Have you read the age today? Ratten has given the players a day off??? Lol. "here guys, cause you played like 2nd grade pussies, take the day off.... You deserve it!" haha. !@#$%& hilarious.

If you bother to read the article they are Steven Icke's words not Ratten's.

If you bother to read the article they are Steven Icke's words not Ratten's.

I'll start off by saying this: we haven't beaten Essendon* the last 6 times? we've played them, and I'd expect this will be number 7. I'm tipping Essendon* because I don't have proof that this Carlton team can beat them.

If it meant not winning another game this year, I'd gladly take a win over the Scum this week. Apart from the fact that they are the very essence of evil in this world, they gave us Glen Hawker which is reason in itself to hate them.

Essendon* supporters need to be put into their rightful place. They are the most deluded football followers out there. In fact, the majority of Essendon* supporters are nothing but theatre goers who think that Jay Neagle is a star in the making (he aint), that Kyle Reimers is tough (he aint - he's a pissweak whiny little bitch), and often only find out their team's result when reading the Herald Scum (thank you Robbo) the following day.

I hate them and everything to do with them. I despise every piece of fabric in their guernseys and I loathe every blade of grass on Scum Hill. Their list is made up of cheats and criminals, and they learn all they know from the greatest cheat of them all in Matthew Nights. Their lack of skill in the footballing department is supposedly made up by their expertise in the sniper department. They are the cause of everything that is wrong with this world and I will wait and wait for however long it takes to beat them and when we do, I will sing our song with gusto and remember the day the navy blues put a sock in the mouths of those pricks.

and breathe...

I hate them as much as you do, but can you explain why they are cheats??

In 1999 Essendon* was fined around $280,000 for salary cap breaches between 1992 and 1996. The Bombers were also excluded from the first two rounds of the 1999 national draft.

Essendon* cheated, simple as that

They had a holiday last Saturday afternoon!

"..travelled a bit recently..", really, are you sure?

1 game from 10 involved travel. 2 games in 14 involved travel

CARLTON will make up to four changes for its vital clash against Essendon* on Friday night but captain Chris Judd is a certain starter.

Blues coach Brett Ratten said today Judd would play at the MCG despite suffering a bruised pectoral muscle against Collingwood last weekend.

But Ratten said he would look to make 2-4 changes to the team that was thumped by the Magpies.

He also said the focus was on winning the contested footy and that was heavily discussed at the club’s review on Sunday.

are the teams being released tonight?