James Kelly says his pursuit of the Carlton coach role is “ticking along nicely”.

The Geelong assistant is one of four key candidates in line for the vacant Blues role, alongside St Kilda senior assistant Corey Enright, Fremantle assistant Jaymie Graham and caretaker coach Josh Fraser.

“It’s ticking along okay,” Kelly told Fox Footy ahead of Geelong’s clash with Melbourne at the MCG tonight.

“I spoke last week about just letting the process play out and let the club sort of, out of respect for them, just let them talk about it when, and I’ll talk about it, when the time’s right.