The advice for two fringe Bulldogs

A PAIR of Western Bulldogs in particular are attracting the interest of rival clubs.

Ed Richards and Pat Lipinski have been identified as two fringe Bulldogs who are being looked at as they prepare to come out of contract this year.

Sam Edmund and David King discussed the pair with the former asking the latter what advice he would give to two young players on the edge.

“Pat Lipinski has been a bit of a sleeper at the Western Bulldogs,” he said on SEN Breakfast.

“We spoke about him a few weeks ago that there is interest and every week he’s out of the side that interest grows.

“Ed Richards, that has been the case for a while.

“There’s certainly interest in them and some rival clubs would love to take them off the Dogs’ hands.

“If you’re a successful club, how do you convince players to stay when you’re contending and they can get more opportunity elsewhere?”

North Melbourne champion King says it can go one of two ways with Richards and Lipinski, who either see themselves sticking it out with the Dogs, or moving on to get more minutes at another club.

“Go and leave if you want to get more opportunity to represent a club that’s not in the window, that’s probably going to eke along for four or five years, if that’s what you really want,” King said.

“Or you can hang around here and you can fight tooth and nail to get yourselves into a premiership contender.

“We’re going to be there for the next five or six years so it’s on you to become the best version of yourself and replace someone in the selected 22.

“Embrace the challenge.”

Richards, 21, has tallied 60 games over four seasons with the Dogs and is believed to be on the radar of North Melbourne and Brisbane.

22-year-old Lipinski, who has played 54 times in the red, white and blue, has recently been linked to the Sydney Swans.

 

– BY ANDREW SLEVISON/ SEN