Round 11: Gold Coast Titans vs South Sydney Rabbitohs

[patskE]

unless mathers does something n the next games i think presto will go back to number 1

[Titanium_BD1103]

Well done to the boys that was a great victory... which I got to watch as I was at the pub last night...

Josh Lewis looked good, I like him in the backline and I think Hilder might struggle to keep the 6 if he keeps that up... it wonders how he wasn't playing in the Roosters FG side... then again, it is the Roosters..

Scott Prince was simply brilliant, superb performance from him, had the troops playing as a team last night and executed brilliantly.

I was pleased to see the boys play as a team, that is how we will win matches... not the best side individually but as a team, we can achieve anything.

This is a good sign, it was only one win, but there were plenty of positives from it, and adding to those was Rogers back to his best.... lets hope it can continue, because we aren't too far away from top 5, and we can make it if we can get some consistency.

As for Jaiman Lowe, that was LOW.... and he deserves to get a fair amount of time for it, Delaney wasn't grabbing at the jatz on purpose and Lowe had no right to throw a punch for it... if Danny Williams gets time for his, I agree with Scotty on this one, Jaiman had a brain explosion, but he will have to do some similar time.

[RLfan]

Josh Lewis looked alright in lat night's match. Scotty Prince was brilliant in the 2nd half. Can someone tell me how Jeremy Smith was given a try, he never grounded with his torso, he grounded it with his dick. Hopefully Broncos win today and make it 4 in a row for QLD.

[Steve]

Huzzah for the win!
I enjoyed the game, but thought it was a little flat for a while, neither team really doing anything with the ball.

The first bunnies try, well, not even the bunny supporters around me thought it was one.

Lewis had a great first game for us, looks like he'll be making the 6 his own.
Can't wait for Preston to be back in the 1, should be a lot of points coming through with him back in the side.

[dee13]

Hey there guys,

Im back,

I must apologise for my absence from the game last night. I hope the Legion coped without me and my swords.

I was a little busy last night. You know... normal stuff like, Went to the P!NK concert and proposed to my girlfriend just as P!nk was coming on stage.

The answer "YES"

I was a pretty happy guy last night walking out of the concert with a new Fiance and learning that my beloved Titans beat The Rabbitohs

Its great to be back online and talk to you all soon

[Ryan]

Another nomination for "Most Poorly Referee'd Game".......

The better team still won, an important win too, to keep in touch with the top 8.

[TITAN FOREVER]

Good to get a win. Scotty Prince back to form had a blinder. Noticed Scotty played a bit of 5/8 for part of the game. Hope Preston gets back next week we need him, and we need to muscle up against the Raiders.

[Coaster]

Hey there guys,

Im back,

I must apologise for my absence from the game last night. I hope the Legion coped without me and my swords.

I was a little busy last night. You know... normal stuff like, Went to the P!NK concert and proposed to my girlfriend just as P!nk was coming on stage.

The answer "YES"

I was a pretty happy guy last night walking out of the concert with a new Fiance and learning that my beloved Titans beat The Robbitohs

Its great to be back online and talk to you all soon

Well done mate,
What was the concert like?
I had tickets and a hotel in brissy, went to Brisbane with my misses, had dinner, was getting ready to catch the train to the concert, she had a change of mind, so i drove home just in time to catch the titans on the telly.

I had to leave my tickets to Pink with reception see if they could sell them.

Complete waste of money, but the game made it worth it

[patskE]

barnes froms the look of things had a good game for his feeder team
maybe he get the call up
depends on how webster played on the w.e

[Tamwelg]

Went to the P!NK concert and proposed to my girlfriend just as P!nk was coming on stage.

The answer "YES"

Congratulaions

[Tamwelg]

Good win by the Titans.

Bailey looked like a man on a mission, every hitup and tackle he made early could be heard in the crowd.

Laffranchi worked his but off all night like usual and was supported well in the second row by Minichello.

Prince is a magician and with Lewis next to him, he looked like he had a little more room to move the he has done the past few weeks.

Lewis good solid debut, he looks dangerous with the ball and has a great kick.

