Port Adelaide assistant coach Josh Carr was disappointed with the side’s showing on Saturday night, with the group keen to review the game and move forward. 

It was a tough night in even tougher conditions in Showdown LVIII, and despite now being out of the finals’ race, Carr is clear there will always be something to play for. 

The midfield coach fronted the Adelaide media on Monday to speak about the loss, Jack Lukosius’ injury, and what’s to come for the rest of the season. 

Carr on reviewing Saturday’s Showdown 
“It was a tough Sunday, no doubt about it, to come off the back of the loss like that, obviously against our rivals at the same time. We’re obviously super disappointed. But I guess our job as coaches and players is to try and move on, and move on quickly and start focusing on Geelong. I've watched it back. And in the end, you know, we tried to make it more of a slog and a contested game, and try and take a bit of that free-flowing football away from the Crows. But in the end, the quality stood up in those conditions, and they still found a way to, obviously, get through us defensively and around the contest and get forward and kick a score. So as I said, we're super disappointed, and it's those sort of losses that can be embarrassing at the same time. There’s not a lot that you take away to improve on. But the way we look at the next four weeks is about finding little wins along the way and there's no doubt, there's still something to get out of the season.”

Carr on the takeaways from Saturday’s game 
“Individually, to start, (so) what that looks like from an individual, and what each player's game looks like and then the commitment to the club and the team. We don't put a white flag up, and we don't give up. We go right to the end of the year, and that's what this club is about. It'll be always about how we finish the season, no matter what. So we can still find little wins individually, but we can find bigger wins as a team if collectively, we have the same focus going forward.”

Carr on watching the game back 
“On reflection and watching it, it gets tough, and it gets really hard in those situations. And what happens sometimes is you can become really reactive when a team is playing so well, you can be reactive, and at no stage they'll look out and go ‘he's not trying’. I think the trying was there and in the end, we just didn't back ourselves in at the right time and get to the footy first. We gave away a number of free kicks, (we were down with our) contest numbers, our reaction to get out first and where the ball was wasn't there. So it wasn't not trying.”

Carr on dealing with some bigger losses this year 
“You don't want those losses to come against us, and I think it's more a reflection of maybe some confidence within the group, with individual players going through some challenging times, and that happens through an individual's career, and I've seen it happen a number of times, and seen players come out of it. So that's individually and then collectively as a team, if you look at the year that we've had, we've had injuries, and at the start of the year we had Buttsy (Zak Butters) missing for the first three to four weeks, and we just haven't been able to collectively come together at the same time. And that's a reflection on all of us, and making sure we're pushing in the same direction. Because I think when you lose confidence as an individual, you obviously start worrying about yourself and trying to get yourself back. And we've got to take that away from the individual and start getting back to the team. Yeah it is, it's a mindset thing in a way…(it’s about) where's your commitment? Is it to yourself and trying to get yourself right, or is it just doing everything you possibly can for the team to get better? And maybe we do go away from that when we're under pressure, and it's something we've got to fix. 

“I don't look at what could happen as far as a blowout, I look at how individually and collectively, we can get something out of those games. So the opportunity is we are playing against the best teams, and so that's an opportunity to see how we stand up in those situations. Our backs are against the wall, there's no doubt about it, this last four weeks, but the players are having their player meeting now about what they can get out of the last four weeks. As coaches, we're the same. We've come together, and we focus on the lines – so midfield, defence and forwards, and how we can bring the focus to the players and get that right.” 

Carr on Ken Hinkley 
“I think what Ken has displayed is his commitment to the footy club, and that's everyone that's involved with coaches. So we're committed to making sure we try and finish off this year as strong as we can. And Kenny's been amazing in making sure that he's making decisions that best fit the footy club. I think everyone hurts when you come off the back of a loss like that. You front up, you get back to work on the Monday, and you try and get better.” 

Carr on his future 
“I'm excited about what's in front of me with the job and the players that I've got. There are a number of reasons why you have a bad year, and clubs every year can have a bad year. I think we just had a have a disappointing year. And there are a lot of reasons for that, but in the end, that's just what it is. But for me, it's about moving forward and what looks like going forward.” 

Carr on Jack Lukosius 
“Yeah look, he'd be disappointed obviously, with the injuries that he's had. There's no secret in that. This is just a small tweak (tohis calf) and most likely will miss, but he's not definite. But at the same time, for him, it's about going forward and what that looks like. He's got to get the body right, look after himself, and attack the rest of the year with that attitude, and then use that as a springboard into the pre-season.” 

Carr on Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera’s performance on Sunday 
“I was just pretty appreciative watching a pretty special player go about their business. I'm the same as probably every other supporter out there of football to see someone play football like that. I guess the rest will look after itself in time.” 

Carr on Jeremy Cameron 
“I don't know if you can stop him, but you can probably limit to the influence he has on the team. It doesn't come down to the one individual that plays against him, it comes down to collectively as a team, how we support defensively. So we've got a fair bit to get right to make sure that Geelong, who score really well, don't get that freedom.”  

Carr on the rest of the season 
“It’s been a while since we've been in this position, to have our season done like this. So as I said, the players and coaches are committed to making sure we're still trying to find improvement. And I reckon that, from a supporter's point of view, it starts with the effort, and making sure that's consistent right through the game. Get that right, get the pressure around the footy right, it allows you to be in and around the game, and then what it comes down to is game plan and making sure you're executing that.” 

Carr on Connor Rozee’s hand 
“I think he's certain to play (this weekend). From the game, and watching the footage, he got a number of smothers, and he's pretty committed, and he didn't look like he winced at any time. So I think he'll be right.” 

Carr on Miles Bergman’s opening centre clearance  
“I thought his body work was terrific, and he got a deep entry from it, it just wasn't going the right way. So he'll be right. I've spoken to him about it, and it'll be one of those things that he'll look at in 20 years’ time and show his kids and go ‘look at this’ just as David Rodan when he kicked the goal (the wrong way) back in the day!”