WITH inconsistency continuing to plague the Blues, leader Jacob Weitering has admitted it's been a tough few weeks at IKON Park.
After an improved run of form on the back of the bye, the Blues have faltered in two of the last three weeks, with Weitering remarking that the team has to continue to be strong under adversity.
“The performance of the team has certainly been up and down and I’ve been on here before saying you can be on a real high one week and on the flip side you can be on the real lowest of lows,” Weitering said.
“We’ve got two games to go, we’ve got some injuries, we’re on the back foot [but] we’re a resilient group.”
Weitering threw his support behind teammate Eddie Betts, who delivered an emotional plea in his spot on AFL360 last night.
Weitering demanded that it was time for others to stand up and protect Indigenous players, using their platform as football players to push their cause.
“To see him emotional over the last couple of days, it’s hit our Indigenous players quite hard and it’s very sad to see,” he said.
“It’s on us as well, to help with that and educate, to use our platform to educate the young and old: whether it’s our children, whether it’s our grandparents, whoever it may be that need that education.
“It’s not just on Eddie, not just on his family or Indigenous players, but on us as teammates: with the platform we have, we’d be silly not to use it.”
Weitering also spoke of his admiration for Marc Murphy ahead of his 300th and final game, congratulating the veteran on his profound impact at the Carlton Football Club.
Weitering applauded Murphy’s mentorship for young people coming through the Club, especially Sam Walsh and himself.
“He led this Club through one of its most difficult periods which is a credit to him, the way he is as a person and a leader,” he said.
“He’s been a terrific mentor for me as well, being a No.1 draft pick and we’ve had a few of them over the last 20 years at Carlton.
“It’s a great honour to have played with him, especially this week in his 300th game.”
