CM Story - The Story of Josh McEwen

Wolves (4-3-3 Defend): Johnstone, Hoever, Toti, Krejci, Wolfe, Gomes, Andre, Jashari (Off 60), Arias, Arokodare, George (Off 60) 

Subs: Sa, Mane, Munetsi (On 60), H.Bueno, Doherty, Bellegarde, Tchatchoua, Hwang Hee Chan, Larsen (On 60) 

West Ham United (4-1-4-1): Areola, Walker-Peters, Kilman, Todibo, Diouf, Magassa, Luis Guilherme (Off 60), Paqueta, Fernandes, Summerville, Fullkrug (Off 86) 

Subs: Hermansen, Wan-Bissaka, Bowen (On 60), Wilson (On 86), Igor Julio, Soucek, Marshall, Potts, Mavropanos 

Q: Josh a fantastic way to bounce back after that disappointing defeat to United last time out. You gave debuts to your new signings what did you make of their impact and how happy were you with that win? 

Josh McEwen “I thought that the new guys made an instant impact, today is the first time really that we have played the way I have wanted to since arriving and you could see in the way we moved the ball it was the first time we had more possession than our opponents and I just thought all over the pitch we were exceptional. Obviously Tyrique (George) got off to a dream start but Jardon (Jashari) made the most successful passes on the pitch, we need to get their fitness up because they haven’t played much which is why they came off but overall I thought every player was outstanding.” 

Q: Nuno a disappointing result against a relegation rival, what are your thoughts on the game? 

Nuno Espirito Santo “We started to slow in the game and we were punished for it. Inside twenty minutes we were 2-0 down and from there it was an uphill task. They surprised us because we expected them to play more long balls then they did they moved the ball different to how we expected and maybe it took us a while to adapt but I just thought we were poor today until the last twenty minutes after we made some changes we didn’t create much but by this point it was to late and we now have to focus on our next game to try and bounce back.” 

Everton (4-2-3-1): Pickford, O’Brien, Kim Min Jae, Branthwaite, Aznou (Off 82), Garner, Gueye, Dibling (Off 75), Ndiaye, Dewsbury-Hall (Off 77), Barry 

Subs: Travers, Patterson, Grealish, Alcaraz, Keane, McNeil (On 75), Iroegbunam, Rohl (On 77), Coleman (On 82) 

Wolves (4-3-3 Defend): Johnstone, Hoever, Toti, Krejci, Wolfe, Gomes, Andre, Jashari (Off 75), Arias, Arokodare, George (Off 75) 

Subs: Sa, Agbadou, Munetsi (On 75), H.Bueno, Doherty, Bellegarde, Tchatchoua, Hwang Hee Chan, Larsen (On 75) 

Q: David a massive win for your team what did you make of that result? 

David Moyes “Massive game and a huge result for us against a very dangerous opponent who we saw last time out have sort of started changing the way that they’re looking to play. I said to the lads before the game we have to be tight and make sure that we battled for the second balls because if you allow Wolves to win them they can cause you a lot of problems and I thought we were exceptional in the first half, second half Wolves had a lot more of the ball and created a few more chances but I thought we deserved the win and it gives us a bit of space now.” 

Q: Josh your yet to win away from home, today you hit the post three times what did you make of the performance and the result? 

Josh McEwen “We dominated the first half an hour then had a crazy fifteen minute spell before half time that has effectively lost us the game. You said there we haven’t won away from home but it isn’t because we haven’t deserved to look who we have paid away recently United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton it is four tough grounds to come to and at the end of the day we have lost all four games and to be honest all of them have been by two or more goals so we obviously have to make sure we are tighter at the back but in terms of today we hit woodwork three times and on another day we probably win but fair play to Everton they’re a top side and they got the job done.” 

Wolves (4-3-3 Defend): Sa, Tchatchoua, Doherty (Off 57), Agbadou, Bueno, Munetsi, Andre (Off 57), Bellegarde (Off 57), Arias, Larsen (Off 83), Hwang Hee Chan (Off 57) 

Subs: Johnstone, Toti (On 57), Jashari (On 57), Wolfe, Krejci, Gomes (On 57), Hoever, George (On 57), Arokodare (On 83) 

Mansfield (4-2-3-1): L.Robert, Hewitt, Oshilaja, Cargill, Blake-Tracey (Off 83), McDonnell, Reed, Bolton (Off 57), Dickov, Gardner (Off 71), Evans 

Subs: Mason, Sweeney, Lewis T.Roberts (On 57), Knoyle, Hendry, Oates, Maris (On 71), Bowery (On 83) 

Q: Josh an embarrassing loss for your side today losing 3-0 to a team that is two divisions below you. Do you feel like the pressure is now starting to build on your after a result like that especially the manner of it? 

Josh McEwen: Firstly congratulations to Mansfield on their victory I thought they battled really hard out there. The conditions I thought were ridiculous the ball barely moved when we were trying to pass it and it took longer then I’d have liked for us to adapt to the conditions but that being said we created a fair aount of chances and we forced their keeper into a couple of really good saves but this isn’t the sort of game we can lose and dust off as unlucky its a team two leagues lower then us and we have lost by three goals. Obviously the position we’re in and the fact we have just been knocked out the FA Cup by a team two leagues below us doesn’t make great reading but I believe the board has belief in me we are working tirelessly on bringing in a couple more players to try and strengthen the team and try and push us up the table but results like the one today just aren’t good enough. 

Q: Nigel what a performance from your team, an historic win how are you feeling? 

Nigel Clough: Over the moon honestly look at who we have just faced okay maybe they’re struggling a little in the bottom three but they were unbeaten at home under this manager and we have come to Molineux and beaten them 3-0. I thought Liam (Roberts) was fantastic in goal he didn’t put a foot wrong all game and then for George (Maris) to come off the bench and bag two goals just really summed up our performance we really battled and we deserve to be in the hat for the next round.”