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Good spot DUC. Think Ratt's speaks well in this interview and clearly had issues for some time with Fev's attitude. Indie/Mav will be all over this quote:


I rather like it too, and interesting Cloke's name wasn't mentioned, maybe the rumours of his departure are right.

God, how I wish we could've kept the Heatley Stand and bulldozed that shitty Legends Stand thing instead.

The part I found most interesting is that he still hasnt spoken to Fev.

Ratts certainly thinks that Brendan should be mature enough to call him while Brendan probably needs to grow up enough to acknowledge that he was in the wrong to call Ratts....and apart from 'How's the family?' and 'All the best mate' - I'm not sure there's much to be said. So having said that - I wouldn't expect either to put a phone call though anytime soon.

The old Carlton swagger....

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great interview i thought

Indeed it twas a good read.

And now for some quality journalism from the hun to go with it

Ratten waiting on call from Fev


FFS

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Gerry, I was very happy with the comment about Santy. It's not as though Ratts has been part of Santy's cheersquad - I would have put him in the doubter's category a year ago. Putting him up there at the head of the KP forward queue is therefore very significant, and I reckon it suggests that Ratts does see him now as part of his best team.

I also think that Ratts' comment suggests that Santy's leg operation was a success and he'll be back in action well before they break for Christmas. Last year, his operation occurred late in the year as his underlying condition defied diagnosis, and that put him behind in his preparation and frustrated him (as Cam Cloke can attest). No such problem this year, and he should be good to go in Rd 1.

I can't believe how little respect he receives from Carlton fans still. It seems he's regularly omitted from our 2010 team projections, and one guy even had Hammer in a key position ahead of him. Kreuzer is best developed in the ruck, and expecting Henderson to shoulder the responsibility of being the prime marking target I50 is breathtakingly unfair. Santy really has to be the big body that holds it all together I50 at the start of the season, and the position is his to lose.

Fevola's body language in the HUN picture is interesting - a bit patronising from player to coach if you ask me. Ratts was a tough unit as a player and is emerging as his own man as a coach. Who wants to be Sir Alex Ferguson anyway?

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AS you would know Indie, I have never had my doubts with Santy. Eveb his first kick for the Ants blew me away.

In the last 2 years I've dubbed him "Insurance"; the swingman who can plug holes for us, but especially against the super tall opposition forwards. He's now at the head of the queue as a KP forward. About time he was settled in a position. Lets hope he makes it his whether it be FF or CHF.

Great interview. A lot to look forward to. Less goals against equals less goals required to win a game. Sounds fair enough. Now lets improve our points for and against and make the 4.

The renaissance started when Pratt came home, then Judd, then finals......GF would be next step....followed by a flag or two or three.

@#$%&! the HUN.

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Ratts does.....!!.. ofcourse.... but galaxies away.......




Norwood .... Eastern Suburban league... secxond division... gifted the job by his mates....

He better learn fast.....

going backwards next year is not an option....... even without Fevola..

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Fevola says he's gonna let his football do the talking. He had a press conference, a radio interview and a television interview to say so. Says he may never return to Melbourne. Who cares?
Ratts is better off without all that bull#$@&%!

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Two things that I noted from the interview:


Distancing himself from expectation with this response. Remember pre-season last year? Ratts stated numerous times that anything short of finals is a failure. No such comments this pre-season. 2010 being the last year of his contract, IIRC, it's a big year for Ratts.


Should have played a straight bat with this one and bunted it back down the pitch. The 'should I have called him, or should he be mature enough to call me' response comes across at petty IMO.

Overall the interview was nothing that I haven't heard before from Ratts, nothing enlightening really.