The Blues managed to capitalise on their blistering first half and hold off a resurgent Melbourne, defeating the Demons by 23-points at the MCG on Sunday afternoon.

Recording its fourth win of the season and moving to 17th on the ladder, Carlton recaptured the form that saw it win games over Port Adelaide and the Gold Coast Suns earlier in the year.

Speaking to Radio Sport National the morning after the win, Carlton speedster Jason Tutt said while it was “great to get a win” there is still a lot of areas that need improving.

The 24-year-old played one of his best games for the Blues since making the move from the Western Bulldogs at the end of last year, racking up 26 touches and laying four tackles.

After suffering an ankle injury against North Melbourne in Round 18, Tutt was delighted to work his way back into the side and have an immediate impact.

“After the North game I had a week off and then played in the VFL last week, so just to be able to come in and contribute really well yesterday I was really pleased,” he said.

In recent matches the Blues have struggled to maintain possession and transition the football across the ground, but on Sunday Tutt said his team’s ability to “control the game” and move the ball with precision was one of the areas that had improved.

“We’ve been working on our ball use and having different modes of transport, so being able to go down the line, take the ball off the line, switch it and come through the 45 was good.

“We’ve been able to do one of those things in a quarter and then it gets shut down by the opposition – we haven’t been able to change our tactics, so yesterday we found we were able to do all three of those modes really well in the first half,” he said.

Carlton held a lead of 47-points at half-time, but that lead that was cut to just 17-points midway through the last quarter as Melbourne piled on five goals in a row.

And with three of Carlton’s most experienced players, captain Marc Murphy, fullback Michael Jamison and ruckman Matthew Kreuzer all off the ground with injuries, the young Blues had to step up and absorb the pressure.

“We actually spoke about that after the game…the ability to identify we had one rotation and the fact we needed to take some sting out of the game when they were coming at us pretty hard.

“Guys like Dyl (Dylan Buckley) and Sam Docherty and those guys across half back were great, just to be able to control the ball and hit targets.”

Another emerging Blue, Carlton midfielder Patrick Cripps, had 26 disposals and kicked two goals on Sunday, with Tutt labeling his performance “fantastic”.

“He’s a big guy – a competitor – and wins the hardball for us.

“He was then was able to spread, run forward and kick those two goals – so he was huge yesterday,” Tutt said.

Carlton’s next match will see the Blues battle it out with another young team when they take on the Greater Western Sydney Giants at Spotless Stadium on Saturday.