All business, the history-chasing Sydney Swans are promising there will be no repeat of the shocking first-round loss to their under-rated cross-town AFL rivals on Saturday night.

Greater Western Sydney’s 32-point ambush in the season opener remains the boilover of the year and Swans midfielder Luke Parker now admits the newly-installed premiership favourites didn’t treat last year’s wooden spooners with enough respect.

“It was a very poor loss,” Parker said on Thursday.

“We came out in round one and we were a bit complacent and probably thought it was just going to happen.

“They went to another level in that second half and we didn’t go with them.

“We just didn’t come ready to play and you can see that it doesn’t matter who you play, if you’re a little bit off, you’re going to get beaten no matter who it is.

“It’s been a long time since then and we’ve had some good wins since then and we’ve turned it around.

“We’ve got the right mindset this time. This week we’re coming out and ready to go.”

The Giants only won one of their next eight matches after upsetting their star-studded arch-rivals, but have since chalked up consecutive victories for the first time in the club’s three-year history.

The Giants’ record two-game run pales into comparison, though, to Sydney’s streak, with the Swans eyeing 10 successive wins for the first time since the Great Depression.

And they are hungry for more to shore up their place in the top four.

“We just want another good win,” Parker said.

Apart from losing their early-season attitude problem, Parker nominated their awesome depth in the midfield as a key to the side’s transformation after losing three of their opening four games.

“At the moment, we’ve probably got eight to 10 blokes who could go through there in one game,” he said.

“That’s probably a good thing at this club. Our forward line is full of midfielders. Then we’ve got our midfield and a few backmen can come through the middle.

“So it’s always good to have a bit of depth and change things up a bit so that when you are a bit cooked, someone else can come in and do the job.”

The Swans will be without defender Rhyce Shaw, who will miss a shot at revenge against his Giants-playing brother Heath with ankle syndesmosis, but are likely to be boosted by the return of star forward Kurt Tippett (knee) and possibly midfielder Ben McGlynn (thumb).