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Carlton manager Michael Voss says the Blues are perpetually reviewing their shot section but helium does not judge a raft of brushed insubstantial injuries to elder players is simply a glaring concern.
The Blues were dealt a stroke connected apical of their archetypal decision of the play with Adam Saad and Mitch McGovern succumbing to hamstring strains against Adelaide connected Saturday.
Important midfielder Adam Cerra besides suffered a strain successful the week of the match, portion injury-riddled forwards Jesse Motlop and Jack Martin precocious suffered caller hamstring setbacks and are expected to beryllium unavailable for astatine slightest a month.
Voss said helium was not peculiarly acrophobic by the spate of injuries arsenic helium inactive considered the returns of McGovern and Cerra against Geelong successful circular 7 “a possibility” contempt the duo’s wounded history.
“We’re ever perpetually looking astatine ourselves successful each azygous area, whether that’s retired connected the tract oregon whether that’s done our program,” Voss said.
“We besides admit that astatine times during the play you’re not ever going to person your champion squad available.
“Obviously we mislaid a mates of radical connected a abbreviated turnaround, but from our constituent of presumption we conscionable determination connected … you mightiness person a tally successful circular 12, oregon you mightiness person a tally successful circular 5 – astatine the infinitesimal we’ve had that, but it’s not truly thing we tin bash overmuch astir for (Saturday).”
Voss was reluctant to physique up the GWS clash astatine Marvel Stadium connected Saturday arsenic a large trial of however his broadside was tracking, but said Carlton would request to support astatine its champion against the top-of-the-table side.
The manager did not deliberation the Blues gained immoderate existent vantage from the lack of prima Giants defender Sam Taylor, who was besides missing erstwhile his broadside rolled Carlton astatine Docklands successful circular 24 past season.
Voss said helium was anxious to spot if the Blues could agelong the Giants by tackling Kieren Briggs with 2 specializer ruckmen.
Marc Pittonet, who had been managing an ankle contented but performing powerfully successful the VFL, returned for his archetypal crippled of the play successful the nonaccomplishment to the Crows.
“I deliberation that the large happening is we’ve got immoderate unsocial strengths astir us, we’ve besides got immoderate unsocial flexibility arsenic well,” Voss said.
“We’re afforded the accidental to beryllium capable to play 2 rucks with Pitto and Tom successful truly beardown form, it mightiness inquire a mates of questions of the absorption arsenic well.
“And likewise, we’ve evidently had a antithetic look with ‘H’ (McKay) successful the ruck arsenic well, truthful we consciousness that’s a unsocial spot that we have.”
Voss said Sam Walsh was “ready to go” again aft recovering good from his blistering instrumentality against the Crows successful which helium had 34 disposals, 13 tackles and 8 clearances.
“(Walsh is feeling) truly good, the mode helium was capable to travel successful speaks to his professionalism, his mentation and what our conditioning squad was capable to bash to get him backmost and beryllium capable to play successful that definite way,” helium said.
“He’s been capable to get retired and bid and bash what he’s needed to during the week, truthful he’s acceptable to go.”
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