Craig Bellamy threatened to get tougher on his players and warned they face being dropped to reserve grade if they don’t aim up after their horror 50-10 loss to the Panthers.

It was the first time the Storm had conceded 50 points since 2003 and their biggest loss since the 2008 Grand Final defeat to Manly, but the players will get little sympathy from their coach this week.

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“We just go a little bit harder,” Bellamy said.

“If they don’t want to go harder, well, they can go and play in reserve grade and bring some young blokes up, so that’s how we always handle these situations.

“We’ve just got to learn from tonight and just be better, that’s all. The disappointing thing for me was our defence.

“You don’t have to be a brain surgeon, to be a good defender. You just need to work hard and be determined.”

Bellamy was frustrated his side failed to aim up in defence for the third week in a row and didn’t give themselves a chance against a red hot Panthers team.

“Disappointing, we knew we were playing a good side, and they are probably head and shoulders above everybody at the moment in the competition,” Bellamy said.

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“They haven’t had many points scored against them and they’ve scored a lot of points, but I was just really disappointed in our defence tonight.

“To let that many points in and the way we let those points in, that was the disappointing thing for me, but hopefully we’ll learn from it and move on.”

Bellamy was pressed on how he planned to beat Penrith, but conceded whatever they tried it didn’t work.

“I don’t think they’ve got too many weaknesses that you go after too much, but it was just a matter of completing our sets, but doing a lot better with our contact,” Bellamy said.

“And we completed our sets, so that was half of it, but some of our contact tonight was poor at best and that’s the disappointing thing for me.”

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The Storm had their chances at 10-6 and hot on attack early in the game, but they conceded two back-to-back tries against the run of play to open the floodgates.

Storm skipper Harry Grant felt his team need to stay tight and focus on where they can improve.

“That’s where we need to be better,” Grant said.

“We’ve got them in a good position to score points and probably looked to chase the points too much there and regardless, we’ve got them in a good position in their end and then they go down the other end and score tries.

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“That’s not good enough. We need to fix that and regardless of who you’re playing, if that’s what they’re doing, it’s going to be a tough night for you.

“So we need to look in the mirror and look at us before we’re looking at opposition teams.”

In the highlight of the night for the Storm, Grant ran onto the field draped in a Fijian flag in tribute to teammate Tui Kamikamica, who suffered a medical episode during the week.

“It was actually Eliesa Katoa, so he had the idea of Tui and all our thoughts are with Tui and him at home,” Grant said.

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“He thought of him sitting at home watching it, that would be a good little touch.

“I think if anyone’s seen before the game, Eliesa was out there doing some fitness before the game when we were warming up.

“I know those two guys are thick as thieves and best of buddies and they’re going through a bit of a tough time at the moment.

“But everyone at the club and everyone in the game are supporting them and it was just a little show of support, so hopefully Tui enjoyed that at home.”

However, Bellamy couldn’t resist the last word on the tribute in a fierce warning to his players ahead of a tough week of training.

“He wouldn’t have enjoyed the rest of it,” Bellamy said.