VETERAN Brisbane Lions midfielder Luke Power says the players are taking full responsibility for the team's horrid start to the season and are as unified as ever.

In a week in which coach Michael Voss has faced questions over his future following the Lions' 0-6 start, Power was standing firmly behind his former captain.

He said the players were the only ones who could fix things, and had even got together as a group to discuss how to turn the tide.

"I feel sorry for the coach. It's been a lot of our errors that have cost us games," Power said on Wednesday.

"It's usually been execution errors and that's something players have been focusing on at training, executing and getting their skills right.

"We've got our own internal values and things we like to judge ourselves by, but we've just got together to keep positive and stay up, and the group's very tight."

Power said this season had been one of the most difficult times in his 14-year career in Brisbane.

When he takes the field against Essendon at the Gabba on Saturday night, the 31-year-old will qualify for AFL Life Membership for playing 300 official games.

It will be his 268th premiership match to go with 28 pre-season matches, one State of Origin match and three International Rules matches.

Power will join his great mate Simon Black with the honour after his fellow midfielder notched it earlier this season.

"Football's such a great leveller," Power said. "You have the good times and if you play long enough you're going to have the bad times. It comes down to your character and the character of the group, and I think we've got a lot of character in the group and we'll pull through this."

Power said the three premierships (2001-03) he won early in his career were a highlight, but paid tribute to the people - players, staff and supporters - around the Lions that had made his career so memorable.

The left-footer has been moved forward this season and said while the Bombers were the "real deal", they were a team the Lions could get the better of.

"The thing about football is it's such a close game and so many results are decided by less than three or four goals, so if you can improve that little bit you can go from the bottom to the midfield to the top, and the Bombers have definitely done that," he said.

"Essendon are in good form but we know if we can come out and play our best football that we can be competitive against anyone and beat anyone, so that's what we'll be looking to do on Saturday night."