer nephew's pish, deal.
Kwality patter.
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ronny_is_da_man
30 Jul 2015, 08:44 PM
Wailer
30 Jul 2015, 08:19 PM
Imagine if he'd ran the ball into the corner when he could have attacked and then lost possession.
Imagine he knocked the ball by people and lost it time and again or cross the ball out the park. That would be good eh.
I know, griffiths, eh. whit's he like?
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I can certainly understand why, at this stage, he frustrates so many and that its easy to say get rid.If you're the manager, though, and you are working with forward players who are rarely above SPL level you might dream of sorting his fitness and having him as a more than useful asset in your squad. At his best (and I realise that requires the most selective memory at this stage) he has pace, can shoot with two feet and might do damage against a higher quality team. If you've come to a club with Balde and Bangura on the books with Griffiths, Stokes and now Cifti as good as it gets you might take that gamble.

I do also think that writing a player's season off after the third competitive game might be premature.
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Wasn't their rumours a few years ago that Tottenham wanted to buy him for some millions of pounds ?
His good games or even good contributions to games are far too infrequent.
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Seem to remember him playing more through the middle when he first burst through. His lack of development is a serious concern if you compare him to how Sterling came on once he had made the breakthrough at Liverpool (I know, I Know - I am not saying they are the same player but when they both made the breakthrough their biggest assets was pace) James has gone backwards in my opinion.

there are a number of factors, not least he appeared to be made of glass & could never get a sustained run of games going. Lennon was his most ardent supporter but he has now gone. He has also been the local whipping bhoy for a fair few seasons, some individuals struggle with expectations and James appears to have drowned under them. His form has been worse that patchy and we seem to have been saying for the past 3 seasons that "this one" is his make or break year.

He does have talent but he was very quickly worked out by opposite teams who just doubled up on him. He would knock it past the first player only to find a second standing in his path, he would then either lose the ball or run into the second defender. He would compound this by just standing there throwing his hands up into the air waiting for a foul that was never coming while play raced off towards our goal.

I don't see him leaving this season but I also don't see him being the type of player we all thought he was going to be either. he may well find himself when he does eventually leave here and the weight of expectation is off his back or he may look to work again with Lennon in a sort of comfort blanket sort of way.

it would appear that as far as the majority of our support are concerned he is a busted flush in a Celtic jersey unless by some miracle he can rediscover some form & consistency.
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remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
He was effing brutal. GMS was as bad if not worse.
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30 Jul 2015, 09:17 PM
I can certainly understand why, at this stage, he frustrates so many and that its easy to say get rid.If you're the manager, though, and you are working with forward players who are rarely above SPL level you might dream of sorting his fitness and having him as a more than useful asset in your squad. At his best (and I realise that requires the most selective memory at this stage) he has pace, can shoot with two feet and might do damage against a higher quality team. If you've come to a club with Balde and Bangura on the books with Griffiths, Stokes and now Cifti as good as it gets you might take that gamble.

I do also think that writing a player's season off after the third competitive game might be premature.
"Frustrating" is the great weasel word for Celtic youth players who are crap. Forrest is crap.


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remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:56 PM
mizpah
30 Jul 2015, 08:55 PM
remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
Yer nephew's pish, deal.
Kwality patter.
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30 Jul 2015, 09:39 PM
remy mcswain
30 Jul 2015, 08:09 PM
Did more in 20 minutes than Mackay-Steven did in 70 though, of course, the woeful cross negates any good things he did.
He was effing brutal. GMS was as bad if not worse.
I don't think Forrest was brutal but he was definitely better than GMS. And Armstrong. And Johansen. That's not to say he was good. But, as I said last night, if you watched the game and your first thought was to slag aff Forrest, something else was informing that opinion. Not last night's game.
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Needs game time, decide a celtic players career with less than 45 mins sub appearance in pre season.
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aboutabhoy
30 Jul 2015, 10:37 PM
Needs game time, decide a celtic players career with less than 45 mins sub appearance in pre season.
Odd that match reports are full of you have to remember it's still July but the whipping boy is fair game.
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Rotten, has been for a while.

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