A year ago he was sitting on the sidelines nursing a hamstring injury watching Moussa Dembele scoring.
Last night Leigh Griffiths was centre stage and having a party in the Champions League.
After 37 minutes he scored his first goal in the group phase of the Champions League as Anderlecht were put to the sword.
There were times last season that it looked like Brendan Rodgers’ expectations of 24 hour athletes would be too much for Griffiths.
An easier life could be had along the M8 back at Hibs where one good game in two would afford him legendary status with his long term pals at Hibs.
In his last two Celtic matches Griffiths has delivered the best back-to-back victories in Brendan Rodgers’ time at the club.
Two typical strikers finishes have taken the wind from Sevco and Anderlecht.
At Ibrox on Saturday there were parts of Griffiths’ game that were wasteful, in the second half against Anderlecht he was simply wonderful.
On Saturday he’ll be playing against Hibs for the first time as a Celtic player- knowing that if his standards drop there is a £30m rated substitute waiting on his chance.
