SYDNEY Swans co-captain Adam Goodes says he's more than happy to miss out on bags of goals if it means his side maintains its strong form.
The 2010 season has seen Goodes earmarked for his first full year as a permanent centre half-forward but with four goals in the first two games, he is yet to take an opposition side apart.
However, the dual Brownlow Medallist said he was content to share the load in attack and warned that the best was yet to come from the Swans' forward line.
"Myself, Daniel (Bradshaw) and Jesse (White), we haven't been kicking the majority of goals, which has been a great thing for our forward line because it makes it unpredictable for opposition defences," he said.
"For us, as long as we're part of the process - we're getting our marks, we're creating an option, we're creating space for other players in the team - that's just us playing our role.
"If we can do that as key [forwards] and as a forward group, we'll kick the goals that we need to kick to win the game."
The Swans are set to take an unchanged line-up into the clash against Richmond, pending all players making it through Thursday night's training session unscathed.
Goodes said there was no chance the Swans would take the Tigers lightly, despite their opponents' poor start to 2010.
"It happens every year… that anybody can beat any opposition on any given day," he said.
"Collingwood were lucky last week [against Melbourne]. The process in how we beat Adelaide last week is how we can beat other teams and we'll certainly go out there on Saturday night and try and do that against Richmond."
Coach Paul Roos concurred with Goodes' assessment of the Tigers and said he was confident that the nature of the current Swans squad meant complacency was unlikely.
"We've got six guys who are just trying to cement themselves at the footy club. Even Braddy, who's a premiership player; he wants to do well for his new team," he said.
"I think that alleviates any concerns that I've got.
"We still need to keep improving as a footy club. We've got a lot of work to do … to bridge the gap between the better teams and where we're at, so we need to keep working hard."
Roos also expressed his support for his Richmond counterpart Damien Hardwick, who has lost his first two games as a senior coach by an average of more than 60 points.
"They're on the right path to where they've got to get to. They've played patches of quality football and they've got some really good kids," he said.
"(Trent) Cotchin and (Dustin) Martin are just two young guys and they're going to be superstars of the competition.
"It'll click for them; hopefully it doesn't click this weekend."
