Ratten held a joint press conference with Lions coach Michael Voss on the eve of their Easter Thursday night match at the Gabba.
He was impressed with Fevola’s three-goal Lions debut against the Eagles in round one.
“I think they went to him 27 times which is probably more than we did in games,” Ratten said.
“He’s never played in an opposing team against us in a home and away game, he’s always played in a navy blue jumper so it will be different for him.”
Ratten said after Carlton played the Lions in a NAB Challenge match earlier this year, he found striking similarities between Fevola and Daniel Bradshaw, the man he replaced at full forward.
“Whether it was Bradshaw or Fevola, that player and the way he played were very similar,” Ratten said.”
Ratten said there is no need to speak to his players about dishing out rough treatment to the former Blues champion, but it certainly won’t be encouraged.
“It’s up to the individual,” Ratten said.
“Some players like to get on the front foot, some players don’t talk back to players, they like to just keep to themselves and concentrate on what they have to do.
"Just concentrate, win the ball, that’s where courage comes from, putting your head over the ball at the right time and not having a cheap shot at someone.”
Ratten also won’t be mentioning Carlton’s last trip to the Gabba, when they gave up a 30-point lead during the final quarter of last year’s elimination final to lose by seven points.
“The look on the players faces and in their eyes after the game, I think that’s something that sits with them,” Ratten said.
“To look at Marc Murphy, [Kade] Simpson, those types of players and see how much it hurt.
That’s what footy is about, you have a roller coaster emotionally up and down each week and in finals.”
Ratten said the Carlton players have worked on changing the momentum of their play, deciding when to go quick and when to go slow, to avoid a similar collapse.
“It has taken a fair while for us to change our mindset and the team rules slowing the game,” Ratten said.
“We’ve improved in that area and I thought we used it fairly well against Richmond the other night.”
Ratten said Jonathan Brown (five goals) was outstanding against the Eagles and must be contained if Carlton is to have a chance of winning.
He believes their seven-day break compared to the Lions five-day rest is a clear advantage, but that the only certainty is that this will be another close game.
“This will be a red hot contest,” Ratten said.
“The experts have picked us out of the eight this year and picked Brisbane in the top four so we’ll get good gauge where we're at by the end of the game.”
