'Humiliated' Ratten lauded over swipe at Riewoldt

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Brett Ratten has been lauded for a "fantastic" effect to disapproval from St Kilda champion Nick Riewoldt aft what was deemed an "embarrassing" sacking.

Ratten deed retired astatine comments made by Riewoldt, who suggested standards astatine the nine nether the erstwhile Saints coach's tenure were "sub-par".

Essendon large Matthew Lloyd and seasoned AFL columnist Damian Barrett some defended Ratten's comments.

"I thought it was a fantastic response," Barrett said connected Nine's Footy Classified connected Wednesday night.

"He was humiliated by the actions of the nine (St Kilda)."

Ratten, who is the existent interim manager astatine North Melbourne, did not mince his words hitting backmost astatine Riewoldt, the erstwhile Saints skipper.

"I tin committedness you now, the standards successful that associated (St Kilda) implicit the past nevertheless agelong person been sub-par," Riewoldt said connected the Footy Talk podcast.

Nick Riewoldt remains highly adjacent with Ross Lyon aft the duo's clip unneurotic astatine St Kilda (AAP)

Current St Kilda manager Ross Lyon returned to Linton Street and took implicit from Ratten astatine the commencement of 2023.

"They person perfectly gone guardant this year," Riewoldt said of the club's standards nether Lyon.

Ratten, who was axed by the Saints successful October contempt signing a two-year declaration hold conscionable months earlier, made himself heard connected Wednesday.

"The lone clip helium (Riewoldt) came was for escaped physio, that's the lone clip helium was astatine the club, truthful I don't cognize wherever helium saw those standards," Ratten said.

"What tin hap astatine footy clubs, and successful life, is second-hand accusation tin beryllium distributed successful the mode (people) want.

Brett Ratten was sacked conscionable months aft signing an hold astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth (Getty)

"That's his opinion, I can't alteration it."

Lloyd called retired Riewoldt's devotion to Lyon, indicating it compromised Ratten's tenure astatine Moorabbin.

"There's arsenic choky a player-coach narration I've seen, Riewoldt and Ross Lyon," Lloyd told Footy Classified.

"Poor Brett Ratten has copped it arsenic hard arsenic anyone could bull connected the mode out. Nine months connected helium past cops it again from a antheral helium was made judge was down doing it."

It comes arsenic North Melbourne announced the instrumentality day of manager Alastair Clarkson connected Wednesday, confirming helium volition instrumentality implicit from Ratten successful Round 21.

Brett Ratten's tenure astatine St Kilda has been labelled 'sub-par'. (Getty)

"I knew done this period, I didn't cognize when, but 'Clarko' was coming back," Ratten said.

"I knew it was going to travel to an extremity and present it's a mates of weeks away.

But the interim manager has taken a affirmative rotation connected his abbreviated tenure, saying the clarity from North Melbourne makes his exit easier.

"I didn't get the accidental past clip to accidental goodbye (at St Kilda) and this is simply a bully accidental to conscionable bask the past mates of weeks," helium said.

North Melbourne look Ratten's aged broadside St Kilda connected Sunday astatine Marvel Stadium.

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