Pompey return for pre-season training after 54 days on Thursday. Here's how things are currently looking for preparations for the new Championship camapaign. The players are back in the area with batteries recharged. Such are the requirements of competing at elite level , maintaining fitness is a must for Pompey's squad across the closed season. Just how well they've been doing that will become apparent, as the players report back to the club's Hilsea training base on Thursday.