PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams expects star utility Chad Cornes to be available for Saturday night’s clash with North Melbourne at AAMI Stadium.

Cornes, who missed the round 14 game in Darwin, limped into the second break of the season with separate knee, calf and finger injuries, but Williams, despite adding a shoulder complaint to the list, said the dual All-Australian should be fit to resume this week.

“Watching him down there now, he looks all right, so I would think he’d be available,” Williams said at training on Monday.

“Chad is certainly in need of some sort of operation. His shoulder and his knee probably both need operations. They are both minor things, but they’ll take four or five weeks to get over.

“There’s no real benefit for Chad [to have those operations now]. It’s about making sure there is enough time, plus a little bit more, for him to be ready for the pre-season and there will be.”

The football department, as always, conducted a review over the bye week and came up with a handful of changes to be implemented in the remaining eight rounds.

Williams said the coaching and playing groups had combined to discuss going quicker and more direct inside forward 50m and also being more defensive at the stoppages.

The Power will attempt to improve the number of goals scored from kick-outs and will even alter their training days, starting in two weeks.

Williams said the players had also given feedback on how and when messages from the coaches are relayed to the group.

“I would think that 80-90 per cent of everything everyone is doing is right,” Williams said.

“We’ve been in most games for three quarters. We always challenge ourselves personally and collectively and I don’t divorce myself or the other coaches from any of the changes because we’re all involved. We understand that all the feedback given by everyone is with the aim of making us better.”

Williams reaffirmed his commitment to playing the club’s youth, which this week could include in-form forward Adam Cockshell. More experienced players Jacob Surjan and Michael Wilson could also come into consideration for the clash with North Melbourne. Regardless of the line-up, Williams said the objective had not changed.