Partly because of Tippett's ban until June 22 and the red-hot early form of the Swans' on-ballers, Adam Goodes has spent each of his side's three wins in 2013 in the forward line.
But he makes no secret of the fact he wants to be further up the ground.
"Definitely I'd love to play more in the midfield," Goodes said before training on Wednesday.
"But our midfield is playing so well and (we have) our keys up forward - myself, Sammy Reid and a ruckman as well.
"So until the big fella Kurt Tippett comes in, I'm happy to play that role up forward and pinch-hit in the midfield when they need me.
"But unfortunately they haven't needed me this year, which is a positive (for the club)."
Goodes has been particularly impressed with the emergence of Luke Parker, who has formed a good midfield combination with the likes of Jude Bolton, Dan Hannebery, Kieren Jack and Jarrad McVeigh.
They'll be crucial in Friday night's clash at the SCG with Geelong, who are also unbeaten this season.
While the Swans booted 11 third-quarter goals to swamp the Kangaroos last weekend, Goodes said his side has to play with intensity from the opening bounce against Geelong.
Joel Selwood, Paul Chapman, Tom Hawkins, Josh Caddy and Allen Christensen have sparked the Cats in their three hard-fought comeback victories against Hawthorn, North Melbourne and Carlton.
"We definitely can't allow a side to put four or five goals on us - especially a team like Geelong - because once they get their tail up, they can run teams down and they can put scores on teams quite easily," Goodes said.
At the age of 33 and in his 15th season, Goodes doesn't seem short of motivation in having played a club-record 322 games, even after injury disrupted last season on the way to winning the flag.
But the two-time Brownlow Medallist hasn't had to look far to be inspired in the latter stages of his career, admitting he's a big admirer of Alessandro Del Piero in the A-League with Sydney FC.
"I'm a big fan of soccer," said Goodes.
"I've (been) to a lot of Sydney FC home games and watching Del Piero run around, and just marvel at what he can do on a soccer pitch at the age of 37."
