I'm with you. We have a surplus of mids. We've only had our full complement of mids in a couple of games recently, due to Jordy's suspension and then we chose to go with one less last week and for a half this week when the game was on the line. Mitchell pretty clearly behind Pendles, JDG, Nick and Adams in terms of form. He's not a certainty, particularly as we looked slow in comparison to Port last night.
Lipinski should be dropped before Mitchell. Hasn't had a good game since coming back compared to Mitchell who at full flight has had big games for us, releasing Naicos and JDG. Mitchell and Adams at 70/30 rotating midfield/HFF is a better combo than Adams/Lipinski. Lipinski is just as slow as Mitchell but without the clearance game.