{"id":614746,"date":"2022-07-08T14:28:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=614746"},"modified":"2022-07-08T14:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T18:28:52","slug":"doncaster-rovers-birmingham-city-striker-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/08\/doncaster-rovers-birmingham-city-striker-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Doncaster Rovers Secure Signing of Birmingham City Striker on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City striker Josh Andrews has joined Doncaster Rovers on a six-month loan.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews, a towering forward, spent last season on loan at Rochdale.<\/p>\n<h2>Birmingham City Striker Josh Andrews Joins Doncaster Rovers on Loan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI\u2019m still only young, 20-years-old and I\u2019ve still got plenty of room for improvement. I\u2019m looking forward to hopefully achieving that here.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; New boy Josh Andrews talks his switch to <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\/8tcsAUUQhF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/8tcsAUUQhF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VgNj0lVmAl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VgNj0lVmAl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drfc_official\/status\/1545472338619146240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Fourth Signing of the Summer<\/h3>\n<p>The 20-year-old striker is Rovers&#8217; fourth addition of the summer transfer window and the second striker to join the club. His arrival follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/27\/doncaster-rovers-striker-exits\/\" target=\"_self\">mutual release of Joe Dodoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews scored three league goals in 16 appearances for Rochdale in League Two last season and will no doubt be looking to improve on that tally.<\/p>\n<p>Upon signing for the club, Andrews told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/july\/rovers-sign-birmingham-striker-josh-andrews-on-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">doncasterrovers.co.uk<\/a>: &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to being able to play some games again in League Two, men&#8217;s football. This time I&#8217;m hoping to really do well and score lots of goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a striker, coming to this club, I&#8217;m hoping to provide some firepower to take us straight back up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m 6ft5, strong, can hold up the ball and be a target man but I think I can offer a lot more. I&#8217;m quite quick &#8211; deceivingly maybe &#8211; I&#8217;m good with my feet as well so I think I can offer a lot of different avenues of attack and create and score goals for the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andrews is yet to debut for his parent club Birmingham City but has plenty of time to prove himself.<\/p>\n<p>He is the first loan signing of the window for Doncaster, who have managed to operate shrewdly on a budget &#8211; signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/19\/harrison-biggins-doncaster-rovers-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">Harrison Biggins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/21\/doncaster-rovers-weekly-two-new-signings\/\" target=\"_self\">George Miller and Luke Molyneux<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Nice That We Can Work With a Good Young Striker&#8217; &#8211; Gary McSheffrey<\/h3>\n<p>Rovers boss Gary McSheffrey also told the club website: &#8220;He&#8217;s a strong lad. He&#8217;s young and still in his development stage so it&#8217;s nice that we can work with a good young striker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has got the physical attributes that probably every manager in League One and Two wants to have in their squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Josh coming in is a really important one for us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He enjoys his role, he knows what he&#8217;s good at, he knows his strengths and he plays to that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;ll be a great addition to the squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Doncaster were relegated from League One last season and have their sights set on bouncing straight back. It will be a difficult task though, given the strength of competition at the top of this league and the gap they have to bridge from last season&#8217;s dismal efforts.<\/p>\n<p>McSheffrey is leading the club through his first pre-season as manager, having taken over mid-season. Andrews&#8217; signing takes him up to a total of nine since taking charge of the club.<\/p>\n<p>Club legend James Coppinger has taken an <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/04\/22\/doncaster-rovers-legend-james-coppinger-key-role\/\" target=\"_self\">increased role<\/a> at the Eco-Power Stadium and has also had the west stand named after him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City striker Josh Andrews has joined Doncaster Rovers on a six-month loan. Andrews, a towering forward, spent last season on loan at Rochdale. Birmingham City Striker Josh Andrews Joins Doncaster Rovers on Loan \u201cI\u2019m still only young, 20-years-old and I\u2019ve still got plenty of room for improvement. 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