Friend was solid, made a mountain of tackles. I'd like to see him run with the ball more. He ran across the line twice in one set of 6 and had the defence guessing both times.

Myers, I've been a doubter, but that was his best performance yet, he looked really hungry to get involved.

We still have a lot of room for improvement, we gave away good field possession too often, with mistakes.

[patskE]

Winning certainly relieves the build-up of pressure

John Cartwright

01Jun07

THE ADAGE about `winning not being everything' is quaint but a tough one to live by in professional sport.

It doesn't matter how well you are playing, if you are still losing then pressure builds.

That pressure descends on everyone, from the players, the coach, right through to the people who run the club.

I could feel the pressure valve release after our win over Souths last Saturday night at Carrara.

The Titans were a different group of players at recovery the next day.

Although the game the previous night was hardly discussed there was a renewed vibrancy within the squad. The players were chirpy, there was a spring in their step.

It just reminded me of how important a win is and how fine a line we tread.

We were on three losses in a row and that had sapped the enthusiasm out of us.

No matter how hard you try, losing does affect the way you play.

Confidence is a cornerstone to winning and if the confidence is gone, the players are trying not to lose as opposed to trying to win.

When you are losing it feels like you are on a slippery dip. Every loss makes the slide steeper, so it is harder and harder to climb back out.* AS I have mentioned in previous columns, injuries will always be a part of a rugby league season, so there is no use whinging when they come along.

There is also no denying the fact that those same injuries will have an impact on how you are playing.

With the addition of Josh Lewis and a couple of young players, our top squad numbers 28. So far we have used 25 of those players.

Being a young club we have a shortage of ready-to-use players outside the squad.

There is plenty of quality in our three Queensland Cup feeder clubs but that quality is still a bit raw at NRL level.

What that means is that our depth has been tested. I have to admit we were getting short on options.

That also has its obvious effects. The more fit players you have on your books the more positive pressure there is on players to perform. They know there are people breathing down their neck.

Fortunately we were able to get through against the Rabbitohs and now things are starting to look brighter on the injury front.

Fingers crossed we will get through this weekend unscathed against the Raiders, then we will have a bye and be back to almost a full squad.

Returning will be Luke O'Dwyer and Daniel Conn from long-term injuries, so the only players still on the 'sick list' will be Smith Samau (hamstring) and Michael Henderson (broken leg).

* THE LONGER we are in the Queensland Cup the more valuable our three feeder clubs will be.

Already Burleigh, Seagulls and Ipswich have proven to be invaluable.

I have been impressed with the quality of the Q Cup and the professionalism of their organisations.

One suggestion I would make is for as many Q Cup games as possible be played as curtain-raisers to the Titans, Broncos or Cowboys.

There are plenty of potential NRL players in Q Cup and the more they can taste the atmosphere at the top level, the better.

Just to run out in a curtain-raiser before the main game would still be helpful. Getting used to bigger crowds and a stadium atmosphere is all part of the learning curve.

* MY FINAL word on the Jaiman Lowe incident.

The NRL judiciary has now set the benchmark of four weeks for a king hit.

The one positive I took out of this was the discipline shown by our players.

While an even uglier situation could have evolved, our players could see that Souths were on the attack after the punch was thrown, and there was a possibility that the ref and touchie could have missed Lowe's brain explosion and a try could have resulted.

However our blokes shut down the Rabbitohs before coming back and supporting their fallen comrade.

[Social Loafer]

Well Adrian Purtell is now out, looks like Campo will become the new centre due to the fact we have no one left.. Injured backs now read

Adrian Purtell
Phil Graham
David Howell
Colin Best
Brett Kelly

Then there's Steve Irwin...

If one more back gets injured I'll have to throw on the jersey..

[coldhardbitch]

Cumon man, John Howard above the Raiders cheergirls on ur sig. Priorities wrong.

[Ryan]

Cumon man, John Howard above the Raiders cheergirls on ur sig. Priorities wrong.

Yeah, he's gone a little 'patriotic' - (Lost a signature bet)



* This has been by far, the most rewarding bet I've won...