MELBOURNE coach Mark Neeld says there was nothing in the build-up to Saturday night's clash against the Sydney Swans to suggest a 101-point thrashing was on the cards.

The Demons were demolished by a rampant Swans at the SGG, managing just one goal to half-time and five for the match on the way to a 21.12 (138) to 5.7 (37) hiding.

The loss leaves Melbourne winless after the first eight rounds and anchored to the bottom of the ladder.

And to rub further salt into the wound, Liam Jurrah and Nathan Jones, two of Melbourne's most important players, finished the game with injury concerns.

Neeld said it was "pretty hard to defend a loss of that size".

"I couldn't fault the preparation, the lead in, I couldn't fault any of that," Neeld told reporters after the match.

"Pre-game we thought as a group we had done as much as what we possibly could and we had the knowledge of what we wanted to do."

Asked what, if any, positives could be drawn from the game, Neeld pointed to some of the team's statistical wins and the lack of "complete capitulation" in the latter stages of the game.

The Demons added three goals in the final term after managing just two in the first three quarters.

"There's always positive things," Neeld said. "I didn't think it was complete capitulation in the second half."

Neeld said the Demons were not that far off the mark in terms of finding the footy, but labelled the inability to turn those possessions into inside 50s as "really poor".

The first-year AFL coach said more lessons from Saturday night's performance would come once the club went through the match in more detail.

"We will draw the learnings from it a lot easier once we have sat and reviewed and had a look at the game and watched the behind the goals," Neeld said.

"It's difficult to get everything you want to talk about right now."

Melbourne also had a couple of injury worries after Jurrah came off the ground in the last term clutching his wrist and had to be helped into the dressing rooms after the final siren with what looked like an ankle injury.

Jones too looked in some discomfort after appearing to suffer a knock in the last quarter. Neeld described the pair as "sore", but could not offer any more details.

"I haven't spoken to the medical staff yet so it would only be speculation at the moment," he said.