David Hockaday: 'Triallist Chris Stokes making good progress'

Coventry City development coach David Hockaday has said that he is pleased with trialist Chris Stokes's progress.

The 23-year-old Forest Green Rovers left-back is currently training with the League One club and may be available on a free transfer, according to reports.

"Chris did everything he could do. He wasn't beaten one v one, he got forward and got balls in the box and it didn't really push him, which is credit to the team and Chris that he wasn't really extended," Hockaday told the Coventry Telegraph.

"So, ideally, we would like to see him in another game where he will be pushed more like he would if he was playing for the first team. But he's done everything he can in training and in the small-sided games, and everything he was asked against Crewe."

Hockaday previously worked with Stokes between 2010 and 2013 when he managed Forest Green.