NO excuses.

It’s a one-in, all-in mentality that the Blues are taking into each and every week, and it’s yielding results on the footy field.

After going over 600 days without a win, Nic Newman has relished the chance to sing the Carlton song at the last six times of asking.

The enjoyment has been palpable around the halls of IKON Park, with Carlton’s players - in the words of Harry McKay - getting the “nourishment” of wins after an early-season run lacking results.

For Newman, the enjoyment hasn’t just come from winning games of football, but the energy being provided by the Blues’ youth on the way through.

They haven’t just provided ‘youthful exuberance’ according to the veteran defender, but also the kind of accountability which is fuelling the Blues’ senior players.

The impact that Carlton’s youngsters are having was all over Saturday’s win against West Coast. Jagga Smith and Harry Dean continued their respective Rising Star charges, while Talor Byrne and

Newman pointed to specific examples of how the acts of the Blues’ emerging crop has energised the whole playing group.

“We’ve got young guys that are bringing great energy, and us older guys are jumping on their back. When you’re playing like that, it’s fun and contagious,” Newman told ABC Sport.

“When you’ve got a young guy like Harry Dean who’s prepared to screw up and defend, it puts the onus on me as an older bloke to back it up. Talor Byrne and Jack Ison, we’re asking them to put pressure on, and they’ve been leading our pressure ratings for forwards.

“You can’t get let off the hook as an older guy when you’re asking 18-year-olds to do it and they’re pulling through. If you’ve got young guys like that doing it, there’s absolutely no excuse for us as senior players.”