NZ Warriors coach Stacey Jones admits it may take some time before his team learns to close out games after another disappointing performance against the Cronulla Sharks.
The Warriors slumped to their six-straight loss with the 38-16 defeat at Redcliffe, after once again failing to capitalise on early success.
Jones' first game in charge since former coach Nathan Brown's shock exit last week looked to have galvanised the Warriors, as they raced to a 12-0 lead.
But in familiar fashion, their opponents would make them pay for their errors and the Warriors quickly folded without much respite.
Jones concedes they can't turn their season around overnight, but hopes to see the benefits of a much more simplified approach in training and upcoming games.
"We got off to a good start, but then a familiar outcome. We made an error, and our resilience to defend was not there and that's where we need to get better at. It's as simple as that," he said.
"We've got to fix up some effort, some errors, being resilient and having some steel.
"I tried to keep things as simple as possible in the week, and it showed in that first part but we fell back to some habits that we have to get out of this team right now.
"I'd like to fix it straight away but it may take some time. It's certainly a massive part of our game that we're not doing right at the moment and we've got to fix it.
"I spoke to the group about their individual performance and at the moment, we've got guys coming up with too many errors and putting ourselves under pressure."
Jones also admits Shaun Johnson's performances have been well below where they need to be, but he is just one of many within the playing group.
"Obviously Shaun's been struggling. Him being away from his family has put a bit of pressure on him to bounce into training and perform," he said.
"He's the first one to put his hand up and know where his game's at…he's not the lone ranger, there's a few other guys that need to perform as well.
"We certainly will be looking at Shaun's performances closely and see what we need to do."
The Warriors' last win came against the Canberra Raiders in April, and are 14th on the NRL ladder, just four points from bottom.
While there are many areas that the club can improve on, Jones believes getting the right result will allow other facets to fall into place.
"I want to win some footy games, I just want to win," he said.
"I want to compete every week and be in the game, but I want to win some footy games and if we do that, we're going to have fun doing that.
"I said, 'boys, I want to have fun but to do that, we have to win some footy games' and it's hard work."
