{"id":608154,"date":"2022-01-19T11:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=608154"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:52:28","slug":"doncaster-rovers-ollie-younger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/19\/doncaster-rovers-ollie-younger\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncaster Rovers Sign Ollie Younger From Sunderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/06\/ethan-galbraiths-doncaster-rovers-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Doncaster Rovers<\/a> have signed Ollie Younger from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/18\/sunderland-sign-defender-danny-batth-from-stoke-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Sunderland<\/a> on an 18-month contract.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old defender is Rovers&#8217; third addition of the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<h2>Ollie Younger Becomes Doncaster Rovers&#8217; Third Signing of January Window<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd34\u26aa \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00, \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddec\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W2A38asZtQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/W2A38asZtQ<\/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\/TK1ejRhKkA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TK1ejRhKkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drfc_official\/status\/1483824071263408129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Another Position That Needed to Be Filled<\/h3>\n<p>Doncaster Rovers&#8217; third addition of the window fills yet another position that needed to be filled. Rovers have struggled with depth throughout this year&#8217;s dismal League One campaign and Ollie Younger can add another option to a defence lacking in them.<\/p>\n<p>Ro-Shaun Wiliams, a summer signing by Rovers, has been out for a large period of time, returning v Fleetwood Town before being absent again. Captain Tom Anderson has suffered a recurrence of an injury he sustained earlier in the season too. Leaving Doncaster having to play the likes of versatile leader Tommy Rowe and right-back Kyle Knoyle in the centre-back role.<\/p>\n<p>Younger has made eight appearances in his time at Sunderland and has gone elsewhere for more game time.<\/p>\n<p>Before Sunderland, he came through at Burnley and had been named on the bench by Sean Dyche for a game v Swansea City in February 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>More Positive Signs for Rovers v Cambridge but Same Result<\/h3>\n<p>Rovers lost again on Tuesday night, 3-1 away at Cambridge United. Much like against Wigan Athletic, there were again positive signs but the end result was also the same, a loss.<\/p>\n<p>The additions of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/12\/kieran-agard-gary-mcsheffrey-doncaster-rovers\/\" target=\"_self\">Kieran Agard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/17\/doncaster-rovers-josh-martin-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Josh Martin<\/a> appear to have sparked new life into Rovers but they are not reaping the rewards just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Following the game, Doncaster boss Gary McSheffrey said, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/january\/mcsheffrey-i-cant-ask-for-much-more-from-the-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doncasterroversfc.co.uk:<\/a> &#8220;I think the opening 45 is the best we&#8217;ve played, and if we keep reaching that level then I can&#8217;t ask any more of them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Perfect Opportunity<\/h3>\n<p>Upon signing for Rovers, Younger told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/january\/younger-looking-forward-to-rovers-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">club website:<\/a> &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to be here. It was a massive opportunity for me that I could not turn down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to play matches, and this is the perfect opportunity for me to be around a first-team environment and get some games under my belt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have experience of playing at Wembley where there were big expectations so those opportunities have really provided me with hunger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am an aggressive and brave defender who loves to put their body on the line. I&#8217;m looking forward to what the future holds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Younger is available to face MK Dons when Rovers travel to Stadium MK on Saturday, January 22.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"V1igDehFT7hlke0m4xP6qg\" 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\/1236678593\" 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:'V1igDehFT7hlke0m4xP6qg',sig:'My1f8TI4-oYBwZMkwG1G9W4w8v3gG2uWeD2gp0Ux1O4=',w:'594px',h:'346px',items:'1236678593',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doncaster Rovers have signed Ollie Younger from Sunderland on an 18-month contract. The 22-year-old defender is Rovers&#8217; third addition of the January transfer window. Ollie Younger Becomes Doncaster Rovers&#8217; Third Signing of January Window \ud83d\udd34\u26aa \ud835\uddea\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf0\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddfc \ud835\udde5\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude03\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff\ud835\ude00, \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddec\ud835\uddfc\ud835\ude02\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf4\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff!https:\/\/t.co\/W2A38asZtQ #DRFC pic.twitter.com\/TK1ejRhKkA \u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) January 19, 2022 Another Position That Needed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":608155,"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":[34,32,22,28],"tags":[294,9092],"class_list":["post-608154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league12","category-league-football","category-sunderland","category-transfers","tag-doncaster-rovers","tag-ollie-younger"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608154","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=608154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}