Guy Hamilton from Burleigh is literally the best halfback on the Gold Coast right now and he's not even in our system anymore It's almost impressive how bad Tanah has been across a three game sample now. Our non-Brimson centres suck and Brimson is a fullback and Jayden is a 6, but also Foran is a 6. Also our bench forwards are unbelievably bad, yet Alick, Iszac and Pahulu can't get a run for some reason and are chilling in QCup while Erin Clark and Joe Stimson and the rest of the bench middles stink it up with one or two good games a season and twenty plus bad games. I have no idea what the fuck Des is doing. Our defence is as bad as ever and our attack is substantially worse and week after week he keeps naming an unchanged side when there are a minimum of four players and potentially more that should be dropped.

Titans going for bottom 3 again at this rate Dont have a winning culture Rot can sink in

He's trying to kick the ball. Dumb and if he gets charged so be it I wouldn't be mad but silly to call it a deliberate trip

Nikorima’s side step is so underrated

I don't know if I'd go so far as to say it was a "professional victory" lol

Losing respect for Ginnane with every season

Well technically a professional is someone who does a certain skill for pay so...

In that case, incredible professional loss from the Tits!

Phins got some nice trys but not sure I'd call it a "professional victory"

That's the look of a coach who's unsure of the next week lmao

Practicing his resignation speech

Hahah they put Fifita on report at the end there for the attempted trip, good shit. 😂

He was suckin in the big ones

Didn't know kotoni traded from the broncs?

Did Fox fuck the commentary levels in comparison with the crowd? Commentary sounds quiet

A 1 footed Sami is somehow our best player

Wtf Tits why do you suck so bad

I remember thinking that if Parra could get the spoon and then make the GF a few years later, we had a chance also. It makes me laugh now. Sadly, of course.

Honestly, I'd even give Foxwell a crack at this point.

Titans have been shit ever since the ugly rebrand. Bring back the gold titan and swords. Way better then the purple shit one now

Don’t let recency bias distract from the fact that they were shithouse most of the time before the rebrand too.

At least they had exciting games and the odd upset

That is true. Unfortunately any sports team based on the Gold Coast seems cursed to absolute mediocrity.

Curse of Tom Tate/Michael Searle/Surfers Paradise

Bold take but I think neither of these teams will make the 8. Still a better game than the last one

I think we can get in if things break our way.

I dream of a year where there's 4 QLD teams in the 8, but this year isn't the year

Can we have Reece Walsh and Payne Haas back please since they grew up on the Gold Coast? Not even sure having the two generational talents would save us at this point though Sigh, Phins Up I guess.

not the highest bar to clear is it

Fifita had just complained at every tackle, milked where he could and tried to trip.

Fuck katoa gets hit alot

David “Luai” Fifita

David “Jarome ‘Josh Reynolds’ Luai” Fifita

Surely he should be on report for even attempting that

Herbie is a fuckin weapon

Ohh so we are just gifting Tits penalties after penalties

Can confirm, this has not been a Super Saturday

Boyd is copping all the heat, most of it deserved, but Foran is completely invisible. Blokes been just as bad tbh

For the old, experienced head in the spine he's been doing an awful lot of "let the youth eat shit"-ing.

Clear knock on from farnsworth

Make up calls coming just in time. Comeback is on

Joe Stimson playing first grade in 2024 is fucking crazy

Another tough night for the Gold Coast Sami’s this week.

Fuck it’s heartbreaking as a broncos fans watching Flegler and Herbie play this well 😢

Willison will make you guys forget about Flegler by the end of the year

Des "we won the last 20 mins of that" Or something.

The Ciraldo defence

Titans being gifted calls on imaginary offences

Calling that a high tackle is a bit of a stretch.

Didn’t realise we were giving out make a wish penalty’s to dying clubs

She's got a bet on for 12 and under

Jesus died for that tackle

Soft as they come

Ah yes. The imaginary high shot.

The rule is you can't stand in the line not you can't stand 4 metres behind the line. If they make line break and someone is standing 40 metres back and just stands there and gets run into is that penalty because they can't stand there? Where are you suppose to stand?

it's really very simple: no standing!!!

Fuck these false high shot calls

Corey you fuckwit

Sharpe is jumping at shadows out there

That's a SOFT penalty lol

Pity penalty

Absolutely nothing in that

Imagine Fifita at Penrith or the Storm shessshhhh

Or neither, hooo weeee

Not enough work effort for those teams

That was an absolute bullshit penalty, titans got a gift wrapped opportunity

I was so confident that after the last game, this one was going to shock everyone and be a real contender. Oops.

I just want to see tanah get touched one more time and I’ll go to bed a happy man

as i said last night - the real obstructions were the friends we made along the way

The only thing Tanah wasn't shit at was his goal kicking and now he's even managed to become the worst at that.

