He is playing more in a pure wing role now that Grigg is out.
Let's hope it stays that way.... on both fronts.
Let's hope it stays that way.... on both fronts.
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Brandon Ellis
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thejinx said:
A 30 possession game does not necessarily mean a massive impact. I am sue that even swan has some 35 possession games that are just average and others where he influences the result. Main thing is that he gets 30 regularly and so chances of having an impact rise. For Ellis the more regularly he can get to 30 the better he will be for us.
Barnzy said:
Yep, his tackling and contested ball work is pretty average but strangely his contested marking is excellent.... how does that work out?
Usually a gun outside player who is crappy inside is crappy overhead. I can't think of another player like that.
His link work between the 50m arcs is what we have been crying out for. He ain't too shabby on the left either. Lace out to Jack in the first quarter.SCOOP said:
Slow start to the year but his past few weeks have been exceptional.
However he had 0 tackles.
Improve in this area and tidy up some of his disposal and he is A grade.
However he had 0 tackles.
Improve in this area and tidy up some of his disposal and he is A grade.
St Kevin said:
That's my one criticism of him as well. seems to have no idea when we don't have the footy. He often marks space and lets opposition players get away way too easily.
The big positive is that he is running so hard to provide an outlet for his teammates is a great sign for his future. For many years not enough of our players have done this instinctively.
The negative is that he is learning some bad traits along the way i.e. he picks & chooses when to put his nose over the footy, his tackling attempts can be very poor and his back tracking into defence can be found wanting.
He's a very good case study for the development of the club. At an elite club these flaws wouldn't be tolerated and would be ironed out and with his skillset he'd finish his career a decorated footballer.
Interesting to see how he ends up with us.
The negative is that he is learning some bad traits along the way i.e. he picks & chooses when to put his nose over the footy, his tackling attempts can be very poor and his back tracking into defence can be found wanting.
He's a very good case study for the development of the club. At an elite club these flaws wouldn't be tolerated and would be ironed out and with his skillset he'd finish his career a decorated footballer.
Interesting to see how he ends up with us.
The weekend was the first time in a month that his decision making didn't let him down. Prior to that he was directly responsible for at least 2 goals a week to the opposition from turnovers under no pressure. This will improve with time and maturity but it's annoying as hell now.
And for those people who said we are crying out for a link man to get 30 possies a week, that man is Grigg. Ellis now seems to be playing the same role as Grigg, in the same way, but Grigg is a dud delist whilst Ellis is a potential star???? Hopefully Ellis will improve to be much better than Grigg but at the moment they are the same player.
And for those people who said we are crying out for a link man to get 30 possies a week, that man is Grigg. Ellis now seems to be playing the same role as Grigg, in the same way, but Grigg is a dud delist whilst Ellis is a potential star???? Hopefully Ellis will improve to be much better than Grigg but at the moment they are the same player.
Today Brandon was one of many who amassed stats that, had they been ten per cent more effective, would have been useless.
No way he is working hard enough defensively but he doesn't seem to be in the gun for that. That is honest two-way football - frowned upon by tactical geniuses.
He was just lost with the ball today. I reckon he was in the gun for that. Late in the game he was sent forward. (It's very old-fashioned, Sheedy's last resort after he couldn't get a player into form anywhere else. Dimma<Sheedy.) Ellis got straight into it and quickly earned a set shot. A snack.
His kick was even worse than Jack's handball to somewhere near the Statue of Vickery. WTF? Ellis can't get the ball off his boot?
No way he is working hard enough defensively but he doesn't seem to be in the gun for that. That is honest two-way football - frowned upon by tactical geniuses.
He was just lost with the ball today. I reckon he was in the gun for that. Late in the game he was sent forward. (It's very old-fashioned, Sheedy's last resort after he couldn't get a player into form anywhere else. Dimma<Sheedy.) Ellis got straight into it and quickly earned a set shot. A snack.
His kick was even worse than Jack's handball to somewhere near the Statue of Vickery. WTF? Ellis can't get the ball off his boot?
Barnzy said:
It's not just those two, personally I think we need some serious tackling practice, our technique is non existent, opposition teams either break the tackle too easily or get their arms free to offload the ball. A couple of training sessions with Melbourne Storm wouldn't do any harm.
