CELTIC supporters would have been pleased to see the rapport being struck up between Greg Taylor and James Forrest over the past week. It’s just a shame for the full-back that it took until the international break for him to get such a chance.

Taylor was pitched in by Steve Clarke for the games against Cyprus and Kazakhstan last week, and he acquitted himself well as he bagged 90 minutes in both matches and linked up well with both Forrest and fellow Celtic teammate Callum McGregor.

He is hoping that the showings in the dark blue of Scotland can lead to more regular opportunities to show what he can do in the green and white of Celtic.

“I’m playing with good players, and it’s easier when you’re playing with the top level,” Taylor said.

“I enjoyed playing down that left side with Jamesy and Callum, those guys are top players so it’s easy with them.

“I think over the two games me and James had a good relationship and, you’d need to ask him, but I enjoyed playing with him. He’s a joy to play with.

“It’s been really important to get games, of course it has. It’s been well documented that I’ve not had a lot of games, but it’s just one of those things at the moment.

“As I’ve already touched on, it’s a massive club and I just need to be patient.

“It was good to get the two 90 minutes with Scotland and more importantly, the two wins.

“I felt physically pretty good at the end of the Kazakhstan game. It speaks volumes that I got an assist in the 90th minute.

“I’m feeling good and I’ll be ready if called upon.”

As well as Taylor has done of late, and as happy as he is to have earned the right to be at such a huge club and to be involved for his country, he has come onto the scene at perhaps the worst possible time for a left-back.

With his club, he is third-choice behind Boli Bolingoli and Jonny Hayes, while with Scotland, he only has Scotland skipper Andy Robertson and as former Celtic and current Arsenal Kieran Tierney ahead of him in the pecking order.

Still, the 22-year-old is attempting to see the positives of the situation, and is determined to learn as much as he can from his illustrious counterparts.

“Andy is world class,” Taylor said. “He’s been a great servant to Scotland, a great captain, and he’s a top player.

“Unfortunately for him he was injured for these games, but it’s probably been a bit of fortune for myself and I’ve managed to get a couple of games. I’m grateful to the gaffer for throwing me in.

“Andy has been great with me. He gives me wee pointers here and there. He’s got to focus on leading the boys, he’s not there to coach me, but it’s been good.

“He was up for a few days at the start of the camp and we had a few chats, nothing much to do with football. He’s a good guy.

“He’s arguably the best left-back in the world, so he’s a good one to learn from.

“The gaffer know he can rely on me and I’ve got to put forward a case when I go back to my club and hopefully I can play well so I’m in the window for him

“I want to show that I’m ready to be called upon come March, but that’s up to him.

“I think it’s a big thing for any manager to know that he can trust you.

“The gaffer would probably say he knows he can trust me, having worked with me for a number of years before Scotland.

“He knows that if I’m needed, I can do a job for him.”