AT LEAST two clubs appear set to apply for a priority pick at season's end, including Carlton.

AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Friday morning the Blues and Gold Coast would ask for extra assistance at this year's NAB AFL Draft.

Carlton declared in May it would not seek a priority selection.

"We've got a couple of teams that have had very poor years. There's a lot of chat," McLachlan said.

"(Football operations manager) Steve Hocking's having a look at (it) on the assumption that both clubs apply, and I think they will.

"There's been a bit of a dance going on, but I'm sure that both Carlton and Gold Coast are going to apply.

"He (Hocking) will be prepared to make a recommendation to the Commission in the September meeting."

The Blues are on the brink of a two-win season, which would be their lowest since 1901, assuming they lose to Adelaide on Saturday night at Etihad Stadium.

They have already locked up the wooden spoon.

Gold Coast has won four matches, and its percentage of 62.2 is just 1.2 per cent higher than Carlton's.

Since joining the competition in 2011, the Queensland-based side has finished outside the bottom four only twice, and has never made finals.

Outgoing Carlton football manager Andrew McKay told Melbourne radio station SEN on Friday morning the Blues would rethink their stance on not asking for draft assistance.

"Given how the season's panned out, I'm sure Carlton's rethinking that," McKay said.

"You obviously can't ask for one (a priority pick) until the end of the year in the first place, so we were talking a number of months ago, hoping the season would improve, hoping the injury rate would improve.

"I think we'll certainly revisit it again at the end of the season, well after I'm gone. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually do ask for one."

Former Fremantle list boss Brad Lloyd has already started his new role as McKay's replacement.