David Ellard

[Blueinblood]

Does anyone ahve any info on him
all i can tell you is he went up to seniors and kicked 3 goals
these are how many goals he kicked round by round:
2,4,2,1,1,1,3,4,4,3,2,3,1,2,3,2
TOTAL: (not incuding seniors games) 38 from 16 games
+ 3 in the seniors = 41 from 17!
he is round 177 cm i think
Small foward who can play inthe middle but best around goals

 

[Blueinblood]

why does noone know him
he is the small forward we need
can release eddy into the middle
im excited about him

 

[Will.B.Worth.Da.Waite]

Is he an Eddie Betts/Aaron Davey type of small forward (a la quick and chases) or a solid tiny forward eg Brett Ebert?

 

[Blueinblood]

Is he an Eddie Betts/Aaron Davey type of small forward (a la quick and chases) or a solid tiny defender eg Brett Ebert?

actually ebert is a very good comparison
roves more goals than ebo and probably doent take as many marks

 

[Sublime]

why does noone know him
he is the small forward we need
can release eddy into the middle
im excited about him

He a rookie, so he'd actually have to wait for injuries, and have the performance under his belt before you get too excited about him. Just settle a down a tad i think.

 

[HBF]

Gilly would be the man to best answer these queries. Didn't pay alot of attention to these blokes during the year myself as I was looking at other players. I'm going to try and have a look at some of their games over the next week or so, and post my thoughts.

 

[Salaryman]

Not sure that Ebert is the best comparison for Ellard.....Ebert is a strong lead, leap and mark, whereas Ellard is more like the ground-dwelling, crumbing forward a-la Eddie......in fact Eddie is probably the best comparison for Ellard....Ellard's weapon isn't overhead, or using superior body strength for out-positioning his oponent like Addam Maric, but it is the reading of the play and a smart, natural football brain.....good reactions and a good user of the ball....if he is not in the best position to go goalwards he will also bring team mates into play in the forward line. Isn't the quickest bloke (Kreuzer ran away from him in the champs), but is about a 3.02 20m so on a par with Browney there.

I suspect at least initially he would be groomed as a direct replacement for Eddie in the crumbing FP role. He does have a good tank however and could pinch hit in the middle in time.

 

[HBF]

Not sure that Ebert is the best comparison for Ellard.....Ebert is a strong lead, leap and mark, whereas Ellard is more like the ground-dwelling, crumbing forward a-la Eddie......in fact Eddie is probably the best comparison for Ellard....Ellard's weapon isn't overhead, or using superior body strength for out-positioning his oponent like Addam Maric, but it is the reading of the play and a smart, natural football brain.....good reactions and a good user of the ball....if he is not in the best position to go goalwards he will also bring team mates into play in the forward line. Isn't the quickest bloke (Kreuzer ran away from him in the champs), but is about a 3.02 20m so on a par with Browney there.

I suspect at least initially he would be groomed as a direct replacement for Eddie in the crumbing FP role. He does have a good tank however and could pinch hit in the middle in time.

Told ya Gilly was the best person to ask about Ellard.

 

[swannies]

Ellard's weapon isn't overhead, or using superior body strength for out-positioning his oponent like Addam Maric, but it is the reading of the play and a smart, natural football brain.....good reactions and a good user of the ball....if he is not in the best position to go goalwards he will also bring team mates into play in the forward line. Isn't the quickest bloke (Kreuzer ran away from him in the champs), but is about a 3.02 20m so on a par with Browney there.

I suspect at least initially he would be groomed as a direct replacement for Eddie in the crumbing FP role. He does have a good tank however and could pinch hit in the middle in time.

Absolutely spot on Gilly, although can take a nice mark when required. Played some midfield role with Swans league team in the latter half of the year, just in short bursts to rest others. We blooded something like 18 debutants this year so most were probably running out of puff at some stage. I certainly get the impression he can spend more time there as he develops. His footy nous is ver good though, his most impressive attribute IMO.