Coventry City manager Mark Robins said that there is still plenty to do after the Sky Blues went to down to a 1-0 defeat to Derby County at Nuneaton.
City have not scored in any of their public friendlies in England, losing 2-0 at Sutton and Stevenage and now 1-0 against Frank Lampard's side and Mark Robins told the Coventry Telegraph's Andy Turner: "Derby played two teams, changed it at half-time and it made it difficult for us, and we've still got six, seven, eight players out, so on that front it was a good workout with young lads; youngsters who have not had opportunities yet.
"We still didn't create enough and there's still plenty of work to do but it's where we are and where I expect us to be given the personnel we have and given the amount of time we've had in pre-season."
Robins and Lampard look on - Picture Kev Monks for CNS Sport.
We did OK but there's more in us and more to come.
"We stood off them a little too much and gave them too much respect and then possibly took an easy option.
"It's warm and the pitch was a bit bobbly and some decided that we'd probably take a look at them whereas if you're on the front foot it's different.
It can't be a lesson. You have to be on the front foot and give yourself opportunities in all areas.
"Jordan Shipley, Max Biamou, Jordan Ponticelli, Tony Andreu, any combination of those and the full-backs might have had to do a job against Championship opposition because if you don't they pass you to death.
"I thought Michael Doyle was outstanding. He just gets around the pitch and Zain Westbrooke alongside him did OK, but he's learning.
"There were some decent points; a decent passage of play in the first half where we knocked the ball around and got into a dangerous position, but the cross that came in didn't have great quality on it.
"But as I say, that's where we are and it's going to take us a little while to hone that. But it was a decent workout."