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Thank God for that!!!

I remember Mellon saying he wouldn’t be wasting Frank’s money. Well….we got 6 players in who’ve hardly featured and who haven’t even hit the ground never mind started running, and have made no difference whatsoever.

They’re under contract, can’t do anything about it!

OK…some do

And we think Norwood & Garner are too old for the 5th tier!

Sheringham

Of course we are underperforming! Apart from the obvious culprits, individually these players can’t all be shit but collectively, as a team, they undoubtedly are, and that has to be in some part, down to the manager. In my mind after 6 months we should be able to at least be starting to see what a Mellon team is likely to look like……however, at this stage l have absolutely no idea! It would undoubtedly help if he kept as settled a side as possible instead of tinkering with formations and personnel every bloody week! We obviously need a few players in certain positions to improve us but he did say himself at the end of January that he was ‘more than happy with what he had yet these last few weeks have been a disaster!

We could have 38 days and still not be ready!

Just wait until we are mentioned in the same sentence as Curzon Ashton!!

Who knows?

Absolutely!! I wouldn’t mind so much and would be willing to give him a fair crack of the whip if we were progressing and showing signs that he’s building something. He’s only had 6 months admittedly but I just don’t see a plan, a style of play or even a settled system! In the main they’re not his players but even the players he’s recruited haven’t improved things at all. I’m willing to bet that the lions share of this squad barring one or two would do OK at just about any other NL side in this division! We’re definitely under performing as a team and IMO it just doesn’t look like he has the remotest idea of how to rectify it! Serious question…..If it was your money bankrolling this football club, would you trust Micky Mellon to spend it wisely? I’m not sure I would!

Tommy Bryceland?

I have to say, on the field of play we are still a mess, not a total mess, but nevertheless a mess!

Well they’re certainly not traditional inside forwards either! I’m surprised you even remember inside forwards!

2nd attempt!

What are you saying exactly?

When you think that maybe Nuttall, Norwood & Garner would probably account for 1/3 of that!

A new day?

More confusion!….we were playing 352 and Sachdev was signed because he’s a specialist in the position of RWB, Mellon said so himself. He has a MOM performance in that position and then is dropped, never to be seen again. Since then we’ve played a couple of different players in that position including Sutton who is not really a FB and definitely not a wing back (sq peg in round hole) which was the reason we brought in Sachdev in the 1st place. Now he says we still haven’t got a RB and Sachdev can’t play RB….. surely a RWB is also able to play RB? IMO Sachdev played here as a FB anyway as I never saw him get up the pitch and go past a player even once while he was here! I’m now so confused I’ve confused myself….it seems Mellon is confused too!

Will it be on NL TV I wonder?

It could if it was behind closed doors!

Seen Lundstram have one decent game Raglan has been OK but should be at this level Hudson was No.1 pre Mellon so don’t think you could put that down to him We know what Gardner is capable of when fit, he’s no better or worse than when he came in and is playing for a new contract.

Disrupted?

If the board were in any doubt at all he should have gone in May. If the same happens with Mellon we will be in deep shit! We have a few players who obviously need to go but they’re not all incapable. I can’t think of a single player who has improved since Mellon came in! I wouldn’t give him a blank cheque book…I would give him 2 or 3 signings for the key positions where we are lightweight but no more until he improves our play and demonstrates that he’s capable of moving us forward.

We would this season…we’ve 32 players!!