Cocky comments revealed before 'reality check'

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League fable Billy Slater has fixed an penetration into the cognition of Roosters players earlier they suffered a daze circular 1 nonaccomplishment to the Dolphins.

It was the biggest upset the NRL has seen successful years, with the marque caller Redcliffe-based squad downing 1 of the premiership favourites 28-18 astatine Suncorp Stadium successful a stunning boilover.

Many pundits had tipped the Bondi outfit to triumph the premiership this year, portion astir sane judges had the Dolphins firmly anchored to the bottommost of the table.

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On The Billy Slater Podcast, the retired Storm champion revealed Chooks players had been drinking their ain bath h2o during pre-season, starring to a complacent attack to the opening game.

"It's unsafe signifier erstwhile you perceive players speaking about, 'we've got the champion roster successful the competition', and that's what I heard from immoderate of the Roosters players implicit the summer," Slater said.

"They got a existent world check."

The Roosters person an abysmal circular 1 grounds nether manager Trent Robinson, having mislaid 8 of 11 season-opening games since 2012.

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In contrast, the Storm person collected an astonishing 21 consecutive circular 1 victories, and manager Craig Bellamy has ne'er mislaid 1 since taking complaint successful 2003.

Slater - who played his full vocation nether Bellamy - explained the daze Roosters nonaccomplishment whitethorn not person immoderate bearing connected their chances of winning the rubric this year.

"We look astatine Craig Bellamy, who has ne'er mislaid a circular 1 crippled arsenic caput coach, it's rather incredible," Slater said.

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"He's a manager who demands show and effort successful each crippled from his players, whereas the Roosters onslaught maine arsenic a squad that effort to physique their season.

"They cognize the expansive last isn't successful March, they are precise overmuch alert of that.

"How overmuch you work into that show connected the weekend, that situation, bash they think, 'well it's not each that important'... I'm not rather sure.

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"I deliberation it's astir apt a small spot of that, a small spot of complacency. I've got nary uncertainty the Roosters were complacent going up determination to Brisbane.

"They were wholly outplayed, and outplayed successful the effort areas of the game.

"If you look astatine the Dolphins roster, they bought effort players. They've got effort players and consistent players wrong their team, and that's the benignant of show you're going to get much often than not.

"I deliberation (the Roosters) were wholly blindsided."

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