"I feel for our fans" - Cartwright
Adam Gardini
Jetstar Titans Coach John Cartwright says he feels for the club?s fans after the Gold Coast?s tough start to the year
but is adamant his side can turn things around if they can put together 80 minutes of football.
Cartwright said he was ?bitterly disappointed? with the club?s 26-6 loss to the Broncos on Friday night as
the Titans shot themselves in the foot with a host of handling errors.
The Titans were hard at it back out on the training paddock at Station Reserve, Robina this morning ahead of Saturday night?s home clash against the Wests Tigers.
Cartwright said his side had to remain positive despite netting just two wins from their opening eight matches.
?I feel for our fans and I feel for the club,?? said Cartwright.
?It?s been a very tough last year and the start to this year.
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But I know no other way than to just deal with it as it happens and stay positive.
?Being negative and kicking stones - there?s enough people out there that want to throw rocks at us - so I?m not going to bend to that.
?But it is tough, to see what the club?s going through, I?ve very passionate about the club and I want it to do well.??
The Titans were their own worst enemies in the opening half against the Broncos, making a host of errors in their own half to gift the home side a 20-0 halftime lead before matching the Broncos for the rest of the match.
Cartwright said there were no signs of a poor performance heading into the Broncos match as his side went on to make 14 errors and were forced to make 88 more tackles than their opponents.
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As a coach it?s a tough thing to understand ... we broke a record for the amount of tackles we had to do the other night,?? said Cartwright.
?When you?re making 370 tackles in a game against a side the quality of the Broncos, you wouldn?t know what sort of score they?d rattle up on you.
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I?ve got to look at the positives and outside of a 20-minute piece of madness, we competed with them pretty well.??
Cartwright said the key to turning things around was striving for an 80 minute performance.
?I?m confident every week. I was bitterly disappointed with the result on Friday because
I, along with everyone, fully expected to go up there for a win,?? he said.
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It didn?t happen but we?ve got to stay positive. These guys have worked very hard, they came through the trials in very good shape and we feel we?re competing in large sections of the matches,
we just have to be able to piece 80 minutes together.??
The Titans will name their team for the Tigers clash tomorrow.
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