Lee Gregory absence explained and updates on Will Vaulks and Callum Paterson after Sheffield Wednesday pre-season win

Josh Windass’ early stunner and an account-opening penalty by Michael Smith earned Wednesday a breezy win the day before they fly out to Portugal for a week-long pre-season training camp.

But the Owls were without two senior men in North Yorkshire, with Lee Gregory and new signing Will Vaulks sitting the match out.

Wednesday Second-in-command Smith said there was little to worry about in the case of Gregory, who is ‘coming through’ the affects of a sore throat.

The Star reported earlier this week that Wales international Vaulks was suffering from a muscular niggle, which Smith confirmed: “Will has some tightness in his quad. He’s coming to Portugal with us so he’ll be fine. He’ll be involved in everything we’re doing out there.

And there was a further concern during the run-out when Callum Paterson had to be taken off with a head injury. Again, Smith showed no cause for concern.

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“Pato is fine,” he said. “He took a big whack and it looked a little bit dodgy for a little while there but he's in the dressing room and he’s talking.

“He seems to get involved in a few of those, they seem to follow him about a bit! But he’s in there and he’s fine.”

On the Harrogate win, the Wednesday assistant boss spoke with satisfaction.

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He said: “It was another good game for us. We planned it again so that the boys would get 45 minutes each. They have all, luckily for us, come through unscathed. It was a good workout from us.

“It is always nice to get your front men on the scoresheet early in pre-season. It is good for them and we are really pleased for them.

“It was pleasing to see some of the patterns we have been working on in the training ground with and without the ball come to fruition. There is, obviously, still a lot of work to be done with gelling the new players and for them to understand what we want from them but there was some good work out there.”