Mark Kennedy said that Swindon Town still have a few lessons to learn despite a positive display during their 2-1 victory over Southampton under-21s.

Paul Glatzel and Aaron Drinan both netted in the second half after Swindon were trailing at the break courtesy of a goal from Romeo Akachukwu midway through the opening period.

Despite a performance in which Kennedy felt that he had seen a lot of good play from his side, he did feel there were a few areas that would need tightening up by the time the League Two season rolled around.

Speaking to club media, he said: “It was a really tough game, obviously you could see the heat, it was red hot but I thought the lads were excellent.

“It was a great workout physically and I thought we played well in patches, as a coach, if you look at four corner models I thought today ticked a lot of boxes.

“I thought there were two big elements in the game of how we managed the game, which is very important, in certain spells, we were very naïve and in other spells, we were very good.

“Recognising what a League Two game may look like, we were 2-1 up with three minutes left and we are trying to clip balls into midfield from a goal kick when we have a six-foot-five striker up front who dominates aerially, just little things like that. But it was a really good day.”

Swindon now have a full week on the grass before facing Eastleigh on Sunday and Kennedy said that this will be a big week in their preparations for the season.

He said: “This week finally gives us plenty of time to get some minutes on the grass [training ground] next week, it will be a big week for us and I am really looking forward to it.

“I was really pleased [for Grant to get out there] because he has been in for a while and we go off the sports science guys and so he was only ever going to play 30 minutes, but it was nice for him.

“I thought he looked very calm and composed, which he has in training, it is just important to get minutes into the legs and I thought his leadership qualities were excellent.

“He looked like a player who has played at a higher level, that was pretty obvious.”