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[Sin City]

Ratten laments slow starts

CARLTON coach Brett Ratten has lamented the slow starts against Richmond and Collingwood that may have doomed the Blues' NAB Cup campaign.

"I thought in the first game we were really slow to get started and then we got going and really got our hands on the football, which was really pleasing," Ratten said.

"There are no excuses. It was the hand we were dealt, we had to do the best we could and I thought the players did really well. I'm not sure how much it was the difference between the teams."

Despite the mixed results, Ratten was delighted to have given inexperienced players like Levi Casboult, Andrew McInnes, Rohan Kerr, Wayde Twomey and Nick Duigan some exposure at the level.

The coach joined the chorus of disapproval at the contentious out of bounds rule trialled during the first round of which he said went against "the principles of the game".

Ratten laments slow starts

Only round one of the NAB cup but slow starts have been a bit of a problem in the past before a big comeback and just falling short. Need to take control of the game before playing free wheeling footy.

 

[zeeCFC]

Slow starts - a worrying trend

 

[thylacine60]

**** lament - prevent!

 

[Sin City]

**** lament - prevent!

Completely agree, gotta take control of the game with pressure and intensity then try and play it on your terms, not just hope to have it your way right from the start.

 

[CrippsonBlue]

Scored the first goal against the Pies, and it was locked at 8 each for around 3/4 of the first half.

Hardly a slow start - just a throw away line.

 

[Silvagnis]

Sack Ratten for talking about the slow start in the game we won, not the game we lost. *bangs head against desk*

 

[as0l0]

mods, please delete this thread. it's a duplicate from last year

 

[Close to 17]

Prediction on Ratten threads this season

Bidding starts at 100

Do I hear any advances?

 

[Weiterbot23]

Ratten should be kept as a assistant. Gets the most out of individuals.

Not the best Tactician. We look good with the ball, but theres still not enough pressure when we don't have it. Collingwoods zone and pressure is amazing. Every possesion against them is conteseted.

 

[Alpha1]

New Year same shit by the Blues, good to see some things never change, has been our biggest problem for a long, long time now.

 

[thylacine60]

New Year same shit by the Blues, good to see some things never change, has been our biggest problem for a long, long time now.

Yep...

 

[CarltonFan]

Sack Ratten

ffs. Here we go again

It's only nab cup round 1 calm down.

 

[thylacine60]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosha

 

[zeeCFC]

Why would we sack Ratts then hire the coach of the wooden spooners, Thy?

 

[thylacine60]

Pay that. Because he's an ex-Carlton coaching legend.

 

[Alpha1]

Ratts won't be getting sacked, has done good things since hes been coach, just needs to get the team to take that next step. Has got a good list now and a bit more depth, think Ratts + Carlton = Marriage.

 

[Pafloyul]

I'm delirious...

 

[Mr.X]

Ratts won't be getting sacked, has done good things since hes been coach, just needs to get the team to take that next step. Has got a good list now and a bit more depth, think Ratts + Carlton = Marriage.

Hmm.. a bad start to the season may change this