Port Adelaide coach wants players to focus on footy on emotional night at AAMI Park Power coach Ken Hinkley with his players at three-quarter time in the Round 1 win over Melbourne. Port Adelaide players will pay an emotional tribute to the late John McCarthy at AAMI Park tomorrow night. PORT Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley will avoid overloading his players with emotional burdens as the Power prepares to honour former teammate John McCarthy at AAMI Stadium on Saturday night. The tribute to McCarthy - who died on an end-of-season holiday in Las Vegas in September - is the prime focus of the Port players who also have emotional baggage from their last clash with Greater Western Sydney. That loss to the Giants in August cost coach Matthew Primus his job. And there's also the 100th AFL game milestone for new Power vice-captain Brad Ebert. In an extraordinary week of dealing with the McCarthy loss, Hinkley says his players cannot be sent into action on raw emotion. "We have to bring them back to the focus of playing football as much as we possibly can," said Hinkley. Obviously there is some stuff we won't be able to control, but we have to remind the boys what makes them good players. Hinkley praised his players for holding their focus even after many - in particular midfielder Hamish Hartlett - struggled with their emotions during the filming of a tribute video to be played at AAMI Stadium before the game. "They have been really measured," said Hinkley. It is a significant game for them and they want to honour him. But importantly they also know they can do that best by playing football. GWS captain, former Crows defender Phil Davis, last night acknowledged the Giants were entering an ambush at AAMI Stadium. But the Giants will join the emotional tribute for McCarthy by wearing black armbands and joining tribute during the minute's silence at the start of the game. "John was such a great member of the football community that we all felt his very tragic loss," said Davis. (Last year's result) adds to the emotion for Port Adelaide - that game cost Matty Primus his job. We also know (Port) was sensational last week - Ken Hinkley has them playing a great game. So they are going to be a very hard side to beat. We expect a tough, hard-working group - and it's (vice-captain) Brad Ebert's 100th game. So there is a fair bit going on in this match. But we're also looking for our first win outside Sydney.