Grant McCann reacts to Doncaster Rovers' loss to Wolves + Robbie Gotts injury update

Grant McCann was largely pleased with the way his Doncaster Rovers players performed in their penultimate friendly against Wolves.

Rovers went down to a 2-0 defeat at Club Doncaster Sports Village, conceding twice late on in the final ten minutes - the first goal came from over-doing it at the back and the second one from the penalty spot.

"I was delighted with the performance for 80-odd minutes," McCann reflected post-match. "I was really pleased with the structure of the team and the organisation. Their goals are two moments that we'll learn from. We try and play out when it's probably not on to play out. Tommy (Simkin) missed the press quite a bit in the first half. For the first goal we play a risky ball and it goes back to young Kasper Williams and he just slices it as he goes. So that was the first one.

"And with the second one, we should have learned from the first one. We try and play out again and it's just a couple of mistakes and a penalty. But it's good to get out of the way in these games.

"We had some really good chances to score, which we probably should take, but I was really pleased to get everybody on the pitch tonight. There were some really good performances and the boys worked well.

"It was a brilliant, brilliant test for the players. When we come to face the top teams in League One and the possession-based teams, this will be a really good test for us tonight and it's one of the reasons why we picked the game."

Three senior players missed out on Wednesday night, with McCann confirming the reasons behind the absences of Alfie May, Matty Pearson and Robbie Gotts.

He said: "We didn't risk Alfie tonight, but he's fine and he'll train tomorrow. Gottsy will probably be out for a few weeks. He's got a little bit of a strain so he'll probably be out for two or three weeks. Matty and Alfie will be good for the start of the season."