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Whats Doing said:
Whilst I agree with the sentiments, we don’t need slow local plodders like Wallace, Whitbred
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I agree entirely and this sentiment on here that local juniors are going to solve everything is crap. Plenty of locals have had a crack and we are still in a complete mess. Look, I'd love a team full of locals but even blokes like James have peaked without ever getting to the heights we expected. Brimson has gone backwards this year. We need a mix, probably at the ratio we have now but the huge problem for me is why are blokes that come from outside such as Peats, Cartwright, Peachey etc going backwards when they come here. What happens. Then we sign absolute flops like Boyd on huge money and play him 30 minutes a game which is dumbfounding.

I'm just so over this club that I can't really express what I feel. The embarrassment just goes on but this clown that is our coach at the moment is more clueless than Brennan and it shows why we are going backwards if Brennan had these blokes as back up. Hodges coaching career should be shot after what he has done here - firstly playing Peats and Rein in the same starting team, doing an interchange today 1 minute before half time, including Boyd and then playing him where he did. The list goes on and I'm sure I have omitted the bigger clangers.

I was cautious when the club signed Mal to whatever make believe role it is because he doesn't play and these "consultant" roles are often worthless. Well, if he is in charge of performance and culture, he has failed and I am going to love reading his Mal on Monday excuse sheet this week.

I'm just rambling because I can't put in to words what I feel for the entire organisation at the moment. They can all get ****ed as far as I'm concerned.
 
JunctionBlock said:
There is a simple solution.....stop watching. Not pissed off, not tense. I'm not buying into this farcical excuse of a team. I won't watch another match until I see improvement. I won't be sitting on the forum while someone who obviously worked for the Titans spruiked how good we are going to be this year.

We suck until they show different. No use thinking anything different. No use investing emotion into a team that doesn't care about us. It's a toxic relationship.
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I suspected that too JB and I did put it to him in a couple of posts and then he hit the road just before Round 1.
He did a brilliant job too.
If you weren’t totally positive about our amazing roster you were piled in on.

I think he was either from the club or a psychology student working on a thesis.
 
Has a club ever sacked a stand-in coach? Let’s be the first.
Seriously though, as a Western Suburbs Magpies fanatic I went through years of horrid results prior to their removal from the top grade. Never once did I think that the players lost pride in their club or gave up trying. Not so here.
A ray of hope for me is that Balmain will cease to exist in a couple of weeks.
 
Boonarga said:
Has a club ever sacked a stand-in coach? Let’s be the first.
Seriously though, as a Western Suburbs Magpies fanatic I went through years of horrid results prior to their removal from the top grade. Never once did I think that the players lost pride in their club or gave up trying. Not so here.
A ray of hope for me is that Balmain will cease to exist in a couple of weeks.
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I was one too and spent most of my time on the hill at Lidcombe oval. They certainly never gave up in spite of adversity
 
Good vent MT and I don’t mind having my opinions shouted down but I stick by them. Locals should form the base of the club and be topped-up by imports. Call me old fashioned or call me naive but I want a Gold Coast club that is indicative of my home ... some might cynically argue that’s what we’ve got but I refuse to accept that we can’t muster a competitive roster from our juniors. Meninga is a waste of space and I publicly predicted this before he arrived and Hodges et al are useless. However, like the players they can all be sacked or moved on. The bottom line for me is I want a team on the Coast.
 
JunctionBlock said:
There is a simple solution.....stop watching. Not pissed off, not tense. I'm not buying into this farcical excuse of a team. I won't watch another match until I see improvement. I won't be sitting on the forum while someone who obviously worked for the Titans spruiked how good we are going to be this year.

We suck until they show different. No use thinking anything different. No use investing emotion into a team that doesn't care about us. It's a toxic relationship.
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Agreed, JB. I done something contructive during the game. I got on building a retaining wall while partly listening to the game on the phone, only looking up at it when you could hear what crowd there was there, going off. Only to witness the knights going over for yet another soft try.

The players have made it hard to bother tuning into this rot. That intercept served up courtesy of peachy was comical, if you were offended by it, you have too much invested in this current squad.
 
I just went back to investigate the claim JB and bodsie. Full on mole planted in the forum. I teach Nazi Germany to students and they would be proud of the work by the person in question.
 
Not editing (can't be bothered) so read through the rabble between this love piece

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Pathetic Gold Coast Titans hit a new low point in 38-4 thrashing by Newcastle
There have been some low days since the inception of the Gold Coast Titans ` but this might be the lowest. The club’s 38-4 loss to Newcastle was absolutely disgraceful.

Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail
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One must wonder what the Titans actually do on a day-to-day basis at Parkwood.

Do their highly-paid athletes train? Do they tackle? Do they sip lattes? Do their coaches apply any effective defensive and offensive structures in a bid to be a credible competitor in the NRL?

Apparently, the Titans are a professional NRL team.

