Why fitness training is on the cards for Doncaster Rovers under Danny Schofield

With no midweek fixtures currently scheduled in November, beasting sessions are in order at Cantley Park.

New head coach Danny Schofield wants to implement his ideas as fast as possible to help get Doncaster’s promotion push back on track.

Channelling his inner Ant Middleton, the former SAS: Who Dares Wins chief instructor, Schofield declared: "If you are willing to push yourself to the maximum then I think anything is possible."

A change in Rovers’ playing style has already been observed in Schofield’s first two matches in charge, which have yielded one point.

To date he has had just three training sessions to work with the team on his ideas and will have two more before Saturday’s visit of Gillingham – Doncaster’s third game in a week.

“I certainly want to improve the physical levels of the players,” said Schofield.

"We are going to really focus on that.

"We need to train harder than we play so when the game comes it almost becomes easier than the training sessions.”

Asked whether the players need to be fitter, Schofield said: "The GPS numbers are good. I’m just someone who always wants more.

"I want to push the players as much as possible. Sometimes, players can limit themselves from within.

"The environment created by coaches goes a long way to helping them break through those limits.

"A player I coached previously hit his top speed at the age of 35. If you are willing to push yourself to the maximum then I think anything is possible."