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Ellis is a decent defender at this level, and clearly has the ability to probably play higher, but he needs a lot of work. Hopefully Taylor will be the man to do that. He looks good but prone to mistakes and errors which need working out of his current game. If he can improve on those areas then I think we have a very good player on our books. As it stands though I would play Robbo and Saah as clearly Saah has been brought in to replace Branno, and given Robbo's performances towards the end of the season, see no reason dropping him. Hopefully that will make Ellis strive to improve and provide a challenge for the CB spots

Southampton Gull wrote:Now I think it looks how you intended mate

Now I think it looks how you intended mate

monkeyboy wrote:Also, it is possible that we may try three centre-backs with wing-backs.

My favourite system. To make it work, the wing backs need skill/speed/stamina.

highweekgull wrote:Ellis is a class defender who just needed a good manager who understood defending to take him to the next level - hopefully Taylor will do that and also teach Robbo not to let the ball bounce and to keep his arms by his side and not give away any more costly freekicks!

Nail, head, hit square full on.

Ellis is a class defender who just needed a good manager who understood defending to take him to the next level - hopefully Taylor will do that and also teach Robbo not to let the ball bounce and to keep his arms by his side and not give away any more costly freekicks!

There are aspects of Ellis's game, such as his heading, which are better than you'll see from players a couple of divisions higher. But as others have said, there are also parts of his game that he still needs to strengthen.

I'm sure Martin Ling has told them they all start off level in his eyes, with an equal chance of impressing him,both in training & in the pre season games & persuading him they should be in his starting eleven for the big kick off in August.

Now is the time for Mark Ellis to step up to the plate.

His endeavour and commitment aren t in doubt. Now he has to silence those that question his judgement and positioning.

I believe that he has the class to do that.

Ellis is good on his day but too prone to getting caught out of position. I'm not so sure he could do what you're suggesting though. I like him a lot but he does have plenty still to learn, Robbo for me every time.

Hypothetically, it is possible that the untried right backs won't work out so Robertson may have to play right back, meaning Ellis will play alongside Saah. Also, it is possible that we may try three centre-backs with wing-backs. Who knows..... what I do know is that Ellis is good enough to play in any side in this division.

Agreed, also something that Branston was always quick to point out

Robbo is more reliable so deserves to keep his place.

I hope Ellis comes back in. He is a great player, he just had that bad spell and was rightly dropped. But I did think he deserved and needed to come back into the defence. I hope Ling sees his class and puts him straight into the starting line up.

I guess so, but at least he'll be considered in the list of subs unlike having like 4 appearances as a sub last season :L

Ellis will start as third choice behind Robertson and Saah (if he signs) so not much will have changed in that respect.

I thought he was a damn good defender and I was sad to see him not playing. I didn't think about Branston leaving! So i guess he probably will