Don't get me wrong, I wish the AWs had more to pick from but we have to pick from what we have got..
Elliot is the only player in the AWs (Nelsen and Fallon aside) who demands the ball when we have it (the classic is throw ins - they take an age because everyone runs away from the thrower and not just to make space!!). The others turn their backs and run forward (watch Brown and Bertos for this). Thus when Elliot gets the ball (by default) his closest options (midfielders as in Brown and Leo) are facing away from him and generally require and $m ball to find their feet. Being the pro he is he will try and play a guaranteed ball (this is generally to the full backs who then play the line (b/c their is no midfield option to feet because they have thei rbacks turned and are about 50m away).
I don't know how Brown does it but he ghosts in behind the forwards- maybe he is there to pick up the scraps from a long ball but I personally don't rate him.
Elliot any day, pace or not...