MELBOURNE has used its association with the Melbourne Storm this week in a bid to ramp up its tackling power against the reigning premier Collingwood on Monday in the Queen's Birthday clash at the MCG.

The Demons and Storm have shared facilities at AAMI Park and have previously used each other's coaching and training tactics in an attempt to gain an edge, with Kelly O'Donnell (Melbourne academy coach) at times working with the NRL club.

This week, coach Dean Bailey called upon assistant Storm coaches David Kidwell and Kevin Walters to help his players "freshen up" their tackling technique.

"We have to play very well [against Collingwood] and we have to perform from the start, and we can't afford to have lapses in concentration and we can't afford to be inconsistent with our contested possession and our tackling," he said on Friday, in a joint press conference with Storm coach Craig Bellamy.

"We had Kev and David from Storm come this week, which has been beneficial for us, so we'd like to think on Monday we can fall back on the Storm and say at least they're giving us the right pointers and our guys are tackling better than what they've been.

"Even though we're rival codes, we learn and educate off each other and it's been a great combination at this stage."

The Demons will meet the Magpies without three of their key midfielders - Dane Swan (Arizona), Dayne Beams (foot) and Dale Thomas (suspension) - but Bailey said the focus would remain on backing up from last Friday night's emotional win over Essendon, rather than facing an undermanned Pie side.

"You're playing against the reigning premiers who are in very good form. Don't worry about the personnel that aren't there; we're going to worry about the personnel that are there," he said.

"The Queens's Birthday game for us is a real pivot point in the middle of the year for us and the guys look forward to it.

"We've got something to prove on Monday considering we were good last Friday but the next contest is what we'll get judged on. We're keen to get the game going on Monday."

The Demons celebrated passionately after last week's 33-point win over the Bombers that followed a week where they were publicly criticised for a perceived lack of toughness.

Bailey said he wasn't worried about a let-down from that high, or the fact the Demons have manufactured their past two wins after external criticism. 

"I think five minutes of emotion … I wouldn't play too much into that," he said.

"Collingwood on Monday it's a big game for us so whatever happened last week has happened and we've quickly moved on.

"The players got off the ground, they got into the coach's meeting, the coach let them know there's a bigger game next week.

"We've spoken about roller coaster ride, we've spoken about being consistent with our performance and we get an opportunity to be consistent with our performance on Monday.

"Monday we'll be scrutinised because of the game but people will also be expecting us to perform better than last week so we can get out of our up and down level so we can be consistent."