"[I'm feeling] pretty good," Wells told The Age.

"[I] got through that game, had the week off last week, obviously ... so far going to plan.

"The body feels great, so I just need to keep going."

Asked whether he could need to have regular breaks in the second half of the season, Wells said there was no concrete plan, but he was optimistic the Pies' conditioning staff would act in his best interests.

"It'll be 'see how it goes' – see how the body's going," he said. "I played a fair bit through the VFL too, so it wasn't just two games in the AFL. It was an accumulation of games. The boys know what they're doing, and I'm just trusting the process and what they've got mapped out for me."

Wells has played just 44 AFL games since the start of 2014.

Collingwood's win over the Dockers was the Pies' seventh from their last nine games. Both the Magpies (7-4) and Melbourne (8-3) head into next Monday's Queen's Birthday clash in form, and Wells said he was excited by the occasion.

"Both sides are going really well," he said. "I dare say it'll be a massive crowd, for a great cause [Freeze MND] too.

"[I] can't wait to go against a side who is probably one of the in-form sides of the competition, along with Richmond and West Coast."

The Pies still have a lengthy injury list, and were without Jeremy Howe (bone bruising), Ben Reid (leg) and hamstrung trio Darcy Moore, Jamie Elliott and Travis Varcoe against Fremantle.

Howe is set to return to confront his former side and while Reid is a chance to play, while the others are all due to be back after the bye.

Yet despite their injuries, Collingwood keep winning, and Wells said there was pressure building for spots in Nathan Buckley's side, noting how well mature-age debutant Brody Mihocek had performed against the Dockers.

"You've got your mainstays, your skippers [Scott Pendlebury] and your [Steele] Sidebottoms, the really big guys who week in, week out you know what you're going to get – but this team's made up of role players. If you come in and perform your role really well, you'll get a game," Wells said.

Wells, who spent 14 years at North Melbourne, said he'd be happy to see the in-form Kangaroos return to the finals this year, with one proviso.

"If we're there too, no worries!"