Having settled down slightly and now back home I can report the situation that has peeved me to the extent of resignation.
As many of you know I live in China but have been a Gold Coast rugby league supporter for far too many years. I hold an executive position in the Chinese government which allows me to travel and do stuff that others may not be able to. I was attending a conference in Cairns last week (while my family holidayed) and as the Titans would not be playing at home while we were to be on the Coast, I contacted the Darwin Rugby League where amongst many other places I coached years ago. They got us tickets to the game.
So I flew all of us to Darwin and my son got to experience his first NRL game. We all know the result but that didn't rally matter as he got to see "his team" in person. We had great seats and after copping a fair pizzling from my mates still up there I fought my way with my 7 year old to the fence so he could say g'day and here's what happened ...
Only a busted Greg Bird made an effort to meet the fans (the whole Penrith team did of course) and when Bird had got about 5m from the tunnel and nearly to where we stood some Titans galah shouted "hurry up Birdy, we've got to go" ... and he did but not before responding "isn't this what we are here for?"
The Titans have lost a lifelong supporter in me. I will be coming home in the not too distant future and bring with me a lifetime of rugby league playing, coaching and administrative experience which I will give freely to anyone else than the Titans until such time as current riffraff are out.
The debate against Cartwright is only a symptom of what's wrong with this club. Last night I had dinner with some other ex-team mates of mine down here *edit*. These guys won't go to games either. I am very disheartened and as this is the un-official forum then I un-officially withdraw.
For those who think that I am just a peeved parent, go back and read my comments over the years and witness the same comments that many of you are now putting forward.
To Coaster, Teke, Diehard, Titan Pete, Toads, Karnage, Chaos, all the Sezers and the rest of you, keep up the good fight.