NRL takes over Titans!

[Surfers66]

If any sport (NRL, NBL, ETC) just gave the gold coast a chance to have more than 1 generation of supporters we will flourish.

Its hard to compete when you have grandparents, fathers, family members handing down existing teams for their younger family members to support.

Don't change anything, Just stick with it.

[DIEHARD]

If any sport (NRL, NBL, ETC) just gave the gold coast a chance to have more than 1 generation of supporters we will flourish.

Its hard to compete when you have grandparents, fathers, family members handing down existing teams for their younger family members to support.

Don't change anything, Just stick with it.

Well said Surfers. Very well said. You've articulated that very well. Shows the weakness in our situation but also the strength of what we are up against.

[Titanic]

Totally correct and it's why the links with and the pathways from the grassroots rugby league community are so essential.

It could be argued that we have the inter-generational reach back to the Giants, however, given the varied hiatuses (hiati? just joshing for all you Latin scholars, I know it's hiatuses) between franchises then building momentum for any 'NRL' team hasn't been possible.

The Titans franchise is our best chance to gather that momentum and that's why we should be very prickly about any mismanagement or misbehaviour that jeopardises our brand. Searle did so much damage in this area that it far outweighs the good he did at the beginning but never mind, it's now up to all of us to not give up.

[Mexican titan]

This crap is back it seems. If the Bears cannot make a go of it with the Central Coast bid they just need to go and hibernate. Want nothing that dilutes the Titans on the Coast, especially as artificial as this.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...27-gkjq81.html

[DIEHARD]

This crap is back it seems. If the Bears cannot make a go of it with the Central Coast bid they just need to go and hibernate. Want nothing that dilutes the Titans on the Coast, especially as artificial as this.

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/l...27-gkjq81.html

They are just getting desperate. Any idea like this would make the Northern Eagles seem like a stroke of genius.

[DIEHARD]

Why should a NSW foundation club, in the age of the National Rugby League get special treatment? Especially over all the Queensland traditional clubs, some who have faded away and others who struggle.

Such sickening arrogance.

This won't ever happen, but if it does, I won't go out of my way to support it.

[DIEHARD]

This stuff is hilarious. What drugs are they on when they come up with this?

The return of the Bears would enable the NRL to recover some of the lost support for a club which helped start the premiership in 1908 and still boasts about 10,000 members, including 7881 on the Central Coast.

Fairfax Media was told that one proposal involved the team remaining as the Titans but playing in black and red jerseys for all Sydney matches, including two home games at North Sydney Oval – a model similar to that employed by Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears in the early days of their AFL merger.

However, while the old AFL club merged with a relatively new one, the NRL scheme would be a foundation club coming back from the dead to join its newest entity.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/

[DIEHARD]

Personally I think we should be splitting games with PNG, Rockhampton, Fiji and Darwin. And we should wear black, red, white, turquoise, purple, sky blue, gold and grey.

[Surfers66]

I think there should be more Sydney teams and we can call it the Sydney Cup.

[DIEHARD]

I think there should be more Sydney teams and we can call it the Sydney Cup.

That's an awesome idea! We need to bring back Glebe and I'll change clubs.

[Nols of the Goldy]

Sorry if this is in the wrong thread but I just saw it on NRL.com

Titans' new home in time for kick-off

Tony Webeck Mon 02 Nov, 2015, 6:45am
By Tony Webeck *, Chief Queensland Correspondent, NRL.com

Titans' new home in time for kick-off

The Gold Coast Titans are hopeful that their new state-of-the-art training facility will be operational by the start of the season but are not yet at liberty to say where those facilities will be.

The Titans begin preparations for the 2016 – and their 10th – NRL season on Monday at temporary facilities at Pizzey Park in Burleigh that served as their base for the entire 2015 season and which are a far cry from those on offer at the other 15 NRL clubs.

The makeshift training facilities may come as something of a shock to new recruits such as David Shillington, Tyrone Roberts, Zeb Taia and the returning Nathan Friend but Titans CEO Graham Annesley says sub-standard training facilities will no longer a reason for players not to want to move to the Gold Coast.

Although an announcement of a partnership with Parkwood International Golf Course is believed to be imminent, Annesley refused to confirm that would be the new home of the Titans, only to say that the club's next move would be a significant one.

"We'll definitely be in a new home next year," Annesley told NRL.com.

"The negotiations have taken quite a bit longer than we originally anticipated and it's a complex build because it's not just a build for us, it's a much broader project than that.

"We expect that we will certainly be in occupation from a football perspective by as close to the start of the season as possible and then administratively we should be able to bring our whole operation back together not too long after that.

"We'll have facilities that will be the equal of anything in the game and it's going to be a massive bonus for us, having been separated for ultimately 18 months, to be under the same roof and feel like a complete club again.

"The fact is that our facilities at the moment, whilst we're very grateful for the assistance the Burleigh Bears have given us this year, they're not what a player coming to our club would probably expect.

"The fact that we are dislocated in terms of football and admin is not ideal and when we are under the same roof with better facilities it will no longer be a reason for a player not to sign with us."

A proposed move to Parkwood would also represent a win for Titans fans who would finally have a social hub at which they can interact with the club on a regular basis.

The club is also determined to make access to games in 2016 easier for members and fans and break down the perception that the lack of available parking at Cbus Super Stadium makes it a venue too difficult to get to.

The club is investigating a members only 'park and ride' facility from Boowaggan Road which the Gold Coast Suns presently use for home games and a family of four season membership costs less than $10 per person per game.

The Titans are also in the final stages of adding as many as four new board members to the existing corporate structure and have begun discussions with major sponsor Aquis about extending their support beyond the 2016 season.

At the beginning of the 2015 season the club donated the front of jersey sponsorship to Ronald McDonald House but over the course of the year wrote $4 million in sponsorship revenue through the likes of Aquis, TFH Hire, Global Road Technology and Jabbry.

"Twelve months ago, pretty much all of our revenues had fallen off a cliff," Annesley said.

"We've written more than $4 million in new business this year and the future prospects are heading north.

"The [sponsorship books] are almost full but we're currently negotiating with a number of companies for our remaining sponsorship properties, particularly the sleeve.

"We haven't had a fire sale. We've held out and tried to maximise the value of this club and I think we're seeing the results of that."

[DIEHARD]

It's like searching for the Bat Cave.

But Im looking forward to it.

[Titanic]

Yep mate and I'm tired of the batsh1t … just get on with it instead of the secret squirrel stuff.

[Smakked]

They seem like they don't want to announce anything because it is not a signed deal as yet, scared of it falling through.

[Bayside Titan]

Mortimer could still be on the move.

League scoop: Bulldogs set to sign a Dragon and a Titan

November 3, 2015 3:42pm
Sportal By Sportal
The Canterbury Bulldogs are aggressively pursuing Dragons hooker Craig Garvey and Titans playmaker Daniel Mortimer.
Club officials will meet with the pair over the next couple of days, according to inside sources.


After losing Damien Cook to the Rabbitohs, Canterbury will chase Garvey particularly hard.



Garvey is a considered a live-wire and was pursued by the Raiders as part of a potential player swap with Josh McCrone.
Meanwhile Mortimer's career has plateaued while at the Titans, but he could still provide valuable cover to Moses Mbye and Josh Reynolds, after the Dogs lost controlling halfback Trent Hodkinson.