PORT Adelaide veteran Kane Cornes could be offered a last-minute reprieve ahead of the club's clash with Melbourne at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, with midfield trio Matt Thomas, Tom Logan and Mitch Banner all in doubt for the match.
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The Power have made one confirmed change to the team that lost to Essendon, recalling retiring ruckman Dean Brogan for his farewell game, but Cornes and debutant Aaron Young could also take on the Demons.
Thomas is battling a knee injury, while Logan and Banner both reported soreness after the heartbreaking defeat at the hands of the Bombers.
Cornes has spent the past fortnight with SANFL club Glenelg, adding to speculation Port Adelaide will seek to trade him at the end of the season.
Primus said the injured trio could be given until Saturday to prove their fitness for the historic clash at Adelaide Oval.
"Kane and Aaron are emergencies at this stage, but we have got three doubtful guys and we just have to see how they get through training and how they pull up," Primus said on Friday.
"We know what Kane's capable of doing and we'll continue to work with him, and improve on his ability to play different roles for us.
"It's not just about playing the [tagging] role that he's very good at.
"The game is changing and the way we want to play, and the way I want the team to play, is changing.
"He has got his head around that, but his form also has to be good enough playing any kind of role in our footy club.
"It hadn't been and that is why he found himself out of the team."
Melbourne also announced a change to its team on Friday morning, with Greater Western Sydney-target Tom Scully pulling out of what might've been his last game for the club with an ongoing knee complaint.
The Power must beat the Demons and rely on Hawthorn overcoming Gold Coast to avoid their first-ever wooden spoon, but Primus said he wasn't entirely focused on the result on Sunday.
"It (the wooden spoon) wouldn't sit great, but I am more focused about how we're going to go about playing on Sunday," he said.
"If we play like we did last week [against Essendon] and get a result, I'll be really happy and that is what we're about.
"Before last week's game, our footy had been pretty poor for three weeks, so it's more about the intent and how we go about our footy rather than the result at the moment."
Remarkably, Primus said he'd "enjoyed" his first season in charge, despite significant challenges both on and off the field, but admitted the club had "a lot of work to do" to earn back the respect of the competition.
Katrina Gill covers Port Adelaide news for afl.com.au. Follow her on Twitter: @AFL_KatrinaGill