Instead, they are so far off the pace they look like amateurs.

God bless incoming coach Justin Holbrook. Turning the shambolic Titans around next season will be an assignment almost as daunting as putting man on the moon.

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The Titans are assured of the wooden spoon. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
The Titans are assured of the wooden spoon. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
The Knights were hardly out of this world yesterday at McDonald Jones Stadium. But their 38-4 thumping of the Titans paints a grim picture of the state of the Gold Coast and why Holbrook should put the entire squad on notice in 2020.

“Internally we felt like we had made some progress lately to build what we need to as a club, but it wasn’t there today,” lamented Titans interim coach Craig Hodges.

“We wobbled and fell over. It was particularly disappointing.”

Hodges was too kind. The Titans’ defence was as disgraceful as it was pea-hearted. All seven of Newcastle’s tries were like mid-week training drills.

Gold Coast’s class of 2019 is the most mentally fragile group in the club’s history.

The Titans have now lost 10 games straight. They haven’t won since June and next week, they will say thanks to Titans fans in their final game at Robina by handing them the wooden spoon.

Precious few Titans can hold their heads high. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
Precious few Titans can hold their heads high. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
“We have one game left,” Hodges said. “We have a loyal crew of fans and we have to make sure we play until the 80th minute against the Dragons.”

Newcastle were never more vulnerable than they were this day. The Knights had been flogged 46-4 by the Tigers, coach Nathan Brown walked out mid-week and their finals hopes were shot.

The Titans even scored first in the fourth minute via Ryley Jacks. But there was one major problem. The Titans defend like the Southport under-8s.

The Titans were so insipid with their defensive reads they made Mason Lino look like Andrew Johns.

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Rookie Knights winger Bradman Best performed like Sir Donald Bradman.

Titans playmaking young gun Tanah Boyd made his NRL debut yesterday but he was badly let down by his teammates.

In the past two seasons, the Titans have leaked a staggering 1209 points. Holbrook must stop the rot.

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Newcastle’s opening try in the 13th minute to Mitchell Pearce was the result of Jacks and Brian Kelly leaving a 10-metre gap between them. How does that happen in the NRL?

Titans English recruit Kallum Watkins summed up the defensive farce. He conceded two tries with limp jersey grabs.

It’s time for culture boss Mal Meninga to read the riot act and inject some heart at the Titans. Otherwise who could blame their best player, ironman Jai Arrow, for walking out to chase his premiership dream somewhere else.

The Knights did whatever they wanted. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
The Knights did whatever they wanted. AAP Image/Darren Pateman.
Newcastle’s opening try in the 13th minute to Mitchell Pearce was the result of Jacks and Brian Kelly leaving a 10-metre gap between them. How does that happen in the NRL?

Titans English recruit Kallum Watkins summed up the defensive farce. He conceded two tries with limp jersey grabs.

It’s time for culture boss Mal Meninga to read the riot act and inject some heart at the Titans. Otherwise who could blame their best player, ironman Jai Arrow, for walking out to chase his premiership dream somewhere else.

NEWCASTLE 38 (M Barnett B Best L Fitzgibbon H Hunt S Mata’utia M Pearce C Watson tries M Lino 5 goals) bt GOLD COAST 4 (R Jacks try) at McDonald Jones Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Chris Butler. Crowd: 8,274.
 
Pathetic Gold Coast Titans hit a new low point in 38-4 thrashing by Newcastle

There have been some low days since the inception of the Gold Coast Titans ` but this might be the lowest. The club’s 38-4 loss to Newcastle was absolutely disgraceful.

Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail
Subscriber only
|
One must wonder what the Titans actually do on a day-to-day basis at Parkwood.

Do their highly-paid athletes train? Do they tackle? Do they sip lattes? Do their coaches apply any effective defensive and offensive structures in a bid to be a credible competitor in the NRL?

Apparently, the Titans are a professional NRL team.

Instead, they are so far off the pace they look like amateurs.

God bless incoming coach Justin Holbrook. Turning the shambolic Titans around next season will be an assignment almost as daunting as putting man on the moon.

The Knights were hardly out of this world yesterday at McDonald Jones Stadium. But their 38-4 thumping of the Titans paints a grim picture of the state of the Gold Coast and why Holbrook should put the entire squad on notice in 2020.

“Internally we felt like we had made some progress lately to build what we need to as a club, but it wasn’t there today,” lamented Titans interim coach Craig Hodges.

“We wobbled and fell over. It was particularly disappointing.”

Hodges was too kind. The Titans’ defence was as disgraceful as it was pea-hearted. All seven of Newcastle’s tries were like mid-week training drills.

Gold Coast’s class of 2019 is the most mentally fragile group in the club’s history.

The Titans have now lost 10 games straight. They haven’t won since June and next week, they will say thanks to Titans fans in their final game at Robina by handing them the wooden spoon.

