Andrew Johns declares Melbourne Storm will have to 'reinvent themselves' amid unchartered territory

Andrew Johns believes Melbourne will need to reinvent themselves after four-straight losses.

The Storm hit a new low against the Warriors, losing 38-14 at home which was New Zealand's biggest win against the club.

It makes for two weeks in a row of horrible defence after Penrith put 50 points on them the previous round.

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Brad Fittler described the Storm's defence as "terrible" on Nine's Sunday Footy Show before club legend Billy Slater said there's a "lack of trust and connection" in the side.

"Both with the footy and without the footy, in defence we see some times where they're rushing in and missing their mark and players are rushing out of the line thinking they're doing the right thing and that's compounding the discipline stuff," he said.

Since losing the grand final against Brisbane, the Storm have lost Ryan Papenhuyzen and Nelson Asofa-Solomona to retirement while Eli Katoa was ruled out for the season following multiple head knocks with Tonga.

Tui Kamikamica also had a medical episode in late-March and hasn't played since.

Slater, who is a consultant at the Storm, confirmed the return for Kamikamica is still "indefinite".

Johns believes the Storm are "missing" the impact of Asofa-Solomona off the bench and forward power in general.

The Immortal also identified the inexperience of the club's back-rowers with Cooper Clarke only a teenager while Joe Chan has only recently become a starting regular.

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Chan copped a serve off Craig Bellamy at half-time against the Warriors and was hooked after it.

"Their edge defence is very inexperienced in the back-row ... it's a big test, they're going to have to reinvent themselves really," Johns said.

Slater believes it's not just personnel that will need to change but putting it down to "actions and attitudes" as well.

"They've got some classy players in key positions and they've got enough there to be playing better than what they're playing at the moment," he said.

Bellamy himself had spoken post-match and indicated change from the club is on the horizon.

"We're probably similar to what we've been doing the last five or six years so perhaps we need a bit of a change up in a couple of things," he said.

"The last couple of weeks have been hugely disappointing so hopefully we can get to the bottom of it."