Lions veteran Luke Power feels sorry for besieged coach Michael Voss, admitting Brisbane's players are to blame for the club's worst-ever start to an AFL season.

Voss is struggling to keep his job after six straight defeats, topped by an embarrassing derby loss to the fledgling Gold Coast Suns, in the last season of his three-year contract.

But Power said his former triple premiership-winning skipper was paying the price for the rebuilding team's poor execution and the team has taken more ownership in fixing their problems.

"I feel sorry for the coach," Power said.

"It's been a lot of errors that have cost us games.

"We've lost six and we've lost five by less than four goals. They have usually been execution errors and that's what players have been focusing on in training - executing and getting their skills right."

Set to play his 300th senior match on Saturday night against Essendon, Power conceded the current situation was the most difficult in his 14 seasons at the Lions.

The midfielder stressed the playing group was united and had stayed tight, making their own group pact on Sunday in a recovery session and BBQ at injured skipper Jonathan Brown's house.

"It's definitely one of the hardest parts of my career," he said.

"That's why football is such a great leveller. If you play long enough, you are going to have the good times and bad times.

"It comes down to your character and your character as a group and I think we've got a lot of character in the group and we'll pull through this.

"The attitude is fine. We know we have things to work on and have plenty of areas in our game that need improving."

The two that most need addressing in the wake of the eight-point local derby loss is Brisbane's tardy work at the clearances and in contested ball.

Confronted with a rising young Bombers outfit this weekend, Power was adamant the Lions had enough talent and drive to spring a pressure-relieving upset at the Gabba.

"Essendon are playing good football but we know if we come out and play our best football we can be competitive and beat anyone," he said.

"Until we have our first win then every game is a line-in-the-sand game."

Power gains AFL life membership for playing 300 senior games, comprising 268 premiership matches, one State of Origin match, 28 pre-season matches and three International Rules Tests.

"The three premierships are special but I think the highlight is to have played with this great club," he said.

"It's a great honour to be awarded a life membership ... but at the moment I'm more focused on getting our first win for the Lions."

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