Martin satisfied with opening day point against Doncaster

Russell Martin said his side deserved at least a point if not all three in the opening day 1-1 draw against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday.

Trailing to Madger Gomes' 54th-minute strike against the run of play, Dons were almost left to rue a string of first half chances which went begging.

Baily Cargill, Lasse Sorensen, Carlton Morris and David Kasumu all missed chances but Sam Nombe's open-goal miss on the stroke of half time was almost left to haunt him.

But Cargill rounded out a sensational one-touch passing move to equalise with two minutes to go, earning Dons the point they deserved.

Speaking afterwards, Martin said: "In the 86th minute, I looked to Luke and said if we lose this, I'm going to be angry and disappointed. I think a point was the least we deserved, we dominated the majority of the game, created good chances, we just looked a bit anxious early on in front of goal. As the game great on, we looked better in that final third.

"After we conceded, we got a bit ragged, which disappointing but we recovered mentally and physically looked strong at the end. Even after the equaliser, we had two really good chances which would've won us the game. It's positive to come from behind, and it's a good point against a side who will be very good at this level.

"I thought it was a really good game of football, a good advert for League One and we got the minimum of what we deserved."

Still in the market for a striker, and with the likes of George Williams, Richard Keogh, Ben Gladwin and Louis Thompson still on the treatment table, Martin said there were more positives to take from the result.

"I always said it wasn't going to click straight away," he continued. "Daniel Harvie has been away and hasn't done enough with us on the training pitch, Lasse has only had one training session too. Regan was away as well. The most pleasing thing is the amount of improvements we can make."