Michael Voss, the coach of Carlton, says that the Blues are always looking at their football department, but he doesn’t think that senior players getting a lot of soft tissue injuries is a big problem. Adam Saad and Mitch McGovern suffered hamstring injuries against Adelaide on Saturday, adding to the Blues’ first loss of the season. In the week leading up to the match, important midfielder Adam Cerra also suffered a strain, and injury-plagued forwards Jesse Motlop and Jack Martin recently suffered fresh hamstring setbacks and are anticipated to be out for at least a month. Voss stated, “We’re always constantly looking at ourselves in every single area, whether that be out on the field or through our program.” This is something Voss was referring to. “We additionally value that now and again during the season you’re not continuously going to have your most ideal group that anyone could hope to find. “Obviously we lost a couple of people in a short turnaround, but from our perspective, we just move on.” “You might have a run in round 12 or you might have a run in round 5 – at the moment we have that, but it’s not really something we can do much about for (Saturday).” Although Voss stated that Carlton would need to defend at its best against the team at the top of the table, he was reluctant to frame the GWS match at Marvel Stadium on Saturday as a significant test of his team’s progress. The coach was of the opinion that the Blues did not really gain anything from the Giants’ star defender Sam Taylor’s absence. Taylor was also injured when his team beat Carlton at Docklands in round 24 of last season. Voss stated that he was eager to see if the Blues, using two specialist ruckmen, could tackle Kieren Briggs and put the Giants under pressure. Despite McGovern and Cerra’s injury history, Voss said he still considered their return against Geelong in round 7 “a possibility” and was not particularly concerned by the recent spate of injuries. Marc Pittonet, who had been dealing with an injury to his ankle but was doing well in the VFL, played his first game of the season against the Crows when he came back. Voss stated, “I think that the big thing is that we have some unique strengths and we also have some unique flexibility.” “With Pitto and Tom in such strong form, we have the opportunity to play two rucks, which may also raise a few questions for the opposition. “And similarly, we’ve evidently had a different look with ‘H’ (McKay) in the ruck as well, so we feel that is a unique strength that we have,” the team said. After recovering well from his blistering return against the Crows, in which he had 34 disposals, 13 tackles, and eight clearances, Voss said that Sam Walsh was “ready to go” again. He stated, “(Walsh) is feeling really good, and the way he was able to come in speaks to his professionalism, his preparation, and what our conditioning team was able to do to get him back and be able to play in that particular way.” He is prepared to go because he has been able to train and complete his weekly requirements.