Steve Lomas has denied a recent report that says he could be back
playing first team football in November - or indeed that his career
was threatened.
"I am now trying to do as much training as I can and maybe in a couple of weeks' time I can try and get some sort of game in," he reveals.
"All I can do is get fit and put myself up for selection - but I will probably have to have five or six reserve games.
"If I can get to the end of December or the start of January and say to Glenn 'I am there if you need me' that would be good."
Steve has returned from Canada where he was receiving specialised help over an gruelling 13 day course of rehab.
"It's a lot more positive than it was a month ago," he says, "but obviously the knee isn't anywhere near 100%.
"It is just a matter of building it up, training as much as I can, and hoping the fitness will come.
"And I have to make sure the knee is fine in regards to twisting and turning."
He admits he has seen some dark days in the long haul back to fitness, and adds:
"Like anything it is frustrating when you are going in to the gym all the time when you want to be playing, and you are not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel.
"John Green has been fantastic but he can't give me three or four hours a day; this trip gave me the chance to work one on one.
"It was a change of scenery, and the person I saw is top class with knee injuries and does a lot of ice hockey players as well.
"The trip has been positive and I couldn't have seen a better person; the work was quite intensive and now I can run, which I couldn't do beforehand."
He knows that even when he is fit, despite being the captain, he will face a fight to get into the team, and admits:
"All I can influence is getting my knee right and crossing the other hurdles when I get to them.
"At the moment I am just glad to be back enjoying training in some sort of capacity.
"There are a lot of good players not in the team like Joe, who is injured, John Moncur, who has been unlucky - there is a lot of competition.
"There haven't been too many wins for seven or eight months but if we can get everybody back - Ian Pearce, David James, and myself as well - then everyone will be vying for places, and there will be competition, which is what the manager will want."
"I am now trying to do as much training as I can and maybe in a couple of weeks' time I can try and get some sort of game in," he reveals.
"All I can do is get fit and put myself up for selection - but I will probably have to have five or six reserve games.
"If I can get to the end of December or the start of January and say to Glenn 'I am there if you need me' that would be good."
Steve has returned from Canada where he was receiving specialised help over an gruelling 13 day course of rehab.
"It's a lot more positive than it was a month ago," he says, "but obviously the knee isn't anywhere near 100%.
"It is just a matter of building it up, training as much as I can, and hoping the fitness will come.
"And I have to make sure the knee is fine in regards to twisting and turning."
He admits he has seen some dark days in the long haul back to fitness, and adds:
"Like anything it is frustrating when you are going in to the gym all the time when you want to be playing, and you are not seeing any light at the end of the tunnel.
"John Green has been fantastic but he can't give me three or four hours a day; this trip gave me the chance to work one on one.
"It was a change of scenery, and the person I saw is top class with knee injuries and does a lot of ice hockey players as well.
"The trip has been positive and I couldn't have seen a better person; the work was quite intensive and now I can run, which I couldn't do beforehand."
He knows that even when he is fit, despite being the captain, he will face a fight to get into the team, and admits:
"All I can influence is getting my knee right and crossing the other hurdles when I get to them.
"At the moment I am just glad to be back enjoying training in some sort of capacity.
"There are a lot of good players not in the team like Joe, who is injured, John Moncur, who has been unlucky - there is a lot of competition.
"There haven't been too many wins for seven or eight months but if we can get everybody back - Ian Pearce, David James, and myself as well - then everyone will be vying for places, and there will be competition, which is what the manager will want."