That's the problem in a nutshell. In form, Melksham's role is to hunt the ball. Now, their just creating roles for him to cover up the cracks in his game.
Surely he can 'learn' to play a different role or get back to being a pure inside/outside mid in the 2's.
I'd prefer his 2014 form to J Merrett's 2014 form.
Merrett started out with 2 or 3 cracking games, then did nothing until he got injured, then has done nothing on his return.
The positive for Melksham is he has shown a defensive game which is adding value. It could also be a way toshow him that he hasn't been working hard enough by playing him on hard working midfielders whilst still having him perform a role for us.
Who do you directly replace Melksham with? I'd like to see Kav but not at the expense of Melksham
this week given the depth of Ports midfield.
At the end of the day I think he'll be lucky to survive in the seniors for much longer, it just depends on when he gets dropped. For me it should not be this week.