INJURED midfielder Jack Trengove says he’s been excited by the form of his teammates in recent weeks and can’t wait to don the red and blue again in 2015.

The former co-captain said he had mixed emotions about his teammates improve in recent weeks, knowing he couldn’t join them until at least round one next year.

“I don’t know if it’s easier or harder watching the boys actually perform well and going into every game knowing that we’re a real red hot chance to take down our opponent,” he told Dee TV.

“We’ve seen that in the way that they’ve gone and started to perform in the last few weeks, and there is a long way to go, but it’s one of those things we need to work on going forward.

“But it’s certainly more positive than it has been in the past and I just love being around the place and getting all the positive vibes from all of the boys. Hopefully, we can just keep improving.”

Trengove, who is out with a foot stress fracture in his navicular bone, played the first two matches of the season, before he was an emergency in rounds three and four – the same two weeks he played for Casey in the VFL.

It was following his game for the Scorpions against Geelong on April 13 that his season came to an end. 

“I’ve had a navicular issue in the past, in the same foot, and that came at the end of 2012 or the start of the pre-season of 2013,” Trengove said.

“I had to have a bit of a layoff over that pre-season and I got through the majority of this pre-season feeling pretty good, but once again, it started to get progressively worse and worse.

“It got to a point where I struggled to move a bit and we went for some further investigations and realised there was a pretty nasty crack in the navicular bone and I had to go in and have some screws put in. I also had a clean out of the ankle when I was in there.”

Trengove, who remains in a moon boot and on crutches at the moment, has been pretty limited in his rehabilitation so far – given he remains in a moon boot and is on crutches – but he has done plenty of work in the gym. He has also helped his teammates off the field.

“It’s six weeks tomorrow since the operation, so I’m finally doing a bit more as each week progresses. It’s just good to be back around the place with the boys,” he said.

“[I’ve done] a lot of upper body stuff, because there is no weight-bearing in the legs. I’ve done some stuff on the bike and I’ll start swimming next week … but mainly just upper body weights in the gym.

“The first few weeks I was stuck on the couch and couldn’t do too much and I was slowly getting more and more involved and taking on a specific role with the Casey boys, reviewing their games – from a player’s point of view.”

Although Trengove said it was “never fun to have your season end prematurely”, he was philosophical about his setback.

“It happens in footy these days,” he said.

“[There are] plenty of examples of different players going through it and I’m one to look at the positives in everything and not dwell on the little things, so I’ve moved on pretty quickly.

“[I’ve] just really got a positive outlook on what inroads I can make in my own personal performance and where I can help out the other boys around the club for the rest of this season. And [I’ll] look forward to the start of pre-season next year.”

Despite the setback this year, Trengove remains confident he can bounce back strongly in 2015.

“I’d love to be further into playing better footy and being a better and more consistent performer for the team at this stage in my career,” he said.

“At the same point in time, you’ve just got to roll with whatever’s going and I’ve just got to look to see where my weaknesses are and really improve on them.

“Also, [I’ve got to] further the things that have been working for me. I’m really positive how the next few years are looking for me and I’ve sat down with a lot of the coaches and fitness guys to see where I can make some good inroads.

“I think I can get back to playing some really consistent footy for the club.”