Sparky, George was excellent in goal saving our blushes several times and looking commanding. It will be interesting so see who will be our No. 1 when Davies regains fitness. Having said that, judgement is based on 2 performances! I like Smith; he is skilful and direct and doesn't give defenders the chance to switch off. The Trialist wasn't great but could only be judged on a handful of touches; his movement looked reasonable but he didn't seem to have any "trick" when he had the ball, so was closed out quickly. I'm not sure whether he had a shirt from a different batch or whether he sweats profusely but it was noticeable that it was definitely a darker shade of red by half time! After commenting on Ellis's poor first half, I must say he was a lot better in the second half, reading the play well and making some important and timely interceptions and tackles.
I know the Cook replacement debate rages on, but from the 3 pre-season games I have see (Warrington, Fleetwood, Chorley) progress on the pitch looks disjointed and unsatisfactory. I would have hoped we would have developed more as a team and with a more distinctive pattern of play. Although, on the face of it, it was an excellent set of pre-season fixtures I don't think the order of them has favoured us - but I guess that is the trade off when you arrange games with Premier, Championship and League 1 opposition. Mind you I've seen so many great pre-seasons over the years followed by crap seasons and vice-versa that I'm not going to get too disheartened just yet!