‘Stranger things have happened’: Port Adelaide co-captain Ollie Wines holds out hope of finals berth
Regardless of the finals equation going into its game on Sunday, Port Adelaide will be out to make amends from its North Melbourne horrorshow against Fremantle, co-captain Ollie Wines says.
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Ollie Wines says Port Adelaide are set on turning around there horror loss to North Melbourne regardless of rival results on Sunday.
Port Adelaide’s finals chances hinge on Adelaide beating the Western Bulldogs and Wines said they were still coming to terms with last weekend’s 86 point thumping at the hands of North Melbourne.
“It was mind boggling to us,’’ Wines said on FIVEaa Breakfast.
“We know the reality of where we sit. We’ve got to win and we’ve got to win well and then hope results go our way.
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“There is a glimmer of hope and stranger things have happened,’’ he said.
Wines said while they normally have no idea of the results happening around them on game day, he had no doubt that would different on Sunday.
“In reality we’re probably going to have a fair idea,’’ Wines said.
“Someone will be in the rooms asking or whispering about, I think it inevitable that we’ll know, but that shouldn’t change the way we play.
“We we’re extremely disappointed on how we played last week so we’re coming out to respond regardless if we’re a chance to make the eight or not,’’ he said.
Wines said despite proving one of the league’s most frustrating teams with some brilliant football matched by equally poor performance he was confident the club was in a good place going forward.
“We’re doing everything to try and rectify,’’ Wines said.
“We working on it as much as we can during the week and we won’t rest until we get to the point we’re a consistent team,’’ he said.