CARLTON coach Brett Ratten says he won't hesitate to rest captain Chris Judd again this season despite the intense media scrutiny of his decision to leave him out of last week's team.

Judd will return to the Blues' line-up when they take on St Kilda on Monday after he was omitted from the team that played the Giants because of 'soreness'.

Ratten said the week off had done Judd "the world of good" given the physical demands placed on him during the season, and fans and the media should get used to the idea.

"It's actually quite funny. This bloke is an out-and-out superstar of the competition to go and win Brownlow medals, but the focus on him as an individual is just unbelievable," Ratten said from Visy Park on Wednesday.

"When we go back and have a look at teams and how they've managed their lists I don't see the same focus with other teams or individuals.

"That really makes me laugh and we laugh as a coaching group to think that because Chris is out for a week there's all this focus on it.

"You go through and have a look in the last 12 months or even a bit longer, in regards to individual players, they've been taken out of the team and … the reason why is they've got general soreness written there.

"I find it so funny that we make this big song and dance about one individual."

Jarrad Waite and Ed Curnow will also come into the side that is coming off a 67-point win, but Chris Yarran is only rated a 50-50 chance to return from the toe injury he suffered against Essendon in round four.

Last week Matthew Kreuzer was initially set to rest the knee he had reconstructed in 2010, but was called into the 22 in place of Robbie Warnock, who injured a hamstring at training.

Ratten said both Kreuzer and Shaun Hampson would play against the Saints with Kreuzer set to be rested further down the track.

"It's just about managing that knee," he said.

"We're making sure that we don't overload that knee. He's doing more work and his game time is a lot higher … we need to look after him."

That break is unlikely to happen until Warnock is ready to resume at AFL level, which could be a month away given he is set to miss one to two weeks with the injury and then be brought back via the VFL.