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Opinion: On fire 27-year-old has a great chance of becoming Celtic’s unlikely player of the year

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James Forrest’s latest attacking display for Celtic had supporters off their feet at Celtic Park and it’s becoming clear he is one of the most important stars in Brendan Rodgers’ starting eleven.

Last season Forrest changed the narrative of his Celtic story, stepping out of the shadow of Patrick Roberts to post some big numbers across the treble-winning campaign.

In all competitions he scored a magnificent 17 goals, creating a further 10 assists, making him one of the most lethal and effective attackers in the Hoops squad. It was undoubtedly his best season in a Celtic shirt.

Just a couple of months into this campaign and he’s already hunting down those totals, scoring six goals and assisting nine more in 19 appearances.

He was outstanding against Hibernian on Saturday, combining with Tom Rogic and Odsonne Edouard to pick up another two assists. The second of those, crossing for Edouard to sweep home, was a genius bit of play, skinning the Hibs defender down the left flank with pace, power and balance.

The performance follows on from a breathtaking four-goal haul away to St Johnstone which is undoubtedly the finest individual display in the Scottish Premiership so far this season.

The key now will be transferring these displays into Europen action on Thursday night against a big step up in competition, but you wouldn’t bet against him right now in any scenario.

If he can keep it up, he’ll be a shoe-in for this season’s player of the year awards, finally realising a potential he has long held at Celtic, ever since breaking through into the first-team under Neil Lennon.

Fingers crossed he can do it on a consistent basis.

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