“I dont think its panic stations yet, I dont think anyone is panicking yet.
“We know what is going wrong with our game, which is really good, some teams are losing games and they dont know what is going wrong so we can pinpoint a spot to work on and thats a positive.”
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It was always going to be a tough start for the Storm as they adjust to the departure of premiership winners Cooper Cronk, Tohu Harris, Jordan McLean and Slade Griffin.
Cronks absence has been pointed to as a reason for the Storms attacking struggles but its fair to note even a superstar halfback like Cronk couldnt stop the kind of handling errors which the Storm have been guilty of.
New halfback Brodie Croft is in his first season as the starting playmaker and Glasby said the errors were hampering much of their attacking play.
“I dont think Brodie has made all the mistakes in these past few weeks, we have all stuffed up a few times and we are not helping him too much,” Glasby said.
The Storm lead the NRL in errors with 74 and handling errors with 29 but Glasby also pointed out that defensively the side have only conceded four tries in their three losses, even with their defence under siege in those games.
“Our effort and our defence have been fantastic so we have some positives to take and some things to work on,” Glasby said.
The Storm will be without at least two other premiership winners this game with Will Chambers suspended for another week and Dale Finucane facing four to five weeks on the sidelines after fracturing his thumb.
Take away the errors and the Storm know they can still beat anyone in the NRL. Glasby has backed his side to find the solutions against the Knights who are in good form after knocking over Brisbane Broncos last round.
Griffin is now starting hooker for the Knights but will be warmly welcomed back to AAMI Park having been a much-loved player who battled back from serious injuries to be a part of last years premiership.
Whatever happens on Friday night, Glasby said those writing off the Storm were getting ahead of themselves.
“Thats a big call to make in round five,” Glasby said.
The Storm host the Knights at AAMI Park on Friday at 6pm.
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Roy Ward is a Sports writer for The Age.
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