NO SOONER had the final siren sounded on Port Adelaide's 138-point loss to Collingwood on Saturday night than retiring veteran Chad Cornes vowed to erase the game - his final farewell - from his memory bank.

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The match, which saw the Power concede their heaviest defeat and post their lowest-ever score of 3.3 (21), will be remembered for all the wrong reasons, and was an unjust end to a distinguished career spanning 238 games.

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While Cornes' opponent Chris Tarrant was chaired off the ground by teammates in his 250th game, the Port Adelaide premiership player acknowledged the supporters, who had stayed around in driving rain to say goodbye, and then walked off AAMI Stadium for the final time without fanfare.

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"I didn't want to be chaired off under those circumstances," Cornes said.

"After a 20-goal loss I didn't want to be out there too much longer."

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Cornes heaped praise on the Magpies, describing them as the best team he had ever played against, but conceded it was an ugly way to end his career.

"It wasn't the best way to finish, but I won't remember that game," he said.

"I'll remember the way our fans have always treated me, the support and respect they've given me especially this week.

"It's really been amazing and I can't thank them enough."

Coach Matt Primus was seething following his team's loss to Adelaide in Showdown XXXI last weekend, accusing his team of not being up to AFL standard but was surprisingly composed after the massive loss on Saturday night.

"Matty was obviously pretty frustrated, but he didn't rant and rave … he did that last week," Cornes said.

"I'm not sure what else he can say to be honest.

"It's not ideal at the moment, but I'm sure in a couple of years we'll be back up where we should be. It's a really young list.

"Matty is definitely the right man for the job and next year we'll have a bit more resources and money to get some more coaches here and things will start to look up."

Cornes will watch the remaining four games of the season from the sidelines, but plans to maintain a presence at Alberton with the hope of assuming a role as strength and conditioning coach at the club next season.

"I'm very keen to hang around and help the boys whether it's in the weights room or in some other role," he said.

"I'm not going away anywhere, so if the club wants me I'll be around for sure."