Rovers boss Jon Dahl Tomasson says he didn’t want to lose John Buckley on Deadline Day.

The 23-year-old midfielder joined fellow Championship club Sheffield Wednesday on a season-long loan, although he can be recalled in the January window.

However, Rovers did manage to bring in Semir Telalovic from Borussia Monchengladbach to bolster their strike department.

England Under-21 defender James Hill also arrived on loan from Bournemouth on Thursday night, with Sam Barnes facing another lengthy spell out of action.

“I’ve said it many times, I think we need help with bodies,” Tomasson told RoversTV. “Our CEO also said that we need experience.

“We need goalscorers and we need numbers as well, so it is good we have got a couple of numbers in. They are young players, which I like to develop.

“Of course, we didn’t succeed with the experience which you need in a competitive league. Hopefully, we have got goals but we don’t know it yet.

“I was disappointed to (lose) Buckley, I would rather have kept him.

“But as I understand it, we needed to get players out before players could come in. We all know it is a stretched squad and John is a good player.”

The club were keen to bring in a further signing before the window slammed shut but were unsuccessful in their efforts.

“I thought when John went away on loan, we would probably get one more player in,” the boss continued.

“It didn’t happen, I don’t know the reason for that. We all know that we need players in some positions and it is a tough league.”

Dom Hyam came off at half time during the 3-0 defeat at Plymouth, with Scott Wharton playing the second half.

When asked about the change, Tomasson replied: “He was not feeling that well.

“I don’t know the reason for that, it could be because it has been a very busy week with a lot of travelling and sitting on the bus with air conditioning.”