Carlton's faultless past month has seen the club storm into second position on the AFL ladder, whilst also rivalling Sydney for premiership favouritism.
An organisation starved of success since 1995 and September action for nearly a decade before the 2023 finals series, the Navy Blue Army is daring to dream and there are plenty of reasons for it.
Their captain Patrick Cripps is in career-best form that statistically is topping his 2022 Brownlow winning year.
The two-pronged attack consisting of Charlie Curnow (1st in the Coleman) and Harry McKay (5th) is humming beautifully whilst the mosquito-fleet crew of Matthew Owies, Lachie Fogarty, Elijah Hollands and Orazio Fantasia is staking claims as the best in the business.
In their past five starts, Carlton has conceded an average of 72 points whilst scoring over 100 on four occasions, with the fifth a 96-point outing against Essendon.
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Defender Nic Newman also embodies the improvement under Michael Voss, producing the most consistent football across 10 years at the elite level.
However, with eight games remaining and a finals series that is deemed as a secondary season, Newman is refusing to get ahead of himself, saying the club opts to ignore the external noise about its 2024 prospects.
"I don't really care (about the external talk) with all due respect," Newman said on Tuesday.
"Footy changes so quick... within a couple of weeks the narrative can be completely different.
"I think we're doing a really good job as a footy club too just keep our focus narrow, look at what's right in front of us instead of looking too far ahead.
"And Vossy does a great job of that as well."
Footy pundits believe the Blues are well within the premiership window, boasting an average age of 24.8 and plenty of experience on the park across all zones.
As well as plenty of star power.
Newman isn't shying away from the potential Carlton's list has, saying "You'd be kidding yourself" if you didn't believe there were premiership credentials.
"Winning is always enjoyable," Newman said.
"We've put a pretty good block of footy together and will look to continue that this week... it's been a pleasing month.
"I feel like we all believe we can achieve something... we're sitting second on the ladder so you'd be kidding yourself to think we might be well placed to have some success.
"All you can do is put yourself in the best position and we think we're doing a good job of that at the moment."
Looking to extend their win streak, the Blues will travel north to Engie Stadium to take on a dejected Giants outfit, who will be looking to get their season back on track after dropping out of the eight for the first time this season.
"They're a quality side," Newman admitted.
"And after a loss on the weekend, they'll come out pretty revved up at home so we're expecting the best version of them.
"We've had some pretty good battles with them in the past and I'm certain they'll want to bounce back."
In previous battles, the former Swan has been tasked with the role on GWS match-winner and captain Toby Greene, taking the chocolates in its Round 6 clash after keeping him goalless.
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"We've had a few guys do different roles this year like Saad, Cowan and 'Gov' so not sure who'll get that match up," Newman
"His ability to do everything. He does everything pretty well so you never really feel safe whether it's a high ball or a ball on the ground and crumbing.
"He's pretty good at most things. He's a tough match-up.
"There will be times where we all have to spend some time on him."
Newman mentioned that hybrid forward Jack Martin wasn't far away from a return in 2024, saying he'll play a big part in the remainder of the year.
Carlton will also be heading to the Tribunal to challenge the one-match suspension handed to defender Jordan Boyd for his front-on bump on Richmond's Rhyan Mansell.
