Maybe we're fated to win something this year? Newcastle Eagles, after years of trying, won the BBL Trophy earlier this month. It's a tremendous achievement and as a regular fan down at the Metro Arena it's good to see the stands at capacity and success for a Newcastle sports club. Well done to Fab Flournoys side...if you can get a ticket I'd really recommend you take in a game.

At one stage it looked at though my knee injury would keep me out of action for the rest of the season, but in actual fact I've made great progress. Last week I trained with the first team and today I fly out to Dubai to continue my comeback. If the training goes to plan, I may be in contention for the Lisbon game. It does seem an age since I last played and I'm as determined as ever to to be ready if the manager calls. Although some of the other lads are on their way back, we've been missing quite a number of defenders recently and it's been frustrating to sit on the sidelines. Saying that, our defensive record has been excellent and if you had to identify one big change over the last few months, you'd immediately point out the strength of the back four.