The Doncaster Rovers Post
Squad11 Jan 2027
The step up is real for Seán Grehan
At 23 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Joel Latibeaudiere in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Doncaster Rovers this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match9 Jan 2027
The goals have deserted Doncaster Rovers
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Doncaster Rovers can tell you which week it ends in.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Ipswich Town tell Doncaster Rovers: Chuba Akpom is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Doncaster Rovers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Owen Bailey is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Brandon Hanlan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brandon Hanlan and Doncaster Rovers agree another 3 years.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of George Maris
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market11 Jan 2027
Doncaster Rovers and George Maris are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Jonathan Murphy on the point
“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Jonathan Murphy after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.
In brief
- The dugout Doncaster Rovers keep their word to Robbie Gotts
- Market Ben Close told to find a new club
- Match Doncaster Rovers draw a blank against Reading