"BRETT Ratten has been told he will be sacked as coach of Carlton, according to reports."

Melbourne newspaper Herald Sun reported on Wednesday that Ratten had been told this weekend's clash with St Kilda would be his last as coach of the proud and traditional club.

Ratten reportedly sacked by Blues 

Brett Ratten tells family he knows he won't coach Carlton next season

I would love for Melbourne to approach Ratten to come back as the midfield coach for next year if this is true, which it will be.

From all reports when he was at Melbourne the midfield group at the time really rated him as the midfield coach.

He can simply replace Brian Royal, not sure on his contract status though?

Ratten's Carlton coaching career finished

BRETT Ratten’s coaching career at Carlton is finished. His official termination will be announced at 9.30am Thursday at a press conference at Visy Park headed by president Stephen Kernahan, Ratten and club chief executive Greg Swann.

Why do clubs bother with press conferences to make announcements any more? May as well just announce via a press release and if they really feel like it they can have a press conference to field questions/deny that Malthouse has already accepted squillions in non-sequential bills packed in brown paper bags

Definetly got to go after him and replace Royal. We need to get our midfield playing a lot better for

us to go anywhere.

Definetly got to go after him and replace Royal. We need to get our midfield playing a lot better for

us to go anywhere.

yep , agree %100 ,

We should definitely try and entice him. 3-year deal to be midfield coach? He's going to get three blue-chip youngsters to work with from the draft plus guys like Trengove, Blease and Gysberts.

Royal out. Ratten in.

Get it done.

This is all very well, but Neeld is going to have to want him.

I would love for Melbourne to approach Ratten to come back as the midfield coach for next year if this is true, which it will be.

FFS the body isn't even cold yet and you lot are dividing the assets?

FFS the body isn't even cold yet and you lot are dividing the assets?

You have to be quick to get ahead in this brave new world!

Look fwd to the "I played for draft picks" comments at the presser......

3 spoons in a row!

FFS the body isn't even cold yet and you lot are dividing the assets?

We got Neeld before a Grand Final...

FFS the body isn't even cold yet and you lot are dividing the assets?

The body is not even a body yet.

We got Neeld before a Grand Final...

Yeah, we panicked and look what happened - a bit of patience, a lot of planning and some thinking, and we probably could have had MM. Have we been outsmarted yet again by a more ruthless club? Yeah, I know people won't like this comment, but it's a tough world out there away from the MFC.

Built a super midfield but left too many holes in other areas of the list. Ratten's Carlton is one that shows glimpses but inevitably falls apart in the finals and this year didn't even make it.

The only real surprise here is that it took Carlton this long to make the decision.

He Didn't do much with Carltons midfield talent, don't think anyone could do much with Moloney,TacklesMckenzie,Crouch and Magna and so forth, flogging a dead horse.

Got rid of Jacobs for a song too, in summary, he doesn't have a clue.

Get him Melbourne.

I gotta say, this is the cowards way out for carlton, in the grand scheme of things he hasn't done bad and there are mitigating circumstances with their poor year. The courageous thing would've been to stick fat with Rats, but as I said they've caved to pressure and taken the cowards path.

And I will be royally [censored] if no one from the media doesn't grill him about tanking as they did for Bailey, should be interesting.

He Didn't do much with Carltons midfield talent, don't think anyone could do much with Moloney,TacklesMckenzie,Crouch and Magna and so forth, flogging a dead horse.

What if senior coaches have so much on their plate that they can't focus on the midfield as much as they would like? If we picked up Ratten as our midfield coach, could he get some results from our midfield since he has no other things to worry about?

AFL coaching can be a rotten job at times and I feel for Ratten. His players let him down far too often - he would be welcome back at Melbourne for mine.

We should definitely try and entice him. 3-year deal to be midfield coach? He's going to get three blue-chip youngsters to work with from the draft plus guys like Trengove, Blease and Gysberts.

Royal out. Ratten in.

Get it done.

Fine, But what about Ling?

Yeah, we panicked and look what happened - a bit of patience, a lot of planning and some thinking, and we probably could have had MM. Have we been outsmarted yet again by a more ruthless club? Yeah, I know people won't like this comment, but it's a tough world out there away from the MFC.

I don't think we got the "wrong" coach for where the club was at a year ago and for what needed to be done to a real basket case.

This has sure been a horrible year in terms of games won, but there's more to it than that. If MM does take over the Blues it is quite possible they will do very well almost immediately.

But their window is fast closing where ours should be opening.

We had a kindergarten teacher in Bailey who stayed 2 years too long.

Now we have a primary school teacher - just what we need - as we learn how to get into the big game.

The test will come in about 2 years time when our coach will need to deliver BIG time.

MM took 7 years with the Maggies.

He would have needed the same with us - at least.

Would he have been prepared to do all those hard things Neeld is prepared to do ?

Would he have been so honest about why Moloney is not adjusting ?

Would he have been open enough to say so many other things which have needed to be said for so many years - but haven't ?

I have a feeling we would not have.

I don't think we got the "wrong" coach for where the club was at a year ago and for what needed to be done to a real basket case.

This has sure been a horrible year in terms of games won, but there's more to it than that. If MM does take over the Blues it is quite possible they will do very well almost immediately.

But their window is fast closing where ours should be opening.

We had a kindergarten teacher in Bailey who stayed 2 years too long.

Now we have a primary school teacher - just what we need - as we learn how to get into the big game.

The test will come in about 2 years time when our coach will need to deliver BIG time.

MM took 7 years with the Maggies.

He would have needed the same with us - at least.

Would he have been prepared to do all those hard things Neeld is prepared to do ?

Would he have been so honest about why Moloney is not adjusting ?

Would he have been open enough to say so many other things which have needed to be said for so many years - but haven't ?

I have a feeling we would not have.

Well said B.D.

I like Ratten, BUT, I don't think it's a good Idea for him to be at Melbourne next year.

We need to be settled as we strive to overcome our Culture issues & our lack of leadership & changing gamestyle.

Having Ratten at Melbourne could be a destabling public influence.

I wouldn't mind him later on, after 12 months on the sidelines, however I think he'll want to be a head coach again, after a short stint out of it.

Pretty impressive press conference by ratts said he will coach the last round because he doesn't hide from tough times. Also said compared to Sam Rowe who has cancer life isn't that bad. No wonder he was an absolute gun player.

Carlton's recklessness will be their undoing. It breeds disunity.

They have cheated on their finances, wooed players from under the table and stepped over one of their own.

The Board starts getting on a roll with these actions and eventually think they can play God.

Pretty impressive press conference by ratts said he will coach the last round because he doesn't hide from tough times. Also said compared to Sam Rowe who has cancer life isn't that bad. No wonder he was an absolute gun player.

He was good but don't forget ... the sacking presser also doubles as a job application interview these days.