"We have one game left,” Hodges said. “We have a loyal crew of fans and we have to make sure we play until the 80th minute against the Dragons.”

Newcastle were never more vulnerable than they were this day. The Knights had been flogged 46-4 by the Tigers, coach Nathan Brown walked out mid-week and their finals hopes were shot.

The Titans even scored first in the fourth minute via Ryley Jacks. But there was one major problem. The Titans defend like the Southport under-8s.

The Titans were so insipid with their defensive reads they made Mason Lino look like Andrew Johns.

Titans playmaking young gun Tanah Boyd made his NRL debut yesterday but he was badly let down by his teammates.

In the past two seasons, the Titans have leaked a staggering 1209 points. Holbrook must stop the rot.

Newcastle’s opening try in the 13th minute to Mitchell Pearce was the result of Jacks and Brian Kelly leaving a 10-metre gap between them. How does that happen in the NRL?

Titans English recruit Kallum Watkins summed up the defensive farce. He conceded two tries with limp jersey grabs.

It’s time for culture boss Mal Meninga to read the riot act and inject some heart at the Titans. Otherwise who could blame their best player, ironman Jai Arrow, for walking out to chase his premiership dream somewhere else.
 
Pathetic Gold Coast Titans hit a new low point in 38-4 thrashing by Newcastle

There have been some low days since the inception of the Gold Coast Titans ` but this might be the lowest. The club’s 38-4 loss to Newcastle was absolutely disgraceful.

Peter Badel, The Courier-Mail

One must wonder what the Titans actually do on a day-to-day basis at Parkwood.

Do their highly-paid athletes train? Do they tackle? Do they sip lattes? Do their coaches apply any effective defensive and offensive structures in a bid to be a credible competitor in the NRL?

Apparently, the Titans are a professional NRL team.

Instead, they are so far off the pace they look like amateurs.

God bless incoming coach Justin Holbrook. Turning the shambolic Titans around next season will be an assignment almost as daunting as putting man on the moon.

The Knights were hardly out of this world yesterday at McDonald Jones Stadium. But their 38-4 thumping of the Titans paints a grim picture of the state of the Gold Coast and why Holbrook should put the entire squad on notice in 2020.

“Internally we felt like we had made some progress lately to build what we need to as a club, but it wasn’t there today,” lamented Titans interim coach Craig Hodges.

“We wobbled and fell over. It was particularly disappointing.”

Hodges was too kind. The Titans’ defence was as disgraceful as it was pea-hearted. All seven of Newcastle’s tries were like mid-week training drills.

Gold Coast’s class of 2019 is the most mentally fragile group in the club’s history.

The Titans have now lost 10 games straight. They haven’t won since June and next week, they will say thanks to Titans fans in their final game at Robina by handing them the wooden spoon.

“We have one game left,” Hodges said. “We have a loyal crew of fans and we have to make sure we play until the 80th minute against the Dragons.”

Newcastle were never more vulnerable than they were this day. The Knights had been flogged 46-4 by the Tigers, coach Nathan Brown walked out mid-week and their finals hopes were shot.

The Titans even scored first in the fourth minute via Ryley Jacks. But there was one major problem. The Titans defend like the Southport under-8s.

The Titans were so insipid with their defensive reads they made Mason Lino look like Andrew Johns.

Rookie Knights winger Bradman Best performed like Sir Donald Bradman.

Titans playmaking young gun Tanah Boyd made his NRL debut yesterday but he was badly let down by his teammates.

In the past two seasons, the Titans have leaked a staggering 1209 points. Holbrook must stop the rot.
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Thanks JB for posting the article. It was exactly what should be said about our lot.
 
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Dooldog76 said:
I just went back to investigate the claim JB and bodsie. Full on mole planted in the forum. I teach Nazi Germany to students and they would be proud of the work by the person in question.
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Yeah we were played. He did a sterling job of it too.
Something negative-how dare you, only good people are positive.
Constructive criticism-what an outrage, you mustn’t be “one of us”.

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Badel's and Badger's Mate said:
There ya go, bodsie. Pick your chosen format :laugh:
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Thank you to you too and welcome to the Forum
Not a fan of your choice of friends but welcome aboard
Appreciated
 
Mr Bods said:
Yeah we were played. He did a sterling job of it too.
Something negative-how dare you, only good people are positive.
Constructive criticism-what an outrage, you mustn’t be “one of us”.

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Thank you to you too and welcome to the Forum
Not a fan of your choice of friends but welcome aboard
Appreciated
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Maybe a bit naive, but that's really slimy. I was reading the comments and it's so obvious.
 
Mr Bods said:
Yeah we were played. He did a sterling job of it too.
Something negative-how dare you, only good people are positive.
Constructive criticism-what an outrage, you mustn’t be “one of us”.
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Can you refer us to what you're talking about Bods. Maybe reply to the comment so we can see?
 
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