PORT Adelaide draftee Matthew Broadbent is in line to make his AFL debut against Geelong at Skilled Stadium on Sunday, but fellow first-year Hamish Hartlett will be sidelined for a month after reinjuring his hamstring.

Hartlett, 18, made a promising debut in the round four win over Hawthorn, but has struggled with the back-related injury since round seven.

The prized number four pick in the 2008 NAB AFL Draft was expected to be available for selection this week, but was sent for scans after twinging the tendon at training on Monday.

However his good mate Broadbent will travel as part of the Power's 23-man-squad, which will be trimmed on Friday afternoon.

The Power were expected to swing the changes at the selection table this week but have only omitted half-backs Steve Salopek and Marlon Motlop.

Daniel Motlop also drops out of the side with an ankle injury.

Coach Mark Williams admitted Salopek might have been brought back too soon after dislocating his shoulder against North Melbourne in round seven.

"Sal is disappointed, but he actually understands. If you look at David Rodan a few weeks back, we dropped him and it doesn't mean we don't like him or that he's not part of our best 18, but we think it's what's best for him to get his mind right," Williams said on Friday.

"The shoulder injury does correlate to when his form has dropped down. Perhaps, the physical side was okay, but mentally he might not have felt as strong."

Several other regular starters, including Peter Burgoyne, Danyle Pearce, Josh Carr and Brett Ebert were considered to be in the gun after the 93-point loss to the Western Bulldogs before the break.

Williams revealed Burgoyne's clearance numbers had kept him in the team and said Ebert was a required player up forward, particularly in the absence of Motlop.

"Peter and Brett are not in good form, I agree, but I think Pearcey has been pretty good," Williams said.

"Unfortunately, in the last couple of weeks Pearcey's grandma died. Most people have got no idea about that, but that's emotionally been tough on him and he's also had to suffer being tagged a lot of times this year.

"He's actually done a wonderful job for us and set-up some good play for us, but last week he was no good and we acknowledge that."

Williams said his side faced an uphill battle to muster enough goals to upstage the all-conquering Cats at home.
"For a start, Geelong don't let you go inside-50m very often and when they do, it's pretty hard to score," Williams said.

"If you look at the odds, you'd say we can't kick enough goals [without Motlop], but we're going down there with a positive mindset.

"Our players are aware that we were the last team to beat them down there. Geelong hasn't been beaten there for a couple of years, so it's bloody hard don't worry about that."