Sydney co-captain Jarrad McVeigh is confident his side can bounce back from consecutive losses in the last fortnight.

The Swans will be looking to rebound from losses to Fremantle in Perth and the Western Bulldogs at home when they face Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday night.

"It's concerning to lose full stop, two in a row you never want to do that," McVeigh said.

"We were really motivated to put in a really good performance; we knew they were in good form.

"It's not panic stations by any means we have just got to get back to the way we want to play.

"I think our effort and our hardness has been there, it's just the execution under pressure is what we're lacking at the moment."

Turnovers in the back half of the ground proved costly for the Swans with the Bulldogs making the most of their opportunity in front of goal.

McVeigh said the decision making out of defence was clearly an area his side needed to improve.

“I think we had four or five that went directly to them through our defensive 50 which wasn’t ideal and they put them through for goals,” he said.

“That really flattens the team and is not great but we will get better at that, learn from it and make the right decisions next time.”

“You continue to work on it but when you are in the situation in a game it is completely different to training.”

The Swans are expecting another hard contest against the Demons this week, a side coached by Swans premiership coach Paul Roos.

"He's gone down there and taught them the right way to play footy," McVeigh said.

'We'll be ready for a big contest against them, we know Roosy. The way they play, it's a very one-on-one contested style."