CARLTON co-captain Sam Docherty is confident in the guidance of caretaker coach David Teague heading into Saturday’s clash with Brisbane.

Acknowledging the emotion of the week gone by, Docherty looked ahead when speaking on RSN Breakfast's Inner Sanctum on Thursday morning. 

While the injured skipper is confident in the Blues’ game plan, Docherty is looking forward to what the “infectious” Teague can bring to the side.

“He does provide a different personality, he’s quite an infectious type. He’s a really relationships-based coach,” Docherty said of Teague.

“[There may be] a little bit of a change in philosophy, but I don’t think it will change drastically.”

With the Blues yet to notch their second win of the season, the skipper was pragmatic on the improvement needed to finish the year on a high.

With the ability to kick a winning score a main focus, Docherty is hopeful Teague will be able to unlock Carlton’s scoring prowess.

“‘Teaguey’ is from the Adelaide mould and they move the footy really well, so I think that that’s probably going to be a focus,” he said.

“Reality is that’s what we need to focus on, we haven’t scored nearly over 50 for about three weeks so I think that will be a focus for us.”

Docherty has played a key role for the Blues on the interchange bench in a quasi-coaching role during his return from a pre-season ACL rupture.

With Patrick Cripps contributing his on-field leadership, the co-captains look forward to cultivating a strong relationship with Teague.

“There is a bit of accountability that we used to have for ‘Bolts’, now we’ve got to turn that to Teaguey and make sure we’re giving him all the feedback we can give,” he said.

“The coach-captain relationship has to be really close because we have to be on the same page at all times.”

Midway through the season, Docherty is hoping a reinvigorated Blues outfit will take the game to the Lions this weekend.

The Blues will need to harness a newfound confidence and consistency for the rest of the year under Teague.

“The way we want to play, we want unconditional effort as a start point,” he said.

“We’ve been asking for this the whole year anyway, that’s the expectation that won’t change.

“We want our boys to play with a bit more confidence and be a bit more free with the ball.”