It was good to see the Tigers back here once more up in Mildura (actually Red Cliffs). We looked everwhere for Brett Deledio but couldn't see him anywhere. Then we noticed him number. And him and Andrew Raines wow have they bulked up, thats why we couldn't find them. Well it was great as we got a goal in the first 2 minutes and I thought then it was our game. But it got close as the Pies kept up the flood. My best player was Cameron Howat, I thought that he moved the ball where ever he was and pin pointed his kicks. Then it was a toss up for the next best between Deledio and Raines. Our main stay being Joel Bowden was great in his defensive role. The umpireing was a little hard to understand as up one end they would pay for a push in the back or what ever but up the other end it was let go. There was one in your face free kick for kicking in danger in the 1st quarter and wasn't paid to us. We made a few ball handling mistakes but with a young team you have to expect that. What I saw was a more team orientated game form last years game, so it looks to be a better year for us. We were hunting in packs and running past to give us the open man on the move. I actually heard a Pies supporter say that we would run out of legs. But he was proven to be wrong. It was such a proud moment to be there with our Tiger gear on when the final siren went. But the last quarter seemed like it went for over half an hour, and they reported that the quarters were only to run 20 minutes. In the local papers they showed Collingwood running out and them taking marks. So is looks like the local paper is run by a Collingwood supporter, seeing that they lost. All in all it was a really good game and I'm proud to be a Tiger.
