There’s fears for Michael Voss’ future after yet another horror Carlton fade out in the “same old story.”

The Blues surrendered a 43-point lead to Melbourne in Sunday’s defeat at the MCG to fall to 1-2 on the season ahead of a must-win Good Friday clash with North Melbourne.

It marked a third-straight game where the Blues have stumbled after the main break, with Voss’ side -153 in second halves across 2026.

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“I’m pretty filthy. We’re putting ourselves in great positions and we’re handing it back,” Voss told reporters after his side’s loss to Melbourne.

“That sounds like I’m taking away something from Melbourne … but we’re also not helping ourselves.

“We have to own it, that’s the first thing we have to do.

“Today was really disappointing. I was expecting more than that and we just didn’t get the change we were after.”

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In a season Voss, contracted until the end of 2026, is one of the coaches under the most scrutiny, he faces an uphill battle to retain his job beyond this year if the club can’t turn things around.

“It was a blue day for Michael Voss,” chief Herald Sun reporter Jay Clark said on Fox Footy’s The First Crack.

“It is the same old story for the Carlton Football Club. This might be the loss that marks the cards for Michael Voss.

“Imagine what Patrick Cripps is thinking, he’s thinking ‘not again’. It is the same old experience.

“That surely is a shattered group.

“Unfortunately it is concrete boots in the second half, they’ve seen it so many times.

“Michael Voss needs a miracle from here to keep his job.”

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Dual premiership Kangaroo David King also thinks Sunday’s loss to Melbourne might’ve stamped Voss’ papers.

“With coaches in this situation, there’s always ‘the game’. And to me, this screams ‘the game’. ‘The game’ where the music stops It happens for all coaches at some point,” he said on the program.

“We knew Michael Voss had s fight on his hands coming into this season, he was the talk of the off-season. Can he survive? What does he need to do? What’s break-even? Is it 10 wins that gets him another contract?

“The second halves of the first three games have been a disaster.”

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It follows a list rest at Ikon Park after Charlie Curnow, Tom De Koning and Jack Silvagni all departed and Will Hayward, Ollie Florent and Ben Ainsworth were among their inclusions.

But Saints great Leigh Montagna still doesn’t think they have the necessary talent on their list to play the modern brand.  

“I don’t think they have the tools, you talk about the transition game you need to play now. I think there’s only our players in that team that can play it to a high standard,” he said on The First Crack.

“Jagga Smith in three games has shown he can do it. Sam Walsh, the two Hollands boys are capable of it and Ben Ainsworth a little bit.

“I don’t think the rest of the list is able to play this style of modern footy they need to.

“That’s why they’re getting found out in second halves, as much as there is the scars – and there’s no doubt there is some mental scars with their second-half performances.

“But I also just think physically and capability wise they don’t have the ability to go with teams.”

King even challenged Walsh, despite the Blues star last month signing a mammoth eight-year contract extension.

“I’ve got my questions of Walsh. He can run and overlap, but can he kick it?,” the Roos great posed.

“So in the end what does that do for you? I don’t care how long they’re signed for, this is what they are as a product.

“So you’ve got to work around that and with that. If you are not a designated kicker, don’t be slaughtering the footy going in the second half, because it makes the team defend again.

“That’s a problem you have to coach your way through. Don’t give him high premiums in the midfield if he can’t deliver that for you.”