Prior to the game on Saturday, I outlined key points I personally felt we needed answering and, in my opinion, we gained a lot of knowledge on how the team will look over the next few months.

The game overall was a walk in the park for the whites as they controlled the whole match for the 90 minutes. However, it is not the result that mattered it, was the fact that we saw things start to click in key areas.

As we look forward to the new season here are the 3 key points from our last preseason game:

Roofe on fire

The question everyone was asking prior to the preseason was ‘can Kemar Roofe be an effective player long-term for the whites?’ and going on what I have seen during preseason, I genuinely believe that he will be.

It’s the sharpness in his game that has impressed me the most. Even in the first few games of preseason he was a half a yard sharper than the rest of the squad.

The benefit of this is that, in August when the games are essentially won by the teams who are the fittest, I think we will see Roofe repeat the goal scoring form we saw against Oxford throughout August and into the rest of the season.

The most pleasing aspect of Roofe’s preseason is that he now features in everybody's XI. The influx of new signings and his lack of goals in the previous season meant I did not think he would feature as regular as he will now.

It is only preseason but I’ve seen Roofe play with confidence and a cutting edge to his game that we did not see last season and I can’t wait to see that cutting edge over the next few months.

Central defensively solid

A major concern has been the defence, with players coming in numerous positions over the summer. The only player added to the squad with natural defensive attributes was Matthew Pennington. The signing of Pennington was a questionable one for me, as I felt his lack of defensive experience at a senior level meant he might become the Matt Grimes.

Although, on Saturday he showed me why the Evertonians rate him so much. He was strong and precise with his tackling, he was heading the ball like he had just borrowed one of Pontus’ hats and he drove the ball forward with purpose and power.

It was the latter that really caught my eye. A lot of what Leeds did on Saturday was front facing in your face aggressive football, both Cooper and Pennington took the ball from Weidwald and drove forward into the middle of the park before giving it to the midfielders.

This meant that we didn’t see O’Kane or Phillips having to drop deep to receive the ball, which in turn pushed the whole team forward. Too many times last season Hernandez and Woods dropped deep to receive the ball and left us short for options further up the field. Its look like the defenders will have a big part to play in both defensive and offence, and watching Pennington and Cooper I think the players will adapt well to the change of approach.

To early to judge Chris Wood

I think the talk about the possible transfer of Chris Wood put extra spot light on the big Kiwi’s performance on Saturday. I personally did not feel he had a ‘bad game’ as such. He held the ball well and played in the wingers at times.

Wood joined the group a little late because of the Confederation Cup and we may need a little patience before we see the striker we saw last season. I saw a lot of good things in the game on Saturday but the game did lack that intensity we see when the season starts, and we cannot judge our star man last season on a friendly against Oxford.

We can judge Wood and the rest of the squad after 10 games but until then lets just sit back and get excited as finally football is back next week. GET IN!!!