Pompey skipper Michael Doyle says he is over last season's injury problems and ready to lead another Blues bid to escape from League Two.

Doyle played through the pain towards the end of last term but told The News: ‘I rested up all this summer and just let things look after themselves. My leg was pretty strong anyway during the season, a couple of months after the Northampton away game I was back on track anyway.

‘It has just been important during the summer to lay it off a bit and take all the rest I could get. I’m now firing and ready to go. Everything is fine with the injuries, so I’m now looking forward to the season and getting started again.

‘The pre-season is long and hard but you have just got to get through it. The games are tough, the training is tough, everything is focused on the first match and as professionals you have to put in the hard yards.’

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