Vice-captain Jack Viney is confident Melbourne can get to the bottom of their battling midfield's issues and find a way to kickstart their stuttering AFL season.
The Demons' on-ball division, led by Max Gawn, Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver and Viney, has previously been an envy of their AFL rivals.
But they were well beaten in losses to Fremantle, then Collingwood on the King's birthday, which dropped Melbourne to 10th on the ladder after defeats in four of their past five games.
Against Fremantle, Melbourne lost clearances 48-23 and centre clearances 22-10 while against Collingwood, the Demons lost clearances 39-29 and centre clearances 14-6.
"Losing clearance significantly over the last two weeks - so it definitely is an area that we need to get better at and work on," Viney told AAP.
"I'm sure there'll be a bit of a deep dive into it over the bye and (we'll) come away and find some really clear areas that we need to get better at in there.
"We've tried a few different people through the midfield and we're probably not getting the desired results.
"So I know as a midfield group we continue to look at how we get better and improve and I'm confident we'll be able to do so."
Clayton Oliver, who had an interrupted pre-season, has dropped off in form but Viney insisted he wasn't concerned.
"'Claz' is going well, just chipping away," he said.
"He's going great guns, good player, knows what he needs to do, to get better at.
"He's probably in a similar boat to the majority of the team to be honest, in terms of finding ways to just continue to improve and find ways to bring our best footy each week."
Melbourne will wait nervously on scans to see if Petracca, who went to hospital with injured ribs on Monday, will miss any games.
Viney was confident Melbourne would make the most of their bye before returning to action against North Melbourne on June 22.
"We're just going to stick to the process - not really try and get too emotional or try and make any drastic changes," he said.
"We made some big changes this week and felt like we got some desired results we were after but not enough to get the job done.
"We'll keep chipping away at those and keep staying united as a team and finding ways to improve.
"I thought we took steps forward (against Collingwood). It's just homing in on that and continuing to get better at it over this bye and regroup."
Viney had no doubt Melbourne could right their season.
"I'm very confident in the group. Very coachable group and hard-working group," he said.
"I feel like with a couple more weeks we'll be hitting our straps.
"We're still in with a chance this season so all the boys will continue to fight and find ways to improve."