GREATER Western Sydney remains confident it can keep its young list together despite rival clubs circling several its out-of-contract stars.
Victorian natives Dylan Shiel, Adam Treloar and Will Hoskin-Elliott, and West Australian Stephen Coniglio headline a list of talented youngsters the Giants are desperate to re-sign.
In the wake of the Giants’ greatest ever win, a shock 10-point win over reigning premier Hawthorn on Saturday, senior assistant coach Alan McConnell is confident they can keep their emerging group together.
"They are all pretty happy here. The club has over-invested in welfare relative to the rest of the competition," McConnell told Crocmedia’s Sportsday program.
“But there is no doubt winning games probably helps us and we are confident things are ticking along well in that regard.
"Time will tell and they will make up their minds but we are confident."
The Giants take on the beleaguered Blues at Etihad Stadium on Saturday, a venue where they have won their past two.
When asked about the danger of facing a team under siege, McConnell was confident the Giants had the maturity to rise above it.
"Any team that’s had a run of outs with its backs to the wall is dangerous," he said.
“When a team tightens up you start to feel like you are grasping to hold on to what you have achieved in the past few weeks but we shouldn’t be going into this game thinking we have to hang on to our form.
"Our focus will be on what things we can do better than we did last week because we’re not among the top echelon of the competition and we still have some work to do.
"We’ve won 12 or 13 games in four years so trust me, every one of them is pretty precious at the moment"