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    Quote Originally Posted by Titan4Life View Post
    That article seriously made my head hurt. So badly written and so many errors. Even a preschooler could produce a better article.
    I didn't get very far past the opening paragraph. More utter BS from a tabloid devoid of fresh ideas or new information, looking to scrape the last remaining hype from a very depleted barrel and regurgitate the same tripe thats been served up for the past few days. What was very clear was that this "journalist" has no grasp on almost everything he spruiked on about.

    I would much rather journalism and the media in general turned the light on itself and asked itself some very hard questions. They commit crimes against intelligence every day. They should be charged with the dumbing down of real information and news, or at least crimes against journalistic integrity.

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    Just another grubby ill-informed journo trying to make a few bucks off of our misfortune. I'd give a sewer rat a more respect than these sort of low-lifes..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titan4Life View Post
    The worst thing the NRL could do is let the Titans fold or relocate. The NRL needs a team on the Gold Coast. No doubt the game needs a team in Ipswich and Perth but moving the Titans there is not the right option. As a code we can't let the AFL continue to win the battle on the GC. I'm sure the NRL doesn't want this to happen so I can't see us folding. Well not yet anyway.
    Well summed up. I agree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Titan4Life View Post
    That article seriously made my head hurt. So badly written and so many errors. Even a preschooler could produce a better article.
    What a shame it took so long to read and I found out nothing new. It was like this bloke just pinched a paragraph from every story written about this in the last few days and put it together.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titan4Life View Post
    The dark cloud has passed over the Titans it seems. There is possibly a guy though being looked at and he is a Channel 9 commentator. Now I don't want to give it away but his first name rhymes with Karen and his last name is also the same name as a valley Him being announced would certainly take some of the heat off of us.
    Finally worked him out.
    Baron Fortitude - I knew he was up to something.

    (as for your raspy voiced mate, as others have said, that rumour has been around for 5-6 years or more).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mexican titan View Post
    Finally worked him out.
    Baron Fortitude - I knew he was up to something.

    (as for your raspy voiced mate, as others have said, that rumour has been around for 5-6 years or more).
    The Baron would be a fitting name for a kingpin. letting his underlings do his bidding.... they'll all go down before The Baron.

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    Players accused of drug offences are planning to sue the Titans if they are banned from playing
    CHRIS GARRY AND TODD BALYM HERALD SUN
    FEBRUARY 24, 2015 12:00AM

    FIVE Gold Coast Titans accused of drug offences are planning on suing their own club if they are banned from playing in the upcoming NRL season.

    In a public-relations nightmare for the NRL, Titans players Beau Falloon and Jamie Dowling hope to play in Round One, just 48 hours after facing cocaine supply charges when they face court on March 5.

    The remaining three active Titans players facing charges — Greg Bird, Dave Taylor and Kalifa Faifai-Loa — hope to play in round two just days after their March 9 court appearance.

    The five active Titans have been stood down from all club duties but are expected to plead not guilty to charges of supply and possession.

    Bird’s career is on life support due to repeated indiscretions while Beau Falloon, Jamie Dowling, Kalifa Faifai Loa and Taylor could be suspended for bringing their club into disrepute.

    Lawyer for four of the five current Titans players, Campbell MacCallum, said his clients would likely fight any suspensions handed out by the NRL or Titans.

    “If players are stood down after their first court appearance the inference you draw from that is they are presumed guilty and if that is the case there may be further ramifications for the club,” MacCallum, who represents Bird and Taylor, said.

    “Why should they be stood down before they have had a chance to defend themselves?

    “The players have no control over when they will get that opportunity.

    “They should be afforded the right to their employment up until the process is over.

    “A review can be held once that process is over.”

    That process could take up to two years as the case could go as high as the Supreme Court.

    The Rugby League Players’ Association is also backing the players’ rights to take the field.

    “The Players implicated are entitled to the presumption of innocence, which relates not only to the charges they are currently facing but also to any course of action their club might consider,” a statement read.

