zapperbull wrote:would it have been better to play at least one Championship club to gauge the opposition
That may be so, but I always feel the pre-season games are more about looking at our players rather than the opposition. As I've said before, playing three SL teams first team squad for 20 mins and then the juniors [which is usually how it rolls, IIRC] is no big deal anyway. We have a big squad, with a fair few players the coaching staff will want to evaluate in match conditions, so I guess it won't matter whether we get games against SL squad players and juniors or championship teams.