ROUND 22
Saturday 1st of September.

WEST 11.10 (76)
GLENELG 5.13 (43)

Damp and dirty end for Tiger duo.

By MARCUS WILSON
MARK Viska and Alistair Burke were chaired off Glenelg Oval on Saturday but neither could raise much of a smile.
Both have seen better days at the club and the 33-point loss to West Adelaide capped off a forgettable season and a sad end to a couple great careers.
Between them, the two have played 251 games for the Tigers - that's a lot of experience being lifted off the Bay turf.
The weekend's game highlighted Glenelg's problem all season, lapses in intensity and an undermanned squad - made worse by Viska's and Burke's farewell.
But perhaps their retirements will open up an opportunity for other players to fill the team's leadership group.
West Adelaide blasted Glenelg out of the contest in the first quarter when it kicked 6.3 to 1.2.
After that point the Bloods only outscored the Tigers by a goal but the damage had been done.
With Matthew Golding and Brad Smith on the sidelines, West had the edge in the ruck with hard-working Ben Watkins giving the side's running players first look at the ball.
But the boggy centre square meant decisive centre clearances were hard to come by with both sides struggling to get on top.
On most occasions the Bloods' attack started from their rock solid defence, players like Dion Myles, Tim Symes and Ben Rutten repelling most attacks with some strong overhead marking.
To avoid the muddy centre, the defence would kick wide to the wings before heading to centre half forward - it worked to great effect, particularly in the first term.
Dean Howard was a stand out performer in the first half kicking two first quarter goals - he seemed to revel in the cold, wet and windy conditions.
Ben Hollands also started with a bang but was curtailed by Malcolm Greenwood.
But Sam Jones was the standout performer with 28 possessions.
Considering the weather conditions and limited opportunities, Adam Richardson 5.2 was important to his side.
Besides Greenwood, the Tigers best players were hard to find but Kane Cornes early, Matthew Bode late, and Brett Higgins and Phillip McKenzie were competitive.
Glenelg coach Brenton Honor was disappointed the side could not finish the season off strongly.
''I would have thought up to two weeks ago, there was definitely some improvement, it was there, there was good results,'' he said.
''But unfortunately in the last two weeks have been pretty ordinary, unfortunately that is how people will remember our season.

BEST PLAYERS: Bode, Cornes, Higgins, Greenwood, McKenzie.
SCORERS: Logan 1.4, Cornes 1.2, Woods, Sherwood, Moore 1.
INJURIES: Nil
CROWD: Approx 1500.