Gary Caldwell said he was happy with the competitive nature of Friday night’s friendly win over Buxton as his squad prepares for its pre-season trip to Spain. The Spireites won 4-0 to add to wins over Sheffield FC and Matlock Town over the last three days, Delial Brewster, Jordan Sinnott, Ricky German and Kristian Dennis netting the goals. And Caldwell was pleased with what he saw on the playing side of things as well as with regard to his players’ attitude in what was something of a feisty encounter for a friendly match, Chesterfield lifting the G F Tomlinson Group Cup as a result of the win. He said: ““I don’t mind competitive games in pre-season to prepare ourselves for the campaign. I liked the reaction of the players when things got a bit feisty as you’ve got to be able to show you can stand up for yourselves. “It’s great that we’re creating a lot of chances. The hardest bit is putting the ball in the net and the more we train and play I’m sure the strikers will get even better at that. “We could have converted more over the three games but I’m delighted with the goals total and the clean sheets too in the last couple of games so it’s been a positive week in many different aspects. “Any time you play and there’s a trophy up for grabs you might as well win it so it’s been good to do that, and we’ll certainly be happy if we can add more to that next season. “We’ve got a bit of winning mentality and we’ll take that forward to the games against tougher opposition.”
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