Collingwood is this morning licking its wounds after confirmation of the proud club’s lowest ever finish in VFL-AFL history.
A disastrous 2020 trade period due to salary cap pressures set the club on a path to disaster which ultimately cost Nathan Buckley his job.
And there’s not much light at the end of the tunnel, at least in the short term.
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There’s uncertainty at the club from the top down, an ugly board stoush threatening to boil over, the future of arguably the club’s greatest player in doubt and a playing list that hardly screams immediate rebound.
Making matters worse, they’ll go into the national draft with limited picks – but are likely to secure potential Pick 1 and father-son prodigy Nick Daicos.
Here foxfooty.com.au breaks down the big…