Grant McCann wants his Doncaster players to become more streetwise after missing the opportunity to take something from their derby against Barnsley following a 2-1 defeat.
McCann felt Rovers could have cut out the visitors’ two goals at the start of the attacks if they had shown similar ruthlessness to their opponents.
“Their winner is so frustrating for us,” McCann said. “The boys know Patrick Kelly because he was on loan with us last season. They know he’ll try to toe things around you, nutmeg you and get away in the middle of the park.
“He did that and we should just take the foul.
“It took us 94 minutes to get a yellow card. I don’t want the players to get booked but it was a Yorkshire derby and they had three or four booked when we’re breaking.
“These are things that we have to get better at.
“That said, I thought the second half performance was really good and everyone in the stadium can see we should have had a penalty for Billy Sharp.
“Why would the EFL’s top marksman fall when he’s in one-v-one? Billy has received the ball and the lad has come through the back of him.
“We’re coming out on the wrong end of a game I thought we played really well in.”
