FOR SIX years Chris Judd was the darling of Western Australia.

As an Eagle from 2002-07, Judd won a Brownlow Medal, two club best and fairest and captained a premiership.

But now firmly entrenched as a Carlton player, Judd says his history with West Coast means virtually nothing in the lead-up to this week's clash between the two sides.

Now in his third season at his second club, Judd says there are few remaining links with his time in the west.

"It's getting more and more like just another game. I guess the number of players I played with who are still at the Eagles is really down to probably six or seven senior guys," Judd said.

"There's not as much personal history now."

Speaking a day after his side's heavy loss to Hawthorn, Judd said his young team had to learn to string decent games together to build consistency.

"I think it's rare for young sides not to be inconsistent at times but that still doesn't mean when it happens you say it's all good and well," he said.

"For young players to get better now they have to be consistent performers and that's one of things we'll be ramming home this week."

Judd said it was difficult to identify one specific reason for his side’s poor showing against the Hawks.

“If you look at Hawthorn’s tackling pressure I thought it was better than ours," Judd said. "Their kicking efficiency was better than ours and I thought they ran harder.

“When those things happen in games you are not going to win. Whether it was kicking efficiency, physicality or a combination of a number of things, they got a 50-point win and they deserved it.”

Judd was coy when asked about the main football issue of the day - Barry Hall’s report for rough conduct against North Melbourne.

Remembering his ‘pressure point’ remarks in light of last year’s eye gouging report against Brisbane Lion Michael Rischitelli, Judd was wary when the topic of Hall came up but said factoring in provocation would be a grey area.

“The last time I commented on tribunal goings on it probably provided a fair bit of headache for me so I’ll let Barry and the Bulldogs sort that out,” he said.

“If you look at provocation it is going to start to get pretty tricky to work out what is and isn’t fair. If someone says something nasty to you is that fair, I’m not sure, I’m obviously not a lawyer, will never be a lawyer and will never work for the tribunal.”