Fresh vision emerges of Carlton coach Michael Voss and new Blues chief Graham Wright
The vision emerged on Tuesday, the same day Melbourne's coach Simon Goodwin was sacked.
Speculation has been rife this year that Carlton might also take action on Voss with Blues having a disastrous season and missing out on finals.
7NEWS chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary unearthed the vision on Channel 7's The Agenda Setters on Tuesday.
'We've seen today Graham Wright having a coffee with Michael Voss,' Cleary said.
'So this is quite interesting today. (They were) spotted in Richmond this morning (on Tuesday).
'There, you can see Graham Wright on the left with Michael Voss in the cap and the hoodie.
'The club tells me that these conversations have been going on weekly for the last five or six weeks, and that dates back to (president) Rob Priestley coming out and saying that they will put the call off on Michael Voss's future until the end of the year.
'But clearly this is reaching a pointy end.'
Cleary said it was unclear if Voss would remain in the job but believed the position of the club's football boss Brad Lloyd was 'well and truly under threat'.
Asked if he thought the coffee catch-up was a 'good sign' for Voss, Cleary thought it was not definitive.
'I don't think it's a bad sign, is it?' Cleary said.
'The fact that he's having the (catch-ups over the) last five weeks ... it's the players' day off today, it's off-site.'
Wright, however, has a reputation for being an agent of change and veteran AFL journalist Caroline Wilson said she still feared for Voss's future.
'I just keep remembering the way (Wright) so subtly and cleverly and, in a way, quite politely, indicated to Nathan Buckley that maybe his time was up (at Collingwood),' Wilson said.
Cleary said the Goodwin sacking could 'hasten the situation'.
'Both clubs could be in the market (for a new coach) by the end of the year.'
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