Legend poses big Voss question amid alarming Blues slide

Essendon large Matthew Lloyd has questioned whether Michael Voss has the tactical nous to assistance Carlton emergence up the ladder pursuing a disappointing period of form.

The Blues showed accelerated betterment nether Voss successful his debut play past twelvemonth earlier falling distant successful the last period to miss retired connected a apical 8 spot connected the last time of the location and distant season.

After going undefeated successful the archetypal 4 rounds of 2023, Carlton has been beaten successful 4 of its past 5 outings, with galore experts criticising the team's dilatory shot question going forward.

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While determination person been murmurs of Voss being connected the blistery seat, Carlton shot brag Brad Lloyd, the member of Matthew, told Nine's Footy Classified that the Blues manager retained the backing of the club.

Questions are being asked of Carlton manager Michael Voss' tactical nous aft his team's caller struggles (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"I deliberation Vossy is 1 of the champion things to hap astatine the Carlton footy nine successful a agelong time," helium said.

"He's an outstanding leader, an outstanding person, sensational with the players. We saw what helium did past twelvemonth successful getting the radical going.

"We've got implicit content successful him and our coaching group.

"I deliberation we request stability. We request to enactment united, enactment connected, enactment unchangeable arsenic a footy club.

"The worst happening that could hap is the nine divides, which isn't going to hap with the radical we've got astatine the footy club."

A spirited comeback from Carlton fell abbreviated arsenic they yet went down by 20 points to the Bulldogs (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

However, contempt his brother's ballot of confidence, the Essendon champion questioned whether Carlton needed to bolster its coaching department.

"The strategy of Michael Voss is successful question successful my opinion," helium told Footy Classified.

"(Collingwood assistant) Justin Leppitsch they accidental astir apt won't beryllium different elder manager ever again due to the fact that helium whitethorn person immoderate flaws successful different areas, but helium sees the crippled amended than anybody else.

"Michael is large successful areas, possibly it's different country helium needs to beryllium supported by others.

"I deliberation strategy (is wherever Voss is deficient). To me, I haven't seen thing implicit the past (few years).

The cardinal issues plaguing Carlton

"They fell isolated (last year), they were going to play finals and mislaid 4 successful a row, games that were determination to beryllium won. This year, they haven't beaten a scalp successful a just while.

"The strategy, the assemblage is retired connected Michael Voss. They whitethorn accidental that he's large successful areas, but astatine the extremity of the time it's astir winning games of shot and is it that they request to situation him with others if he's anemic successful areas."

While plentifulness person pointed the digit astatine Voss, Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes suggested that Carlton's struggles boiled down to their astir highly-paid players not pulling their weight.

"This is the playing database that Carlton have, there's nary get-outs. They can't hole it. They are each successful connected this group," helium told Footy Classified.

Carlton prima Harry McKay has kicked astir arsenic galore behinds arsenic goals done the archetypal 9 rounds (Getty)

"You tin telephone it a semipermanent declaration curse, you tin telephone it immoderate you like, but they're not getting worth for wealth retired of those players.

"(Patrick) Cripps won a Brownlow, truthful you'd springiness him a tick, (Charlie) Curnow you'd springiness a tick, and (Sam) Walsh ever gives effort, isolated from that, are those players surviving up to those deals?

"It was ever a hazard going each successful with this radical that hadn't yet truly achieved thing successful presumption of September success."

Having tumbled retired of the apical 8 aft losing to the Bulldogs astatine the weekend, Voss and Carlton's task gets nary easier this week erstwhile they look the AFL's ladder-leaders, Collingwood.

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