Under-fire Carlton coach Michael Voss is satisfied he nonetheless has the assist of his gamers and the beleaguered AFL membership’s hierarchy.
The Blues’ season plunged to new depths with a 34-point defeat to arch-rivals Essendon on Sunday night time, turning up the blowtorch on their second-year coach.
They have now misplaced six consecutive video games – and eight of their final 9 – for the primary time because the horror run that led to Brendon Bolton’s dismissal as coach 4 years in the past.
“What I’ve always felt from the entire club is support – support for our program and what we’re trying to achieve,” Voss stated.
“There are some immediate things that we need to be able to get after and there’s some longer term things that we need to be able to get after as well.”
Speaking on radio earlier than their newest loss, Blues chief government Brian Cook assured Voss will see out his contract as coach, which runs to the tip of 2024.
At the identical time, membership president Luke Sayers stated Carlton had been nonetheless desperately chasing an finish to their decade-long finals drought this 12 months.
But the top-eight isn’t on Voss’ radar at this stage, with a sport towards Gold Coast to return earlier than the mid-season bye.
“I’m personally more worried about getting home, looking at the game, reviewing it and getting in Monday or Tuesday really clear on what we need to do next,” Voss stated.
“There is a lot of the season left. We’ve got 10 games left.
“There’s so much to take out of it and we’ll be enjoying to the final minute.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
