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Just looking up CeLLIS GAMES PLAYED from 2015-17 I was surprised to see that he played Round 1 against Coburg in 2015 which suggests he didn't miss a preseason as he was up and running from game 1. he also played games early in the season in our AFL side which supports my suspicions.
Jun 19 Eagles Loss 70-90 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Round 10 Jun 5 Dockers Win 97-70 5 4 9 4 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Round 9 May 30 Bombers Win 72-59 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Round 8 May 24 Power Win 76-43 3 2 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0
Round 7 May 17 Magpies Win 105-100 6 7 13 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 1 0
Round 5 May 2 Cats Loss 76-85 3 10 13 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 2
Now in 2016 he played all the games in the AFL from Round 1- 12 barring round 9 which again confirms he didn't miss a preseason and even if he had an interrupted one then amazingly he got picked for games?????
Now in 2017 he played 16 Vfl games with 12 being home and away and he also played 6 AFL games which amounts to 22 games for the season.Hardly resembling a bloke who's missed a preseason.
Description Date Opponent Result K HB D M G B T HO GA I50 CL CG R50 FF FA AF SC
Round 21 Aug 12 Cats Loss 66-80 3 6 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 31 39
Round 20 Aug 6 Hawks Win 93-64 5 5 10 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 60 74
Round 19 Jul 29 Suns Win 98-65 8 6 14 3 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 63 65
Round 18 Jul 23 Giants Win 64-45 5 4 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 41 37
Round 8 May 14 Dockers Loss 70-72 7 5 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 46 39
Round 7 May 6 Bulldogs Loss 75-80 2 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 22 23
Now Graham who hadn't played since late 2016 played his first of 7 VFL games on 7/6/17 with a few games missed afterwards before he came back to earn a spot in our AFL side . Not bad for a bloke who hadn't had an AFL preseason in his first year . Now CEllis missing a preseason has been put to sleep I will again remind you that missing preseasons is bull shit and even if a player does then the afl ready bodied players get to the accepted playing standard almost immediately.
I will conclude the reason why CEllis has only played 23 games in three seasons is not due to a lack of preseason due to injuries, but a lack of talent ,hardness at the contest and less talented in comparison to most of the young players that have entered our list after his draft. He as i said has been displaced already by 7 players who were drafted a lot later than him with 2 being rookies and two others at pick 53 and71.He also is in danger of falling behind 7 other younger players which puts him in the delisting zone due to his lack of development to get to the expected level.
In his draft year Ellis missed the latter half of the TAC season with a stress fracture and was on a restricted program in his first preseason. In his debut year after debuting in round 5, he once again suffered a foot injury that again required surgery, which meant another delayed start to his preseason. In the 2016 season he had a groin injury that saw him miss another 6 weeks after he had played 11 of the first 12 matches, which suggests that he had started to establish himself in the 22, by time he came back with a few weeks left in the season we were trialling a bunch of other kids who had not had a crack and he ended the year in the VFL. When preseason rolled around he was still restricted by the groin injury and wasn't able to join full training until after Christmas.
But you go ahead and keep believing your opinions that Ellis hasn't been hampered by injuries but lacks talent and hardness at the contest, I'll keep believing the facts that show the complete opposite.