Coach Jason Demetriou believes South Sydney are at a crossroads and must decide what they want to accomplish as a historically close NRL season intensifies.
The Rabbitohs were outplayed by a desperate Cronulla outfit in Perth on Saturday night, their clunky attack and weak edge defence consigning them to a 26-16 loss.
Souths have now lost three of their last four games and will fall behind the logjam in the middle of the ladder unless they can recapture their form from earlier in the season.
The Rabbitohs sat first on the ladder after 11 rounds but have since struggled for consistency, with defence the major cause for concern.
South Sydney conceded an average of 13.6 points per game in their first 11 games, but have bled an average of 28.6 in the ten since.
In attack, the return of star fullback Latrell Mitchell from a calf injury has not been the quick-fix pundits had anticipated,…