Ellis took a pretty solid hit early, his eye was pretty closed for most of the match, so yeah maybe he pulled out of a couple of contests early after. Sometimes a good hit takes a quarter or so to find your feet in the contest again. He is not an outside mid who is able to sit out and get some easy ball. His job is the hardest position on the ground, in at the coal face. As the game went on he worked his way back in. I thought he showed some good aggression at times, but might just take a while to buy into the structures of our new pressure game, that really only came together in the last 8 weeks of the season. Callum Moore was way off the pace with his chase and aggression, so it is not as easy as some may think. I know he is a rookie but he has been around a while.
Ellis is finding his feet at the top level. He may never make it due to being a bit undersized and a bit one paced, but he certainly has the skill levels required. In a fully fit team I doubt he would be there for Round1, but with Prestia maybe missing, (doubtful but maybe), it seems they are putting some game time into Ellis as he seems the next in line. Hopefully he comes good because he is a player that uses it well, although he obviously he needs to find more of it.
He is a bit like Townsend, Castagna, Broad, Grigg, even Lambert and a few others, most here wrote them off at some stage, including me, but with a bit of confidence and game time look how they are doing.
Ellis is finding his feet at the top level. He may never make it due to being a bit undersized and a bit one paced, but he certainly has the skill levels required. In a fully fit team I doubt he would be there for Round1, but with Prestia maybe missing, (doubtful but maybe), it seems they are putting some game time into Ellis as he seems the next in line. Hopefully he comes good because he is a player that uses it well, although he obviously he needs to find more of it.
He is a bit like Townsend, Castagna, Broad, Grigg, even Lambert and a few others, most here wrote them off at some stage, including me, but with a bit of confidence and game time look how they are doing.
