Michelangelo Rucci

1 week ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

PORT ADELAIDE is building momentum again - eyeing three consecutive wins and the chance to level the ledger at 7-7. And the telling factor in the form change since the mid-season break is confidence - and the resulting rise in energy - in the pre-game work from the player squad. "Confidence grows ... and it grows quite quickly," notes Port Adelaide senior coach Ken Hinkley of the attitude and mood change at Alberton since the mid-season break. "It dropped away before the bye.

2 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

PORT ADELAIDE starts a critical three-game home stand at Adelaide Oval on Sunday with a singular focus on dealing with Melbourne - and only Melbourne. "All we need to focus on is (Sunday's game) and our performance," Port Adelaide senior coach Ken Hinkley said at Adelaide Oval on Saturday morning. "We did that really well against GWS last week by narrowing our focus. "Best practice in this competition is to keep your focus narrowed and never look too far ahead ...

2 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

SOMETIMES - as Brisbane noted last season with its "dancing on ice" theme after a 4-1-6 start - you need to stare at impending disaster to change your destiny. For Port Adelaide midfield coach - and senior coach-in-waiting - Josh Carr, the attitude of the playing group on returning from the mid-season break with a 4-7 win-loss record told of a squad not wanting to waste a year. "We came back from the break with real intent and purpose in what we want to achieve," says Carr.

2 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

BRIAN LUKE knows his coach Fos Williams took every game at Port Adelaide to heart. It was an attitude that rebuilt the soul of the Port Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL from 1950. In the VFL, the mirror image was Norm Smith at Melbourne. He too was not taking any game at any time as a gimmick.

3 weeks ago | portadelaidefc.com.au | Michelangelo Rucci

"WE will never give up on the chase."As firm as Ken Hinkley was in starting as Port Adelaide senior coach in 2013 with his "We will never, ever give up" mantra, he remains resolute that his squad is not putting up any white flags after a tough first half to the AFL season. Port Adelaide resumes from its mid-season bye with Hinkley noting there is no margin for error - "none," he says - while the mathematics say there must be at least nine wins from the next 12 games to qualify for finals.