GWS are drawing inspiration from parallels with the Western Bulldogs' remarkable charge to the 2016 flag, as they look to regain momentum going into the AFL finals.
Beaten in their past two games, the Giants will have up to seven returning players available for next week's elimination final derby against Sydney.
The list includes small forward Toby Greene, veterans Brett Deledio, Ryan Griffen and Matt de Boer, key defenders Aidan Corr and Sam Carter and rookie ruckman Matthew Flynn.
Two years ago, the Bulldogs brought back five players at the corresponding stage after entering the finals in seventh spot, the same ladder position as GWS this year.
"The same question marks were over them and they managed to do a really good job and brought everyone back," vice-captain Stephen Coniglio said on Wednesday.
"It was almost like they were fresh, starting a new season, so we'll look at it with that angle."
With a week's break, no travelling and a potentially significant injection of talent, Coniglio is confident GWS will rebound from momentum-halting losses to Sydney and Melbourne.
The Giants were beaten in contested possessions by both teams, with the Demons finishing a whopping 28 ahead of a GWS side clearly lacking intensity.
"The last two weeks was really disappointing from our team's perspective because probably the last three months we've been so good at that and bought it most weeks when we haven't had our key guys in, that can bring that," Coniglio said.
'With the addition of a couple of guys next week and the guys obviously feeling bad about some of our performances over the last fortnight, we'll quickly bring some confidence back over this week off and make sure we bring it in the first final."
Coniglio was philosophical about his omission from the All-Australian squad despite rating this season his best.
"Maybe it's because I do mask celebration and I was mistaken for someone else in the team," the industrious midfielder quipped.
"The lesson when I was younger was if you don't expect anything you can never get disappointed.
"My job in the team is to get us in to a position where we can make a charge into finals and to make sure I play well come finals time."
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