FULL-TIME football is proving harder on the body than I thought it would.

My back's creaking a bit, Peter Cavanagh's still carrying a knock and I can't believe the number of breaks we've had.

First it was Steve Halford's leg, then Jon Kennedy broke his in an innocuous training incident on Sunday and, in the game the day after, Ged Brannan broke his hand.

They say bad things happen in threes, so hopefully that's enough serious injuries for us.

We were lucky last year in that the squad didn't suffer too many casualties, so maybe it's because we've gone full-time that there are more players on the treatment table.

Training every day's difficult, especially when you've not been used to it before, and the more you train and play, the more you're exposed to injury.

It just shows that you've got to look after yourself and that rest is almost as important as the training you do.

On the plus side, though, Andy Procter and Steve Halford are both on the mend and will no doubt be looking to get back in the first team very soon.

Another much needed boost was our win over Hereford on Monday night and, personally, it was nice to get a scabby tap-in at the end because I needed goals like that.

It was good to see Lutel back because he gave us good options going forward and did well to get through the 90 minutes considering he's not played many games this season.

And our young goalkeeper Danny Alcock acquitted himself well with a couple of good saves on his debut and kept everything neat and tidy.

But now we have to look forward to staying on the right track, and Saturday will be a good chance to exorcise a few demons and we're looking forward to going back to Aldershot.

For a start it can't be as hot as it was last time. And we were a little bit raw back then with it being the first game of the season, and there were a lot of distractions, especially with Jamie Speare being sent off.

They were a well organised outfit, and I'm sure they will be even more so this season after turning professional as well.

But we've got a lot of new personnel and perhaps might be a little bit of an unknown quantity, so we'll be hoping to spring a few surprises.