Bish

[Peter Promise]

Just been appointed as joint manager of Gainsborough Trinity.

[mistertonmick]

I knew yesterday, one of Trinity’s coaching staff lives near me and I joked to him that Bish would make them a good manager and he told me he was going to be announced today, a good choice and I wish him well.

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North Lincolnshire Irons, marty303, Deereyme66, lesgeo

[Sanfran49]

Best wishes to BISH as he starts his managerial/coaching career and hope we seem him in the league.

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North Lincolnshire Irons, lesgeo

[Ferrite]

Never quite understood the love for Bishop, always thought he was a modest midfielder who did ok but no better. What have I missed?

[mistertonmick]

if we had Bishop and Dawson in midfield this last season and a decent striker we might have stayed up.

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[lesgeo]

Bishop positives?
Arguably the best defensive CM I’ve seen for the Iron.
1) Nearly as good as Ticker Taylor at winning a ball without making a tackle. His timing at stealing-ball was superb.
2) When tackles were needed, the timing there was top notch.
3) He rarely wasted a ball.
4) He showed generalship – lifted those around him.
5) His reading of a game was coolness and intelligence combined.
6) His covering in front of our box was terrific.

I used to spend large portions of a match just watching what he was doing. I probably gave him our MOTM in 50% of the games played.
Only once saw him play a stinker and, if memory serves, could it have been against Wigan at GP?

A gem! But we got rid just at the right time, TBH. He played okay at Mansfield but he aged at Field Mill.

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Just Iron, chernihiv, MK Iron, Iron-awe, Deereyme66

[Ferrite]

mistertonmick wrote:

if we had Bishop and Dawson in midfield this last season and a decent striker we might have stayed up.

There are LOTS of players from our past who that applies to!

[Ferrite]

Happy to take all your points aside perhaps from 3), from what I saw of him his passing was pretty limited to say the least. His movement off the ball was good though and under-rated in terms of breaking forwards.

[Deereyme66]

I don’t think you can underestimate his ability to break up opposition play, leadership qualities and vast experience at lower levels. Not pretty but a vital part of any squad looking for success. Proper midfield general. A rare breed.

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[Iron-awe]

Bit of an unsung hero Bish, agree with a lot of what les said and while the fans were falling over themselves fawning over our strikers, Bish just went about his business in a real professional way.

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