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I think Cooky will be quietly pleased with this afternoon's performance, and we the fans can be excused for feeling a buzz of excitement for the coming season. I struggled to put a name to many of the new faces but was very impressed by most of the many lads who wore the shirt. Great to see them having a real go in the second half with some nice passing football, building moves impressively with both full backs giving the attacks superb width. I know it's only a friendly, but surely the Rovers fans would have been concerned with the lack of fight and leadership from their lot. They are going to have to up their game a heck of a lot if they are going to even survive in the Championship. As for us, we are going to have much harder games against the tougher Div 2 outfits than we faced with Kean's half-hearted strollers today. Chant of the day from the Rovers fans - "If Burnley beat us, you're blooming dead", or words to that effect!