COLLINGWOOD midfielder Dayne Beams denies he has chronic issues with his injured quad and believes he's on track to return to the field after round 13. 

Beams, 23, hasn't played this season after injuring his leg while kicking in the final stages of the Magpies' last training session ahead of round one in March.

He has suffered setbacks along the way, which he attributes to pushing the recovery too hard and not a chronic issue with the quad. 

"It's unfortunate, it's one of those injuries [where] the last 10 per cent takes the longest to heal," Beams t. old 3AW before Collingwood's Queen's Birthday clash with Melbourne

"I'm so keen to get out there and play footy again, I've gone and probably pushed it a little bit too much in that process and that's why I keep getting the re-aggravation of it.

"The approach that we've taken this time around is the one on the conservative side and hopefully that's going to do the trick."

Beams said he remained on schedule to return to the field via the VFL the weekend after Collingwood's bye, which takes place in round 13. 

The Collingwood VFL team plays Port Melbourne on June 29 at Victoria Park that weekend. 

Beams jokingly said if he were to aggravate it again, the only standing issue he would have would be psychological. 

"If I did it again, there would be an issue with my mental state, I reckon," he said. 

Meanwhile, Beams wasn't in a position to elaborate on the situation surrounding teammate Andrew Krakouer, who missed some training sessions this week because of personal issues.

"I'm not too sure what's the plan. I think 'Krak' was given the week off due to personal issues and I think he was given the option to play VFL for some match fitness," he said.

"He didn't train that week.

"With the issues he's dealing with, he didn't feel up to it and we respect that as a footy club and there's not a lot more I can really tell you on that." 

Beams also said Hawthorn recruit Clinton Young, who had foot surgery ahead of his arrival at Collingwood in the free agency period last October, was getting close to his debut in the black and white after hamstring issues. 

"He would have been right to play this week in the VFL but they elected to go an extra week and he'll be right to play the week before the bye and then have another week off and play after that," he said.

Beams also admitted frustration with not playing led to his mid-game tweet during the Pies' round six 26-point win over St Kilda after Justin Koschitzke collected Jamie Elliot off the ball with his elbow.

Beams tweeted, "Fairly weak that by Justin Koschitzke #Cyalater", before he decided to delete it later than night. 

Koschitzke was later suspended for two weeks. 

"I'm the sort of person that lives in the moment, and I realised at the time I was frustrated and it was probably a build up of frustration that I'm not actually out there playing as well," Beams said.

"I don't think a lot of the boys actually [saw] it but it sort of annoyed me a little bit that none of the other players saw it and then when they actually saw it and probably were addressed at half time, you sort of saw a reaction after the break. 

"I realised that a lot of people see that and I made a mistake by tweeting it.  

"Within three minutes of me tweeting it, it was on the TV on Channel 7. 

"It was probably the wrong decision but yeah, I did it and I probably shouldn't have but I've learned my lesson and I won't be tweeting too many things again."