    Titans coach Neil Henry has been in contact with the five players and said they were “distraught” about the situation and the focus they’d brought upon the club.

    “They certainly vary in degrees of being distraught about the situation which is only human nature,” Henry said.

    “They certainly are concerned about the media attention it’s brought to fellow players, club fans and the game in general.”

    Henry questioned whether information was being leaked by authorities and claimed media were told of developments before players themselves.

    “It’s probably disappointing that information has been to the press before sometimes even the players have even known,” Henry said.

    “You’d have to see that if they’ve got this crime commission, where is the information coming from?

    “Is it a closed shop or a selective leak of information to certain media outlets?

    “Clearly people were aware something was going down before players were, we were and I was. To me that’s a concern. It would be a concern to the NRL as well.”

    The Titans are debating whether to sack the players for breaching their code of conduct while the NRL could suspend or fire them for bringing the game into disrepute.

    Titans chief Graham Annesley said the club will run its own investigations into the issue and could take action against the players for brand damage.

    “The playing contracts provide a number of options that can be taken,” Annesley said.

    On Sunday Bird was charged with two counts of supplying cocaine, Taylor one count of possession and one count of supplying and Faifai Loa one count of supplying.

    It will be difficult for the NRL to impose punishment following a not guilty plea considering Kirisome Auva’a plead guilty to domestic assault early last year and played in South Sydney’s premiership triumph.

    On March 5, Falloon, Dowling and Queensland Reds star Karmichael Hunt will front court in Southport.

    On March 9, Bird, Taylor and Faifai-Loa will front court, meaning they will be unavailable for the Titans’ round one clash with Wests but hope to play in round two.
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    Been overseas for a few weeks, so have missed all of this huge news.

    One thing I have noticed while attempting to catch up on this whole story, is how all the reporting seems to be presuming that these guys are guilty, with talk about banning these players for life. Danny Wicks spent 18 months in jail, and 2 years later is now back playing NRL. Talk of life bans at this stage is nonsense.

    Good to see the faithful here sticking by the club. Hopefully this is the lowest of the low for the Titans, it would be great to see a change in fortunes.

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    @LeagueUnlimited: “The Titans are about to voluntarily hand back their NRL licence and allow the NRL to take full control of the entity” via @couriermail #NRL

    Referring to story in Courier Mail by Todd Balm (can't link to the story I have run out of free articles!) Link for tweet https://twitter.com/toddbalym/status/569834573728604160

    What would this mean for the Titans?
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    Not sure.. Potentially wrap up all player contracts and renew where the club/NRL see fit?

    It's looking to get pretty scrappy nonetheless, going by the above article.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K4SE View Post
    @LeagueUnlimited: “The Titans are about to voluntarily hand back their NRL licence and allow the NRL to take full control of the entity” via @couriermail #NRL

    Referring to story in Courier Mail by Todd Balm (can't link to the story I have run out of free articles!) Link for tweet https://twitter.com/toddbalym/status/569834573728604160

    What would this mean for the Titans?
    Wow.....that is massive ....... don't know what it means ....could be a show of faith that the NRl on the Coast is here to stay ....not sure....I'm sure that we will find out more in the coming days....
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    Hopefully a similar case to how the NRL handled the Newcastle Knights affair.

    I dont want to see Daryl Kelly lose out though. I want to see the Titans brand endure and that is how I believe it will play out.

