Patience the key to Shaun Johnson as warriors take lessons from the gritty loss to the storm

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the line during Sunday's loss to the storm.

Shaun Johnson is confident that the Warriors can move from their defeat to the Melbourne storm and to the finals, but only if they learn from their mistakes.

The Warriors put themselves forward with the first ruling NRLs. but he had to pay for a poor performance at the attack while Melbourne held up for a 12-6 victory at Mt Smart Stadium on Sunday.

Blake Green was forced to play a dominant role He was very involved in both sides of the scrum, helped his only try with a good kick from David Fusitu's and ended the match with 14 points.

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But the Warriors' decision-making let them down several times when they were attacking the goal line of the Storm.

Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy felt that the management of the game in the last quarter was the difference in the match and that it is an area that the Warriors must master if they want to break their playoff season.

While Johnson said that there were many positive things to draw from the performance, he admitted that they needed to be more patient with the ball

"We had to have a state of mind to go after and we built the game in the first half of the game management, "said Johnson. "We started in the corners, we controlled things very well.

"You look at the last 20 minutes and we had to score, so it's not so much about managing the game as it is about taking advantage of opportunities and playing football. We were not patient enough once we made a dent in them and that is probably what was most disappointing.

"We created the opportunity, but either we tried to force an unloading, or we did not just take Our medicine and the tackle, we pushed it a bit too far."

With Green leading the Warriors around the park, Johnson spent most of the season playing ball and he savored the chance to get Warriors coach Stephen Kearney and captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck have congratulated the 27-year-old player for taking responsibility for the attack

. Johnson believes that this experience could help improve his combination with Green, who is expected to come back for this Sunday's game against the Titans.

"I had a lot of fun, I felt a little more in the game, I did not have to wait for the ball in the back" says:

"It's just there. balance and knowledge of your role in every game where I will have to go for the ball at times and performances like this tonight, where I was able to do that, it will put me in the place to the end of the year. "[19659007] Melbourne's seventh win on the rebound brings them to the top of the rankings, while the Warriors lose a place in the eighth at the points differential.

They still have four points ahead of the Tigers Wests, ninth, but they will likely need to win three of their last six games to secure a place in the playoffs.

"It was a quality game … a game from which we can pull a lot in terms of preparation for the end of the year," added Johnson.

"The most important part is to watch the tape and take the lessons, it will do more harm if we go there next week and do the same thing."

"So we have to be honest with ourselves as we have been all year. "

– Stuff