PORT Adelaide skipper Warren Tredrea says the Power remain confident they can make the finals despite their 0-3 start to the season.

Speaking after the six-point Showdown defeat at the hands of the Crows, Tredrea said the signs were getting better for last year's beaten Grand Finalists.

"It's certainly not ideal (the 0-3 start), but we're confident we can turn it around against Brisbane, who are in a similar situation to us," Tredrea said.

"We're still confident in ourselves that we know our best footy's good enough. Tonight we were probably more very good than poor, but we didn't quite play the full four quarters.

"We made a lot of mistakes and things which if we had our time again we'd like to do better – missed shots, missed targets.

"That was just the pressure of the game. It was a ding-dong battle.

"Full credit to our guys tonight though – they battled their butts off.

"You certainly can't criticise anyone for a lack of endeavour – the will, the chasing, the tackling was a lot better than last week.

"We had a real crack at it and pushed them right to the end.

"In the end it could have gone either way. It's disappointing to put everything into it and not get the result we were after.

"But we were beaten by the better team on the day – just."

Tredrea said the outstanding performance of ruckman Dean Brogan (14 possessions including 10 clearances, to go with 15 hit-outs and several crunching bit hits) was a real plus for the Power as was the performance of the club's young defence which held up well under intense pressure.

"Brogan's pre-season form was sensational and then he got injured and spent a lot of time not training," Tredrea said.

"We took a bit of a gamble playing him the first round, but he's repaying us and was sensational tonight.

"Peter Burgoyne had 41 possessions and a lot of that was really good stuff, and Shaun Burgoyne kept us in the match (with his four goals).

"And I thought our defence held tight and went pretty well tonight.

"The guys refused to lie down, but in the end the result was just a bit beyond us. That's two losses by less than 10 points so far – and you live and die by the scoreboard."