With the pressure set to increase on the Brisbane Lions coach and his men following their 78-point loss to the Western Bulldogs on Sunday, Power believes now is the time for the players to step up and kick start their 2011 season.
The 31-year old cannot think of a better opportunity to record win number one than against Melbourne next Sunday at the MCG.
"We put our hands up and take responsibility and keep working at it and hopefully it will turn around," Power told afl.com.au.
"Vossy’ is doing a good job. We have complete faith with what’s around us and we understand we need to reach a higher level - the players are working towards reaching that."
"We will go away and work on it as a team and come back stronger next week."
Power believes his younger teammates didn’t take their chances against the Western Bulldogs, however he could not fault the effort of his teammates against a Bulldogs side desperate to avenge their 55-point loss the previous week against Essendon.
"I think we didn’t take our opportunities early and then probably towards the end of the first quarter, we bled a little bit," he said.
"They are a class side. That’s the standard we have to get to."
The loss of Jonathan Brown and Brent Staker in the first round has Power and the Lions struggling to find answers forward, with the leadership of Brown and the versatility of Staker difficult to cover in the top half of the ground.
"You never want your best player being out and they are such influential players for us," he said.
"They were two pretty unfortunate accidents for us but what do you do?"
"You just have to turn up and compete as best as you can and we will be certainly be doing that next Sunday."
But it is not all doom and gloom for the Lions, with Power buoyed by the continual improvement of their younger brigade, including Daniel Rich, Jack Redden, Todd Banfield and Tom Rockliff.
"Obviously, players like myself, Simon [Black] and Jonathan [Brown] have mentoring roles at the club and try and try to help the coaches as much as possible," he said.
"We are a young developing team but we have to work as hard to get good as quick as you can."
