Posts Tagged "Brett Ratten"

The AFL’s worst-kept secret is set to be finally revealed on Tuesday morning when the Carlton Football Club announce Mick Malthouse as their coach for the next three seasons. Join us as we live blog the announcement from 10.00am AEST.

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Brett Ratten may be the AFL’s latest sacked coach but his reputation as a man has never been higher.

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Carlton’s enigmatic start to the season was shadowed by their mid-season lapse and lacklustre finish. You have to wonder who’s to blame for them not making the finals after a predicted top-four finish by the club.

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Scott Watters, whose St Kilda side face Carlton in Brett Ratten’s swansong on Sunday, says he feels sympathy for the axed Blues coach.

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A remarkably graceful Brett Ratten has praised the ruthlessness which led to his sacking as Carlton coach as part of what makes the AFL club great.

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Sacked Carlton coach Brett Ratten inadvertently gave the Wallabies a wake-up call at his media conference yesterday.

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Beleaguered Carlton coach Brett Ratten will front a media conference on Thursday morning.

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Often a team will suddenly announce itself as a genuine premiership contender in a single dominant game, and Carlton did just that when they demolished Collingwood in April.

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According to separate reports, Brett Ratten “knows he will be sacked” as Carlton coach and is “100 per cent certain” this week’s game against St Kilda will be his last in charge of the club.

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The intense speculation surrounding the future of Carlton coach Brett Ratten took another twist on Tuesday night when the AFL club removed him from Wednesday’s scheduled media conference.

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Under-siege coach Brett Ratten admits Carlton have carried players this AFL season and they are gutted after Saturday night’s pivotal loss to Gold Coast.

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Brett Ratten knew it was coming. It was the great big awkward elephant parked in the corner of the Metricon Stadium press conference room.

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A nightmare AFL weekend for Brett Ratten darkened further on Sunday when Mick Malthouse spoke about the adrenaline rush he felt from coaching.

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Carlton’s 96-point thumping of Essendon has put the Blues just one game outside the top eight with two rounds remaining.

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I must say right from the start that I don’t think James Hird should be sacked as Essendon coach, but I find it odd that given the hysteria around Brett Ratten, no one has called for Hird to be sacked.

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Carlton coach Brett Ratten has admitted he was interviewed twice by the AFL over tanking rumours.

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Prior to last weekend’s surprise win over Collingwood, the jungle drums were beating about the future (or lack thereof) of Brett Ratten as Carlton coach.

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Carlton silenced their critics last weekend after recording a 23-point upset victory over arch-rivals Collingwood at the MCG. The shock victory was a testament to the Blues ability to overcome adversity.

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When a team plays well, the players get the plaudits. The heroes of a winning team are those who come up with the big play at the right moment, on the field for everyone to see.

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In 2007, former premiership player and club captain Brett Ratten was granted the role of head coach of the struggling Carlton Blues.

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