Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley won't tap into the extra motivation of ending Adelaide's finals chances in Saturday's AFL grudge match.
A Port triumph will officially kill off the Crows' playoff hopes but Hinkley says his players are driven by their own finals ambitions.
"We need to win ourselves," Hinkley said on Friday.
"It's a massive game, let's not make any bones about that. We could be fourth or we could be ninth or 10th. It can all turn on its head in one game."
The Power hold fourth spot on a cluttered ladder, just one win behind second-placed West Coast but also just one win ahead of ninth-placed Sydney.
The Crows are 12th, two wins behind Sydney, and must win all four remaining games to have a chance of sneaking into the finals.
"Where we are sitting on the ladder, the reality is we need to keep winning and that starts tomorrow," Crows coach Don Pyke said.
"So the importance of the game can't be underestimated. That is the reality."
Pyke has made four changes - three of them forced - headlined by defender Brodie Smith's return after missing the past 11 months following a knee reconstruction.
"When we announced it, you could feel the group was really happy for Brodie, he's a well-liked player," Pyke said.
"They will probably feel better about themselves tomorrow but I don't know if it's going to be the difference. It's just good to have Brodie out there, he's a good player."
Pyke also summoned Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Tom Doedee and David Mackay to replace Kyle Cheney (suspended), Mitch McGovern (shoulder), Paul Seedsman (hamstring) and Jake Kelly (omitted).
Port will field an unchanged side in the 45th clash of the South Australian rivals - remarkably, the clubs have 22 wins each.
The rivalry has been underpinned by a genuine animosity, evidenced by Power defender Tom Jonas' midweek admission that his club hated the Crows.
Hinkley agreed with Jonas' assessment - with a caveat.
"There's a difference between hate and football hate," he said.
"So does that mean in some silly way that we hate them tomorrow night? Yeah, probably."
