Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m pretty filthy. We\u2019re putting ourselves in great positions and we\u2019re handing it back,\u201d Voss told reporters after his side\u2019s loss to Melbourne.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sounds like I\u2019m taking away something from Melbourne \u2026 but we\u2019re also not helping ourselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to own it, that\u2019s the first thing we have to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was really disappointing. I was expecting more than that and we just didn\u2019t get the change we were after.\u201d<\/p>\n
Voss ‘filthy’ with Carlton collapse | 07:35<\/p>\n
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\u2019t turn things around.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a blue day for Michael Voss,\u201d chief Herald Sun reporter Jay Clark said on Fox Footy\u2019s The First Crack.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the same old story for the Carlton Football Club. This might be the loss that marks the cards for Michael Voss.<\/p>\n
\u201cImagine what Patrick Cripps is thinking, he\u2019s thinking \u2018not again\u2019. It is the same old experience. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat surely is a shattered group.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately it is concrete boots in the second half, they\u2019ve seen it so many times.<\/p>\n
\u201cMichael Voss needs a miracle from here to keep his job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dees Stun Blues with 66-point turnaround | 02:57<\/p>\n
Dual premiership Kangaroo David King also thinks Sunday\u2019s loss to Melbourne might\u2019ve stamped Voss\u2019 papers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith coaches in this situation, there\u2019s always \u2018the game\u2019. And to me, this screams \u2018the game\u2019. \u2018The game\u2019 where the music stops It happens for all coaches at some point,\u201d he said on the program. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe 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\u2019s break-even? Is it 10 wins that gets him another contract?<\/p>\n
\u201cThe second halves of the first three games have been a disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘Belief’ key in Demons comeback | 06:53<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
But Saints great Leigh Montagna still doesn\u2019t think they have the necessary talent on their list to play the modern brand. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think they have the tools, you talk about the transition game you need to play now. I think there\u2019s only our players in that team that can play it to a high standard,\u201d he said on The First Crack.<\/p>\n
\u201cJagga 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think the rest of the list is able to play this style of modern footy they need to.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why they\u2019re getting found out in second halves, as much as there is the scars \u2013 and there\u2019s no doubt there is some mental scars with their second-half performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I also just think physically and capability wise they don\u2019t have the ability to go with teams.\u201d<\/p>\n
King even challenged Walsh, despite the Blues star last month signing a mammoth eight-year contract extension.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got my questions of Walsh. He can run and overlap, but can he kick it?,\u201d the Roos great posed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo in the end what does that do for you? I don\u2019t care how long they\u2019re signed for, this is what they are as a product.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you\u2019ve got to work around that and with that. If you are not a designated kicker, don\u2019t be slaughtering the footy going in the second half, because it makes the team defend again.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a problem you have to coach your way through. Don\u2019t give him high premiums in the midfield if he can\u2019t deliver that for you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s fears for Michael Voss\u2019 future after yet another horror Carlton fade out in the \u201csame old story.\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,25877,684,139441,3239,1129,3496,156390,269063,2105,27237,6179,19125,3465,280733,280734,647,7804,3257,49519,677,7800,28008,1138,54324,87576,85,79260,280735,1117,163960,660],"class_list":["post-571920","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-ainsworth","tag-ben-cotton","tag-brutal-call","tag-carlton-blues","tag-charlie-curnow","tag-dual-premiership","tag-eight-year-contract-extension","tag-extraordinary-comeback","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-herald-sun","tag-jack-silvagni","tag-jay-clark","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-list-rest","tag-mammoth-eight-year-contract","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-michael-voss","tag-music-stops","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-cripps","tag-quinn-rooney","tag-sam-walsh","tag-second-half-performances","tag-sides-victory","tag-sports","tag-steven-king","tag-stunning-second-half-assault","tag-tom-de-koning","tag-transition-game","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571920","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=571920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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