DESPITE a commanding 76-point win over Melbourne at the MCG, Carlton coach Brett Ratten is disappointed at his side's inconsistent performance.

Following a week of off-field turmoil, Melbourne matched Ratten's men early, with only errant kicking and late goals to David Ellard and Bret Thornton maintaining the Blues' slender lead at quarter-time.

Despite Carlton's eight-goal second term that effectively ended the contest, Ratten admitted his side was fortunate Melbourne didn't capitalise on its opportunities as Carlton added only seven goals to the Demons' four after half-time.

"I think we got the margin at half-time, but full credit to Melbourne. I thought they came out and put themselves in a position to make it hard work for us. Their inability to kick the goals … I thought we were really lucky at the start," Rattern said.

"We were second for the ball and reactive … there were some general things we put together in our game-plan that we didn't tick off that we wanted to today."

"From that point of view, I thought we just weren't on our game."

Ratten mentioned the inside 50 count where the Blues held a slight advantage (52 to 47) as well as shots on goal (29 to 23) as an indication his side must lift its defensive performance over the next month with its top four chances on the line.

"Maybe the players tried to just chip it around and win some of their ball to make it easy for themselves to get the numbers up across the board," he said.

"I thought our style of play and the things we would like to put in place wasn't at the standard that we set. I was a little bit disappointed."

Despite his disappointment in the defensive performance, Ratten was buoyed by the team's spread of contributors, with 14 individual goalkickers equaling the club record.

"I thought that was good. The players we rotated through the forward line and every one getting in on the action was really good. That's a real positive," he said.

Captain Chris Judd shone with his two-goal haul overshadowed by his 31 possessions, six tackles, eight clearances, 11 inside 50s and three scoring assists.

The Carlton coach seems to be running out of words to describe the inspirational skipper's performances, however Ratten was thrilled he saw some reward on the scoreboard, an area he felt Judd had yet to fully recapture since leaving West Coast.

"That's something he has been chipping away to get the number [of goals] back up," he said.

"When he came to the football club he was scoring a few more goals [at West Coast] … it's just good for him to hit the scoreboard and get a reward at the end of the day.

"He's super competitive and probably personally he has had to adjust to the baby and the sleeping patterns, everything has changed for him in the last two weeks.

"His games for us have been outstanding this season and he followed that form."

Pleased his side finished unscathed, Ratten now turns his attention to Fremantle next Saturday at Patersons Stadium, knowing only a win will hold off West Coast from a spot in the top four.