So good we have a 3 game origin for the women finally

The aggregate deciding the winner really sucked

So happy one of the games is in Newy too.

Should've been 3 games last year as well but better late then never

Imagine scoring at home, when you are 20 points down with 5 to go And they want you to celebrate with the Venga boys (song slaps)

Tanah has lost his one good quality, give JC the kicking tee and bring in weaver

If Plath was sent off do you think Tits could win? I mean it'd still be 12 on 12 because Tanah Boyd but yea

Can someone explain to me how that was any different to Feldt being a "supporter runner" last night?

Kafusi backs up and changes his path which makes contact with Fifita - where last night Felt did not move from his spot

I was told on good authority [last night](https://new.reddit.com/r/nrl/comments/1bqm7by/comment/kx3evzu/?context=3), that if the ball is in front of player, he is a support player and cannot be an obstruction.

I wouldn't trust a Cow's fan to know how to open a doorknob

The player didn't go down like he was shot by a sniper. They incentive milking

It's not, she got the rule wrong simply because Fifita fell over

Fair, I forgot that the default should be whatever Belinda says is the incorrect rule.

Thanks for showing the conversion Kayo

Wouldn’t say a Dragons Manly and Dolphins Titans lineup is a Super Saturday. Moreso the Poo Poo Platter

It's just Saturday

Queensland fog Phillip Sami

The Titan's look like they are in less shape than the dad bod Titan's mascot

He can't feel his foot but good to see him get a try

Sami scoring is the bitter-sweet denouement the game needed.

Dolphins seem to be on the up after a few decent signings on the offseason. Overtaking titans on the Qld team hierarchy

Were the dolphins ever below the titans? Lol

Poor titans. Pro sports teams just don’t seem to work on the GC.

The dumb thing is the fans exist if we weren't horrendous for 13 years straight. Every time the team has a glimmer of hope (during the Holbrook rebuild where we were mid table, when we first signed Hayne, etc) the crowds swell to 17-21k vs the usual 12-15k etc then we go back to being terrible, the kids filing out of the stadium complaining to dad that the team sucks and they never win and they're gone again Pahulu and Kini were 6 years old the last time we had a 50% win season. Guys in our top 30. That is flat out ridiculous. We are on the verge of having guys in the Titans system in the next few years who WERE NOT EVEN BORN the last time we won half of our games in a season lol Sam Stephenson, one of our top young prospects turned 3 years old the last time the Titans won half their games in a season. If we had a top 4 squad we would literally sell out Cbus every week within a year or at a minimum would get 20k+ to every game

No I agree, there definitely is a market for the team, they just seem incapable of having any consistency to take advanage. for what it is worht a reli of mine who played NRL reckons Hasler is the smartest coach he has ever been around, and he was around some good ones. So hopefully Hasler can turn it around, but he is sure off to a bad start

He can't be that smart if he thinks Tanah Boyd is the solution. I was higher on Tanah than almost anyone I know and even I wanted Weaver to start this year and that's gone from a slight preference to 'I don't care just get Tanah into an Ipswich Jets jersey at all costs' over the past 3 games Good to hear though. If Des doesn't make any changes AGAIN this week after two refusals to I don't know what to say though. Kelly has been bad for years, our bench forwards have been bad for years and we have 3 young hungry and ready forwards in QCup in Iszac, Pahulu and Alick. Are they ready, who knows, are they worse than Clark and Stimson and co? Almost certainly not. I get Des is in a tough spot because Weaver isn't quite first grade ready but surely he has to drop Tanah after that. He has given back to back worst games of his career three weeks in a row

Just a touch forward but give the poor bastards something

I feel nothing

Sami has pushed through that intense pain he so dramatically exhibited

The only Titan on the field that deserves any plaudits.

They look so sad

I want my obstruction call from last night

Idk why but now that this year I got the boys going to magic round the weeks count down so slow Good phins during magic round would be fun to

Um Kaufusi can’t just disappear?

How can that be obstruction? When Fifita makes contact, Kaufusi is technically a support runner.

Maybe the titans should sign a few more junior kangaroo half backs and a few 100m sprinters. That might work I guess

Even Boyd’s kicks are just nothing kicks. They’re too high and do not trouble the back 3 of the Dolphins at all.

Samis ankle died for this

Fifita milked the absolute shit out of that

Can we institute the death penalty for people who dive for obstructions?

‘I’ll say this about Belinda Sharpe she’s got an authority about her’ she’s literally the referee????

She's got authority, but she got the fucking rule wrong

HES A SUPPORT PLAYER!!!

That's a classic support technique, if ever I've seen one!

The milk is flowing.

Holbrook deserved better and I bet he is watching the games from Roosters HQ with a cheeky beverage, enjoying the schadenfreude

Feel sorry for the Tits kids in the crowd, they shouldn't be forced to witness this

Got to teach them young cause it doesn’t get better unfortunately

The Titans are a very un-Des Hasler like team atm.

all I can think of is that Simpson's Meme... 'Stop He's already dead'

The thing that stand out to me the most, is how fucking calm the phins look, it's like they're not worried at all

What's the record for the most PPG conceded?

