Faddy salutes unflappable star Forrest

JAMES McFadden believes James Forrest will never change whether he scores four goals in one game or is dropped by his country.

The Celtic winger’s exclusion from the last two Scotland games raised eyebrows given how consistently well he has played over the past two years.

His scoring feat at St Johnstone was not missed by McFadden, the national side’s coach, who is a fan of this level-headed player who is never too up or down no matter what is going on with his life.

McFadden said: “James is a great guy. He never played the last two games but he was brilliant, his attitude is superb.

“We’ve got no complaints. He’s not going to go and get carried away with himself.

“He has been playing for Celtic for a long time and he understands the pressures and expectation there. It would be difficult to score four goals every game, but he wants to have a major impact on games anyway.

“I think he just knows he’s capable of it. It’s no surprise.”

Forrest has a chance of facing Israel on Thursday even if he is asked to play a different role to the one he does for Celtic.

McFadden said: “He has played a number of positions for Celtic. He has played as a striker, as a wing-back, wide right and wide left.

“He’s a good football player. We have played him as a striker in a 3-5-2 and he is hungry.

“I think football players now are adaptable. The good thing is, certainly when I played, I would have preferred to play in my position but if I was getting a game I didn’t really care.”