To be honest, it’s been a bit of a frustrating time of late. There hasn’t been a lot going on as I’ve been injured - I hurt myself against Port Adelaide a couple of weeks ago so I didn’t play last week and I’m still not sure if I’m going over to Perth for this weekend.

I’ve damaged my calf, so it’s pretty painful and generally pretty disappointing. I did it in a marking contest. I went up and came down and the back of my boot caught and I kind of got my legs taken out from under me. I landed pretty hard and it gave the calf a bit of a wrench up behind the knee. It’s just a strain but it’s pretty painful.

It was great to watch the boys beat Sydney last weekend but it was still very difficult to have to sit in the stand. Everyone says it, but I reckon I am probably the worst spectator on earth. I find it very hard to watch a game from the sidelines. I probably get more nervous watching than I normally would be if I was actually playing. I watched that game last week and, I’ll tell you, I was no good at all. Terrible!

The plane trip and everything to Perth might make it pull up a bit sore so it’s still not certain I’ll be going over. Fingers crossed but we’ll have to wait and see how I go at a fitness test.

In general Collingwood is going alright and the win at the weekend has certainly given us some confidence. There’s a likelihood we’ll come up against Sydney at some stage during the finals so a win’s good for that reason.

The final eight is basically locked in now and we can’t go out of the eight, so it’s all pretty positive. We’ll probably be in a position from fifth to eighth. There’s a possibility we can make the top four but I think the Kangaroos have to lose and other results go the right way.

The main difference about the positions in the eight is if you’re further down you will probably have to travel for the game and that’s always harder than playing close to home. Having said that, there are eight teams that aren’t going to be there at all during the finals at all, so we’re grateful to be there in the first place.

It’s the last round this weekend and then the finals kick off so it’s really the business end of the season. But getting an injury at this time of year is pretty frustrating. The good thing for me however is that I know we’re in the eight so the pressure is off and hopefully I can come good with the injury and get a game. Hopefully the boys don’t play too good so that I can’t get in the side!

Because of the injury I haven’t even be able to get away and go for a surf like I normally would. That’s not very enjoyable. Apparently the surf’s been alright too which makes it even more frustrating.

So all up, it’s been a pretty flat period. I’ve been sitting on the couch and only going out for physio work and to do some swimming. I’ve been doing quite a lot of swimming as part of the recovery, and let me tell you I’m no Michael Phelps. I think I’m more cut out for the footy field than I am for the swimming pool!