Signings confirmed

[Chris Black come back]

Free Press saying that Lasagne, Crew, O'Riordan and Ajayi are all going back. TLT is staying.

We are making four signings, two likely permanent and two loans. Two of those arriving 1 January.

[mushRTID]

McCanns interview says its a mixture of players to improve us now and in the future.

Personally feel they all need to improve/help us now.

2 of them signed up ready for 1st Jan.

The other 2 maybe a little longer, he worded this 'due to the structure of where they are coming from'.....abroad?

[Thorney]

McCanns interview says its a mixture of players to improve us now and in the future.

Personally feel they all need to improve/help us now.

2 of them signed up ready for 1st Jan.

The other 2 maybe a little longer, he worded this 'due to the structure of where they are coming from'.....abroad?

Guessing Ireland

[Chris Black come back]

Sounds like there could be a chance that O'Riordan is available on Boxing Day and maybe 29 December.

[Fal]

Sounds like there could be a chance that O'Riordan is available on Boxing Day and maybe 29 December.

Hes available up to and including the Luton game.

[mushRTID]

One of them agreed for 1st January is a “project” and likely to go out on loan. Ffs

[Nudga]

An early statement to appease the restless natives?

[Draytonian III]

Darren Robinson will be one of them

[steve@dcfd]

Darren Robinson will be one of them

No he's says in the free press they are working hard to agree with his agent so he's not 1st very aggressive midfielder

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I was hoping and expecting Darren Robinson to be one of the permanent signings, but having read the DFP article, he's additional to the four but we haven't yet closed out the deal. I really hope he signs as I was impressed with what I saw of him for NI 21s in two games. Relatively speaking, he contributed alot more than Crew in his games for Wales U21 in the same international break. Possibly competition for this lad.

Of course, the only disappointment is O'Riordon but we knew this was likely so hopefully McCann has prepared for that.

Of course, there could be more movement as the window progresses so there's no doubt going to be more speculation.

[NickDRFC]

One of them agreed for 1st January is a “project” and likely to go out on loan. Ffs

I think that’s a bit of an unfair reaction. We need signings that can improve the first team immediately but we shouldn’t lose sight of investing in the future. We can’t afford to just buy players in their prime.

[mushRTID]

One of them agreed for 1st January is a “project” and likely to go out on loan. Ffs

I think that’s a bit of an unfair reaction. We need signings that can improve the first team immediately but we shouldn’t lose sight of investing in the future. We can’t afford to just buy players in their prime.

No problem, I’m fine with you thinking it’s unfair.

I personally think we need 2 or 3 to come in immediately and try and keep us in the league.

[Draytonian III]

Darren Robinson will be one of them

No he's says in the free press they are working hard to agree with his agent so he's not 1st very aggressive midfielder

He’s got 6 months left on his contract at Derby County and to quote myself
“Darren Robinson, will be one of them” I didn’t say he was going to be the first one.

[DonnyOsmond]

Robinson sounds like an aggressive DM, will probably help to reduce players running through us. Only question mark is if he's ready for League One, and who does he get in ahead of?

[Draytonian III]

Another name in to throw into the hat is Callum Marshall, he’s only made two appearances for West Ham this season and is hardly making the the bench, scored double figures on loan for West Brom last season ( including cups )

[NickDRFC]

Another name in to throw into the hat is Callum Marshall, he’s only made two appearances for West Ham this season and is hardly making the the bench, scored double figures on loan for West Brom last season ( including cups )

Im not familiar with him but any player who played or scored as much as that in the Championship last year isn’t going to be coming here.

[Draytonian III]

Ooooops my mistake, he played and scored those goals for Huddersfield last season. Yes, I’m big enough to admit my mistake

[Butchers Red]

As usual Grant spelling it out exactly how it is - FWIW I have complete confidence in him, the backroom staff and Board to continue our upwards trajectory through 2026 and beyond.

Merry XMAS and keep the faith......

RTID

[ncRover]

Robinson sounds like an aggressive DM, will probably help to reduce players running through us. Only question mark is if he's ready for League One, and who does he get in ahead of?

The Irish Premier Division is a lower standard than League One and he struggled for game time in it this season. The chances of him being ready are slim.

[DonnyOsmond]

Robinson sounds like an aggressive DM, will probably help to reduce players running through us. Only question mark is if he's ready for League One, and who does he get in ahead of?

The Irish Premier Division is a lower standard than League One and he struggled for game time in it this season. The chances of him being ready are slim.

Anyone can see we need some players in who are experienced at League One but that's no what Doncaster Rovers do, is it? So we're left signing lads who we hope will turn out to be half decent. Likelihood we'll be slagging him off come March-April time but I guess as it looks a likely signing we'll give him the benefit of the doubt and pray it goes ok.

