Carlton President Stephen Kernahan has backed Mick Malthouse to lead the restructuring of the club.

Scrutiny of the Blues' future has intensified after their 81-point thumping by arch-rival Essendon on Sunday night.

Despite queries over Malthouse's impact in the top job at Carlton, Kernahan believes he is the right man to lead the club in its list overhaul.

"Mick Malthouse is going to build a side at this football club. There'll be another draft at the end of this year, it'll be uncompromised which helps a lot more," Kernahan told Channel Nine's Footy Classified.

"We'll have another draft the year after, so I fully expect Mick to shape the side and I fully expect us to be better than what we were last night and for the next 19 weeks."

Despite the Blues' horror start to 2014, Malthouse's future as senior coach is secure, accorÍÍding to Kernahan.

"The last thing I'm worrying about if we're being coached well. Mick Malthouse is a fantastic coach and he's doing a great job with our blokes," he said.

The Blues president, who conceded he had been angered by his club's three straight losses, put the acid on Carlton's players to show some fight against Melbourne at the MCG on Saturday.

"I've got nothing else to say, other than about us trying to wipe out what happened on Sunday night, this Saturday," he said.

"I expect our blokes to come out with something fierce this weekend."