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Brandon Ellis
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Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
Agreed, probably being a bit harsh on the young fella, very tough to make an impact that late in the game, but if you're not going to make any impact, you're wasted as a sub, I think, whether you come on at the ten minute mark of the first quarter (say, if there's an injury) or the ten m. mark of the last.
Just think he really made a point of getting involved this time, from the get go, and that he played with some confidence, as opposed to the sydney game where he looked a bit unsure and edgy.
He's learning quick, and as i said, i have no concerns that he's a keeper.
AstuteTiger said:
Agreed, probably being a bit harsh on the young fella, very tough to make an impact that late in the game, but if you're not going to make any impact, you're wasted as a sub, I think, whether you come on at the ten minute mark of the first quarter (say, if there's an injury) or the ten m. mark of the last.
Just think he really made a point of getting involved this time, from the get go, and that he played with some confidence, as opposed to the sydney game where he looked a bit unsure and edgy.
He's learning quick, and as i said, i have no concerns that he's a keeper.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
Just watched a bit of the replay on Fox footy. It's just a small thing but when the heat was really on in the last he got a handpass in the back half that he ran onto with pace but it was down at his shoelaces. He didn't break stride and his hands were so clean when he took possession. Little things like that show that this kid actually has some real quality.
My view is that he is going to be an inside midfielder. He has the body type and nice clean hands.
Very happy with Brandon.
Just watched a bit of the replay on Fox footy. It's just a small thing but when the heat was really on in the last he got a handpass in the back half that he ran onto with pace but it was down at his shoelaces. He didn't break stride and his hands were so clean when he took possession. Little things like that show that this kid actually has some real quality.
My view is that he is going to be an inside midfielder. He has the body type and nice clean hands.
Very happy with Brandon.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
I would include him in some of the centre square rotations this week. He will learn from it.
I would include him in some of the centre square rotations this week. He will learn from it.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
Hmm, not so sure about the bolded.
He does have clean hands but as a junior his best attribute was his elite kicking. Negating that a bit if he's always in the packs as an inside mid and constantly under pressure hacking it forward. He got drafted off his play from HB. That's not to say he can't become a quality midfielder but I'll believe it when I see it.
Sintiger said:
Hmm, not so sure about the bolded.
He does have clean hands but as a junior his best attribute was his elite kicking. Negating that a bit if he's always in the packs as an inside mid and constantly under pressure hacking it forward. He got drafted off his play from HB. That's not to say he can't become a quality midfielder but I'll believe it when I see it.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
I don't equate inside mids with just hacking the ball forward , maybe mid who can play inside is a better description
He has already been moved off halfback. When Dea came in for the Eagles game he started playing as a mid.Barnzy said:
I don't equate inside mids with just hacking the ball forward , maybe mid who can play inside is a better description
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
like him but needs to get stronger so he doesn't let blokes break his tackles.
like him but needs to get stronger so he doesn't let blokes break his tackles.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
I think he's a very good pick and is a big part of our future.
what a revelation about a first year playerMurrayValleyTiger said:
I think he's a very good pick and is a big part of our future.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
I think he will end up a mid. I have been a massive wrap for him before last years draft and the thing that I really liked was his ability to one touch everything. So clean below his knees and knows what he is going to do before he gets it. Haven’t seen him really use his kicking skills over distance yet, he is playing it safe. And that’s fine. But a time will come when he rips out a long kick and shock a lot of people. Not unlike Bastinac in some aspects. But Saturday was the hottest the football has been all year. And he looked at home.
Sintiger said:
I think he will end up a mid. I have been a massive wrap for him before last years draft and the thing that I really liked was his ability to one touch everything. So clean below his knees and knows what he is going to do before he gets it. Haven’t seen him really use his kicking skills over distance yet, he is playing it safe. And that’s fine. But a time will come when he rips out a long kick and shock a lot of people. Not unlike Bastinac in some aspects. But Saturday was the hottest the football has been all year. And he looked at home.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
Me too, loves to make things happen and some of his quick release handballs opened the game for us on Sat night. Wouldn't mind the coaches playing him as a tagger kind of like how the eagles used Scott Selwood early on.
zippadeee said:
Me too, loves to make things happen and some of his quick release handballs opened the game for us on Sat night. Wouldn't mind the coaches playing him as a tagger kind of like how the eagles used Scott Selwood early on.
Re: Welcome Brandon Ellis
Noticed this. I thought the plan was to rest him up for this game, and to inject him into the game when we needed some run and pin-point delivery late in the game, however Grimes going down mean't we didn't have the luxury of exploiting this strategy. Shame, because it could have been a match winning move.
Sintiger said:
Noticed this. I thought the plan was to rest him up for this game, and to inject him into the game when we needed some run and pin-point delivery late in the game, however Grimes going down mean't we didn't have the luxury of exploiting this strategy. Shame, because it could have been a match winning move.
