Penney, ‘Looking Forward’

By Nick Raynor
December 23 2004

Rovers Manager Dave Penney is looking forward to the second-half of the season as he tries to get Doncaster into the top-half of the table.

Rovers were hammered 4-0 at home to local rivals Sheffield Wednesday last week and that knocked Donny down into 16^th place. 

A couple of victories will see Rovers challenge for a play-off place, but a few defeats will see them spiral towards relegation. 

Penney will be hoping his team can show some bouncebackability against struggling MK Dons on Boxing Day and then, otherYorkshire rivals, Hull. 

Penney said: 

“We were doing well up to the weekend's game.” 

“We had good results at Luton and Swindon recently, we were in a nice position and a win could have seen us move into ninth position," 

"They're all big games for us at the moment and we're looking to get as many points as we can as quickly as possible.” 

“We took 4,000 to Hull last season, it's a superb stadium and it should be a cracking atmosphere.” 

Penney also believes a play-off position is not outside his teams grasp: 

“Hopefully we'll finish in the top half, and then if we're in a good position come the end of the season, we could possibly look at the play-offs.” 

“But I had looked at this season as a bedding-in period for us."