[steve@dcfd]

Let's see who these players are. They should be players better than what we have. They should be League one standard at least as we've only got 2/3 in the first team. Do we want to be a team that's above average in league 1 or team that struggles to score and defence is to leaky. Will the development player be better than the ones we have now who apart from the odd one struggle to get in lower league sides. So we see who we get but we are still negotiating with an U21 Irish player not going out there paying a transfer fee and wages for a recognised league one player.
So we will see what January brings, they should be players that will improve the first team not squad or development players.

[Usher wide.]

We need to be signing players of the ilk of Lorent Tolaj if we’re serious about Championship football.

Port Vale managed to scout him when he was at Aldershot, where were our scouting team looking at that point?

Vale recognised his potential and wrote a minimum transfer fee of £1.2 million into his contract.

Plymouth met that clause & thus far he’s scored 10 goals in 14 games for them, 3 of those at the Eco last Saturday.

Grant said in his post match interview ‘Tolaj can spin a player like that & has pace. We knew about him, he’s a top, top player. Probably the best striker in the division.’

Shame we didn’t ‘know about him’ when he was banging in goals for Aldershot or couldn’t raise the money to meet the release clause when he was at Vale.

He’s 24 & will be playing in the Championship or higher before we get anywhere near.

[jmt23]

Street when played in that position is as good as him.  Hanlan is coming good for the level now we understand how to use him, not at the same level but more than good enough, as recent form proves.

Going forward is not really the priority I’m sure we can all agree that. We are really lightweight and naive in midfield and defence.

We don’t need the best in the league either, “nice to haves” but not realistic,  we just need capable at the level right now and possibly more leadership types.

[murham]

Unfortunately not seen Grant Mcann on the list of those leaving, maybe I missed that announcement?

[Colemans Left Hook]

We need to be signing players of the ilk of Lorent Tolaj if we’re serious about Championship football.

Port Vale managed to scout him when he was at Aldershot, where were our scouting team looking at that point?

Vale recognised his potential and wrote a minimum transfer fee of £1.2 million into his contract.

Plymouth met that clause & thus far he’s scored 10 goals in 14 games for them, 3 of those at the Eco last Saturday.

Grant said in his post match interview ‘Tolaj can spin a player like that & has pace. We knew about him, he’s a top, top player. Probably the best striker in the division.’

Shame we didn’t ‘know about him’ when he was banging in goals for Aldershot or couldn’t raise the money to meet the release clause when he was at Vale.

He’s 24 & will be playing in the Championship or higher before we get anywhere near.

After I backed Port Vale at 33/1 at a real street bookmaker -( first time in years I went in a bookmakers ) and split the amount on 3 seperate slips - so they would eventually have enough cash to pay me out -  I followed Vale like a hawk and I didn't think he was that good. 
I never gave it a thought where he had come from.

I remember Aldershot beating somebody  in some Cup and a few of you saying sign some Aldershot player

Right here are the facts
In 2024-2025  fa cup first round   we have Swindon 4   Aldershot 7 and he scored a hattrick -SO THE WORLD AND HIS DOG OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT HIM ---

ROUND 2  they draw 2-2 against Stockport  and amazingly somehow win the replay 1-0
Round 3 lose 4-1 at WBA

I have a feeling he wasn't the one people were going on about signing (in our dreams) on this forum

However looking at his wikipedia page   the world and his dog should have wanted to sign   him given his Crufts Pedigree at our level


"Lorent Tolaj (born 23 October 2001) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL League One club Plymouth Argyle. He represented Switzerland internationally up to under-19 level. He scored eight goals in one match to set the record for the most goals scored in an under-19 Euro qualifier."

  reading his wikipedia page is a must

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorent_Tolaj

[drfcsteve]

Street might have scored at the same rate as Tolaj in league 2 but there is zero evidence he would do it in league 1. Lincoln’s top scorer has 4 goals. If Street would score 10 in 14 they’d put him up front surely.

[Donnywolf]

Sounds like there could be a chance that O'Riordan is available on Boxing Day and maybe 29 December.

Hes available up to and including the Luton game.

I ask a simple question , in that if O'Riordan IS going back to his parent Club would he really be up for 2 do or die situations playing for us , a Club he is leaving

I remember when we drew Spurs in Cup and had a dip in form and some on here suspected our players ( or at least some ) had their eyes set on that prize , so is this return of O'Riordan not a very similar situation

It may be that McCann doesn't pick him and my question becomes irrelevant anyway

[sedwardsdrfc]

Just an advert for not relying on loan players. Only good one isn’t playing because his club want him back.
 

[silent majority]

Just an advert for not relying on loan players. Only good one isn’t playing because his club want him back.
 

Surely that’s a good advert? The bad loan players are going back, if we'd have bought them we'd be stuck.

[PDX_Rover]

Robinson sounds like an aggressive DM, will probably help to reduce players running through us. Only question mark is if he's ready for League One, and who does he get in ahead of?

The Irish Premier Division is a lower standard than League One and he struggled for game time in it this season. The chances of him being ready are slim.

I wouldn't be so sure if he's been here training and so forth.