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stormskye said:
Still can’t believe we didn’t get Dangerfield for pick 43.
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We stuffed up, but all isn't lost. The way I see it, we've done really well to acquire 3 third round picks, so we should be able to find a couple of clubs who are playing Dangerfield in the ressies because he's surplus to their needs.
 
Gone Critical said:
He will be solid but doubt he gets to Crisps level. Crisp was a new 6 gamer when he came to us and exceeded expectations. Lippa has 5 seasons behind him so is a more known quantity. Solid best 22 without being a star seems reasonable. Bonus if more
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Crisp had 6 games in 3 seasons with a terrible Brisbane side before he came to us. Lippa was drafted in the Bulldogs premiership year. Also Crisp was only 2 years younger than Lippa when we picked him up. There almost seems to be an illusion that Crisp was a first year kid when we got him.
 

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Jasper84 said:
Crisp had 6 games in 3 seasons with a terrible Brisbane side before he came to us. Lippa was drafted in the Bulldogs premiership year. Also Crisp was only 2 years younger than Lippa when we picked him up. There almost seems to be an illusion that Crisp was a first year kid when we got him.
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In addition to this, it’s worth remembering that Crisp was nowhere near his current level in his first year with us either. In fact, his numbers were very comparable to Lipinskis current numbers.

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison.
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And for those looking for a same age comparison:

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison.
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Saying he can’t, or is unlikely to get to Crisps level based on his current output is illogical based on the above numbers. At 23, he has plenty of time to refine and improve his game. He may or may not get there, but we shouldn’t be treating him as a finished product, because he’s not even close to that at this relatively early point in his career.
 
Apex36 said:
In addition to this, it’s worth remembering that Crisp was nowhere near his current level in his first year with us either. In fact, his numbers were very comparable to Lipinskis current numbers.

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison.
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And for those looking for a same age comparison:

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison

Jack Crisp and Patrick Lipinski AFL Stats Comparison.
www.footywire.com www.footywire.com

Saying he can’t, or is unlikely to get to Crisps level based on his current output is illogical based on the above numbers. At 23, he has plenty of time to refine and improve his game. He may or may not get there, but we shouldn’t be treating him as a finished product, because he’s not even close to that at this relatively early point in his career.
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Bang on. I'm not sure where this idea that a 23 year-old is a finished product has come from, but it's a bit silly. Not everyone is a Pendlebury / Bontempelli type who is just unbelievable from day 1. Even superstars like Dangerfield and Dusty made significant leaps in their mid-20s. Lippa has not hit his peak, people ought relax
 
gouki88 said:
Bang on. I'm not sure where this idea that a 23 year-old is a finished product has come from, but it's a bit silly. Not everyone is a Pendlebury / Bontempelli type who is just unbelievable from day 1. Even superstars like Dangerfield and Dusty made significant leaps in their mid-20s. Lippa has not hit his peak, people ought relax
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Even Pendles and Bont weren’t unbelievable from day 1. In the last 20 years there’s only a couple of players I’ve seen that I’d confidently say that about. Judd and Nick Daicos. Walsh could be argued to be in that category too, along with Rowell if he hadn’t gotten injured early on.
But they’re an extremely rare breed, we’re lucky to have one of them at our club.
 
Apex36 said:
Even Pendles and Bont weren’t unbelievable from day 1. In the last 20 years there’s only a couple of players I’ve seen that I’d confidently say that about. Judd and Nick Daicos. Walsh could be argued to be in that category too, along with Rowell if he hadn’t gotten injured early on.
But they’re an extremely rare breed, we’re lucky to have one of them at our club.
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Yeah, it is almost unheard of to be excellent from debut, and it is rare that a player is a finished product at 23.
 
Jen2310 said:
Yeah, I wouldn't be too concerned. He is aiming to get better every day. He'll have up and down games as he adjusts to a new system and role. The more he plays, the better at the role he'll become.
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Also had Better Mids around him vs Saints where Lions and Eagles not as Much
 
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Pat Lipinski’s pre-season started before last season finished.
Travelling the country in a finals hub that resembled incarceration, Lipinski sweated through gym workouts knowing his career at the Western Bulldogs hadn’t worked out.

The 23-year-old was picked in the best 22 in nine of the first 11 games last year and then none of the final 15 games.

“I was kind of in pre-season mode (in the finals hub) personally, because I knew I wasn’t going to be playing,” he told the Herald Sun.


“I was basically doing gym every day for a while. I was working really hard and still training and just having fun with everyone

“It was actually a super, super fun month for me, just hanging around with everyone and enjoying a great finals run.”

Coach Luke Beveridge hadn’t officially told Lipinski he wouldn’t be playing. He didn’t need to.

Lipinski — last named in a squad in round 20 — read the tea leaves.

“I hadn‘t played since round 11, so I didn’t think I was going to get a chance and you don’t really change a finals team when you’re winning,” he said.

