Red flag goes up for Port Adelaide at Alberton Port Adelaide players walk off after losing to North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena in Hobart. GO hard early or go home. After falling 33 points behind in the opening quarter against North Melbourne in Hobart on Saturday, the red flag has finally gone up at Alberton. As usual in its surprisingly good season, the Power overcame an early deficit to give itself a winning chance in the final term. But this time the deficit proved too much to overcome, leading to an urgent review yesterday morning of its shocking starts. Port has lost four of its six first terms this year but won 14 of its 18 other quarters. It has been outscored 26.18 to 17.17 in the first 30 minutes before motoring, dominating its rivals with a 78.69 to 42.51 scoreline in the last three terms. The Power's well-documented high fitness levels have seen it run over teams in the second half, kicking 50.44 to 25.35. Full back Alipate Carlile said Port's review yesterday focused on trying to start better, despite it winning five of its first six games. The boys have discussed it. It's something we're well aware of so it's just something we have to keep working on," Carlile said. We have to train at it, get our heads around it and try to put in a better effort (from the start of games). It starts with training intensity from the start of training so that's something we're going to focus on this week and really get it going from there. We can't afford to keep giving sides a start. Carlile said the Power had not identified why it had stumbled out of the blocks. "No, we haven't, so we'll just keep working hard on it," he said. We've reviewed that but it's not the only area of concern for us. There are other aspects of the game we need to keep working on, like stoppages. Coach Ken Hinkley has returned to work after missing Port's first defeat of the season after contracting a virus. Carlile said Hinkley performed half of the Power's game review yesterday, with caretaker coach Alan Richardson doing the remainder. Hinkley's main message was that good teams don't lose two games in a row. "And we want to be one of those good teams," Carlile said. So it's going to be a massive focus for us this week. Hinkley will return to coach the Power against Richmond at AAMI Stadium on Saturday. Exciting forward Chad Wingard will be available after being cleared of a report charge for making forceful high contact against the Kangaroos' Ben Cunnington, while defender Jasper Pittard may return from a two-week absence with a hip injury. Carlile has been one of Port's success stories this season, having improved his fitness considerably since last year. "I feel much better running across the ground," he said. I've only lost a kilo or so but I've changed my body shape and got a bit fitter and it's allowed me to have a lot better impact over four quarters.