Port Adelaide's coaches and on-field leaders will meet on Thursday to determine exactly what went wrong in the Power's 2008 AFL campaign.

Stats will be pored over, frank opinions sought, and the first sketches of a new game plan drafted in preparation not just for the rest of this year but also for the longer term future.

By next Monday the ideas thrown around will have been converted into bite-sized snippets of information for the Power's squad to focus on as they embark on eight games that will determine the future of numerous players and more than a few supporters.

Power midfielder and leadership group stalwart Dom Cassisi said that while the mid-year meeting was part of the usual schedule, it had been given an added edge by the Power's dismal performance so far.

"Whenever you're losing you always tend to look at things a bit more closely than what you normally would, at the same time we're all about honesty at the club and we're trying to move forward," he said.

"Tomorrow when we look at the stats some areas will stand out to all of us and we'll all have a combined discussion about what we're going to do to improve.

"I'm not sure what the coach is going to bring to the meeting but I guess every club at this time of the year looks at all the stats across the board.

"Each line coach will present their case and areas we need to improve, and as players we won't come up with many stats, we'll just have a discussion about what we can do to turn some of those around.

Agenda items likely to feature include Port's failings in the midfield, a flawed game plan that emphasises uncontested football and drifting wide, and the need for greater leadership by senior players.

Also to be debated is the best approach to injecting younger players at a time when several older names are trying to salvage their careers.

Cassisi also said the players were unhappy with the lack of support shown at home games this year, and urged fans to assemble in greater numbers for the remaining matches.

"There's nothing better than walking out when there is a big crowd, and we haven't been able to get that," he said.

"We're under no illusions that our performances still haven't been that great, but we still urge our supporters to come out and support us, and we're working really hard, spending more time at the club than ever before and trying to fix things."

According to Cassisi, the loss of six out of seven home games was not a legitimate excuse for supporters to drop away.

"That would have to be one of the factors, that because we're losing they're not coming to our games, which is disappointing," he said.

"We've won a lot of home games over the years and we've brought our supporters a lot of good times as well and this is a down time."

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