Player Watch Patrick Lipinski

[BrisDog]

Pat was always one I had grand hopes for at the dogs and I was disappointed to see him go. A beautiful user of the footy. Watching him a lot live I always thought his defensive run was lacking (non-existent) and tackling much the same. He looks to have improved somewhat under McCrae. How do you lads see his defensive side of the game these days?

 

[The Phantom]

Pat was always one I had grand hopes for at the dogd and I was disappointed to see him go. A beautiful user of the footy. Watching him a lot live I always thought his defensive run was lacking (non-existent) and tackling much the same. He looks to have improved somewhat under McCrae. How do you lads see his defensive side of the game these days?

Pat’s defensive effort is ok.
He’s often the player with a smoother or finger tip to a kick and has even cut off some goals with a mark.
He has run and chase and joins in our gang tackles well.
Good contributor.

 

[JLC]

Pat’s defensive effort is ok.
He’s often the player with a smoother or finger tip to a kick and has even cut off some goals with a mark.
He has run and chase and joins in our gang tackles well.
Good contributor.

Doesn't do enough, often enough.

He is one of the players I would drop.

 

[Horaceg]

Pat was always one I had grand hopes for at the dogs and I was disappointed to see him go. A beautiful user of the footy. Watching him a lot live I always thought his defensive run was lacking (non-existent) and tackling much the same. He looks to have improved somewhat under McCrae. How do you lads see his defensive side of the game these days?

He’s much better when the team is going well, he will be part of us turning a game but not the reason. He is a very neat and tidy player but I keep looking for him to take it up a notch or two. He’s been a solid pick up for us, a bit more mongrel would be good.

 

[loki04]

Doesn't do enough, often enough.

He is one of the players I would drop.

Agree he goes missing far too much.

Pat is one of those players that plays well in a team that is playing well.

 

[jmac70]

Doesn't do enough, often enough.

He is one of the players I would drop.

Given our injuries, dropping guys with Lipinski’s skill set would seem a bit silly.

 

[loki04]

Given our injuries, dropping guys with Lipinski’s skill set would seem a bit silly.

We just can't drop him quite frankly but that doesn't mean his form doesn't warrant dropping him.

 

[JLC]

Agree he goes missing far too much.

Pat is one of those players that plays well in a team that is playing well.

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Given our injuries, dropping guys with Lipinski’s skill set would seem a bit silly.

If WHE, Noble put in performances like Lipinski they would be torched. But somehow this guy flys under the radar.

 

[jmac70]

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If WHE, Noble put in performances like Lipinski they would be torched. But somehow this guy flys under the radar.

I’m not saying he had a good game. But we are struggling to field a side. Can’t afford to drop senior players.

 

[Mostfamousclub_Pies]

Not sure what’s happened to him. He seems to have gone backwards.

 

[Vicky Park]

Lippa’s been having a good, if not great year. If he’s down on form now, so are 80% of his team mates. We don’t drop players like him after one or two poor games, especially if it’s to bring in yet another inexperienced player.

 

[loki04]

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If WHE, Noble put in performances like Lipinski they would be torched. But somehow this guy flys under the radar.

I just think we have too many injuries to lose a player with experience even with his poor form line.

Hopefully the coaches put it on Pat to step up instead.

 

[JLC]

I’m not saying he had a good game. But we are struggling to field a side. Can’t afford to drop senior players.

If that is the case then some onus needs to be put on him.

I thought when we first recruited him, he had the ability to play as an inside mid? Could he turn into a tagger? Give him some proper responsibility and hold him accountable.

 

[sam_e]

Excellent skills when he has the ball.

However, he’s ponderously slow (lacks footspeed) and frankly a liability when we don’t have the ball. Can’t close space quick enough to tackle or pressure effectively and tackling efforts are often meek.

 

[BillyElliott]

I forgot he was playing.

 

[Bianconeri]

Agree he goes missing far too much.

Pat is one of those players that plays well in a team that is playing well.

It’s pretty hard for an outside forward flanker to get involved when the team is going poorly.

 

[Ugene41]

It’s pretty hard for an outside forward flanker to get involved when the team is going poorly.

This should've been the year he stepped up to fill our midfield void.

The previous excuses for him were always that he was being played out of position as he was squeezed out of the midfield to a forward flank.

 

[Jen2310]

This should've been the year he stepped up to fill our midfield void.

The previous excuses for him were always that he was being played out of position as he was squeezed out of the midfield to a forward flank.

He plays where they put him. He has said it changes week to week depending on the team needs.
This week looks like its on the wing.

 

[sr36]

Pat was always one I had grand hopes for at the dogs and I was disappointed to see him go. A beautiful user of the footy. Watching him a lot live I always thought his defensive run was lacking (non-existent) and tackling much the same. He looks to have improved somewhat under McCrae. How do you lads see his defensive side of the game these days?

He's got better in a contest - should continue to improve in that regard, and does run defensively, but his defensive game won't ever be that good as he's slow and will always get burnt when someone turns the jets on.

 

[sr36]

This should've been the year he stepped up to fill our midfield void.

The previous excuses for him were always that he was being played out of position as he was squeezed out of the midfield to a forward flank.

He's a wingman at heart, I think.

 

[loki04]

It’s pretty hard for an outside forward flanker to get involved when the team is going poorly.

He is 192cm with a half decent build have a GO lad.

 

[manicpie]

He's a wingman at heart, I think.

Turn him into a tagger. Too slow for wing.

 

[sr36]

Turn him into a tagger. Too slow for wing.

I think too slow for tagger, but modern wing is different to the old days when it was one on one and you wanted a dasher. These days it's the most non one on one position - they're often 70 metres from each other. I think you want a gut runner who gets to the right spots and is clean on the wing.

The half forwards like McCreery and Hill, when he is up the ground, are more like the old fashioned wingers.

 

[Bianconeri]

He is 192cm with a half decent build have a GO lad.

can’t have a go if he’s positioned in front of the ball and it doesn’t get there.

 

[loki04]

can’t have a go if he’s positioned in front of the ball and it doesn’t get there.

Needs to work back and get involved on rebound then.

Also I see him around the play often enough to be more involved then he is.