Quote: His Bobness "In his career Ellis has often led by example but for me he isn't a natural leader of men, has he ever captained a team before?'"
I think that's a valid point to discuss. He's a great role model and judging by what players have said he clearly inspires his teammates with his actions, but I do wonder how he is as a 'talker'. He comes across fairly well in interviews, but that's not always an accurate indicator of how well it comes across on the pitch. Wasn't he captain before leaving Wakey, too?
As for what he's offered as a player, IMO when he's been fully fit and sharp he's been very good, at times excellent. Immense in defence, but will never shine in an attack that misfires as often as ours does. The only reason Manu could at times was because of his freakish strength forcing things to happen, but really the fact that he could do that was probably more papering over the cracks in our attack rather than being the solution to our problems.
