The verbal barrage is easily the biggest grand-final week barb in more than a decade, in a clear break from the traditionally sanitised build up from teams. Few players know Bellamy better than Smith, with the hooker having played all but two of his 432 NRL games under the veteran mentor. "I think in his mind he was probably thinking 'not ideal'," Smith said of Bellamy's likely reaction. "Thinking about my time at the Melbourne Storm, it's a very different squad to when I was playing there. "Particularly his first stint, he gave the Storm players in the spine some real opportunity to play some footy.