Amid a reported one-game remaining scenario, there's no doubt North Queensland coach Neil Henry is feeling the heat after another poor NRL display by the Cowboys. A 31-12 loss to Gold Coast at Skilled Park on Sunday was the Cowboys' fourth defeat on the bounce and further intensified rumours the club is set to end its near five-year partnership with the 52-year-old coach. One midweek newspaper report claimed Henry had the Titans game and next weekend's home match against Canterbury to convince the Cowboys board not to make him the first coaching casualty of 2013. While Henry - who signed a 12-month contract extension just eight weeks ago - wasn't confirming or denying the accuracy of that report, he did concede results were far from where they should be for one of the more-fancied teams going into this year's competition. "We're not travelling well," said Henry after the defeat, which leaves the Cowboys 12th with just four wins from 12 matches this season. We all take responsibility for that and I'm the head coach. That goes with the territory. State of Origin has come at a bad time for the embattled coach, with the Cowboys losing representative players Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott, James Tamou and Brent Tate for Sunday's match. Knee injuries to fullback Matt Bowen and Gavin Cooper further hampered Henry's plans but he wasn't using those six absentees as an excuse for the team's poor display. "We can't use our rep players as an excuse for that performance," he said. We take responsibility when we put the jumper on and we weren't very good today - we weren't up to our standards. It's disappointing. Stand-in captain Dallas Johnson said Henry's future hadn't been a topic of discussion among the players but they needed to show more on the field for their coach. Obviously, we're not helping the cause. The players on the field - we're not doing our job either," Johnson said. We've got to perform and it'll help him out. Titans coach John Cartwright, who admitted before the match he had sympathy for Henry, couldn't be happier with his team as they head into a bye next week on the back of two big wins. Without Origin players Nate Myles, Greg Bird and Ashley Harrison, the Titans stepped up with stand-in skipper William Zillman and Albert Kelly both scoring doubles to lift Gold Coast into fifth spot on the ladder. In earlier matches this weekend, South Sydney bounced back from their loss against Cronulla to defeat Newcastle 25-18 and stay top of the competition while the Bulldogs' revival continued with a 16-14 win over St George Illawarra. Round 12 concludes on Monday when Brisbane host the Warriors at Suncorp Stadium.