After walking away with only two wins throughout the season, the Blues had been tipped to receive a priority pick from the AFL.

Unfortunately those hopes were dashed when the AFL commission today rejected the club’s big, via the Herald Sun.

Earlier in the year Blues chief executive Cain Liddle stated the club wasn’t considering a priority pick and the club intended to dig themselves out of the hole they’d dug.

“Long before I got here we came up with a clear plan of going to the draft, we’ve done that, we’re really happy with that. We’re completely confident in the direction we’re headed,” Liddle told The Age.

“This is no one’s fault, we take full responsibility, we’ll fix it and we’re doing that with a really clear plan.

“We got ourselves into the situation we’ll get ourselves out of it.”

While no priority pick will be given to the Blues, the AFL did confirm on Monday the lacklustre club — along with the Gold Coast Suns — would be granted early access to one state league player as part of an assistance package.

“Under the plan, the bottom two teams from this season will be able to recruit, or on-trade, the state league players without giving up a draft pick,” Damian Barrett noted on the AFL site.

The Blues have been cellar-dwellers in the AFL for five-straight years, having never won more than seven games over that time frame.

A priority pick hasn’t been handed out since 2016 when the Brisbane Lions were rewarded for a 3-19 season.

The rejection from the AFL commission could seriously hamper Carlton’s plans of luring Adelaide utility Mitch McGovern away from the Crows.

After nine bottom-six finishes since 2001, further pain surely awaits Blues fans in 2019 as the club slowly goes about building a reputable list.

The loss of a priority pick hampers the potential moves for the club during the upcoming trade period.