Source: FOOTYMAD
No doubts in Forster's mind he made the right decision
The lure of being asked to play for Celtic again was a no brainer for Fraser Forster Fraser Forster has always been keen to come back to Parkhead and never thought twice about returning despite Newcastle manager Alan Pardew's scathing assessment of the SPL at the end of his previous loan spell. Pardew was disappointed at the standard of the SPL, claiming even some Old Firm games had been "poor". These sort of words appeared to rule out a second season on loan for the shot-stopper. However, Forster was back last week at the start of another season-long deal and he brushed aside any concerns his parent club may have over the standard of Scottish football. Forster said: "If a club like Celtic comes looking for you, it takes about two seconds to think it through. I had a great year last year, I love all the people at the training ground and the coaches have been brilliant with me from day one. For people to go out of their way to try and get back you back, it's just nice to be a part of it again. It dragged on a bit over the summer but we got there in the end and I'm just delighted to be back. It feels like I've never been away. We are in Europe and hopefully if we get through to the group stages it will be a stepping stone on to other things. It will get the fans delighted again. There are so many positives around Celtic, it's a young squad on the up." Today sees Celtic head to Switzerland for Thursday's second leg with the players having a point to prove after Neil Lennon's description of the display in the 1-0 defeat by St Johnstone as "wasteful, complacent and immature". For his part, Forster has no complaints about his manager's assessment and bluntness. he said: "The gaffer has been there and done it. He has played at this club for years and knows what it's all about. It's a case of us learning off him and the other coaches. We can't afford to lose games at home like that but it's just important that we make sure it doesn't happen again. It was a poor result but luckily we have a game on Thursday that we can look forward to. Everyone is focused on that. Those things happen, it's part of football. We will get up, dust ourselves off and go again on Tuesday. It's in the past, we can't change it. We are not particularly worried about that, we have just got to make sure it doesn't happen again later in the season." Forster spent a season on loan at Norwich before moving to Celtic and is looking for some stability after this loan period. He said: "I have been saying that for a couple of years. It's a loan deal for this year but we'll see what happens throughout the year and at the end of the season. It's a fantastic club and a massive club, I don't think anyone would ever turn down playing here. I'm just proud to be part of what the gaffer sees as the team going forward and just proud to be wanted by such a big club. I'm just going to work as hard as I can over the next 12 months."
