McGlynn, who kicked three goals in the third term blitz, said the Swans disappointing first half motivated the team to ramp up the pressure after half time.
“In the first half we were pretty slow out of the blocks, but once we cranked up the pressure we got our game plan the way we wanted to play and the second half was super,” McGlynn told SwansTV.
“We touched on it at half time that we weren’t really committing ourselves as much as we’d like.
“I think we just made them a bit more accountable. In the first half we were allowing them to get the two free (players) out the back, so we just brought one of the forwards back to make them accountable.
“I think it was our pressure, winning the ball out of the middle, our contested footy, and not allowing them to get their kicking game going, was probably what helped us get back in the game.”
McGlynn was one of the orchestrators of the Swans turnaround, kicking three quality goals under pressure during the term.
Not one to promote his own performance, McGlynn highlighted the efforts of his teammates, including Jude Bolton (four goals), Dan Hannebery (three goals) and Jarrad McVeigh (two goals) as well as Adam Goodes and Shane Mumford, who contributed to the Swans second-half turnaround.
“It wasn’t just my effort there; there were a few from Goodsey and Mumford down there in the forward line as well as the boys in the middle as well getting their hands on the ball,” McGlynn said.
“We had a good mix of entries into the forward 50 to keep (North Melbourne) on their toes and it’s always important to kick the goals and put the scoreboard pressure on.
“It was pleasing that we were getting the reward for the work we were doing up the ground by the defenders and midfielders.”
At the opposite end of the ground, Swans defender Ted Richards also produced an outstanding effort, keeping Kangaroos key forward Drew Petrie goalless for the match.
Speaking to SwansTV after the match, Richards said he knew containing Petrie would play an important role in the Swans success against North Melbourne.
“I would have taken a couple of goals (against Petrie),” he said.
“Drew and I were both drafted back in 2000 and we’ve both played on each other that many times and I’ve seen firsthand what he’s capable of both with contested marks and kicking goals, so I just knew I was up for a big day and I was just very lucky that I had a lot of support.”
Richards said the Swans were keen to limit North Melbourne’s uncontested ball in the second half, after falling 14 points behind at the long break.
“I think the key stat was uncontested marks and we talked about it at the end of the game,” he said,
“North were able to just chip it up and work it through from their defence into their forward 50 and in the second half we shut that down and made it a bit harder for them to move the footy.
“We were able to get some intercepts and spoils and get the turnovers and blokes in the forward line started to capitalise.
“It certainly makes defending a whole lot easier when we’re continually winning the stoppages, so blokes like Joey Kennedy were just great in helping us out.”
The defender said the Swans will need to improve on their four quarter pressure heading into next round, when the Swans take on an undefeated Geelong side this Friday night at the SCG.
“I just think it was great to win in the first two rounds but we knew that this was another step up for us,” he said.
“I think we were a bit off in the first half but that third quarter was the best quarter of footy we’ve played this year, so against Geelong next week on Friday night, we want to be playing that type of footy for the four quarters.”
