Sheffield Wednesday can look back with fondness on their Portugal training camp. The first team squad returned to the UK in the early hours of Saturday morning, having got through plenty of work in the Algarve sunshine.
The trip abroad gave Darren Moore the opportunity to bed in his seven new recruits into his 3-5-2 formation. Many of them are quickly coming to terms with the way Moore wants the team to play.
There were plenty of positives Moore could take from the behind-closed-doors friendly with Bournemouth. Watched on by former England international and Liverpool striker Peter Crouch, the Owls more than held their own for long periods against Premier League opposition.
Why Akin Famewo and Michael Smith missed Sheffield Wednesday's friendly against Bournemouth There were a number of impressive individual performances.