Ebert: We’ve been too slow to react

Brad Ebert at Port Adelaide training at Alberton yesterday. Photo: Tom Huntley. Source: News Corp Australia

PORT Adelaide has not lost its nerve and is confident its game style will hold up for another premiership tilt — but it has a grave problem.

After its loss against Sydney, it is now the worst team in the competition when it comes to converting from attacking forays.

Its inside 50s are yielding just 15.4 per cent goals, compared to market leader West Coast, which is kicking goals from 37.8 per cent of its attacks.

But vice captain Brad Ebert was confident the way Port plays will still allow it to challenge this season as long as it can fix the way the ball is moved into the forward line.

The midfielders can't just bang it in, and they can't be too slow, because when they are the other side has a chance to flood their backline with extra numbers.

"To get it inside 50 and then actually use the opportunity when we go inside 50 ... I think that if we can do that we're a fair chance of improving,'' Ebert said. "But the things that we've put in place over the last few years seem to have worked pretty well.

"I think so far we've been a bit slow to move it and a little bit slow to react.

"The usual way we play the game is that fast-paced, high-tempo, exciting brand of footy.

"I think we're really just trying to get back to that a bit.''

But as much as the inability to score has hurt the Power — and they have been given some stern reviews from coach Ken Hinkley — Ebert was confident the way Port set about playing had not lost its effectiveness.

It was a matter of executing better, and quicker, as other team's will now use Sydney's big win against Port as a blueprint to slow them down for the rest of the season.

"It was a tough review but as we walked out of it we were okay with where we were heading,'' Ebert said. "I think everyone's upbeat and positive and just eager to get back out there and play again."

As the Power prepares to tackle North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night, Ebert will also prepare for his 150th AFL game.

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