FOLLOWING an easy win against Gold Coast, Sydney Swans coach John Longmire could have been celebrating his team snapping a three-match losing streak, or enjoying a much-needed percentage boost. However he was, instead, again frustrated by poor kicking for goal.

The Swans had kicked six goals and 14 behinds in their loss to the Adelaide Crows last week and they looked destined for a similarly inaccurate night when they kicked 1.5 in the third quarter against the Suns.

However, they kicked 5.4 in the last to finish a respectable 15.16, thrashing the Suns by 70 points and earning a pass mark from their coach.

"It was an improvement on last week but that was an improvement on 6.14 so we can still get better; we missed some relatively easy shots," Longmire said.

"I thought it was a pretty good effort defensively. I thought there was a lot of things we can better at.

"We won by 70 points which doesn't happen too often in League footy, it is pretty hard to do so from that point of view it was pretty pleasing.

"I saw some good signs. I thought (Sam) Reid was really excellent and I thought [Matt] Spangher in the first quarter did a really good job."

Jude Bolton was a late withdrawal from the side, surrendering his spot in the side to Luke Parker after complaining of knee soreness.

"He said his knee was sore in the warm-up and when Jude says that you really listen because he is such a tough nut and it doesn't happen too often so hopefully it is OK," Longmire said.

He said he was not yet sure when Bolton would be back or how serious the injury was.

Small forward Ben McGlynn was given the assignment of tagging Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett who went off the field early with a knee injury. Although Longmire thought  McGlynn had started well on the midfielder, he said Ablett's influence on the game could not be denied.

"Obviously it goes without saying Gary's impact on the game, so it just meant we changed our structure a little bit and once we knew Gary wasn't going to come back on, it meant that Ben could be used in other roles," he said.