    I welcome long overdue NRL intervention.
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    No argument from me ... no matter what the collective opinions of the performance of our CEO recently may be, if you were to mark him against any reasonable set of KPI's for his position then you have a massive fail, no matter what he inherited EIGHTEEN months ago. The first 6 months were spent politely keeping the focus on the previous administration, the following 6 months was full of promises (many now unfulfilled) and the last 6 months crying the difficulty of the job ... not impressed at all.
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    Where do the grubs charged with these offences get off threatening to sue the club if they don't get to play a few days after the court date? They must be really confident they are innocent. Even if they aren't they've dragged the clubs name through the mud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K4SE View Post
    @LeagueUnlimited: “The Titans are about to voluntarily hand back their NRL licence and allow the NRL to take full control of the entity” via @couriermail #NRL

    Referring to story in Courier Mail by Todd Balm (can't link to the story I have run out of free articles!) Link for tweet https://twitter.com/toddbalym/status/569834573728604160

    What would this mean for the Titans?
    NRL official will head to the Gold Coast for crisis talks with the Titans

    TODD BALYM EXCLUSIVE
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    FEBRUARY 23, 2015 11:00PM


    NRL officials will fly to the Gold Coast today after high level crisis meetings last night about a rescue mission to save the embattled club.

    The Courier-Mail has been told Titans powerbrokers were locked in meetings with NRL head of club services Tony Crawford last night discussing a range of bail out options for the NRL to help mop up the mess that has engulfed the club in recent times headlined by the cocaine scandal.

    Crawford, who oversaw the NRL’s rescue mission of Newcastle from the grips of the Nathan Tinkler regime, is expected on the Gold Coast today among other key personnel as the Titans fight for survival.

    It is believed the Titans are about to voluntarily had back their NRL licence and allow the NRL to take full control of the entity.

    But, in a massive show of faith in the current administration that is attempting to rebuild the club, chairwoman Rebecca Frizelle is set to be retained while chief executive Graham Annesley will be powered with the responsibility of rebuilding the club’s future.

    The Courier-Mail attempted to contact Annesley, Frizelle and the NRL late last night but nobody was responding to repeated inquiries.

    Sources close to the discussions described the situation as “fluid” with many options being considered.

    What is abundantly clear, however, is the NRL is wholeheartedly committed to a future club on the Gold Coast.

    The Titans are scheduled to commence their season with their official season launch at Jupiters Casino on Thursday night and a fresh start may be just what is needed for the club to really begin their next life.

    These latest developments cap a tumultuous few days for the club with coach Neil Henry still searching for a new permanent training base for his team.

    The Titans are today due to train at Cudgen and on Thursday at Cbus Super Stadium.

    Players were yesterday sent to The Southport School to clear out their belongings from the premises after they were evicted from their temporary training facilities beside the river on school grounds.

    Henry said it was a difficult scenario facing his squad as they try to prepare for their season opening game at home on March 7.

    “The boys can only control what they can control and that’s their attitude with training and getting their preparation done for round one,” Henry said.

    “While we’ve got concerns for the players that aren’t with us and we’re conscious of their welfare as well, they are teammates, we’ll hopefully get a resolution to this fairly quickly.

    “Time will tell (how we cope with it). There’s no doubt it’s a disruption.

    “There’s some experience and quality about the players missing at the moment but we’ll just have to cope with that.”

    Faced with the prospect of starting his season with only 30 members of his 35-man squad, and no end in sight to the legal process that is facing Greg Bird, Dave Taylor, Beau Falloon, Jamie Dowling and Kalifa Faifai Loa, Henry admitted the prospect of seeking permanent replacements could be entertained in the coming weeks.

    However, Henry would only have access to second tier players from Queensland Cup feeder clubs and even then would likely need salary cap dispensation from the NRL.

    “We don’t have an option to replace them,” Henry said.

    “Our squad is effectively down to 30.

    “We do have a couple of players who have gone down to play Queensland Cup at our feeder teams.

    “We’ll be looking at bringing in a couple of players from Burleigh Bears or Tweed Seagulls.

    “You’d hope if we’re losing players there’d be some way we’d have some cap dispensation so that we could move in the market to fill the void.”

    While the Titans await the court process and board review into the players for potential breach of contracts, Henry confirmed the suspended five would keep training in isolation with some input from club coaching personnel.

    “They’re allowed to do their own personal training,” he said.

    “We have contacts around them being able to do gym work and stuff like that.

    “We’d expect they’d keep training.”


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