After inflicting Essendon’s sixth straight defeat last week, the Eagles face a Carlton outfit that has lost four of its last five games and could slip out of the top eight if it can’t overcome West Coast.
Worsfold said he remained wary of the Blues’ struggling midfield, led by former Eagle Chris Judd, but he will push his players to take the game on and build on their own improving form.
“The focus again this week is on what we're trying to achieve ourselves, we have no control about the confidence or belief of other teams,” Worsfold said from Subiaco Oval on Wednesday.
“We’ve got nothing to lose, we should be going out there and throwing everything at the opposition and if we make mistakes we're still learning but we'll improve from it.
“The players showed with their intensity against Essendon and taking those risks, things happen for them.
“We want to keep taking those risks, keep taking the game on and hopefully we'll get the results.”
Carlton’s midfield has been under the spotlight following last Sunday’s 39-point loss to the Sydney Swans, particularly No.1 draft picks Bryce Gibbs and Marc Murphy.
Both had standout games when the Blues last faced West Coast in round 10, with Gibbs racking up 45 possessions, but Worsfold said his midfield would not have a defensive mindset.
“They've got a couple of key midfielders that last time we played them Gibbs set the game up from half-back… so those are the sort of things we've got to give consideration to,” he said.
“The midfield battle around stoppages is pretty important and it was fairly even last time we played them.”
Worsfold said either Adam Selwood or a young midfielder would get the job on Judd, with Scott Selwood impressing this year in a host of run-with roles.
Mark LeCras will be Carlton’s main concern after his 12-goal bag against the Bombers last Saturday, but Worsfold said he would be prepared for opposition tactics against the star forward.
“(If) their only option is to put an extra player down in front of him… that's going to free up one of our players,” Worsfold said.
“We'll just be aware they are strategies teams can use on any given week rather than just thinking about Mark LeCras.
“The boys will know the way we want to play and what we're looking to do. Lecca's no smaller or larger a focus than any other game.”
With Daniel Kerr sidelined for a further four to five weeks with a hamstring injury, Worsfold said the midfielder was unlikely to play at AFL level again this season.
The coach said Kerr’s aim was to get back into full training for three to four weeks and prepare himself to play before the end of the season.
“His aim is to train enough to say 'I could play if we all wanted me to'.”
