Jed Lamb says he has moved on from the behind-play incident that cost Richmond's Bachar Houli a four-match suspension, with the Carlton forward focused on "fighting for my career".

In his second season at his third AFL club, Lamb had worked his way into the Blues side after a knee problem earlier in the year, playing two senior games before being struck by Houli early in the round 14 loss to Richmond.

Lamb was concussed, missed the rest of that game and the match against Adelaide the following week before returning in round 16 against Melbourne. He had 17 disposals against the Demons and backed it up with 22 disposals in the Blues' loss to the Western Bulldogs on Sunday, playing a role on Dogs dasher Jason Johannisen.

The former Sydney and Greater Western Sydney player said he wasn't thinking about the Houli blow, more intent on ensuring his AFL career continues into 2018.

"I've moved on from that incident. It is what it is. I'm just happy to be playing," Lamb told Fairfax Media.

"I just want to keep playing senior footy, keep improving. [I'm] out-of-contract at the end of the year, so sort of fighting for my career, so [I want to] just keep performing my role and see how we go.

"I'll let my footy do the talking. If I'm playing well, the rest will take care of itself."

Lamb, 24, agreed however that it had been a challenging year. "[I'm] just happy to be back out there running. [It] was a bit frustrating, I had a bit of surgery earlier in the year, but just happy to be back out playing my role for the team."

The Blues remain third-bottom on the ladder following the loss to the Bulldogs, not helped by their lengthy injury list.

Still Lamb suggested that his side had been let down by an inability to finish. "Obviously [it was] disappointing again. [We] come into every game trying to get the win but just detail again let us down," he said.

"[We're] getting good looks at [goal] but the skill errors are killing us at the moment and they're going back down the other end and biting us on the bum."

However, Lamb said he liked what he was seeing from young Blues such as Charlie Curnow, Jack Silvagni and Sam Petrevski-Seton. "We speak about it every week. There's a bit of growth coming through, seeing the young kids perform each week. That's going to hold us in good stead going forward."