AFC Wimbledon v Doncaster Rovers: Grant McCann cooks up more food for thought in club canteen
FOR the third successive season, Doncaster Rovers players are being handed food for thought alongside their traditional nourishment at their Cantley Park training headquarters.
A league table which will update the club's results during the final 22 games of 2025-26 is in full view in the club canteen when players converge for a spot of breakfast or lunch.
It's something that Grant McCann has previously cooked up to tremendous success.
Back in early 2024, a table based on League Two results from the end of January onwards was regularly updated and it motivated Rovers to magnificently transform themselves from relegation candidates to promotion contenders.
Towards the end of the calendar year, more motivational data provided sustenance.
A graph was updated after every game to show what it had taken to win the fourth-tier title over the previous five years, based on two points per game. It was a 2024-25 season when Rovers ended up lifting silverware.
The new table will now hopefully inspire Doncaster's present-day side – languishing in the drop zone - as they bid to rise up the rankings, just as they spectacularly did two seasons ago.
McCann said: "The focus is on the 22-game table and to see how we can approach these 22 games. Can we go and finish near the top and compete in that 22-game table.
"We'll keep it going for the boys and make it live and transparent and see how many points we have achieved in every five games.
"This is the only table that they need to be looking at. The other one is irrelevant, so let's focus on this.”