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CARLTON coach Mick Malthouse last night blamed the club's "dismal" last-quarter fade-out on the Blues' interrupted summer training program.
Malthouse had already lessened expectations during the week when he spoke of the 22 players who underwent some form of surgery during the off-season.
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Mick Malthouse gestures to his players. Pic by Colleen Petch. Source: News Corp Australia
"The players who have had interrupted pre-seasons really did struggle in the last quarter and there were some good fightbacks, but the last quarter was pretty dismal,'' he said.
"We went into the game confident we could match them in certain areas, but there is no question they blew us away totally in the last quarter.
"Statistics show it and the scoreboard shows it. They dominated the last quarter. We have just got to get some time into some of our blokes who haven't had the lead-up some other clubs have had.
"We had a number of players with (limited preparation) in the pre-season and in today's football it takes match after match to get that fitness."
Dale Thomas and Matthew Kreuzer show their disappointment Pic by Colleen Petch. Source: News Corp Australia
"Kreuz is a ruckman and we want to make him a forward/ruckman and it's up to him to grab that opportunity. He got jumped over at the end and he knows that, but he couldn't run before Christmas, and Matthew has a fantastic heart, so the more he plays the better he will get. He has to get games into him."
Malthouse refused to discuss where the loss left his premiership clock, after the veteran coach claimed the Blues were approaching the prized 11-1 window.
"Let's not worry about Round 22, let's worry about Round 2. It's not a matter of whether you are in a window or not, it's winning enough games of football. There will be nine winners and nine losers in Round 1."
He would not discuss Andrew Walker's report for slinging Angus Monfries into the boundary line fence.
The loss now pits the Blues against archrivals Richmond in a crunch game in a fortnight, with the loser falling to 0-2.
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