Grant McCann on fresh Doncaster Rovers injury lay-off + how team have "addressed issue" of recent games

Rovers have lost three straight games in all competitions, with the last two - against Stockport and Plymouth - seeing them concede three times via set-plays.

The defeat to the Hatters, in the EFL Trophy semi-final, saw them beaten by a direct free-kick whilst the setback in Devon at the weekend came after Rovers failed to deal with the result of a long throw and then a free-kick that sailed all the way in. Incidentally, Rovers also conceded a penalty against the Pilgrims, albeit that was well-saved by goalkeeper Zander Clark.

McCann, speaking ahead of Tuesday night's re-arranged home game versus Luton, said: "We need to make sure we're switched on. Over the last two games, to lose due to set-plays was disappointing.

"We need to be better, we've spoken to the boys about it and we've addressed the issue and worked on it so hopefully that's helped us.

"The spells that teams are having against us are lasting too long. And I guess maybe that's a little bit about the level (League One) but we need to get out of that and keep hunting to try and find a better solution too."

Whilst McCann says there are no fresh injury issues to contend with, he says defender Tom Nixon is likely to miss the whole of March after picking up a recent hamstring concern.

"He'll probably be out for a sustained period of time. Maybe four or five weeks, something like that," McCann said.

"This is why I stress the importance of lads who aren't in the team being ready, and staying on top of their numbers and intensities. When we looked at the trend of Tom's numbers they've gradually declined. And there's a few of the players on that sort of barometer.

"The medical team have spoken to the players today about it - to raise the intensity in training, because at any given time you can be in the team. And the last thing you want is that when you get in the team that you then have to go back out because of injury."