PORT Adelaide co-captain Ollie Wines has declared he's ready to make amends for a poor performance and lead from the front in Saturday night's crucial Showdown against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.
Wines had 28 disposals in last Friday night's 39-point loss to Collingwood at Marvel Stadium, but his disposal efficiency let him down.
Showdown 46 – with the Crows holding a slender 23-22 advantage in the overall ledger – has come at the perfect time for the Power.
The clubs sit sixth and seventh on the ladder with 4-3 records.
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"As players, we like to play in the big games, and it doesn't get any bigger than this," Wines told reporters on Monday.
"It's my first Showdown as captain, so it will be very special."
Wines will need to pass a fitness test on an ankle injury he aggravated in the loss to the Magpies, while forward Brad Ebert is in doubt with concussion.
But the Power could be boosted with the return of co-captain Tom Jonas, who has missed the past two games with a calf injury.
The Power conceded the first seven goals against the Magpies, a hole they weren't able to dig themselves out of.
"I was frustrated with my game and how I led the boys on the night," Wines said.
"We weren't able to impact the team early on when the game was on the line, and by the time we started getting rolling the game was almost over."
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Wines summed up the Power's mood late in the contest when he was visibly upset after a missed handball to teammate Jarrod Lienert resulted in a goal to Magpies forward Josh Thomas.
"I was just pretty frustrated," Wines said.
"Things were tipping towards that all day, little things were going wrong and it just sort of cultivated to that moment.
"It's something I'll learn from."
Wines, along with ruckman Scott Lycett, copped a spray from coach Ken Hinkley at quarter-time.
"It's footy, you're going to cop a mouthful if you're not doing the right thing, and Scott and I in the first quarter weren't doing our thing for the team," Wines said.
"It does happen a lot in football, in moments like that, it's probably the best way of getting your point across.
"In that case it was put on the TV."
The Crows have two days less to recover than the Power after their low-scoring 17-point victory against Fremantle on Sunday.
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Crows skipper Taylor Walker was feeling the effects of the brutal contest.
"I'm pretty sore, sore and a little bit tired," Walker said.
"It was an ugly sort of game … just contested, crash and bash.
"It'll be a little bit lighter on the track (this week)."
Walker said he'll be right to play despite the six-day break.
