Ellis has had a retched run with injuries throughout his career, but in
particular over the past three seasons. “X” has managed just 16 matches since
his 2010, making him unable to establish himself in one of the best outfits in
the competition. Ellis now finds himself donning the West Coast guernsey in what
he will hope will not only bring a change club but also luck.
After working his way back through the VFL, he succumbed once again to
his problematic calves. Allowing him to appear just twice at senior level, encountering vests
of both descriptions in these matches - resulting in lowly scores of 19 and 24,
hence his 2014 price tag.
Looking at Ellis as a SuperCoach prospect, I don’t see him as the most
reliable option. When dealing with injury prone player, you have to weigh up the
point scoring potential versus the likelihood of injury. Sandilands is a prime
example of this, the chance of injury for Sandilands is very likely, yet we know
he will return a 95+ average – hence validating the risk.
Using this formula for Ellis, the odds of his injury once again
interrupting his career always lurks as a high possibility, whilst he has never
been a huge ball winner or damaging scorer, having never averaged more than 80
in a season.
Ellis will be vying for a spot in our sides against young, promising
draftees and other players yet to debut, with Claye Beams just $14,000 extra,
all these factors make Ellis an extremely risky prospect. All the footy world
hopes he can return and forge a new chapter of his career at the Eagles and
reach the long awaited 100-game milestone. But as for our SuperCoach sides, I
don’t advise him, there will be better options out there while possibly saving
$40-50,000 at the same time.