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Saturday's clash with Gold Coast will be the  [https://burmatourist.com/top-10-newspapers-to-get-burma-news/ burma news] closest Corey Norman gets to the Titans after coach Garth Brennan confirmed he had accepted his [http://www.Theepochtimes.com/n3/search/?q=board%27s%20decision board's decision] not to pursue the Parramatta five-eighth.<br><br>Norman has one year left on his contract but is no [http://www.ourmidland.com/search/?q=certainty certainty] to be at the Eels next year, and had been linked to the Titans.<br><br>However, any chance of that happening was crushed this week when Titans chairman Darryl Kelly told [https://burmatourist.com/top-10-newspapers-to-get-burma-news/ myanmar news] Corp Australia that Norman wasn't a good fit for the Titans' culture.<br><br>Brennan is happy to fall into line with that view.<br><br>"That's the committee's decision. I respect what their decision is and we move on," Brennan told reporters on Friday.<br><br>"I understand where the club is and he's a talented player - there's no doubt about that.<br><br>"It's important for our sponsors, fans and members that we continue to head in the right direction. It's always going to be club first."<br><br>Gold Coast are desperate to avoid any possible off-field issues after a wretched run that included the 2015 cocaine scandal.<br><br>Norman is by no means a bad boy, but was suspended for eight weeks in 2016 over a string of incidents, including pleading guilty to drugs charges.<br><br>The 27-year-old claimed this week he didn't want to go to another rebuilding club, a description the Titans likely fit.<br><br>Gold Coast have been burnt by high-profile signings in the past, including most recently with Jarryd Hayne.<br><br>He lasted just a season-and-a-half after going to the club in late 2016, but by the time he left, then-coach Neil Henry was also out the door.<br><br>Saturday's match at ANZ Stadium will mark the first time Hayne has faced the Titans since leaving, but Brennan said he didn't have any ill feeling towards the Eels centre.<br><br>"I have a lot of respect for Jarryd. He walked away from a lot of money to go where his heart is," Brennan said.<br><br>"He could've stayed with the Gold Coast for another 12 months and taken the money and gone through the motions.<br><br>"I can't imagine too many people in this world who would walk away from the money he did just because his heart wasn't in it."<br><br>STATS THAT MATTER:<br><br>* The past six head-to-heads have been decided by 10 points or more.<br><br>* Gold Coast have won 11 of 17 against the Eels - their best record in the NRL.<br><br>* Jarryd Hayne has scored six tries in his past five games against the Titans.<br><br>* Stats: Fox Sports<br><br>Advertisement