FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Thursday, December 1, 2011
Herald Sun
Sellar aims to pick up his game with Dees
By Matt Windley
A FIRST-round draft pick five years ago, James Sellar isn't sure why things didn't work out for him in Adelaide. Now a Demon and with five years' experience behind him, Sellar, 22, is determined not to make the same mistakes again. "My time at Adelaide was frustrating at times," Sellar said. "I was in and out of the side, particularly the last few years. "I think probably my consistency (needs to improve), in all areas of my game, particularly intensity and competitiveness I need to keep working at." After being selected by the Crows with pick No.14 of the 2006 draft, Sellar managed 21 games as a defender/back-up ruckman.
The Age
Sellar relishes his Dee days
By Jon Pierik
IT WASN'T long ago - five years in fact - that James Sellar was regarded as one of the more tantalising prospects heading into the 2006 national draft. The South Australian teenager had already played senior football with Glenelg and together with best mate Bryce Gibbs, another local Tiger, had been invited into Carlton's rooms one May afternoon to listen to Denis Pagan's pre-match address. At that stage, Gibbs, the classy midfielder, and Sellar, a strong-marking forward, were both considered prospective No. 1 picks. Their journey since couldn't have differed more greatly. ''We have had pretty different paths, me and Bryce, in AFL football,'' Sellar said yesterday. Gibbs would be the top pick that year, and has gone on to become one of the Blues' blue-chip performers. Sellar would slip to 14th in the draft, although that wasn't necessarily a bad thing at the time, as he was taken by the home-town Crows. However, his career failed to prosper in the manner he would have liked. He would manage just 21 matches in five years, including five last season, before he was delisted. ''Obviously, getting delisted from Adelaide was super disappointing for me. I went through a couple of months not knowing what was going to happen,'' Sellar said.
