EMERGING midfielder Luke Blackwell believes the wins will arrive sooner rather than later for Carlton, following the Blues' 17-point loss to the Kangaroos at Carrara on Saturday night.

The Denis Pagan-coached side has now lost five games on the trot. But, aside from a round four defeat by West Coast, the Blues have scored freely in all of them and have held half-time leads against the Brisbane Lions, Collingwood and now the Roos.

Blackwell had 21 possessions and a team-high seven inside 50s against the Roos, in a game in which the Blues were in front by 20 points at the long break.

"It's frustrating because we are getting a lot of things right on the field," Blackwell said.

"We are a young side and sometimes we give away goals when we can't afford to. But I really think once we get a couple of wins together, we'll be away. Hopefully we can do that in the next couple of weeks.

"As a young team, we definitely learn from playing against sides like the Kangaroos, whose midfield has played a lot of footy. Players like Brent Harvey, Shannon Grant and Adam Simpson know where to run and, if we can take something from each game, we can really develop as a midfield group."

Carlton's season won't get any easier in weeks to come, with matches against finals aspirants Adelaide, the Western Bulldogs, West Coast, Port Adelaide and Fremantle over the next five rounds.

Nevertheless, Blackwell is certain the education will continue for the still-maturing Blues against battle-hardened opposition.

"I've put on about 9kg since I got to the club, but it's still hard to push around blokes with seasoned bodies when you are seven or eight years younger than them," he said.

"We're definitely improving in that area though - we've got a great group of fitness coaches and I'm sure we'll grow into a pretty strong side."

The 20-year-old has probably had more opportunity than most to develop an understanding of Carlton's proud history, with his father Wayne Blackwell having played 110 games for the Blues between 1984 and 1990.

Taken as a father-son selection in 2004, Blackwell now hopes to become a selection regular like his dad was. Saturday night's game was only his second of the season but he did play 10 of the last 11 games last year, after debuting in round eight against St Kilda.

"I just want to play every week and become one of the first players picked," Blackwell said.

"Denis mentions the history of the club a lot and it's great to be able to look back and see all the champion players who have been here - it's a really rich history.

"Dad watches all the games and I think he just enjoys seeing me run out there in the same jumper as he did."