It’s not hard to realise why Brandon Ellis is so highly regarded at Tigerland.

The talented 20-year-old averaged a highly-respectable 18.6 disposals and 5.9 marks per game, along with 14 goals, in just his second season of league football in 2013.

A brilliant 39-disposal display against Melbourne at the MCG in Round 8 clearly highlighted Ellis’ ability to have a profound impact at the game’s highest level.

And, it was some post-season comments he made, that underlined the excellent attitude he has towards his football.

“Without feedback, you can’t improve – and I love improving,” Ellis said.

“I want to be the best I can for this team because the quicker I can get better, and the quicker the younger guys can get better, the further we’ll all go as a club and be more successful.”

Ellis has set his sights on learning how to deal with a tight tag, which is something he’s going to encounter more and more in the coming seasons.

“One thing I really want to learn how to do, is break that tag, or if someone is running with me pretty tightly, find out other ways to get around it,” he said.

“The pre-season is going to be massive for me . . .

“I want to work really closely with ‘Cotch’ (Trent Cotchin) and ‘Lids’ (Brett Deledio) – those sort of guys who get tagged – and ‘Jacko’, who’s been a tagger, so I can find out things off him that he hates when he’s tagging.”

Ellis also plans to focus on his aerobic fitness over the pre-season, in a bid to enhance his already-impressive running ability.

“I think I’ve naturally had a ‘tank’.  In Year 5, I made the State team for the cross-country 3km time trial, so, ever since I was young, I’ve had a bit of a tank,” he said.

“But you’ve obviously got to work really hard over the pre-season to be able to match it with the ‘big dogs’ like ‘Gazza’ (Gary Ablett), ‘Pendles’ (Scott Pendlebury) and ‘Swanny’ (Dane Swan).

“So, I’ll try not to miss any session during the pre-season and just get the best out of myself.”