marshy Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 "The Mellor thing is taking a long time, sooner or later we are going to have to move on" is the quote from Megson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Still think we need a forward with pace to compliment Madine. He's probably only available on loan (if at all) but GM could do worse than go to his old club and enquire about Simon Cox. Would be greet but Cox will no way drop to league 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 All agent talk I'm sure. On a slight aside Watford aren't so skint any more. They had a fairly hefty sell on clause in the Ashley Young deal. Will have netted them a good 4-5 Million I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Published on Thursday 7 July 2011 10:00 formatPubDate("Thu Jul 07 10:00:00 BST 2011"); believes that Sheffield Wednesday cannot afford to start the season without Neil Mellor or another new striker who can deliver goals. believes that Sheffield Wednesday cannot afford to start the season without Neil Mellor or another new striker who can deliver goals. The Owls manager is beginning to believe that he may have to look elsewhere as the Mellor saga drags on and there is no certainty that last season’s loan star will be returning from Preston. Megson also feels that the recent records of strikers already at the club cannot give him confidence about their ability to get goals. “Neil Mellor scored 20 of our goals, and that was without taking any penalties,” he said. “It’s important that we bring somebody in with that kind of record. We don’t have anybody else who scored that number of goals for us. “The Mellor thing is taking a long time. Sooner or later we’re going to have to move on and bring somebody else in. “We can’t start the season just with the forwards that we have.” Although there have been talks this summer over Mellor, involving Wednesday, Preston and the player’s agent, they appear not to have been straightforward - though at one stage it appeared that a fee had been agreed - and ultimately a deal has yet to be thrashed out that suits all parties. Megson said: “I think it’s got to be negotiated between the two clubs.” The Owls boss also says that Mellor was unhappy over reports that wrongly claimed he was on £9,000 or £10,000 a week: “I don’t think he’s on anything like what was mentioned in the media.” Nevertheless Megson knows that affordability still must play a part in any transfer. Mellor would like to return to Hillsborough but is bound to be tempted by interest from the Championship. He has been linked with Doncaster, Southampton and Watford. Megson also wants to land winger Lloyd Dyer from Leicester. The squad have now begun a week’s work in Austria. Former captain Tommy Miller has turned down an offer from Bradford City with a view to moving to a Championship club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russy Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Would be greet but Cox will no way drop to league 1. Yup. Be more likely to get Chris Wood then Cox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BirdonaMaguire Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/owls_boss_warns_he_s_poised_to_look_elsewhere_1_3551834 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think the above article is trying to give mandaric a nudge to make things happen, can we afford him or not, I think that's what megsons getting at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euse Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 It needs to be done sooner rather than later. It's not long til the proper pre-season games get under way and we want a side sorted for the Rochdale game ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJowl Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Yup. Be more likely to get Chris Wood then Cox. I wouldn't mind Wood to be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euse Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think the above article is trying to give mandaric a nudge to make things happen, can we afford him or not, I think that's what megsons getting at! I think you're reading too much into a simple article. It's obvious we will have to move onto other targets if we don't sign Mellor soon. GM will have a rough date in his head that if things haven't progressed, then he'll need to move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think you're reading too much into a simple article. It's obvious we will have to move onto other targets if we don't sign Mellor soon. GM will have a rough date in his head that if things haven't progressed, then he'll need to move on. I've no doubt megson would've wanted all his players in place for the Austria trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonTheOwl66 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'd much rather someone new come in. Mellor doesn't inspire me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrbuk Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'd much rather someone new come in. Mellor doesn't inspire me. Grass always greener on the other side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euse Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'd much rather someone new come in. Mellor doesn't inspire me. I know what your saying because, as a lot of people have pointed out, he was very lazy and nowhere near the starting XI for some months, but then suddenly started scoring again. Regardless of how well he did / didn't do in certain months, he still scored goals. My concern was that he's not going to get us a goal every game or every two games. He'll get two or three in one match and then that's it for a bit. When I watch Soccer Saturday when I don't go to the matches, there's always certain players names you see pop up EVERY week . I'm pretty sure other fans for other clubs wouldn't have seen Mellor's name too many times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawowl Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I know what your saying because, as a lot of people have pointed out, he was very lazy and nowhere near the starting XI for some months, but then suddenly started scoring again. Regardless of how well he did / didn't do in certain months, he still scored goals. My concern was that he's not going to get us a goal every game or every two games. He'll get two or three in one match and then that's it for a bit. When I watch Soccer Saturday when I don't go to the matches, there's always certain players names you see pop up EVERY week . I'm pretty sure other fans for other clubs wouldn't have seen Mellor's name too many times.... Stop the world .......I want to get off !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbo Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 i would love us to sign Mellor but if he is the reason for the hold up then he can do one, we need to move on he either really wants to play for us (like he keeps saying) or he wants to play in the championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Really would like us to bring him back here, struggle to think of any other realistic signings that could get us 20+ goals a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUCE LEE Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Preston are under the impression we've got an endless pot of gold.... thats why theyre reluctant to do the same deal as they did with Hayes and Charlton. There comes a point though, for all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMortimer Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I assume we're actually after two strikers this summer, whether Mellor comes or not? Things have been rather quiet apart from a supposedly inaccurate report about Jason Scotland haven't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BirdonaMaguire Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I assume we're actually after two strikers this summer, whether Mellor comes or not? Things have been rather quiet apart from a supposedly inaccurate report about Jason Scotland haven't they? You'd hope so, we need a pacy player up top unless he's planning on using JJ and possibly Dyer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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