{"id":32488,"date":"2021-02-08T01:56:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T02:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=32488"},"modified":"2021-02-08T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T08:00:11","slug":"scary-reality-as-storm-farewell-cameron-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=32488","title":{"rendered":"Scary reality as Storm farewell Cameron Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Cam Smith's likely retirement see the end of the Storm's<\/a> premiership dominance?<\/p>\n

RECRUITMENT:<\/strong> Smith and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui are big losses but with Harry Grant, George Jennings and Reimis Smith coming in, it could be argued that the Storm are stronger in 2021.<\/p>\n

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STRENGTHS:<\/strong> The best coach and the best system in the game – every year the critics say the Storm's time is up – and every year Craig Bellamy's boys prove them wrong.<\/p>\n

WEAKNESSES:<\/strong> Bellamy will be looking for his team to finish games stronger – in several games last year they built up big leads before dropping off in the final 20 minutes and conceding cheap points.<\/p>\n

MAN UNDER PRESSURE:<\/strong> Jahrome Hughes came to the Storm as a no-name but was as good as any halfback in the comp last year. He's playing for a big contract in 2021 – and doing so without Smith helping him set up the big plays.<\/p>\n

ONE TO WATCH:<\/strong> Bellamy has the uncanny knack of turning fair players into very good ones – and Reimis Smith falls into that former category. Strong and fast, he could prove the man to replace Suli Vunivalu, who is a big loss.<\/p>\n

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WHAT THE BOOKIES SAY:<\/strong> To win comp $7, to make finals $1.20 (via Sportsbet) <\/p>\n

WHAT MOLEY SAYS:<\/strong> Smith's likely retirement sees the end of an era for the Storm – but Bellamy has two wonderful No.9s in Grant and Brandon Smith and Melbourne are again the team to beat.<\/p>\n

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Will Cam Smith's likely retirement see the end of the Storm's premiership dominance? RECRUITMENT: Smith and Tino Fa'asuamaleaui are big losses but with Harry Grant, […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32490,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32488\/revisions\/32490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}