in the Bulgarian national squad
From the Font of all Knowledge the OS Bulletin.
News reaches the Bulletin of an international recall for former Addicks midfielder Radostin Kishishev.
The Bulgarian, now again plying his trade in his country of birth with Litex Lovech, is back in the Bulgaria squad for the first time since 2007 to face the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.
Kishishev was released by Leicester City earlier this season, when he was a teammate of fellow former Addick Chris Powell.
100%er was our Kish and more skill than he was often credited with.
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thought he was too old now
100%er was our Kish and more skill than he was often credited with.[/quote]
Couldn't agree more. How we've missed him!
hard working and tenacious........yes. skilful...........no.
don't get me wrong I have a lot of time for the bloke and sat at his table (or, should I say, had him sat at our table) for the 2002 player of the year disco, but he was not a skilful midfielder.
His main fault was that he took too long deciding what to do with the ball when he go it and invariably got dispossed again. A top player s already thinking about his next move BEFORE recieving it and once in possession is quickly on the move. Best example of his in recent years was Andy Reid - if he can't make a pass to his right he'll turn with it and go left. Parker (spit) also a great exponant of this. Kish couldn't do either.
Different type of player for a start but he created a number of goals with through balls and crosses (M Bent v Man City, D Bent's Pen v Liverpool spring to mind) and was a key part of the Murphy/Smertin/Kish side that was second in the league while it lasted.
Fact is he played 179 games for the club ALL at the top level and was picked consistently by that know nothing manager Curbishley. Good enough for me.
For every pass that hit its target,literally thousands went awol.
Good water carrier though.
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Skill isn't a word I'd asociate with Kish, but neither was he agricultural. Effective is the best adjective I'd use. Capable of tackling back, closing down, passing and crossing etc competent without being the star of the show.
His team mates didnt exactly help him. He never hid. Old school professional in the best sense.
great tackling blocking passing workoholic
words to use with kish
On a pre season tour to Hong Kong in front of about 20 people and no cameras.
Would have been an absolute screamer. I remember wondering whether it was deliberate, but you got that feeling with Kish quite a lot.
Not known as Kishshev-chenko for nothing.
(Obviously when Shevchenko was good !!!)
Or was that just me ?
Well said Henry, and all the others standind up for Kish.
So why was it Curbs could see what Kish brought to the team, yet many others are so dismissive of the player?
Kish sacrificed his own game for the benefit of the team.
Bottom line, his job was to stop the opposition playing - and he did that by playing 90 minutes at 100 mph.
Not many players can showcase their talents playing that way.
But that was what Curbs told him to do ..... play to instructions, so he did.
Claus Jensen, Murphy, Di Canio couldn't do that job while they were standing with their hands on their hips watching Kish do the work of 2 men. They never played 90 minutes at 100 mph. But then that wasn't their job. They were playing to instructions too.
And that's what makes a team function as a team. Everyone doing their own job. And doing it well.
Regardless of their own individual skill.
Kish has every single attribute that we have lacked over the last two seasons. Including skill on the ball (unless we are so spoiled by premiership saturation on Sky that we now jeer at anyone who's not as good as Renaldo)...I'm really pleased he's back in the Bulgarian squad. Quite the nicest piece of news I've heard all day.
Kish was one of our own for 7 seasons, and sweated blood for the club.
If he's been re-called into his country's squad, he's there on merit.
As Charlton supporters, why can't we be pleased for him ... ?
Very much an under rated player, I for one was sorry to see him go.
The man never gave less than his all and quite frankly, Parker excluded, Icant think of a player who could brake play up in the midfield as well as him. I wonder if he would have got in our present team?
Certainly a younger Kish would have, I'm sure,
But then today, Bailey plays his role more or less - plus goals.
Likewise, agree with all thats been said.
So Curbs picked him constantly, where are either of them now in Prem terms?
And number 3 was El khalej, number 4 was..............
Amdy Faye was/is worse technically and a lot less composed.
He did. I was one of the privileged few to witness it.
He tried to repeat the feat many times with the ball always ending up in the stands.
I liked him but this must be at least the 100th 'Kish, legend or crap' thread on this board.
ledgend