And after six years away starved of first-team football, you better believe he's excited.

Good, 25, returned to City this year after leaving Melbourne Heart as a teenager for English Premier League club Newcastle United.

A devastating set of injuries thwarted his efforts to make it in England on while loan in Scotland, meaning the centre back has just 18 senior outings under his belt since his departure in 2012.

One of those was in a Socceroos shirt - a 4-3 loss to Ecuador in London in 2014 - where the defeat was compounded by a serious serious hip injury.

Good has been steadily working his way back to fitness since arriving in Melbourne and believes he's progressed to the point where he can contend for minutes once more.

"I'm back full training with the team and have been for the last couple of weeks. Now it's about proving my fitness and putting my name forward," he said.

"Brisbane away (on November 24) is the target for me."

Good has returned to find a club transformed.

When he departed the A-League, the club was yet to come under the Manchester City umbrella.

The players famously trained on university football pitches and used wheelie bins as ice baths.

Good said the club had plainly come into the professional age while he was away, but still maintained the same feel.

"Walking around the training ground ... I got the shock of my life. I was used to the wheelie bins and the shed," he said.

"It is the same club at the core.

"There are a few people there who were there when I was there ... and some of the fans remember me from back in the day."

City were well beaten on their last start, a 3-0 defeat at home to Sydney FC, and face Wellington on Friday night.

Good said he expected to see his teammates rebound strongly at AAMI Park.

"We know we're a much better team than that and if we're going to push for the title we have to be much better," he said.

"We've been in at all hours working hard. Everyone wants to make amends. You see it out on the training park."

Australian Associated Press