Port Adelaide's Aliir Aliir is determined to return to the field after having a week off due to concussion, and has told 9News he is optimistic about the team's chances against Geelong on Friday night.
Aliir said he believed the Power could turn things around and secure their first win at Kardinia Park since 2006, despite the 30-point loss to Adelaide on Thursday.
"I think potentially went into our shells a little bit when the going got tough," Power Assistant Coach Tyson Goldsack reflected today.
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"We just want to believe that the footy that we've been training for so long stacks up, and at the moment, we're at a little bit of a stalemate."
Goldsack said the team believed its process was right.
"Are we taking it into the games and actually executing it in the games? We are at training, because at training, it works, but there's no pressure," he said.
"It's almost unjust that it hasn't transferred into the games considering how much focus they've put on it."
Aliir is set to clear concussion protocols on Wednesday after missing the Showdown.
"It is frustrating, the older I get I can't sit still and watch a game," he said.
"But everything's tracking very well to play this weekend."
He said he wouldn't "play a blame game" when asked about his team's latest loss.
"We're a team and there's areas that let us down, so I think if we can get our slot selection right and give them a better angle then hopefully they'll be able to convert those goals," he said.
This article was produced with the assistance of 9ExPress.
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