Smith embarrassed by Storm's recent form

Brandon Smith has described Melbourne's recent form as "embarrassing" after North Queensland handed them their biggest loss during his time at the NRL club and their worst in nine years. The Storm crashed to a 36-6 defeat in Townsville - their second straight drubbing after being steamrolled by 26 points against premiers Penrith. "We've got a few people missing but that's not an excuse for the two performances we put up. I think they're quite embarrassing," Smith said on Monday. "They're not what we're about at the Storm. "We're going to do some training on our defence and try to make Craig a little bit happier than he was after the game. "We've got to be better than what we dished up." "That's the worst loss I've ever copped in a purple jersey and we've done two in a row. "I think we might have got a little too ahead of ourselves, thinking that all teams are going to roll over and you can put 40 on them. "It's better that it's come this week than a week before finals." "I trust Craig's judgment over mine," Smith said. "But we trained well with him there and I thought for a person who has never done that before ... he held his own."