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Defender Nick Haynes’ message to his underperforming Carlton teammates on Thursday night was simple: shape up or ship out.
Haynes backed under-siege coach Voss after the Blues’ 50-point hammering at the hands of
Port, insisting the blueprint remains solid.
The veteran defender believes it’s up to the players – himself included – to execute Voss’
gameplan better and for longer. And if they can’t, then a stint in the VFL might help ram the
message home.
“We’ve played some good quarters this year, which shows the system works,” Haynes said.
“When we do, it looks exciting.
“But we haven’t been able to play that system for long enough; for four full quarters. We
definitely take onus for that and it will be our goal next week.
“And if blokes don’t do it, we’ve got plenty of young guys coming through the twos who will
play the system we want.”
The Adelaide Oval horror show came just five days after a shock eleven-point loss to North
Melbourne, putting Voss’ position under increased scrutiny.
Carlton has spent big to build a seasoned squad for the ‘now’, but the results continue to
disappoint.
Retired great Lance Franklin said during the week he doesn’t expect Voss to see out the
season, suggesting change “needs to happen, and it needs to happen ASAP”.
Haynes wasn’t having it: “You can’t target the coach on our fundamentals and consistency,”
said the 33-year-old, who joined Carlton via free agency this summer after 211 games as an
inaugural GWS Giant.
“It’s on us players to execute that… Our goal now is to play the system we’re after for four
quarters.”
Awesome to hear this from one of the players.
Why don’t we hear this from the captain or any of the “leaders”?
Imaging that, a player saying it's the players.
Good on him.
He clearly understands a more professional player attitude and what to expect from leaders at the club, ours still have a lot of learning to do.
For me this just re-enforces us needing a premiership player or two looking for a good end of career payout to help deliver some on-field leadership and standards.