Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy believes it's inevitable a team will one day win the NRL from outside the top four, with three of the NRL's genuine contenders all bound for elimination finals. The Storm's 22-14 loss to Parramatta on Thursday night left them outside the league's top four for just the second time since 2006 with a do-or-die month of football ahead. "It's hard to do that. To win the comp, you have to win four games in a row, and the last three of them you're travelling," Bellamy said. "It is difficult without a doubt, but it's going to get done at some stage. "There's some quality teams this year, and there's not a lot of difference in the teams. "Certainly, Penrith were probably the real stand out early in the season, but there's a lot of things that change towards the end of the season, after Origin. "I still think there'll be a few twists and turns that come before it all finishes." "The benefit of tonight is we've played Thursday," Bellamy said after the loss to the Eels. "And we won't have to travel. So that's our biggest benefit. Hopefully, we can use that wisely."The Raiders have had the wood on us, probably at home the three or four. "We'll take a couple of days to rest up and then we'll get into our preparation and, hopefully, we'll be a bit fresher next week."
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