Jon Mellish

Left Back - De Graafschap
15 Jun 2028
Thursday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 20 Transfers Relations Events 74 Awards 2 Matches History

Events

74
Severity
Mood

  1. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  2. Personality clash with Kaya Symons

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  3. Clashed with Mathijs Menu over training standards

    Minor
    Cause
    The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  4. Returning loanee is competing for his place Nolan Martens

    Moderate
    Cause
    The new arrival has visibly higher ability.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  5. Senses a managerial change coming

  6. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  7. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  8. He has started to want: To be paid what he is worth

    Mind

  9. He has started to want: A settled future

    Mind

  10. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Serious
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  11. Personality clash with Barna Benczenleitner

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  12. Personality clash with Bram Scholten

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  13. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  14. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  15. He has come to believe: Bad blood between them — Mathijs Menu

    Mind

  16. Stayed on the bench while Kevin Paredes took the slot

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  17. Clashed with Mathijs Menu over training standards

    Minor
    Cause
    The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  18. Settling well into the dressing room

    Minor
    Cause
    A strong training-ground partnership is behind this. The bond between them was already strong, so the morale hit should be limited.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  19. Personality clash with Juan Familia-Castillo

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  20. Stayed on the bench while Kevin Paredes took the slot

    Minor
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  21. Left out as Kevin Paredes was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  22. Personality clash with Vernon Addo

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  23. Personality clash with Fabio Ferraro

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  24. Clashed with Mathijs Menu over training standards

    Minor
    Cause
    The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  25. Personality clash with Kaya Symons

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  26. Asking for a language tutor

    Moderate
    Cause
    The language barrier is wearing on him.; He still does not speak the local language.

  27. Left out as Kevin Paredes was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  28. He has come to believe: He struggles away from home

    Mind

  29. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    He has unresolved concerns over his contract. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  30. Worried by competition from a new signing Barna Benczenleitner

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  31. Stayed on the bench while Kevin Paredes took the slot

    Minor
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    He is left out while unsettled over his future at the club.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  32. Personality clash with Barna Benczenleitner

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  33. Praised by the manager

    Major
    Cause
    The discussion covered general matters.

  34. Praised by the manager

    Major
    Cause
    The discussion covered general matters.

  35. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  36. Clashed with Mathijs Menu over training standards

    Minor
    Cause
    The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  37. Club backed him with a real role after the loan

  38. Contract talks stalled over squad status

    Moderate
    Cause
    The wage was acceptable, but he wanted clearer first-team guarantees.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  39. Stayed on the bench while Kevin Paredes took the slot

    Minor
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    He is left out while unsettled over his future at the club.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  40. Difficult conversation with the manager

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion covered general matters.

  41. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  42. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  43. Stayed on the bench while Kevin Paredes took the slot

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Kevin Paredes was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  44. Personality clash with Kevin Paredes

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  45. Personality clash with Juan Familia-Castillo

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  46. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  47. Clashed with Mathijs Menu over training standards

    Minor
    Cause
    The disagreement started because they judged training effort very differently. It played out on the training ground in front of the rest of the squad.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  48. Stayed on the bench while Kaya Symons took the slot

    Minor
    Chosen instead
    Kaya Symons was preferred — a closer working relationship with the coach.
    Cause
    The coach trusted a more reliable teammate for this fixture.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  49. Personality clash with Vernon Addo

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  50. He has started to want: To learn the language

    Mind

  51. He has let it go: A settled future

    Mind

  52. K'Marni Miller, a compatriot, joined the squad

    Moderate
    Cause
    Shared nationality and language helped this take root. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  53. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Serious
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. The language gap is making integration harder.
    Outlook
    Settling-in period is still under way.

  54. Returning loanee is competing for his place Joris van Overeem

    Moderate
    Cause
    The new arrival has visibly higher ability.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  55. Anxious about his expiring contract

  56. Personality clash with Kaya Symons

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  57. Personality clash with Fabio Ferraro

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  58. Turned down the offered deal

    Serious
    Cause
    He turned down the club's offer. The wage was below his expectations.

  59. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  60. Contract renewal rejected

    Decision
    Movement
    3y · $509.6K/y

  61. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    3y · $509.6K/y

  62. Signed as a free agent

    Decision
    Movement
    De Graafschap

  63. Free transfer listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Released by mutual agreement
    Who
    Board

  64. Contract expired — became a free agent

    Decision
    Movement
    Wigan Athletic →

  65. He has started to want: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  66. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  67. He has started to want: First-team football

    Mind

  68. He got what he wanted: First-team football

    Mind

  69. Starter

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  70. Returned from loan

    Decision
    Movement
    Milton Keynes Dons → Wigan Athletic

  71. Moving on

    Decision
    Movement
    Development pathway updated
    Who
    Board

  72. Board transfer-listed

    Decision
    Cause
    Development pathway has run its course
    Who
    Board

  73. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $934.4K/y

  74. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $934.4K/y
    Who
    Phillips Benjamin