James Forrest has revealed that a boot change helped transform Celtic’s League Cup tie with Hibs.
The Scotland winner screwed an awkward shot well wide of goal during the first half, although he had been flagged offside, but showed a devastating touch in front of goal in the second half equalising within 20 seconds of the re-start then putting Celtic ahead in the 58th minute
“The manager told me to change my boots at half-time,” Forrest revealed. “I was wearing mouldies and he wanted me in studs.
“I don’t know if it made a difference but it makes the gaffer more comfortable and that’s the most important thing.
“To be fair, I was going to change them anyway.”
Lennon confirmed: “I told Forrest to change his boots for a start. He was playing with these white moulded boots on and he kept hitting the first man, stumbling over the ball and wasn’t right in his thinking at all.
“James is the type of kid you can have a go at and get a positive response and he set the tone for the second half straightaway, he was magnificent.
“He is a great talent, no doubt about it, he is very quick over five or 10 yards, the physical side is improving and he has a lot of belief in himself.
“He goes both way with pace, he plays with menace he is a hard man to stop and he will only improve.”
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Aspects of the second half were very pleasing. Forrest’s performance and the way Hooper took his goal. The goalie, despite a couple of good saves, will lose a lot of goals and the defence is poor. Kayal is also still struggling.
A bit too early to talk of recovery as Hibs are a very poor outfit and will be fighting for their lives. However, they managed to out-play Celtic for most of the first half! But definitely an improvement.
I agree Forrest was phonomenal absolutely fantastic and what a player he is turning out to be. But i still think Hooper despite his goal needs to improve his overall performance
To give Hooper his dues, in the second half of last night’s game his movement, first touch and overall desire was a vast improvement on his display against Aberdeen. I believe the improvement will only continue with game tie as he gets sharper.
Of course he has not been the player he was last year but i reckon a match winning performance is not far away.
As for James Forrest..what a fantastic little player he’s becoming. He’s been one of the few things to shout about this season.
Hail Hail.