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This is an extract from TheAge:
Patrick Lipinski (Northern Knights/Eltham/Whitefriars)
Born: 17.7.1998
Height: 188cm
Weight: 79kg
AFL bio: Medium forward-midfielder who shows excellent game sense and ball-winning ability through the midfield or as a forward. From a basketball background excelled this year for the Knights averaging 17 disposals in 12 games in the TAC Cup.
"This was Patty's first year in our program. He was an elite junior basketballer, and spent some time in America before coming back to footy. He went over there and weighed up his options midway through last year, and thankfully for us he chose football. He had a good preseason, he ran a 15-plus beep test and really solid results across the board, and early in the year his forward craft was very good. He played predominantly as a third tall through the early part of the year, kicked a number of goals and took some eye-catching marks. We put him into the midfield in round eight, it was the first opportunity he'd had to play there and he had 15 possessions in the first quarter and looked really natural in there. He ended up getting 32 touches and being best on ground that day, and he got another 30 the next week against the Western Jets in the wet. He broke his hand that week and didn't come back until round 16, unfortunately, but it was a good chance for him to work on his pace and his kicking in that time off. He's still developing, but he's really clean and smart and a good endurance athlete. He sees the game quite well, his overhead marking is good and as a kid he's a genius – he's aiming for 95 for his ENTER score. He's a humble kid, confident but quiet and we describe him as a bit of a cleanskin. He's a higher achiever in everything he does, he even plays the piano."
Rhy Gieschen, Northern talent manager
Ex-basketballer, late developer, tall on baller from the Northern Knights...
Sounds somewhat familiar..!
Word on BF that he's a Doggies supporter. Pretty good start to winning our hearts there.
Cheers Choc. I have to say recently you have become an excellent contributor to Woof. You have found some great form :)
I've wanted a forward utility as a priority for a little while. Good stuff, and welcome to the Dogs Patrick!
Welcome to the Premiers Hot Lips:)
There is a video of Lipinski on DraftTracker. I can't get the direct link but you can watch it:
http://www.afl.com.au/draft/draft-tracker
Choose round 2, click on Patrick Lipinski and the Stats window with the Video will pop-up for you guys to watch.
Welcome the Premiers young Paddy.
The Big Lipinski.
I wonder if there is a chance he could play backline too? In our set up a guy with a reach and marking ability like that could fit in quite well cutting off opposition kicks. Obviously he is a forward/mid but our backline is pretty much set up for guys with those attributes.