> Watch Alan Didak speak to CTV in the rooms after the winHeld to just two possessions in the opening term by one of the best taggers in the competition, Collingwood's Alan Didak responded strongly in the second quarter booting two goals on Kane Cornes.
It was Didak's influence before the half which helped his side level the scores at the main break after facing a five-goal deficit at the end of the first stanza. The 2006 Copeland Trophy winner is averaging a career-high number of goals per game (1.9) in his 10th season at the club.
“I was getting tagged in the first quarter so I wanted to come out in the second and prove a point,” Didak told CTV in the rooms at AAMI Stadium.
“I wanted to help the team out and get the team back on a roll. I took my tagger down in the forward line and was able to kick a couple of goals on him.”
With Port Adelaide announcing to the football world that Friday night’s game would be senior coach Mark Williams’ last one, Didak and his teammates were wary of an emotionally charged opposition.??
> Watch Mick Malthouse address the media after the game“Every time a side sees their coach go, they are going to lift for him in the last game. We knew that they were going to come out hard.??
“It was a fantastic result after a sluggish start. We regrouped and came away with a good win.”??
Didak credited his side’s ability to win the contested footy after the first break as the key reason to Collingwood’s come-from-behind win.??
“We needed to win the footy. We didn’t have it in the first quarter so as soon as we started winning it we got control for the game and we utilised the wind.??
“Everyone says there was a strong breeze worth five or six goals but you still have to be able to kick them and we did.”
