Storm are at their lowest ebb in 24 years. Where do Melbourne go from here?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Melbourne Storm's recent struggles and what they need to do to overcome their losing streak.

Just when Storm fans thought the past five weeks could not get any worse, well, it did. The Rabbitohs inflicting the Storm's sixth straight loss and breaking a 28-year hoo doo of never winning a game in Melbourne, notching up the first victory in style against a hapless Storm outfit who's display was referred to as 'embarrassing' by Head Coach Craig Bellamy who also claimed it was "the most embarrassed I’ve ever been in my footy life". What went wrong? 34 missed tackles, 14 errors, a completion rate of 65% just to name a few issues. Stormy Daniel believes it is 'between the ears', it is now a mental battle. Storm have forgot how to win and what it takes to conjure up a victory and compete across 80 minutes. Whilst winning is habitual, so too is losing. Melbourne are in one helluva rut and need to scratch and claw their way out of this funk theyve found themselves in by grinding out a win through sheer hard work and doing the basics, the controllable's, the effort areas well. Forgot the flashy stuff. Get into an arm wrestle, get down and dirty and rediscover what it takes to win. Stormy Daniel covers off on the Pathways Report, what's making Storm news including injury update…

People in this episode

Host: Feel the Thunder Podcast

Topics covered

• Melbourne Storm
• rugby
• sports performance
• team dynamics
• mental toughness

Keywords

• Melbourne Storm
• rugby
• losing streak
• Craig Bellamy
• team performance
• mental battle
• Rabbitohs
• Dolphins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Melbourne Storm, Rabbitohs, Dolphins

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