Titans: Welcome to your first pre-season!
"For the Coast, For the Fans, For real in 2007"
My preferred Jetstar Gold Coast Titans
Captain, Scott Prince
I went to the 2006 NRL Grand Final more excited about seeing the Gold Coast Titans being welcomed to the NRL than the game last night, I don't think I was the only one as I saw a few of my new "brothers" wearing their Gold Coast Titans merchandise with pride. After the Grand Final, trudging along the main road back to the $15 all day car park, I started to think ahead and it hit me like a Tonie Carroll front on hit ... "OUR PRE-SEASON IS HERE!"
November 13, 2006 is when John Cartwright will begin what I hope to be a long and fruitful partnership with our club as head coach. He will preside over his first training session joined by the Queensland legends Scott Sattler, Trevor Gillmeister and Billy Johnstone. What a quartet - do you think the Gold Coast Titans are offering those who signed a retirement home? Think again. I can't blame Steve Turner from having second thoughts.
As a Gold Coast Titans fan, there are many "first time" experiences that other fans take for granted:
* Our first time being apart of the annual pre-season publications where I am told we are one of the favourites for the wooden spoon (rubbish!)
* Our first opportunity to collect Gold Coast Titans football cards
* Our first pre-season game
* Our first NRL Season launch
* Our first season ticket allocation
* Our first time being apart of the season draw
You get the picture. The little things that other NRL fans have grown to appreciate as part of their NRL season just became our reality. We are now mixing it FOR REAL with the other tribes, it doesn't get much better than this. You won't experience all of this again nor will any other Gold Coast Titans fan in 10, 20 or 50 years.
Personally, this is going to be a busy time for myself as I will be working on a "project" that is going to be for the fans of the Gold Coast Titans. There will be others involved, we will release all the information as we finalise some bits and pieces.
Embrace this time is the point! This is our first pre-season as we count down to kick-off which is only 166 days away!