Carlton coach Michael Voss moved to console a “pretty emotional” Elijah Hollands after his performance in Thursday night’s narrow loss to Collingwood.

Hollands was given a kick after the siren on a recount but initially finished the game without a single statistic.

The clean stat sheet prompted a slew of videos posted online showing Hollands struggling away from the ball during the match.

Voss said Hollands cut a “shattered” figure post game.

“I spoke to him after the game, he was really disappointed with how he started the game, really upset, he feels like he’s let me down,” Voss said.

“I had a good chat with him, he was pretty emotional after the game.

“He didn’t play a great game and he struggled to get his way into it, he was clearly really disappointed with his performance.

“Obviously with the importance of the night he feels like he’s let people down, we’ve just got to keep supporting people through those situations.”

Hollands had played 75 per cent of the game until three-quarter time but he was benched for most of the final quarter as Collingwood mowed down the Blues.

Voss said he was not concerned by any of Hollands’ movements.

“Other than that, he was clearly disappointed with himself and clearly disappointed with how he was playing,” he said.

“It comes to the last quarter, you obviously have to work out what mix you want out on the field with five minutes to go.

“He wasn’t having a great night, so (we had) conversations with him, but we obviously thought the best mix was not have him out there.”

The Blues had a chance to sneak away with a draw through Talor Byrne after the siren but the fourth-gamer skewed his kick.

Voss said he was proud of how his players reacted to the missed opportunity.

“It’s understanding it’s not all on the young man’s shoulders,” he said.

“He’s probably rehearsed that 2000 times… he didn’t quite obviously get the job done but the boys rallied. You win together, you lose together.”

Originally published as AFL 2026: Carlton coach Michael Voss has addressed a ‘shattered’ Elijah Hollands