St George Illawarra have been near the top of the table all season, but have lost three of their past four games.

The slide sees them in fifth place and with a host of teams breathing down their necks. But Graham is confident the Red V won't be missing the finals in 2018.

"We are still five weeks away from finals, it looks like we will be there – that’s not guaranteed yet – so probably the big thing I would say is don’t stress about it too much," the prop told NRL.com.

"I know we have got a good team here and I know what we are capable of so I don’t think there is any need to panic. Naturally, we are disappointed the result went against us on the weekend and the performance probably wasn’t at the standards of where we are at.

"But are we looking at it thinking we have got no hope? Absolutely not. Is the coach looking at it and thinking he needs a roster overhaul? Definitely not."

"I have been around long enough to know that things aren’t going to go perfectly, ever," Graham added.

"No matter what, the football season is full of ups and downs, and just like earlier in the year when we weren’t get carried away with ourselves and maybe people externally were, we know it is not as bad as those people are saying.

"We want to tweak things here and there, and we want to keep improving … but to be honest it is about sticking to our plan."