Port Adelaide utility Aaron Young is returning to AFL ranks as the Power look to bounce back to form in Saturday's home match against Brisbane.
Young will be among a batch of Port changes in response to last week's 70-point capitulation to Essendon.
"There's some guys coming through that certainly deserve selection and Youngy has been a bit in and out, but he's earnt the right to come back in," Port assistant coach Nathan Bassett told reporters on Thursday.
"You lose by 70 points, you're probably going to make some adjustments.
"It was certainly a pretty tough week.
"We're nearly the last club in the AFL to go through a bad week this year."
Bassett said selectors would reward Young and others producing solid state league form.
"It's more around how many runs some guys have on the board compared to others," Bassett said.
"And whether people are demanding selection in the SANFL.
"Some guys are starting to demand selection with their performance, so some will be rewarded."
Port's leadership group has been pressed to make an on-field response in Saturday's twilight fixture against the lowly Lions at Adelaide Oval.
"We have to trust our leaders and our senior players to turn it around," Bassett said.
"That is the first time of the year we have lost control of the game and not been competitive for an extended period of time.
"Our pressure in the forward line was average, our midfield accountability was poor and our defenders didn't win enough of their own contests."
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