Carlton coach Michael Voss says he understands the frustration of his membership’s long-suffering supporter base after Blues followers exited Marvel Stadium early in opposition to the Brisbane Lions.
As the siren sounded for three-quarter time, a refrain of boos echoed across the roofed area as Carlton trailed by 40 factors in a Friday evening blockbuster following a goal-less time period.
A robust part of the 45,848 followers – a report home-and-away crowd for a Blues-Lions match – weren’t there for a belated Blues fightback within the final quarter.
Carlton rallied to kick 5.3 to three.1 within the final quarter, however the Lions nonetheless recorded a powerful 26-point victory, inflicting a 3rd defeat in 4 video games on the Blues.
Voss mentioned the membership welcomed the strain of getting nearly 90,000 members to carry out for.
“When you’ve got that wave of support, you want them to bring the noise,” he mentioned.
“With that, there’s good, and with that there’s also some things that you’re going to have to go through as well.
“But what they need to know is that they have a bunch right here which have a very robust need to need to get higher.
“We got some feedback that says that we need to go to work on a few things, so we understand the frustration and and we’ll get after it – that’s our promise.”
Voss mentioned it was less than him to “determine what they can and can’t do”.
“All I know is that I’d rather have our fanbase,” he mentioned.
“I’d rather have them there being able to create some noise for us.
“We’re in a very privileged place in that we have a really massive supporter base so we’ll embrace that greater than something.”
After falling short of the top-eight in heartbreaking fashion last year, the pressure is on the Blues to play finals for the first time since 2013.
This match was the first of a difficult run for Carlton, with the Western Bulldogs, Collingwood, Sydney and Melbourne to follow in the next month.
The Blues were undefeated after the first month of the season but have slipped to 4-1-3 to be on the verge of being outside the top-eight.
Carlton’s premiership drought stretches again 28 years and their final grand ultimate look got here in 1999.
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