Zak Butters spoke to Seven post game.
You had so much early dominance from clearance around stoppage but couldn’t capitalise and turn it into scores?
It felt like our contest and stoppage game was good early. We got a fair few entries and played forward half football which is normally a strength of hours. The turnover ball and attack when they win in our accurate and converted. That normally stings about the other way. Credited them for the way they moved the ball and played.
Zak Butters of the Power is tackled by Braeden Campbell of the Swans.Credit: Getty Images
How proud of you are the resilience of this group? So many ups and downs, front page, back page, the good the bad and the ugly, but no doubt a lot of pride with this group and what you achieve this you?
Most definitely. In a rollercoaster, that is footy and life in a way. We kept sticking in there and showing up. That we have a genuine crack tonight, needed to tighten up a few things about that and be more consistent. That is something we’ll look at over the off-season. Proud of the club, the whole club, not just the players.
Has Ken addressed the group yet and if so, what did he have to say?
Ken is emotional and flat, he rides a rollercoaster as much as anyone. He said it is time to be a bit emotional and let feelings happen. Over the next few days we will look back and said we should also be proud. It wasn’t a great season when you want to be on the last day in September, to be in the last day in September, to be in the grand final and win it. We didn’t get that I felt like we had a good crack at it.
