SYDNEY Swans coach John Longmire would love his club to have more fixtures at the MCG as it tries to turn around a terrible record at the venue.

The Swans' disappointing 29-point loss to Richmond at the ground on Saturday was their 13th defeat from the past 15 games at the MCG, with one draw.

It is also their only trip to the home of football this season, unless they feature there in a final later in the year.

The scheduling is a double-edged sword for the Swans. If they played more at the MCG, they could improve their performances at the ground. But it could also hurt their win-loss record over the course of a season.

Longmire knows what he would like to see.

"I think we would, absolutely we would. We would like to play at the MCG more," he said.

"But we haven't got control over that. There's no point worrying about it.

"We just play where we're scheduled to play. Our responsibility is to make sure we turn up ready to go with a hard performance and that's what we didn't have on the weekend.

"We'd love to get an opportunity to play back there again [this year].

"But there's a lot of work before that occurs and we can't have performances like what we served up on the weekend, whether that's the MCG, the SCG or any other ground."

Following a flying 5-0 start to the season, the Swans have come back into a congested pack on the ladder with consecutive defeats.

Longmire and the match committee now need to decide whether to tinker with the line-up in an effort to rediscover some winning form against Melbourne at the SCG on Saturday.

Injury-wise Longmire said Luke Parker was a better than 50 per cent chance of playing after getting a knock to the knee against the Tigers, while Dan Hannebery (cork) should also be fine.

Lewis Roberts-Thomson is also likely to return from a bruised heel and Longmire suggested the guys that had given them the strong start to the season would be given another chance.

"The guys that have had the runs on the board for a long period of time certainly have the opportunity to turn it around," he said.

"You don't throw the baby out with the bath water after one week.

"But we also need to look at the structure of the team to take on Melbourne and if we need to make changes, there will be."

James Dampney covers Sydney AFL news for AFL.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_JD

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