RICHMOND coach Terry Wallace said he would make as many as six changes for Saturday's match against Port Adelaide as the club responds to its worst loss in history.

Wallace, captain Kane Johnson, president Gary March and football director Greg Miller yesterday fronted a huge media pack to face questioning over Sunday's 157-point belting at the hands of Geelong.

"You can't accept efforts that are not up to standard," Wallace said. "Unfortunately some people didn't play as well as what they would have liked to. They'll pay the price for that and others will come in."

He said as many as six changes were likely, with at least two forced by injury. Ruckman Troy Simmonds (ankle) and half-forward Richard Tambling (shoulder) will miss and key forward Jay Schulz (corked thigh) is also in doubt.

In contention for selection are Adam Pattison, Andrew Krakouer and Greg Tivendale. Those potentially in peril of losing their spots include Shane Tuck, Chris Hyde and Kayne Pettifer.

Wallace said in the long-term his young squad would not be harmed by the loss and it would not sway the club from its rebuilding strategy. He said Richmond's list had been described as a "car wreck" when he took over before the 2005 season and was still being fixed.

"It can take a period of time, especially when you started with an ageing list," Wallace said. "We had I think four players on the weekend that had played 100-plus games. That's fairly inexperienced. It's still no excuse for the manner in which we played and the manner in which we lost the game, but certainly we were very, very young."

March said Wallace was the man for the job and would stay for the remainder of his five-year contract.

"All we can say to our supporters is we've got to go through a process and see it through," March said.

"We've seen it through off-field. We've now got to see it through on-field. You can't chop and change just because things don't go right halfway through a plan. Maybe some mistakes this football club made in the past was chopping and changing halfway through a plan … we've got to stick with it and be solid with it."

Johnson admitted he and many of his teammates were down on form. "We're sorry for the performance the other night, it was inexcusable and we're embarrassed about it. We just want to make sure that we do everything we can to turn it around in the next few weeks and show everyone that we are serious." AAP