ROUND 4
Saturday 21st of April.

CENTRAL 5.5 9.8 14.11 17.15 (117)
GLENELG 1.0 3.2 5.4 7.7 (49)

Slade leads Dogs home.

By Doug Robertson.
A workmanlike Central District cruised to a comfortable, if lack-lustre, 68-point victory over a rattled Glenelg at Brighton Rd yesterday.
The Dogs were never threatened and after a commanding opening term with the aid of a strong wind, Central did as it pleased in a contest that descended into a near farce.
Central had it so easy at times it had the luxury of over-using the ball repeatedly without getting hurt by a hard-hitting but woefully skilled opposition.
Glenelg had the amazing statistic of having just three players who had more than 15 possessions for the afternoon, while the Dogs 10 with more than 15 disposals.
Central's midfielder Mike Stevens (19 disposals), Simon Arnott (18) and Rick Macgowen (21) were tagged all day, but still managed to influence the game.
Chris (21) and James Gowans (21) out-worked their opposition midfielders and unheralded Matthew Slade belted the Tigers' small men with 19 damaging touches and four goals.
Central set out to win in the clinches and to prevent the Tigers from running into form. Central let lowly North Adelaide do just that 2 weeks ago and the Dog's coach Alistair Clarkson refused to allow that to happen again.
"We know what sides are capable of if you don't apply strong pressure for the whole game and that was right at the forefront of the player's minds," he said.
"When we approach the game in a physical manner... we were terrific.
The Dogs were in total control in the second term, pushing into the wind. Central's pressure in close and constant running forced Glenelg to shuffle its line up consistently.
Glenelg put up a bit of a surge several times, usually through Martin Mellody, Ben Moore, Simon Hele and Matthew Golding, after being shifted into the ruck from full-forward for the second half, but the working Dogs gave Glenelg so little time to execute a move the delivery was usually sloppy. Glenelg never looked capable of taking control.
The Bays missed marks, miskicked, mishandled, misdirected and messed up just about every thing possible.
It had kicked only 5 goals by three-quarter time, which exposed massive problems with their ability and, more importantly, hinted at a low level of confidence which will be much more difficult to shake. Coach Brenton Honor had his charges in a "players-only" meeting for more than 30 minutes after the game.

BEST PLAYERS: Mellody, , Moore, Venables, Hele.
SCORERS: Moore 3.0, McKenzie 2.0, Draper 1.1, Maher 1.0, Venables 0.2, mellody, Byrne 0.1, rushed 0.2.
INJURIES: nil.
CROWD: 2772.