Carlton All-Australian Jacob Weitering feels the Blues are on the right path to turning their season around despite a disastrous 4-7 start.
Speaking on SEN Radio on Thursday, Weitering offered a glimpse into what the last fortnight has looked like at Princes Park during the bye, a period head coach Michael Voss labeled as a chance to reset following a 28-point loss to GWS in Round 11.
“Naturally you tend to look at the negatives pretty quickly, but the positives are pretty stark and it’s something we’ve been working on for a few years now,” Weitering told Gerard Whateley.
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“Defence has always been something that is very hard to alter or get better at in-season. The statistics or the KPIs in behind our defence at the moment are really positive and we’ve got a pretty set back line in that back six or seven that’s been playing.”
Sitting 13th behind a backlog of clubs vying for a spot in the eight - which includes this week’s opponent, Essendon - it’s hard to know if the Blues are a couple of tweaks away from contending or in need of a total reset.
Ball movement on the attacking front and taking marks inside 50 has been at the forefront of Carlton’s problems this year, a surprising problem for a club that boasts two former Coleman Medal winners in Harry McKay and Charlie Curnow.
“There's many positives. Going inside 50 as well, the numbers stack up – I think our inside 50 differential is number three in the comp,” Weitering added.
“We’re certainly getting supply into our forwards, and then it’s going to be that execution piece. That's not just on the forwards, it’s how we’re getting it in there.”
The Blues take on the Bombers in a potentially season-defining clash for both clubs on Sunday night at the ‘G, a matchup that might favour Carlton’s tall timber with Essendon allowing the third-most marks inside 50 to opponents.