Need to keep getting games into him.
He hasn't been that bad I wouldn't have thought.
Get him to 50 games and he will repay the patience.
Play him across the centre line.
Let's see what he can do.
Play Lennon, play Rioli, play Menadue- get games into them.
Disagree he looks shot if we had a good development program he would not be playing seniors.
Most of the juniors we have played have struggled, why is that ?. Giving them needed experience is one thing, flogging them to death is another.
How are we "flogging him to death"
It's footy Claw. Give the kid a run in the middle and free him up. He is never going to be a HBF.
He is not physically ready for an inside role tone. he is way too slow for an outside role. I agree play him in the middle but in the twos. We are killing this kid playing him in roles he cant perform at afl level.Very little ball he is physically not up to it and is relying on scraps. Cmon mate you more than most understand the need to match up physical attributes to the role needed.
We dont need to play this kid at this stage yeah give him some games but let him develop and dominate in the twos where he physically has the best chance to compete.
You know what when he starts having 25 30 plus disposals in the twos and a third of them are contested then you will know he is ripe. he ius just not physically capable of playing to his strengths at afl atm
At the end of the day he has been no worse the Houli, Grigg and BEllis.
Playing him in the twos is a waste of time. Him playing amongst fat, local footballers isn't the answer. There are slower and skinnier kids running around at other clubs than Ellis. He needs games put into him and he needs to be played on a wing or HF. Dimma playing him across HB is useless.
He isn't going to win you games at the minute but you must find a way to fit in these kids otherwise they will stagnate in the twos with Griffiths and Elton.
Is the answer to just keep playing Houli and Grigg??
