Carlton coach Michael Voss has backed his side to come back stronger from the disappointment of missing the finals despite being in the top-eight for almost every week of the season.

Voss said his players were hurting after their one-point loss to Collingwood on Sunday.

“They’re devastated. We didn’t want this season to end, we felt like we had more in us,” Voss said post game.

“Clearly when we were in the position we were we wanted to play finals footy. We fought pretty hard as a footy club for a long period of time to get us back into a place like that, so they’ll feel that.

“We’ve got a lot to like out of that game, but in the end, when it came down to key moments, we couldn’t get it done. That’s going to hurt for a bit.”

Voss said his side had aimed to make the finals and would keep that goal for next season.

“I feel like we’ve been able to create that significant change, but we just don’t walk away with the thing that we really wanted, which was to play finals,” Voss said.

“I don’t mind saying that we had a goal to play finals, that’s OK. Why are we so afraid of being able to say that? We would’ve liked to have gotten there - we’re really disappointed that we haven’t been able to.

“We’ll get back to work and we’ll go pretty hard.”