"THESE are the games you want to play in."

Carlton AFL Interim Coach Josh Fraser and the Blues are aware of the stakes of this Sunday night's game - but they aren't changing their process leading into a key final three weeks of the home-and-away season.

Speaking to media on Friday morning, here's what Fraser had to say.

On the latest on being part of the Club’s coaching selection process:

“The Club has given me some time, which I appreciate given what the last week has entailed. Most of my thinking this week has been around the Saints, I’ll have a discussion with the Club next week.”

On the stakes of this Sunday’s game:

“We’ll lean into the occasion to a certain extent. I think it’s important as a football club that we attach ourselves to a process to this game, and not get too outcome-driven. This club maybe historically has ridden the wave: I just look at where we’re at and think we have so much work in front of us still.

“There’s no guarantee that the performance that got us the result against Brisbane is going to be good enough again against St Kilda. They’re a different team, they’re a well-coached and well-drilled team. We’re going to have to have different levers to pull.

“The occasion itself, these are the games you want to play in. These are the opportunities you want to be afforded. We’ve done enough to this point to have the opportunity to play in a game like this. We’ll lean into it, but it won’t be about the outcome - it’ll be the brand of football we want to play.”

On discussing potential ramifications:

“I haven’t brought it up, and we haven’t spoken about that - the players will have an awareness of where we sit in the scheme of things. This morning’s meeting was about this week’s opposition and training really well today. That’s the process we’ve had and we’ll continue to go down that path.”

On St Kilda’s main strengths:

“They’ve got some pretty handy players, No.7 goes alright. They’re clearly well-drilled, they’ll challenge our ball movement and their contest is quite strong.

“Their form is quite strong, they didn’t get the result last week but for three quarters they looked like a top four or five team. It’s great for us, it tests us on where we’re at.”

On dealing with Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera:

“We’ll have a couple of plans for him, but also understand that you can’t stop everything. Our ability to nullify his impact will be important.

“Centre-forward he’s really damaging and then there’s the metres gained aspect that he brings as well. We’re working through whether it’ll be a collective approach or we send someone to him.”

On lessons from Round 8:

“We haven’t delved too much into the last time we’ve played them. We’re a different version of ourselves now, we’ve spoken about evolving the way we play. I still look at the way we play and think we can do things better.

“There’s that excitement around what this could be for us, but knowing that consistency is key for us. We’ve got to be more consistent for four quarters: we’re showing signs that we’re getting there.”

On Jacob Weitering’s availability this week:

“Jacob has progressed well, he’ll be available to play minutes in the VFL. With all these situations, it’s always done with what’s best for the player in mind.

“’Weiters’ has done an enormous job with his rehab, he really has. All our Carlton supporters should hear the week that he’s put in to get himself back to playing. He’ll continue to progress through the VFL this week.”

On whether Harry Dean invited himself to the forwards meeting this week:

“He went a bit rogue Harry, and found himself in a position where he got a bit excited. That was arguably my most enjoyable moment having done this interim job for a little while now, seeing him kick that goal. He brings amazing energy and Carlton supporters love him.”