Blues 'not hard enough to play against', says star mid

 Blues 'not hard enough to play against', says star mid

Sam Walsh has rued the Blues' performance in their loss to the Lions

CARLTON star Sam Walsh has slammed his team as "not hard enough to play against" after the Blues' season ended in a whimper in a loss to Brisbane.

Preliminary finalists last year and sitting second at round 19, Carlton bowed out with a 28-point elimination final loss that could have been far worse.

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The Blues conceded the first 60 points of match to be the first team in 50 years to go scoreless in the opening quarter of a final.

Vice-captain Walsh was crestfallen when arriving back in Melbourne on Sunday.

“That game summed up a bit of our year; too inconsistent (and) not hard enough to play against at certain times. And we want to be known as that team,” Walsh said.

“We wanted to double down on our brand and the early part of the year we showed that was what we were becoming.