Already drifting in premiership betting following two straight losses to start the year, the Swans now have to take their troubles on the road to face a similarly desperate Adelaide side that is also winless after two rounds.
Swans coach John Longmire is ready for a fiery backlash from the Crows and believes his side will be up for the challenge.
"They're already talking about winning contested ball, like we were last week, so we expect that fierce response from them," Longmire said on Monday.
"I expect a big game in front of a packed house at their new stadium.
"We saw on the weekend with a packed crowd that the people of Adelaide have really embraced it and we go to an environment that we expect to be not all that friendly.
"It's a good opportunity for us."
What's wrong with the Swans?
Fourth-quarter fadeouts have been the theme for the Swans so far in 2014.
They led Greater Western Sydney by three points heading into the final term in round one and trailed Collingwood by the same margin before suffering 32-point and 20-point defeats respectively.
The pressure is being raised on one of the pre-season flag favourites, with one older gentleman riding a bicycle past Longmire's press conference on Monday yelling out "you better lift, you blokes".
But if Longmire is feeling any pressure, he isn't showing it just yet.
"We just want to get on the winners' list," he said. "It doesn't change the way we prepare and how we go about our day-to-day review.
"Whether you win a final or lose a game or two games, you still focus on the aspects you can improve.
"We're in the same situation we're in every week and that's trying to improve.
"We'll be trying to do that against Adelaide this week."
The Swans are trying to settle their new-look forward line, a process that hasn't been made easier by the limited pre-seasons experienced by Lance Franklin, Adam Goodes, Kurt Tippett, Sam Reid and Mike Pyke.
"You can't get away from the fact they haven't spent a lot of time together," Longmire acknowledged.
But he feels Franklin is finding his feet, putting in a vastly improved performance against the Pies, while Tippett and Goodes are making progress.
Last year, injuries to key players such as Rhyce Shaw and Lewis Jetta that were initially expected to be short-term ultimately dragged out to become long-term issues.
Goodes and Tippett are still yet to resume full training but Longmire is confident their knee injuries will recover in time to ensure they can have a significant say in the club's fortunes this year.
"(Goodes is) running really well," Longmire said. "He's feeling as good as he has for a long time.
"His running program has really stepped up so we expect him to jump into some training next week.
"We're hoping (Tommy) Walsh and Tippett will start to do some ball work at the end of this week and Goodesy early next week.
"You never really know until you see them out on the ground and they're playing, but our medical team is reasonably confident in those two players (Goodes and Tippett) that they can get back and perform pretty quickly.
"As a footy club we're confident they'll be right."
Twitter: @AFL_JD
Fourth-quarter fadeouts have been the theme for the Swans so far in 2014.
They led Greater Western Sydney by three points heading into the final term in round one and trailed Collingwood by the same margin before suffering 32-point and 20-point defeats respectively.
The pressure is being raised on one of the pre-season flag favourites, with one older gentleman riding a bicycle past Longmire's press conference on Monday yelling out "you better lift, you blokes".
But if Longmire is feeling any pressure, he isn't showing it just yet.
"We just want to get on the winners' list," he said. "It doesn't change the way we prepare and how we go about our day-to-day review.
"Whether you win a final or lose a game or two games, you still focus on the aspects you can improve.
"We're in the same situation we're in every week and that's trying to improve.
"We'll be trying to do that against Adelaide this week."
The Swans are trying to settle their new-look forward line, a process that hasn't been made easier by the limited pre-seasons experienced by Lance Franklin, Adam Goodes, Kurt Tippett, Sam Reid and Mike Pyke.
"You can't get away from the fact they haven't spent a lot of time together," Longmire acknowledged.
But he feels Franklin is finding his feet, putting in a vastly improved performance against the Pies, while Tippett and Goodes are making progress.
Last year, injuries to key players such as Rhyce Shaw and Lewis Jetta that were initially expected to be short-term ultimately dragged out to become long-term issues.
Goodes and Tippett are still yet to resume full training but Longmire is confident their knee injuries will recover in time to ensure they can have a significant say in the club's fortunes this year.
"(Goodes is) running really well," Longmire said. "He's feeling as good as he has for a long time.
"His running program has really stepped up so we expect him to jump into some training next week.
"We're hoping (Tommy) Walsh and Tippett will start to do some ball work at the end of this week and Goodesy early next week.
"You never really know until you see them out on the ground and they're playing, but our medical team is reasonably confident in those two players (Goodes and Tippett) that they can get back and perform pretty quickly.
"As a footy club we're confident they'll be right."
Twitter: @AFL_JD
