Blues coach Michael Voss says there’s always next week. He might find that’s not the case

March 30, 2026 — 11:45am

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Carlton coach Michael Voss was as he almost always is after Sunday’s latest disastrous defeat to Melbourne.

There were strong soundbites. He was “filthy”. He admitted he could not ignore the Blues’ third-quarter and general second-half problems. The Blues had to “put a wedge against that wheel” when things were trending the wrong way. And, of course, giving up another 40-plus point lead to lose was “really disappointing”.

Voss did not present as a beaten man, as he, perhaps sometimes did during the first half of 2023, when a string of losses left Carlton slumped in the bottom four before they rebounded to make a surprise preliminary final run.

The ex-Brisbane Lions champion and coach chose instead to take the positives, adding there was no need for a “circuit-breaker” and that there was always next week, where a quick turnaround to face North Melbourne on Good Friday might be a good thing.

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