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Adam Idah learns on the job as Heimir Hallgrimsson highlights tougher demands of Republic of Ireland role

ADAM IDAH has been told it's not easy being green with his role as a striker for Ireland more demanding than it is as Celtic. In Friday night's Advertisement 2 Adam Idah led the line for Republic of Ireland against Senegal on Friday night 2 Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says the Celtic star is finally grasping the hard graft needed up top in green Doubts over Evan Ferguson's ability to ast 90 minutes- plus Idah's winner off the bench against Bulgaria in March - helped convince the Icelander to ask him to lead the line. Although he did not get a sniff of goal - berating scorer And he reckons the penny has dropped that his duties for Ireland are far more onerous than they are for Celtic, for whom he scored 20 times in all competitions this season. Asked how Advertisement READ MORE ON FOOTBALL 'He's been sharp in training and I think you saw when he came on he was sharp. We've been really happy with him in the sessions. 'Whether he was ready for 90 minutes, we were not sure and Adam deserved to start. 'And he did a solid performance, his workrate was I thought better than often before.' Advertisement Most read in Football Live Blog Video Hallgrímsson said: 'No, I saw he took the job seriously on Friday. 'It's not been an issue but I think in his club it's just so different a role it's difficult to switch. 'Don't say that on camera' - Nathan Collins' admission about Caoimhin Kelleher's move leaves Heimir in stitches 'Because we need a lot of defending from our strikers and he's just not used to it at Celtic when they have their possession at say 60/70/80 percent in games. 'So the space he needs to work on in games is small. It's a switch and hopefully players are learning more and more and he is growing. He knows what we expect so that's a positive sign.' Advertisement But he could be dropped for Tuesday's match against Luxembourg Hallgrímsson said: 'When a player is sick, we're not doing him a favour playing him if he's 80 percent. 'We would obviously like to play him fully fit and give him the chance to show himself when he is fully fit. 'He was OK. Probably he would have come into this game were it not for the injury to Robbie Brady in the end but we will see him play in two days.' Advertisement