Liverpool FC Forum

[Paul C]

Great to see you back Michael. 

It's Mr Tomkinson to you JBG     

[Paul C]

to me, one answer would be to give gerrard a more advanced role and a licence to roam about the pitch.

Agreed 

[stmichael]

I'm sick and f**kin tired of people saying give Mellor a chance, he is cr3p and will score 1 in 20 chances, I'd like to see what his goals per mins played ratio is

With Gerrard returning, and so many creative midfielders in the side, it is surely time to throw Neil Mellor in. The jury is rightly still out on him, to my mind, as he's yet to prove much in first-team football. But he's a finisher, pure and simple, and if you can supply him with chances he has the right instincts to convert them - providing he can handle the pressure that comes with first-team football. By pulling Luis Garcia or Kewell back, that's one more player to supply the ammunition.

[parchpea]

It is not much of a choice, Mellor or Pongolle. Neither is very good. If I had to pick one I would choose Pongolle. I just think he has the edge on Mellor in every department. Thing is Benitez will probably continue to chop and change the pair. Seems he is committed to using everyone in the squad. I dont know if this is because he is resting guys or really is not sure who the hell to pick. I mean who would you pick? whatever the team he picks right now it appears to make little or no difference. At this point you could pick them with a pin and hope for the best and he may well do lol 

[chiggz_likes_owen]

Henry not to be playing would be a great boost for us because we know what threat lies with him.

I say Pongolle and Kewell upfront as we have no choice to put Kewell ; Screw Mellor anyway.

I say we win 1 - 0 or we loose 1 - 0, 2 - 0 or 2 - 1. I can't see use scoring more than 1 goal if none.

[stmichael]

I say we win 1 - 0 or we loose 1 - 0, 2 - 0 or 2 - 1. I can't see use scoring more than 1 goal if none.

cheers mystic meg.    

[woof woof !]

Mellor tries hard but tryin' isn't enough. I can't think of an established prem side that would put him in their starting line up. Frankly the lad means well but he's a bit of a lump .

I'd be tempted to give Pongolle a go .

[The_Rock]

well pongolle's 1st touch sucks & mellor pretty much looks like an average 1st divison player. From having 3 world class strikers at the beginning of the season, we are now stuck with pongolle & mellor. Are we cursed or what ?

[Dalglish]

well pongolle's 1st touch sucks & mellor pretty much looks like an average 1st divison player. From having 3 world class strikers at the beginning of the season, we are now stuck with pongolle & mellor. Are we cursed or what ?

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr Yes 

[crazyhorse]

We have had a bad time this season, but will benefit in the long run though hopefully siging better cover should we be in this position again.

[A.B.]

We were hammared by injuries last season like we are now, we survived and we can do it again.

[laza]

Hottest fire forges the strongest steel

Hopefully the bright side of this adversity will be a stronger team spirit

[begintoend]

No more Mellor, he's only good for our cup runs.
Give Pongy the chance. He will proce to be the better choice by a mile over Mellor.

[Ciggy]

Bergkamp, Silva,Edu,Henry, Reyes, Van Persie all injured arsenal are just as bad as us with the injury list .
Even though I dont wish injuries on anyone, its about time someone else got bad luck too.
And because of all our injuries and theres we may just sneak a win

[bigmick]

If the jury's still out on Mellor, than we are staring down the gunbarrel at a severe backlog in highcourt judgements. At this rate, a parking ticket will involve six months wait , three retrials and an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.
Come on guys, pretty much everyone on here knows their football and you can all see it, the lad is severely limited. Add that to the fact he is unfit and he becomes a liability. This "give him a chance", "he's scored a bucketload for the reserves" stuff is all very well but, IMHO certainly, he just isn't good enough plain and simple. I don't agree with the earlier poster who said he'll convert one chance in twenty, I'm sure he'd score a lot more than that. He's probably a good finisher but at this level, without quality you just won't get a chance.
I don't overly rate Pongolle either but out of the two he is much the better bet. At least he has pace. I was searching for an AND there but can't think of one. He has pace, lets leave it at that.