Port Adelaide remains committed to building a strong team around senior coach Matthew Primus for season 2012 … and it’s making good progress.

Port Adelaide chief executive officer Keith Thomas said: “We are deep in discussions with many high quality candidates. But as we are attempting to add up to four new people to our team, it is important that we complete this process in a thorough order to ensure that we get the best possible mix of experience and skills to complete the coaching team.

“This takes a bit of time to do properly, but we are not far off being able to make some announcements. We ask our supporters to have patience. The team is coming together.”

Port Adelaide will advise of its appointments as soon as the time is right.