The lean endurance type of conditioning that Russell has gone with for this compressed season could be the masterstroke of the year.

Do you think it was deliberate?

With shortened quarters, I would've thought an emphasis on power would have been more appropriate than endurance.

After Port game, in the last 10 games, we play all 5 of the teams least favoured for the flag plus Hawks who are no good.

If history is any guide, those 5 games will be the hardest games for us to win.

Heard from a Hawks source today that BB is very unpopular amongst his fellow assistants and footy staff at Hawthorn.
Was interesting, along the lines of when he left us.....over coaches, way too intense and stamps out any sign of spirit amongst the troops....but Clarko loves him.

Win loss ratio
2019 54%
2020 44% (will be 40% by Sunday night)

FWIW
My thoughts on what Teague should look to doing in the remaining 7 games in 2020

Gibbons on ball. Reckon he reads it as well as anyone in congestion and good hands. Is wasted in attack

Kennedy deep forward. Too slow for a mid . Doesn’t win enough ball in close for a guy of his pace or lack of it. Does have sticky fingers and is a really good contested mark for his size. Play as a permanent forward
Setterfield Like Kennedy not good enough as a mid. Play as a back flanker. Does read it well. Like Kennedy too slow and doesn’t get enough first hands to the ball in close

McKay put the pencil through him this year.
He needs to get much fitter . Has all the physical tools but not fit enough.

Play DeKoning as first ruck with Casboult as backup. Casboult plays better in that roll and DeKoning can have his development fast tracked. Pittonet as back up

Cunningham in the middle. He teased us against Essendon**. Simply has had enough development.

Drop Simmo and Samo. Both have been overall disappointing in defence.
Possibly trade Samo. Might get a couple of decent picks from the dockers

We need more leg speed in transition
Play Honey, O’Brien, Dow,Philip at the expense of the ones that should be dropped

Play as many on the list. This is the year to experiment

So we're 4-6 and our next 2 games are against the team directly below us and the team directly above us. I think it's a bit early to put the cue in the rack.
Setterfield will be fine in the midfield. When Cripps needs a spell, he's the perfect replacement. We just need to put some speed in there with them. Instead of Cripps, Setterfield, Curnow together or Cripps Kennedy Curnow, Walsh or Dow or Fisher should be rotated through as the 3rd mid.
We're too one paced.

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FWIW
My thoughts on what Teague should look to doing in the remaining 7 games in 2020

Gibbons on ball. Reckon he reads it as well as anyone in congestion and good hands. Is wasted in attack

Kennedy deep forward. Too slow for a mid . Doesn’t win enough ball in close for a guy of his pace or lack of it. Does have sticky fingers and is a really good contested mark for his size. Play as a permanent forward
Setterfield Like Kennedy not good enough as a mid. Play as a back flanker. Does read it well. Like Kennedy too slow and doesn’t get enough first hands to the ball in close

McKay put the pencil through him this year.
He needs to get much fitter . Has all the physical tools but not fit enough.

Play DeKoning as first ruck with Casboult as backup. Casboult plays better in that roll and DeKoning can have his development fast tracked. Pittonet as back up

Cunningham in the middle. He teased us against Essendon**. Simply has had enough development.

Drop Simmo and Samo. Both have been overall disappointing in defence.
Possibly trade Samo. Might get a couple of decent picks from the dockers

We need more leg speed in transition
Play Honey, O’Brien, Dow,Philip at the expense of the ones that should be dropped

Play as many on the list. This is the year to experiment