The Kangaroos have lost their last six matches against the Swans.
“This current coaching group has only been together since 2010, so what happened the previous three years has got nothing to do with us,” Scott told the media at the club’s final training session.
“The last four they (the Swans) have beaten us convincingly twice at the SCG. We dropped a game by a point at Etihad (Stadium) that we felt we should have won. That record is that record because Sydney has been a very good side over four years. I don’t think it’s a reflection on how both teams match up against each other.”
While Sydney hasn’t been in the form that took it to the premiership in 2012, Scott says its brilliance, particularly in the midfield can’t be underestimated.
“I think there are a couple of players who are real keys to them. We’ll certainly have some key focus areas in their midfield, but their strength is their depth.
“They got on top of the Gold Coast late in the game last week because of their great depth through there (the midfield) and the variety of players they can put through there.
“They’ve got so many of them, that if you think you are going to shut one down, that that’s going to shut the entire midfield down, you’re kidding yourself. We’ve got plans in place for their entire midfield and as per usual it’s going to be the execution of those plans that’s more important than the plan itself.”
Rhyce Shaw is one player who’ll be missing from the Swans’ line-up, but his absence won’t make things any easier for North.
“… Shaw’s a very good player so I’m sure they’d prefer to have him in the side, but more falls to Nick Malceski and Martin Mattner; they’ve got a lot of players back there who can run the ball out of defence.
“They’ve got some players who can cover the one player they’ve got out, so I don’t think it helps us a great deal.”
Scott says the chance for North to test itself against one of the league's best is exciting.
“We’re focused on playing the type of footy that we think is going to win games under real pressure” he added.
“We’re going to get that pressurised environment tomorrow (Saturday), there’s no doubt about that. Sydney aren’t going to hand anything to us on a platter, so we’re going to have to come out and take it tomorrow.
“For large portions of the game (in Rounds 1 and 2) we got the game played the way we want it, and we’ve got to make sure that we persist a bit longer than we have the last two weeks tomorrow (Saturday). If we do that I’m sure we’ll get the result.”
