ALAN Didak. Yes, no or to be considered?

Scouts around the AFL are already doing their evaluation to see whether the now former Collingwood goalsneak has anything left to offer another club.

How many games are left in a 30-year old with 218 games, 274 goals, one premiership and a long and entertaining highlights reel to his name? 

Groin injuries kept him to just five games in 2013, but there were a few glimpses of the old magic when he returned to the side. Certainly he showed enough late in the season for Collingwood fans to howl with outrage when he was named as the substitute for the elimination final against Port Adelaide, which the Pies lost.

The Monday morning quarterbacks among the Magpie army were insistent that he should have been in the starting 21 and point to Collingwood's meagre 9.9 scoreline as ample proof of that.

Where might he play next year? Is there a club out there in need for a shimmy, the shake and bake, and those ridiculous, team-lifting "how did he kick that?" goals that would plunge the knife into a despondent opposition? 

An early suggestion might be Melbourne. The Demons don't lack for tall forwards and have Jesse Hogan coming into the system, but a percentage of just 54.07 this year suggests they still need an injection of scoring power.

If new coach Paul Roos is only looking for long-term prospects to fill his side next year, then he needs to look elsewhere, but the big boys like Mitch Clark, Chris Dawes and Hogan will need some crumbers at their feet and Didak has shown he is good for a goal a game and will add some excitement to a side whose only marquee attraction at present will be sitting in the coach's box.

Another team that may have a look is St Kilda. The Saints have promised to be aggressive when it comes to trading and they love their small forwards. But as they enter the off-season they're two short in that department with 

Stephen Milne now retired and Ahmed Saad facing a long suspension for testing positive to a banned substance.

At Etihad Stadium, under the roof on the fast track, it might just suit Didak.

Didak may be open to a return to South Australia. A Magpie of the Port Adelaide variety before he joined Collingwood, Didak commuted between Adelaide and Melbourne for part of this year as he attended to personal matters and a permanent return to his home state might appeal.

That being the case, Adelaide might seem a better fit than the Power who have, in Chad Wingard, the type of player that Didak at his peak used to be.

Back in Victoria, you have to wonder whether Richmond would be interested. The Tigers appear settled defensively and through the midfield, but as the elimination final defeat to Carlton showed, their forward line lacks the X-factor that Didak might provide. 

They didn't convert enough of their opportunities while all over the Blues in the first half and couldn't buy a goal in the second half when the heat was on.

The Mick Malthouse factor begs the question whether Didak could head to Carlton. The former Collingwood coach is bringing former Pies with him to Princes Park including fitness coach David Buttifant and if you read the tea leaves, Dale Thomas as well. 

Malthouse forecast widespread list changes before the late season resurgence (and Essendon penalty) that catapulted the Blues into the finals. 

Rest assured, a top-six finish won't change that line of thinking, and if Malthouse really is considering getting the band back together, then Didak might yet be in his plans.