CARLTON speedster Chris Yarran has blamed complacency for early-season failures as the Blues face a finals eliminator against bogy side St Kilda.

The Saints are gunning for third successive Monday night upset win over the Blues, who are staring at a 2-6 start if they lose tonight.

In a candid assessment of the team’s poor starts, Yarran said the Blues’ attitude had hurt them.

“We didn’t turn up (with) the right attitude against Melbourne, we just assumed we would go out there and win and got our pants pulled down,” Yarran told the Herald Sun.

“Same with Essendon* and Collingwood. I just don’t know how it happens. We just have to avoid bad starts.

And please,if i ever hear " we are young and developing " one more time i will fair dinkum jump through the screen.................thats just the biggest copout .