'Makes you pretty pissed off': Filthy Michael Voss' flat admission after another Carlton fadeout

Carlton coach Michael Voss sat down for Friday night's post-match press conference with a scowl on his face, filthy that his Blues side had again coughed up a lead.

"They finished off the game better than us. I think that's what makes you pretty pissed off, to be honest," he said.

The Blues suffered their sixth loss of the season in a 16-point defeat to the Swans at the SCG.

READ MORE: Two Swans facing scrutiny over high bumps

READ MORE: Beveridge shuts down 'surprising' claims about Rioli saga

READ MORE: Rugby convert's NRL 'try of the decade' stuns Bulldogs

In every one of those six defeats bar one, they led either at half-time or three-quarter time, only to fizzle out and leave one of the biggest and most passionate fan bases in the country deflated.

On Friday night, Carlton led by seven points at the long break and five points at three-quarter time.

Sydney was particularly dominant in the final term, piling on five goals to Carlton's two to grab its fourth win of the year and give its flagging season a much-needed boost.

But the Swans do have cause for concern because of high bumps laid by Justin McInerney and Joel Amartey, who are awaiting scrutiny from the match review officer, as well as a concussion suffered by Aaron Francis.

Jack Silvagni passed a head injury assessment after being hit by McInerney, although the forward suffered a groin surgery, while Jordan Boyd is due for a stint on the sideline after being concussed by Amartey.

"We had the game where we wanted it, and we couldn't finish off the game," Voss said.

"Rather than being able to do that as consistently as we need to, [we can't].

"There was some really good method in the way we played in the early parts of the game. I felt like we took it out of contests when we needed to and got some good ball control and some good field position.

"But you've got to close the deal, and we weren't good enough to close it.

"The results say they [opposition teams] are coming home stronger. There are a set of behaviours that we're obviously not executing for long enough, and some of it's all a little bit different so it's not necessarily the same thing. But at the end of the day the outcome is the same."

Isaac Heeney dominated in the Sir Doug Nicholls Round game, tallying 38 possessions, including 18 contested, as well as nine clearances, five inside 50s and two goals to earn his third Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal, awarded to best on ground.

The recently re-signed Chad Warner was also superb, posting 30 possessions, including 10 contested, making 630 metres and booting a pair of goals.

"I don't know what the margin was — five, six points at three-quarter time," Voss said.

"Before the game you'd say, 'We'll take that', and, 'Let's go with it'.

"That was certainly the energy in the three-quarter time huddle, but certainly when we came out there was one team that were able to finish off the work, and they stayed close enough on the scoreboard and they got the job done."