Gerard Waitley

How are you holding up?

you've known barren times and you've known disappointments.

Is this actually the toughest stretch that you're going through right now?

So the most basic question, Jacob, is why does the same thing keep happening in second halves?

How much of it is mechanical and tactical and how much of it is actually mental and attitudinal, do you think?

What sort of reflection, so there's the leadership group and then there's you as a leader yourself.

What sort of reflections are you going through across these weeks?

Do you get a little insular in those moments, do you think?

What's getting through to you at the moment, Jacob, is you've told us in the past that you tried not to let too much through, but some of it gets through.

Are you aware of the commentary that Carlton should consider trading you, for instance?

Yeah.

it's only round eight is a good point.

And yet things have charged along to the point where the broad expectation is that Michael Voss is in the final stages of coaching Carlton.

I do think that's the grimmest time that we get to.

Has his demeanor changed at all?

Do you fear through your experiences of the past that things are leading to a breaking point?

It would.

So it's at the Gabba is, are you able to, as the week progresses, do you find the necessary level of optimism?

That's what is regarded on the outside as mission impossible is actually achievable.

Not an easy one in any way, Jacob.