With the first month of the AFL season drawing to a close, narratives for all of the competition's 18 teams have begun to arise.

Whilst some are struggling and others are thriving, you can bet your bottom dollar that each of the league's list of polo shirt wearing pedagogues will still be desperate for improvement this weekend.

With this in mind, here are the key quandaries facing every AFL club ahead of Round 4.

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Port Adelaide

Was Saturday night a slip up or something more sinister?

After starting their season with easy wins over North Melbourne and Essendon respectively, Port Adelaide faced their first real test of 2021, when they took on the Eagles at Optus last Saturday.

After going down by more than six goals, it is fair to say that they failed.

Still, with a stacked list and month of fixtured clashes against three fellow finalists from last season, Ken Hinkley's men will have plenty of further chances to re-sit their examination.

With the Power still ranked in the competition's top five for disposals, goal assists and points per game, I am willing to call Saturday a slip up and retain my shares in the Alberton club.

However, if a negative trend extrapolates from Round 3 onwards, I will be the person vehemently screaming โ€˜SELL' on the trading floor.

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