Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer.<\/a><\/p>\nCurnow, 28, said suggestions he wanted a trade had affected he and his family, also denying he\u2019d told the Blues he wanted to explore his options.<\/p>\n
Voss, who earlier this week ensured Curnow was a \u201cCarlton man and will stay a Carlton man,\u201d said he hadn\u2019t spoken with the star forward about the trade rumours this week as they look to move past it.<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JULY 24: Charlie Curnow of the Blues is congratulated by team mates after kicking a goal during the round 20 AFL match between Hawthorn Hawks and Carlton Blues at Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 24, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing about that (in our conversations). Surprisingly,\u201d Voss told reporters on Thursday night. <\/p>\n
\u201cNormally what happens is a story emerges and there\u2019s speculation and hearsay about what has or hasn\u2019t been said. Then I get asked a question about it in the press conference and someone writes a story about what I say. Then it becomes somewhat true, and it\u2019s not. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo we move. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll do, I\u2019ll move on and I\u2019m sure he will as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saints legend Leigh Montagna meanwhile highlighted that Curnow never actually asked for a trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s a big difference between a player towards the back-end of his career at a club that isn\u2019t going to play finals to think about what life would look like at another club, as opposed to saying: \u2018Yes, I want out\u2019,\u201d Montagna said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI can see it both ways, but I\u2019m glad he\u2019s staying. I want to see him stay at Carlton and be a Carlton person through and through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Curnow responded to a big week of headlines with two goals on a night his forward partner in crime Harry McKay returned from a knee injury.<\/p>\n
But the 7-12 Blues were comfortably beaten by Hawthorn in Sam Docherty\u2019s final match and Jacob Weitering\u2019s 200th game to continue their disappointing season that will end in a second-straight finals miss.<\/p>\n
Carlton started slow out of the gates, conceding six goals in the first term and trailing by as much as 43 points at one stage, before fighting back in the second half to make the final margin a respectable 24 points.<\/p>\n
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JULY 24: Michael Voss, Senior Coach of the Blues looks on during the 2025 AFL Round 20 match between the Hawthorn Hawks and the Carlton Blues at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 24, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson\/AFL Photos via Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Voss said it exemplified the \u201cstory\u201d of the Blues season of \u201csometimes not always\u201d as it \ufefffailed to send out Docherty in style.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe result was disappointing. We came in wanting to create a pretty special memory of two players we hold in the highest of regard. Had huge impact on our football club,\u201d the Blues coach said. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously Doc has been well spoken about this week and I don\u2019t know whether there\u2019s another story we can tell about him, it\u2019s all been spoken for us. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had the fortune of being able to spend a bit more time with him behind the scenes. In all the discussions we had, his motivation for this football club has always been at the forefront of his mind. As he expressed the other day, he\u2019s disappointed he can\u2019t leave on better terms.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd obviously with Jacob, it\u2019s his 200th game and the way he\u2019s been able to evolve his leadership over the most recent of times has been particularly impressive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would’ve liked to have started better. The Hawks getting the jump and the scoreboard going that way proved too hard to be able to fight back. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the rest of the game was somewhat a stalemate, the reality was the margin was too big to drag back from what is a pretty good football team.\u201d <\/p>\n
Docherty farewell ends in loss | 02:16<\/p>\n
Take a bow! Docherty scores in last game | 00:32<\/p>\n
Voss, who along with several key figures at Ikon Park faces an uncertain future, said the club could still take valuable lessons out of the final few rounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said to the group before, even through these periods of time you\u2019ve still got to take something out of it. Where\u2019s the lesson to be learned? What do we want this to mean in the bigger picture?,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard some stories about some individuals who have had some really hard times and been able to find out their way on the other side and been a better version because of it. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf that\u2019s the time we need to take right now, we\u2019ll take that. There will be plenty of conversations we need to be able to have and the meaning we want to take out of this period of time, as tough as it\u2019s been. <\/p>\n
\u201cBecause you can use that to be able to accelerate your growth. Whether you use it because it hurts and losing hurts, or it makes you hungry. Whatever your motivation is, we\u2019ve got to find out what it is. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the hunger we need to have and the fight we need to develop over this period of time. We\u2019ve got to get really clear on that. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf that means it takes a few weeks to learn that even more, well so be it. But we\u2019ve got to use this period of time, as disappointing as it\u2019s been, in our favour. Take the lessons out of it and make ourselves better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlie Curnow has emphatically declared \u201cI\u2019m playing at Carlton next year\u201d as Blues coach Michael Voss says he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,684,3239,1129,19999,19994,1119,13774,2105,2485,9130,19996,7492,681,3465,20001,647,3257,7198,673,677,20000,668,19995,701,3247,20002,14272,19997,85,670,19998,2535,18155,660],"class_list":["post-18839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-ben-cotton","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-dream-farewell","tag-farewell-ends","tag-football-club","tag-football-team","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-gold-coast","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-harry-mckay","tag-hawthorn-hawks","tag-jon-ralph","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-lifestyle-reasons","tag-melbourne","tag-michael-voss","tag-michael-willson","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-player-spoke","tag-press-conference","tag-pretty-special-memory","tag-queensland","tag-robert-cianflone","tag-saints-legend","tag-sam-docherty","tag-second-straight-finals-miss","tag-sports","tag-sydney","tag-team-mates","tag-trade-rumours","tag-trade-talk","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}