Adam Idah in honest Celtic 'carried away' admission as he sets 2 main targets to get back on track

Adam Idah reckons his perfect ending to last season could have caused his sluggish start to the current campaign.

The Celtic striker admits he may have been guilty of believing his own hype after signing off his initial loan spell from Norwich City in style with the Scottish Cup Final winner against Rangers at Hampden in May which clinched a domestic double for the Hoops. It helped earn Idah a permanent £9.5 million move to the Scottish champions in the summer but he admits he wasn’t content with his form in the first couple of months of this season.

On reflection, the 23-year-old is now more satisfied with the progress which saw him take his goals tally to seven with a double in last Saturday’s 4-1 win over Hearts at Tynecastle. Idah is now looking to kick on and improve his all-round contribution for Brendan Rodgers’ side. He said: “I don't know the exact reason, but I might have gotten a bit too carried away with myself from last season.

“The high I finished on last season, I might have thought I could just come back and hopefully it'll be the same. But, as we know, football doesn't work like that. Like I said, it's just reflecting back and coming back to phase one and being myself. I know what I'm capable of doing, and it's just getting back on track and doing the things I know I can do.

“I probably wasn't too happy with how I started the season. It was only in the last couple of days when I look back and see I think I’ve actually had a goal every 75 or 76 minutes. It kind of made me realise it's not actually as bad as what I thought, and I think for any striker, if they've got a start like that, you'd be pretty proud of yourself

“So for me, now it's just driving forward and getting as many goals as I can. I wouldn't