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Brandon Ellis
- Thread starter Tigermad2005
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At the end of the day, Gia is a smart and experienced player. Ellis is in his 3rd year. Not the first time an experienced bloke got one over the young guy when the pressure climax hit. Ellis will learn.
We had an experienced guy in Edwards down the other end who shat himself when he could have done what Gia did, played it calmly and set us up for a goal.
Edwards out.
We had an experienced guy in Edwards down the other end who shat himself when he could have done what Gia did, played it calmly and set us up for a goal.
Edwards out.
Learning experience for Ellis and wouldnt swap him for Gia for all the gold in Siberia. Ellis will be an outstanding player for our club providing hours of highlights sheesh he is only a kid and I'm happy with what he has done so far and finding consistency will be the key for him and it will come.
Brandon will be a very good long-term player for the Tigers. The question that should be asked is why was he alone one-one with Gia given the time and circumstance of the game. Where was the support and why was no one behind the ball in the D50 to help give a chop-out. Tigers again not understanding the situation on the field and keeping calm.
The team has so many moments in games where they are truly 'rabbits in the headlights' and they seem bereft of ideas of how to change momentum and rest back initiative within quarters. The got the win against Carl because of a shocking miskick from Warnock that went straight to Vickery who somehow luckily mongrel punted the ball through the goal square for a comedy capers goal (he was panicking too).
The team has so many moments in games where they are truly 'rabbits in the headlights' and they seem bereft of ideas of how to change momentum and rest back initiative within quarters. The got the win against Carl because of a shocking miskick from Warnock that went straight to Vickery who somehow luckily mongrel punted the ball through the goal square for a comedy capers goal (he was panicking too).
Brandon Ellis is twent-eye years of age. In his third year he has gone up a rung in expectation. And in the real hierarchy too. Because in three games of 2014 never have both Deledio and Jackson played. So everybody under Cotchin has gone up a spot. Ellis is facing ball breaking pressure.
He's had both kinds of moment, thrashing Gibbs (the one who can't play but got twelve(?) clearances against us in a recent final). Brandon started 2013 a bit slowly too, at nineteen years of age.
If Ellis gets conned by a geriatric in the dying minutes of a round-three spooner-ambush, well, he's one who will learn from that.
Help me get the numbers right here. I like numbers. Exactly how many twenty year olds of this ilk has Richmond had in the past twenty years? Should we compare him to another club's champion like Ryan 'The Reputation' Griffin? What was Luke Hodge's third season like? Ben Cousins's?
Stuart Dew had a real bad moment as a youngster. Does anybody remember it? Ellis has already passed Stuart Dew for individual midfield talent.
Hardwick played alongside young Dew, didn't he? Alongside young Kane Cornes. Hardwick is teaching Ellis a path in between those two.
When this yet to mature dynasty is dying, Ellis will be the bridge to our next generation. Future captain.
He's had both kinds of moment, thrashing Gibbs (the one who can't play but got twelve(?) clearances against us in a recent final). Brandon started 2013 a bit slowly too, at nineteen years of age.
If Ellis gets conned by a geriatric in the dying minutes of a round-three spooner-ambush, well, he's one who will learn from that.
Help me get the numbers right here. I like numbers. Exactly how many twenty year olds of this ilk has Richmond had in the past twenty years? Should we compare him to another club's champion like Ryan 'The Reputation' Griffin? What was Luke Hodge's third season like? Ben Cousins's?
Stuart Dew had a real bad moment as a youngster. Does anybody remember it? Ellis has already passed Stuart Dew for individual midfield talent.
Hardwick played alongside young Dew, didn't he? Alongside young Kane Cornes. Hardwick is teaching Ellis a path in between those two.
When this yet to mature dynasty is dying, Ellis will be the bridge to our next generation. Future captain.
Dyer'ere said:
Agreed. Between him and Vlastuin for the captaincy next. Had a slow start, but then again he had a slow start last season, and some poor games vs Carlton. Was just about our best vs Carlton this year. This is a boy who will leave no stone unturned, and wring every last drop of his potential out. Some of his teammates could take note.
It was a dumb tackle true - but he's not a dumb footballer.TheCan said:
I don't care who you name as the smartest and greatest footballers ever - every one of them will at times have made "dumb" decisions and given away "stupid" free kicks.
What makes them smart is that it doesn't happen a lot.
This bloke will be smart enough to learn from it.
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under pressure hardly touches it
Still early days but this is a concerning trend. He reminded me of Heath Shaw when he first started except that Heath Shaw can play of a half back flank. Not sure if Brandon can play at half back without being exposed by the opposition
under pressure hardly touches it
Still early days but this is a concerning trend. He reminded me of Heath Shaw when he first started except that Heath Shaw can play of a half back flank. Not sure if Brandon can play at half back without being exposed by the opposition
TheCan said:
Every player has made a mistake or two in their career. It was an immature mistake under immense pressure in a close match. Why no focus on a much more experienced player (Edwards) who 20 seconds earlier blind handballed straight to an oppostion player which created the circumstance in the first place. Why no focus on the fact that with not much more than 2 minutes to go and 4 point sin front, we had not one player on the defensive side of the centre square. Now if we want to talk about being sucked in when it matters we need to focus on a lot more than young Ellis's mistake.
GoodOne said:
Nicely said Good One.
Don't understand the put downs of young Ellis. Expose the mistake and call it for what it is, be the man is potential future champion going on his record thus far. Has contributed admirably in his career this far!
