A SUBSTANTIAL loss on Friday night could result in the end of Carlton coach Brett Ratten’s career as unfortunate as it may sound. The doomsayers are predicting president Stephen Kernahan and the Blues board may have no choice but to cease with Ratten by the end of the weekend if they were to see a

FOOTBALL NATION OPINION YOU would think that, as the coach of a brand new expansion team in the AFL, you would have a measure of job security that would be the envy of your peers. After all with expectations at a fledgling club so low surely fielding a team and showing some spirit would be enough

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The spectre of two Sydney teams struggling is a “catastrophic” prospect, according to Paul Roos

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Paul Roos knows about seemingly lost causes – handy experience as the Swans prepare to play at Geelong

Sydney coach Paul Roos calls Lance Franklin and Jarryd Roughead “formidable and phenomenal”

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