Gerard Whateley

It's a test of a fan base as well in moments like these.

What are your observations?

So our snap judgments don't get overwhelmed with storm supporters when we get it from Carlton and Essendon and the like.

But you would get private correspondence and you'd be able to take the temperature.

How is the fan base holding together?

When you're at the cold face, there's the search for solutions.

And so what is going wrong?

If you took one step back, and we spoke in the lead up to the season about just how heartbreaking the grand final loss was and the cumulative toll of losing grand finals, is there a possibility if you took a step back that this is an accumulation of a lot of time at the top and just the most pointed edge of disappointment when it matters most?

So you've got the Mother's Day home game.

Mother's Day can be a tricky day for sport.

Have you had this fixture before?

And the team itself, as you told us early in the season, there were a couple of Victorians on the horizon and that has come to fruition.

They both played their debut games last week.

Well, fingers crossed on a whole lot of fronts, Justin, the football front, and then it's obviously much bigger than that.

Now, I do appreciate you making the effort to be here today.

Good on you.

Justin Rodsky, the chief executive of Melbourne Storm.

It's the Storm versus the Tigers Sunday, 2 p.m.

kickoff.

Amy Park here in Melbourne.