The Power simply had to look back to a fortnight ago to prepare for today’s preliminary final against the Bulldogs at Reid Oval.

Kolora-Noorat coach Ben Kenna knew which areas his side needed to improve on from the qualifying final.

“I felt like they stopped us pretty well,” he said.

“The midfield is where most games are won and lost.

“They were very smart and seemed to have people to give it to after a contest.

“We need to make sure that we haven’t got as many numbers going in.

“We need to have one or two players outside the contest.”

“I thought we did (that well last weekend).”

The reigning premier also has an increased focus on the Bulldogs’ key forwards, Chris Bant and Simon Schrama, who managed nine goals between them in the qualifying final.

Kenna said his side was looking forward to another do-or-die match.

“I think everyone is pretty excited by the challenge,” he said.

Today’s there is no second chance, but Panmure’s previous two finals campaigns have prepared it for do-or-die scenarios.

“The last two years we finished fourth, so every year we’ve played, we’ve been in that cut-throat situation,” Panmure coach Dave Conheady said.

“It’s not something our players are unaccustomed to.”

Conheady has heard league follower’s opinions on his side and the Reid Oval.

“A lot of people say ‘Panmure don’t like big grounds’ but the way that you win the ball and the way that you kick and handball doesn’t change,” he said. “All that stuff looks after itself.

“We can only control the effort we put in and the work that we do.”

The coach was not overly concerned that his side was coming off a 67-point loss to the Dogs.

“We addressed it on Sunday and talked about how Dennington beat us in the key areas we pride ourselves on,” he said.

“We learn from that and try and turn it around this week when we come up against another very good side.

“We’re coming up against the side which won last year’s premiership and they’re a very, very strong unit again this year.

“It’s going to be a challenge for our group but we’ll come prepared for the game.

“We’ve got an opportunity to represent the community in a big game against another team that has a strong community which isn’t too far away from us.”

Conheady said the keys today would be putting pressure on the Power’s ball carriers and even contributions from his side.