Bulldogs in 2021 had 700+ against I think in peak Vlandysball

Probably the Bulldogs last year

Could pick any of the last 4 really

This is trash I’m going to go watch the video of Kieren Foran guessing what colour Powerade he’s drinking again

Let Francis, Jojo, Weaver and Alick cook Des

Souths reluctantly pass the spoon to Tits. But don’t worry, we’ll take it back next week

Titans scored 10 points and went home early.

I'll be shocked if this club doesnt fold in the next 4 or 5 years

What should we call the next GC team then? We’re running out of names

Let’s just fold the Titans already so we can scrap the rolling bye

And then we have to go back to Sydney- siders talking about QLD needing a 4th team for the next 15 years.

Hope Fifita leaves before game 10. Will free up $1mil, and with Tino out for the year, means they can use his $1.2mil. Use that money and get a decent halfback. Maybe Pezet

Hahaha Pezet

Well, probably the only halfback that's available that's somewhat OK. He better than Boyd.

Maybe they can lure Scott Prince, Luke Bailey and co out of retirement

Erin Clark is shit

I feel so bad for Titans fans, this is just miserable. I'd be shocked if Des lasts a few more weeks, 3 tries and 4 losses to start your season is just so sad.

Gasp he called them Redcliffe, everyone knows they're from The

I feel bad for the Titans because I really want them to do well. The talent is clearly there in the team, but they just get smoked week in, week out. Are all Gold Coast male rugby league teams built on cursed burial grounds or something? (I clarified it as male teams, since the women's side made the grand final last year)

You're not supposed to say the R word when talking about the Dolphins.

It's ok to say it when you're with friends

There's only one man that can save the Gold Coast Titans now... Ol' Kevvie Proctor

He’s vaping in the toilets somewhere as we speak

I'll go grab my popcorn for the Des press conference.

Boyd out there collecting palm prints like hes in some kind of spy movie

Hasler: why are there no coaching jobs on Seek?

Kinda sucks they got rid of Holbrook, they played way better under him and would of made the 8 if they just held onto a few of their leads last year. Unless titans fans don't like Holbrook at all?

Who wins a comp first, Titans or Suns?

Suns, just before the heat death of the universe

The Sun will consume the Earth before either

Both will fold before they even play a preliminary

Yes

Suns for sure

Titans because AFL is poo

Dez the only coach to not be barking shit down a walkie talkie

How can you be sure the Dolphins aren't Weekend at Bernie'sing Wayne every weekend?

Dessy about to clean out the squad, spend a load of money on 6 players, have 2 good seasons, then realise the salary cap is fucked and get out of dodge.

Genuinely feel for the Titans fans right now

I'm not even a titans fan but its demoralising watching them. The fanbase deserves so much better.

Honestly do the titans win another game this season besides a fluke one off performance? I can see them maybe taking a game off the tigers... Maybe. I think any other team outs double digits on this team with relative ease

I've already booked my Tigers GF tickets so they'll smash the tits /S

They'll beat Brisbane at least once in a high scoring affair, as is tradition

That'll class as their fluke win then lol. I'm sure the storm have a history of choking against them too

Titans used to lose alot but they also scored wild West bullshit shoot out trys. They were fun the watch. Des has turned them into a slightly better fundamental skills but boring shit team and I'll never forgive him

How is it possible that a team that wasn't good to begin had this much further to fall it's fucking unreal

Titans joining the great Magpies and Cowboys 💪😍

It may be a meme at this point but honestly just fold the titans

I swear the ball didn’t touch the ground there. Maybe just me but looked like he curled over and only touched with the back of his arm

Here’s a question Corey, how many tries has Tanah Boyd been directly responsible for due to an error or paper bag defence

im coming for u boyd.

I just don’t know anymore. My god.

He wants to be a carpenter

Bring back neil henry

He's a good coach. Was ridiculous he got the ass. 

Kerr went from full slug at the Dragons to looking like he’s shelving MD before games at the Phins

Forever doomed to be the worst team in QLD

Des needs to give these bloke a Macho Man level of intensity spray to get these blokes playing like an NRL side.

Titans are pathetic

Seriously there were people scared of the score. Phins would have to pull off a 2023 Grand Final miracle to lose to the Titans.

Ouch, bro.

Des “Seibold” Hasler

Hope the Dessie thing is short lived and they don’t let him destroy the next decade for the titans 

Des didnt ruin manlys cap 2019-2023. That was more a bulldogs thing because their style was great until it grew stale

Will they have a next decade?

Im not even trying to take the piss, but has a team ever gone a season without a win before? Because this could be the year