COACH Paul Roos says Jack Trengove’s foot injury is somewhat of a blessing in disguise, as the former co-captain has been battling with the issue for some time.  

Roos said the fact that Trengove now had some clarity about his foot meant that he was able to get on with his rehabilitation and work towards getting it right for next pre-season.

“Jack’s been struggling. He’s had a little bit of soreness, but he’s not the sort of guy that’s going to whinge,” he said on Dee TV’s Roos’ Views.

“We got it scanned about three weeks ago and the scan didn’t see anything too negative. But like anything, I think these naviculars can sneak up on you a little bit, so he was really sore and felt he was really restricted in the last couple of weeks.

“So another CT scan has shown the crack in the navicular. It’s a negative, but in some ways it’s a positive, because you can imagine a young guy thinking ‘how am I not playing this way? It is an injury or is it not?’

“I think there is some relief there as well for him to say ‘look, I can really get this thing right now and I can get right for next season’. As negative as it is initially, I think there is some real positivity from Jack to think ‘Ok, I can be the footballer I want to be, provided I can get my foot right’.”

Roos said there was no point trying to risk bringing back Trengove, who was set to have surgery on his left navicular foot on Wednesday, before the end of the season.

“He’ll get some screws put in and then basically, his season will be done,” he said.

“When I say that, you could probably bring him back for the last two games, but it’s pointless doing that – we really want to get him right … for the foot to heal and secondly to get a plan in place to make him the best player he possibly can be.

“[We want him to] come back [and have a] really healthy pre-season and really work on his game.”

Roos said he would discuss with Trengove if he wanted to get away and freshen up. Early on Wednesday, Trengove flagged that he would love to see his sister Jess run in the marathon for Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Roos added that there was also an opportunity to do some coaching with development coaches Brett Allison and Brad Miller.

“We’ll talk through those issues with him,” Roos said.

Meanwhile, Roos said defender Colin Garland, who has missed the start of the season with an ankle injury, pulled up well after he had a run around with the Casey team in the AFL Victoria Development League.

“Col was a late call-up. He wasn’t going to play and then he felt really good after training, so we played him in the Development [League]. I’d say this week he’d play in the Casey firsts’ team. We’ll start to look at his form and fitness,” he said.

Roos added that speedster Sam Blease had “knocked himself out in the first 10 minutes” in the Casey senior team, which lost by 16 points to Geelong at Casey Fields last Sunday.

“[Casey] didn’t have a great day, so we’re really looking more for effort and setting standards and adhering to what we want to do and what we want to stand for as a footy club,” he said.