Young gun Chad Warner has backed Sydney to come back out on prime towards one other rising midfield after they sort out Fremantle on the SCG on Saturday.
Though suffering from accidents the Swans have named a full-strength midfield to face a Dockers line-up that includes Andrew Brayshaw and Caleb Serong, as they attempt to flip their season round.
Warner, who was one among a number of Swans that confronted Collingwood rising star Nick Daicos early of their conflict on the MCG final week, revealed he can be comfy to focus on the opposition’s prime gamers once more to realize a bonus.
“Stuff happens in the game and people get carried away a bit,” Warner mentioned. “If you can try and get a little edge here and there, it helps.
“We normally have some goal gamers, however Nick Daicos was only a bit extra on the radar simply due to his injury.”
The Swans have lost five of their past six matches including two narrow defeats in their last two visits to the SCG.
Last year’s grand finalists have slumped to 11th with a 3-5 record, while fellow 2022 finalists Fremantle also have three wins despite both teams boasting a budding crop of onballers.
Warner is confident the Swans have the midfield talent to match the Dockers in what the 21-year-old recognised is “just a little bit” of an early season elimination last.
“They’ve received on a little bit of a roll, clearly beating the Hawks by a good bit on the weekend,” Warner mentioned.
“Serong is having an enormous 12 months. We’ve all been taking a look at what he can do, and clearly we all know what Brayshaw has finished previously and has been doing in the mean time.
“But Errol (Gulden), ‘Rowey’ (James Rowbottom) and I will really relish that opportunity (to face the Dockers midfield).”
The Dockers haven’t crushed the Swans on the SCG since 2011 however can take confidence from the hosts giving up useful leads late of their previous two matches on the venue.
The Swans misplaced nail-biters on dwelling soil to GWS in spherical seven and Port Adelaide in spherical 4, whereas in addition they trailed the Pies by solely 5 factors on the final change earlier than dropping by 29 factors.
Warner acknowledged working out the match towards the Dockers has been a spotlight for the Swans this week as they appear to get their season again on monitor.
“It’s just knowing what has worked for those three quarters and then adapting to change, and adapting to what the opposition changes,” Warner mentioned.
“We’ve shown in patches what we can do and hopefully we can put it together on the weekend.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
