SYDNEY Swans coach Paul Roos isn’t talking finals but is optimistic that his side’s good form in recent weeks points to a bright future.

The Swans cruised to a 55-point victory over Richmond at the MCG on Sunday, the 18.15 (123) to 10.8 (68) win ensuring Michael O’Loughlin celebrated his 300th AFL match in style.

Roos said it was a symbolic day for the club with O’Loughlin becoming the first South Melbourne/Sydney Swans player to play 300 games.

"Mick is an extremely popular guy and we wanted to make it a special day for him – it has been a real focus all week,” Roos said after the match.

"It is a big day for the club … the first 300-game player. It is not just Mick’s day but it is a symbolic day for the footy club."

Adam Goodes (four goals and 12 marks) and O’Loughlin (two goals and 10 marks) led the charge in attack but there were signs that a new breed of Swan was filtering through behind the experienced stars.

Roos said despite losing Jared Crouch (corked thigh) and Jarrad McVeigh (hamstring) during the match, other players had stood up when it mattered.

"A lot of those young guys stepped up," Roos said.

"Matty O’Dwyer had a really significant role, Nick Smith played a lot of minutes again, Jesse White, Pykey (Mike Pyke) played a lot of minutes today which was good as well.

"We’re getting a lot of experience and we need to be able to do that."

Roos said he was buoyed by the past few weeks and hoped his side’s improvement would continue until the end of the year.

"I’m really positive," he said. "Hopefully we can play well over the next three weeks and by that, we might win some, lose some or whatever.

"I’m really confident the way the year’s finishing and as long as we finish it off the way we have the last couple of weeks."

Crouch is still a chance to face the Cats next week in Sydney however McVeigh appears doubtful at best.

In fact, Roos said McVeigh might battle to play again this season after aggravating a hamstring strain late in the third quarter.

"He’s had a little bit of a problem with it over the past month and he missed that one game," Roos said.

"It’d be possible that you wouldn’t see him again this year.

"I mean we’ll try to rehab it [but] I don’t know, they’re normally two to three weeks."