Apparently, he is having off-field issues which can't help but the biggest issue is that he is not being played as the main striker, which is currently the right call because Mellon is in better form.
You have to get the ball to fondop in the danger area and put the onus on him as the main man, so he has to score and keep the fans happy. A supporting role is not his thing.
when Mellon's form dips, fondop should have a run of games as front man and if he doesn't deliver, then we know he will not get his good goal tally like last season to drive us into the playoffs.
There are many strikers that don't have a football brain but can score, and if you don't give them a good crack of the whip, then you can't blame them for not scoring.
Mellon's job is to re-kindle that form because when mellon's son leaves, it will fondop that he will have to rely on again because Garner is gone soon and Quigley and the drummer boy clearly can't do it.