Warriors need to be even better: NRL coach Warriors NRL coach Matthew Elliott isn't buying into talk of the team's record defeat three games ago being a positive as they prepare to take on Manly on Sunday. Since the team's embarrassing 62-6 loss to Penrith, the Warriors have beaten Newcastle at home and Brisbane 56-18 away, the latter being a record home defeat for the Broncos. But Elliott says it won't be clear if the Penrith defeat is an unintentional positive for a few games. It certainly got our attention, didn't it? Elliott said. But we will really know the answer to that question in four weeks time. I don't think it's a matter of arcing up for two weeks and then saying that's turned our season around. Let's be honest, we've got some more turning to do. The victories should give the Warriors more confidence, but Elliott is wary of reading too much into that. Confidence is a scary word to use, because confidence tends to fluctuate. We want to be relying less on confidence and more on the attitude that depicts our team," he said. Obviously, you've heard me use words like process and evolving. I think part of where we're at as a team is developing the right mindset and understanding what that is for our team to play well. The fourth-placed Sea Eagles will be a much greater litmus test for the Warriors than the under-strength Broncos were, and Elliott says they are a team the Warriors should aspire to be like. "You have to come with the right mentality to start with - don't worry about your strategic approach," he said. I really admire the way they play and they do it consistently, so that's our challenge. Elliott is sceptical about theories that Manly will be better for coming off a bye, saying teams can be flat after a bye. But he has no doubt they will be formidable despite the continued absence of fullback Brett Stewart with a back injury. Among the improved parts of the Warriors game is more consistency from halfback Shaun Johnson and five-eighth Thomas Leuluai, but the improvement will need to continue to contain Manly's duo of Kieran Foran and Daly Cherry-Evans. It's a good test for me and Shauney. They're playing really well at the moment and they're two of the best in the comp at the moment," Leuluai said. Manly are a very complete team, I reckon. It's going to be a tough challenge for us, but we're looking forward to it.