The issue with Lipinski is that we took a solid inside midfielder and not just stuck him on the wing, but stuck him on the wing and asked his role to essentially be that of two-way running and blocking space after losing Hunter and Lachie Young in consecutive weeks who play that role.
He can certainly play, but he was so woefully out of position. Actually, out of "role" as he can still kind of play as an outside midfielder, but not one with that specific role.
On top of that though we were using him as a wing when first drafted, then decided he needed to learn to win his own ball more and sent him back to the VFL to play inside midfield then he thrived in that role last year and now we want him to be a wing again, when he’s clearly a mid/forward who if not in the centre bounces should be in the forward line