{"id":577666,"date":"2021-01-06T09:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=577666"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:57:01","slug":"doncaster-rovers-ellery-balcombe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/06\/doncaster-rovers-ellery-balcombe\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncaster Rovers Sign Brentford&#8217;s Ellery Balcombe on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Brentford\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e827567f\/Ellery-Balcombe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ellery Balcombe<\/a> has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Doncaster+Rovers\" target=\"_self\">Doncaster Rovers<\/a> on loan.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old joins until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<h2>Doncaster Rovers Sign Ellery Balcombe on Loan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellerybalcombe_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ellerybalcombe_<\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DRFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DRFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HmghISPRy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/HmghISPRy5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AukvDb4Wxz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/AukvDb4Wxz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drfc_official\/status\/1346818813489274880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Much Needed Goalkeeper Addition<\/h3>\n<p>Doncaster Rovers started the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_self\">League One<\/a> season in fine shape, in terms of their goalkeeper position at least. That was the case until mid-November when injury-hit <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Stoke+City\" target=\"_self\">Stoke City<\/a> recalled England U21 international goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/16b6648e\/Josef-Bursik\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josef Bursik<\/a> from his loan at the Keepmoat Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, Rovers had turned to securing the emergency loan of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Queens+Park+Rangers\" target=\"_self\">Queens Park Rangers<\/a> goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bdf3a08e\/Joe-Lumley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Lumley<\/a> on a weekly basis. However, that wasn&#8217;t going to last forever, and Lumley has returned to his parent club.<\/p>\n<p>The January transfer window was always going to provide the perfect opportunity to genuinely replace Josef Bursik and Doncaster have done just that with the addition of Ellery Balcombe.<\/p>\n<h3>Make or Break for Balcombe<\/h3>\n<p>Like Bursik, Balcombe has been in and around the England youth setup, the Brentford academy prospect has represented his country at U18, U19 and U20 level.<\/p>\n<p>Balcombe is not a stranger to a loan spell, having spent time at <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/8550eb99\/Boreham-Wood-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boreham Wood<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/ede58dea\/Viborg-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viborg<\/a>. Though, this move provides far greater opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In his 16 games across both of those loan moves, he kept four clean sheets, conceding 16 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He is yet to feature for Brentford, but this move could be make or break for his chances.<\/p>\n<p>Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/66f7c69b\/Darren-Moore\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darren Moore<\/a> has often found the right man when it comes to the acquisition of a goalkeeper during his time at Doncaster Rovers. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c135cddd\/Seny-Dieng\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seny Dieng<\/a> had a particularly good year at the club and Bursik started well &#8211; both are now playing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> for their parent-clubs. This only enhances Doncaster&#8217;s good record with loanees.<\/p>\n<p>Balcombe will wear the number one shirt during his stay in Doncaster.<\/p>\n<h3>Ben Whiteman Interest Continues<\/h3>\n<p>Elsewhere, Doncaster face a battle to keep captain <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/7b69e7cc\/Ben-Whiteman\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Whiteman<\/a> this January, with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/06\/preston-north-end-ben-whiteman-doncaster\/\" target=\"_self\">continued interest<\/a> from the Championship. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/11\/doncaster-rovers-reject-offers-for-ben-whiteman\/\" target=\"_self\">Chief executive Gavin Balwin stressed<\/a> in the summer that he would only be allowed to leave the club for a fee that would provide the funds to adequately strengthen the team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"YfZsquCzTGVM3XsjdKuJrQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1176176338\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YfZsquCzTGVM3XsjdKuJrQ',sig:'5n6QMHuyrUHsUIsv-Zd-A5B_b3s4f8Cghwyc_eZ31Vs=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1176176338',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe has joined Doncaster Rovers on loan. The 21-year-old joins until the end of the season. Doncaster Rovers Sign Ellery Balcombe on Loan Welcome @ellerybalcombe_ ! #DRFC https:\/\/t.co\/HmghISPRy5 pic.twitter.com\/AukvDb4Wxz \u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) January 6, 2021 Much Needed Goalkeeper Addition Doncaster Rovers started the League One season in fine shape, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":577676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,32,28],"tags":[1377,294,168,1297,136],"class_list":["post-577666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-transfers","tag-brentford","tag-doncaster-rovers","tag-efl","tag-football-transfer-news","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}