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http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/carlton-to-extend-rattens-deal/2008/08/27/1219516565142.html
CARLTON is on the verge of extending coach Brett Ratten's contract after a successful year that delivered the club 10 wins heading into the final round.
Ratten will talk to chief executive Greg Swann at the end of the season, but Swann revealed that talks this week pointed to a longer-term deal for the former Blues captain.
"We would certainly be looking very favourably at extending Brett's contract because the club has improved tremendously and we think there's more improvement to come," Swann said.
Ratten is happy to leave contract talks until the club's annual season review, but said "it would be great" to extend the two-year deal he started this season.
He took the reins as interim coach with six games left last year after Denis Pagan was sacked.
"If the club thinks I deserve an extension, I would love to get one, but we'll sit down and see what happens," Ratten said yesterday.
"I'm not really worried about all of that until the year is finished."
Putting to one side Saturday night's fascination with the race to 100 goals for gun forwards Lance Franklin and Brendan Fevola, Blues skipper Chris Judd said Carlton had a chance to finish the year on a tremendous high.
"We've come a long way this season in terms of how we're viewed by the rest of the competition and the football public," he said.
"If we come out and put in a sub-par performance it would detract from what's been a reasonably successful year for this footy club.
"Hawthorn are the second-best team in the competition. It's a huge test for us and a good experience for some of the young players to play on some of the big-name players in the competition."
Judd was named an environmental ambassador for Visy, which begins a three-year naming rights partnership with the club.
Ratten expected the club's $18 million redevelopment to lure prospective players to the newly named Visy Park.
The new football headquarters, training and community facility is due at the end of next year and Ratten said it could "draw some good players to our club" in the coming years.
Judd said the club's plans for the environmentally friendly facility were part of the reason he joined the Blues from West Coast at the end of last season.
"To come up to speed with the other clubs and probably go a step forward is really exciting," he said.
"It's great to see it is going to happen.
"An indoor pool and state-of-the-art facilities is a huge thing for the players and something we're all looking forward to."
The Heatley and Harris stands have been demolished to make way for the facility, which has been jointly funded by the club, State Government, Melbourne City Council and the league.
Swann said Visy boss Richard Pratt, who stood down as Carlton president amid recent allegations he lied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, had paved the way for the project.
"This is the continuation of his long-standing support for the club," Swann said.
The development includes a gymnasium, warm-up area, pool and administrative offices, a 70-seat lecture theatre, meeting and function rooms, and cafe.
Swann said it was "not beyond the realms" of possibility for the redeveloped site to again host AFL games, but said it was highly unlikely.
CARLTON is on the verge of extending coach Brett Ratten's contract after a successful year that delivered the club 10 wins heading into the final round.
Ratten will talk to chief executive Greg Swann at the end of the season, but Swann revealed that talks this week pointed to a longer-term deal for the former Blues captain.
"We would certainly be looking very favourably at extending Brett's contract because the club has improved tremendously and we think there's more improvement to come," Swann said.
Ratten is happy to leave contract talks until the club's annual season review, but said "it would be great" to extend the two-year deal he started this season.
He took the reins as interim coach with six games left last year after Denis Pagan was sacked.
"If the club thinks I deserve an extension, I would love to get one, but we'll sit down and see what happens," Ratten said yesterday.
"I'm not really worried about all of that until the year is finished."
Putting to one side Saturday night's fascination with the race to 100 goals for gun forwards Lance Franklin and Brendan Fevola, Blues skipper Chris Judd said Carlton had a chance to finish the year on a tremendous high.
"We've come a long way this season in terms of how we're viewed by the rest of the competition and the football public," he said.
"If we come out and put in a sub-par performance it would detract from what's been a reasonably successful year for this footy club.
"Hawthorn are the second-best team in the competition. It's a huge test for us and a good experience for some of the young players to play on some of the big-name players in the competition."
Judd was named an environmental ambassador for Visy, which begins a three-year naming rights partnership with the club.
Ratten expected the club's $18 million redevelopment to lure prospective players to the newly named Visy Park.
The new football headquarters, training and community facility is due at the end of next year and Ratten said it could "draw some good players to our club" in the coming years.
Judd said the club's plans for the environmentally friendly facility were part of the reason he joined the Blues from West Coast at the end of last season.
"To come up to speed with the other clubs and probably go a step forward is really exciting," he said.
"It's great to see it is going to happen.
"An indoor pool and state-of-the-art facilities is a huge thing for the players and something we're all looking forward to."
The Heatley and Harris stands have been demolished to make way for the facility, which has been jointly funded by the club, State Government, Melbourne City Council and the league.
Swann said Visy boss Richard Pratt, who stood down as Carlton president amid recent allegations he lied to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, had paved the way for the project.
"This is the continuation of his long-standing support for the club," Swann said.
The development includes a gymnasium, warm-up area, pool and administrative offices, a 70-seat lecture theatre, meeting and function rooms, and cafe.
Swann said it was "not beyond the realms" of possibility for the redeveloped site to again host AFL games, but said it was highly unlikely.
