ALAN Didak will be monitored closely before Collingwood officials decide whether he is psychologically fit to play against Hawthorn tomorrow.

Didak is available for selection after Collingwood yesterday declined to sanction him for a wild night earlier this month with Hell’s Angel Christopher Wayne Hudson, who has been charged with murder after a shooting incident in Melbourne on June 18.

But The Age believes that Didak’s career is poised on a knife’s edge. He will be forced to have alcohol counselling, will have strict controls placed on future socialising and will be handed a strict curfew.

He will face immediate dismissal if he breaches restrictions placed upon him and again embarrasses the club. He also may be prevented from associating with "undesirable" people.

Collingwood chief executive Gary Pert said yesterday that the errant forward was extremely stressed and had feared for his safety this week.

But the club has been advised by Victoria Police that it is not necessary to offer the Copeland Trophy winner personal protection or additional security.

Pert said he was concerned about Didak’s state of mind, describing him as "shaken" and said the club would monitor him closely before selecting him to take on the Hawks.

"We wouldn’t play any player who was not physically or psychologically not able to go out and give their best," he said.

The Age believes there is also a push from some within the club to have Didak formally assessed by club psychologist Simon Lloyd before tomorrow’s game.

After Collingwood was approached by police earlier this week, Didak confessed to drinking with Hudson at strip club Spearmint Rhino in the early hours of June 12.

He also admitted accepting a lift in the bikie’s car shortly before shots were fired from the window of the sleek Mercedes coupe, including at police.

But the club maintains that Didak was a victim of an "ordeal", saying he had been pressured into accompanying Hudson, feared for his safety and was unable to leave the car.

Police repeated yesterday that Didak faced no charges and was assisting them as a witness.

Club executives met Didak yesterday before announcing that he would face no sanction despite being out drinking until dawn the day after a game and just hours before the players were due to assemble for a midseason trip to Queensland.

"Alan has not breached the club’s current code of conduct or broken any laws . . . there can be no specific penalty for Alan’s involvement in the incident," Pert said.

He said the Magpie players had been given permission to go out and socialise after the Melbourne game because they did not have a game the following weekend.

Pert said he immediately had conveyed the club’s decision to AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou and had received the league’s support.

Didak is believed to have attended a meeting at the club’s Swan Street base yesterday but eluded photographers camped outside the Lexus Centre and spent the day lying low.

Club officials, including president Eddie McGuire, are believed to be furious about the damage caused to the club’s reputation by the incident and will change Collingwood’s code of conduct so that failing to report such an incident promptly and accurately to the club becomes a punishable offence.

"By not advising the club immediately of the incident he was involved in, this compromised the ability of the club to handle the situation," Pert said.

The Magpie chief executive said the club had "lost some faith" in the decision-making of its reigning best-and-fairest winner.

In the next week, club executives as well as senior players and coach Mick Malthouse will draw up a set of guidelines for Didak far stricter than the code of conduct applied to other players.

Pert said the incident would be a turning point, either way, for Didak’s career.

"A clear line has been drawn in the sand. It is very clear to Alan and he fully understands that," he said.

"Alan will have unprecedented clarity on behavioural expectations, over and above the current code of conduct and the associated penalties . . . No player will ever compromise the success or culture of the Collingwood Football Club."

The restrictions could put the club on course for conflict with the AFL Players Association, which previously has criticised clubs for imposing punishment on players that exceed the agreed codes of conduct.

A spokesman for the association said last night that the players were waiting until the detail of the club’s guidelines for Didak were finalised.

Didak has been a wayward figure off the field in recent months, hitting the headlines after a nightclub dispute with then girlfriend Cassie Lane last September and charged by police a month later after a dispute with a taxi driver.