Tom Logan is aiming to break personal premiership drought in 2014 SANFL grand final against Norwood

ANYONE who questions how much winning an SANFL premiership means to Port Adelaide’s AFL contingent should speak to Tom Logan.

ANYONE who questions how much winning an SANFL premiership this Sunday means to Port Adelaide’s AFL contingent should speak to Tom Logan.

The 29-year-old will play Norwood in what will almost certainly be his last game for the club he’s spent a decade bleeding for and as says helping the Magpies hold the Thomas Seymour Trophy aloft would mean “everything” to him.

“I love this footy club so much, and to go down in Port Adelaide’s history as a Magpies premiership player would mean everything to me,’’ Logan says.

“I’ve never played in a premiership and I’d love to experience one with Port Adelaide.

“The only senior grand final I’ve played in was with the Power in 2007 and obviously that was a pretty low sort of day.”

Logan says he has not given any thought to where his football career goes beyond Sunday but realistically his 114 game AFL career and his time at the Magpies are almost certainly coming to an end.

The hard-nosed half-back — loved by Port fans for his uncompromising approach — says he knew before this season that he would struggle to break into the Power’s talented squad.

His premonition proved correct and he has played just three AFL games.

Rather than dwell, he has put his energy into helping to lead the Magpies to a grand final.

“I knew it was going to be a tough year to be playing AFL and coming into the season I spoke to the coaches about that and I knew there were two ways I could have gone about it,’’ Logan says.

“One way was to sit back and sulk and feel sorry for myself, the other was to really enjoy the year and to help the boys coming through both at the Magpies and the Power …

“I’ve enjoyed this year as much as I’ve enjoyed my past eight years at the club.

“That’s not something I just say. I really mean that.”

Logan says starting well and making the right decisions at the right times will be key against the polished Redlegs this Sunday.

“We need to stick to what we do well and what works for us,’’ Logan says.

“But there are going to be times during the game where our team will have to play slow and there’s times where we’ll have to play fast and it’s a matter of summing that up …

“The other key is the start. They’ve got the jump on us all three time we’ve played them I think and they’re a good enough team that you can’t afford to let them have that.”