So why was Lipinski suddenly on the outer at the halfway point of the season?

“Obviously they had a very strong team and they just went for a different look,” Lipinski said.

“I was playing a bit of wing and it was probably just some of the open field stuff that needed to be a bit better.


The lifelong Bulldogs supporter is suddenly on the inside at Collingwood and looming as one of the finds of the season.

Exchanged for pick 43, Lipinski attended 53 centre bounces in the first month of the season.

Last season he attended nine. Even Tom Liberatore, the No. 1 clearance player last year, has found himself out of the centre much more this year.

But Lipinski’s evolution as an onballer at the Magpies has allowed Josh Daicos and Steele Sidebottom to light up the wings.

Even captain Scott Pendlebury spent the first four games redeployed at halfback.

Lipinski is a line-breaker.

In round his GPS clocked 15.2km and in round 3 he chalked up 16km, running further than every other player in a Saturday night thriller against Geelong.

Lipinski still lives in Port Melbourne with Aaron Naughton — Tim English recently moved out — and the Dogs would’ve liked to keep him, especially given this year’s spate of injuries.

Fringe Bulldogs Riley Garcia, Louis Butler, Roarke Smith, Anthony Scott, Lachie McNeil, Hayden Crozier and Robbie McComb have all rolled through the team this season.

But players sometimes get squeezed out of strong clubs. Just look at St Kilda matchwinner Jack Higgins, a former fringe Tiger suddenly in All-Australian form.

The kid once coached by Marcus Bontempelli’s uncle knew all he needed was a chance.

VFL onlookers would’ve known that as well. Lipinski averaged 156 SuperCoach points in four games for Footscray last year.

The first two times Lipinski was dropped he responded with 40 disposals and then 36 disposals, three goals and 198 rankings points.

The freshness of the Magpies excited Lipinski. A new beginning at a club embarking on a new direction.

Former AFL coaches Justin Leppitsch and Brendon Bolton had signed on with new Collingwood coach Craig McRae and this year Lipinski has palled up with Charlie Dean and the Daicos boys.

With Melbourne in lockdown, Collingwood coach Craig McRae walked Lipinski through his plans over a stroll around Albert Park Lake.

Lipinski’s 26 disposals against the Magpies in round 1 last year stood out to Pendlebury.

In round 1 this year and Lipinski lumped nine coaches votes lining up alongside Pendlebury.

“(He’s a) smooth mover, great skills and I think it was a role we needed to fill,” Pendlebury said.

They say it takes one to know one. Pendlebury is probably the smoothest mover of the modern era and Lipinski was known as ‘Mr Clean’ in recruiting circles.

Like Pendles, Lipinski even has a basketball background to boot.

When clubs dug for dirt on Lipinski before the 2016 draft they found ‘Mr Clean’ was also squeaky clean.

Universally loved at Whitefriars College, he is starting to become a fan favourite at Collingwood.

Lipinski has never played in front of 60,000 fans and the last time he attended a packed MCG was clicking through the turnstiles with his mum and dad, draped in Bulldogs colours, for the 2016 premiership.

On Anzac Day he will run on to the grass, his parents and partner among the 85,000 in the stands.

“I think it was probably one of the first things they (Collingwood) mentioned – ‘Oh, you get to play Anzac Day’,” Lipinski said.

“We’ve had some loud stadiums, but this will be very cool,” Lipinski said.
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THE LIPINSKI FILES (2022 averages)​

Disposals: 24
Groundball gets: 6.2
Score assists: 1.8 (rated elite)
Tackles: 3.8
*All career highs
Source CHAMPION DATA


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Patrick Lipinski on why he is loving life at Collingwood
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Bulldogs85 said:
Been watching Collingwood games this year only because of Lipinski I think we has been solid for you guy’s so far this year
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definitely very solid. A real important contributor.
 
Bulldogs85 said:
I agree and you only give up pick 43 for him he will go on and have a solid career at Collingwood
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Yup. I'm happy with Pat. And with consistency with games, he'll only get better. Definitely a fan favourite already.
 

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Pat is certainly lacking genuine pace-he made no ground on Bomber mids and defenders when they took off, but he uses the pill well when he has it. He's been okay.
 
He did an excellent job mitigating the influence of Parish in the second half. Parish was on a historic pace at half-time, and that changed very quickly. Obviously a team effort, but I did not think Lippa had that kind of effort in him.
 
gouki88 said:
He did an excellent job mitigating the influence of Parish in the second half. Parish was on a historic pace at half-time, and that changed very quickly. Obviously a team effort, but I did not think Lippa had that kind of effort in him.
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Did not Relise that he was put on Parish
 
Watching the replay and they said lippa was sent to him to nullify him. Not a hard tag, but explains why he had 18 touches. But minimised Parish's influence to 3 kicks and 11 handballs.

There was questions if someone would be sent to him after half time.
 
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