It is the halfway mark of the season and in John Quinn's latest On Track column, the Essendon fitness coach takes a look at some of the postives and negatives to this stage of the season from his point of view. The bottom line is that he thinks the club is in good shape for the run home. 

...The season did not start well with a 96-point loss to Port Adelaide followed by a 34-point loss to St Kilda. What could be good about that I hear you ask? Well, sometimes you only learn what you've got when it is put under pressure.

I believe that this was the case with Essendon at the beginning of 2004. At no stage did the players not believe that we would be in the mix come the business end of the season. That is still be achieved but we are back on track. The coaching staff kept about their job in a professional manner despite our start - I would defy anyone who ventured into the club on a Monday morning to pick if we had won or lost.

Click here for the entire On the Track column.