Cam Smith admits ill-discipline is a concern and warns teammates to address issue Cameron Smith says it is crucial Storm quickly returns to winning the tackle count. Picture: Colleen Petch Source: News Limited CAMERON Smith says ill-discipline is hurting Melbourne Storm with the skipper warning his teammates they must lift considerably for Friday night's qualifying final. Storm heads to the game against South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on the back of a topsy-turvy month of results. The premier was far from convincing in its golden-point win against Gold Coast on Saturday night and it was not lost on Smith. Storm has lost the penalty count for the past two matches, giving up 10 to the Titans, and Smith said it had to stop. "We're still taking pressure off the opposition by allowing cheap metres through penalties," he said. Even in that first set in golden point, we allowed them to get within field-goal range and that just shouldn't happen. There were positives to take out of it, but there are some things we need to look at. From the last couple of weeks, we definitely need to be playing better footy next week. The Rabbitohs played on Friday night and will enjoy the benefit of an extra day's recovery time. It is a quick turnaround for Melbourne after playing an extra 10 minutes on Saturday, but Smith said the team would get back up with a home preliminary final and a week off on the line. "I know we have some tired boys in there," he said. But we also have some great medical staff that will get us right for next week. Souths will fancy its chances at home, but it will have to overcome a shocking record against Melbourne. Storm has beaten the Bunnies twice this year and has not lost to them in Sydney since 2004. Coach Craig Bellamy called on his team to make the most of this month. "It's an exciting time of the year to be playing," he said. You don't get a chance every year to be playing semi-finals. Hopefully our guys can make the most of it because this is the time of year you want to be playing. Smith said there were some positives from the Titans game. "It was a bit of a mixed bag," he said. We were happy to get the points, but I'm not really sure what feeling to take out of the match. There were a lot of things we did really well defensively.