CM Story - The Story of Josh McEwen

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Bueno (Off 68), Gomes, Hackney (Off 45), Toth (Off 68), Esse (Off 68), Arokodare, George 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Agbadou, Wolfe (On 58), Florentino (On 45), Ward-Prowse (On 68), Doyle, Arias (On 68), Larsen 

Manchester United (5-2-3): Lammens, Dalot, Maguire, de Ligt, Yoro, Dorgu, Ruiz (Off 90), Mainoo, Mbuemo, Sesko, Cunha 

Subs: Bayinder, Mazraoui, Ugarte, Hojlund, Heaven, Johnsen, Zirkzee, Amad (On 90), Leon 

Q: Josh a superb first half from your team, obviously there were concerns for Hayden Hackney and Hugo Bueno who were both forced off but how happy are you with that win? 

Josh McEwen “Hayden (Hackney) just hyper extended his knee so we will see how he is but from speaking to the physios he will probably be out for about four weeks the real concerns is Hugo (Bueno) we’ve just seen his toe there and you can see it is either badly dislocated or broken but either way the physio thinks he’s going to miss a few months now. The injuries obviously aren’t great for us on the opening day but we have a good squad which is what we wanted to build this summer. The performance in the first half was amazing Julen (Agirrezabala) was rightly named man of the match his distribution was extraordinary but the whole team worked hard for ninety minutes and obviously Tolu (Arokodare) did what he did best in scoring twice. 

Q: Ruben a disappointing result, what are your thoughts in the game? 

Ruben Amorim “The better team lost the game, we dominated large periods created more chances but we weren’t clinical enough or our decision making let us down. Mbuemo decides to shoot from a tight angle, the keeper saves Wolves get the ball go up the other end and we are 1-0 down. Then from our corner Harry (Maguire) has a chance the keeper saves it then distributes the ball really fast and before you know it your 2-0 down and Wolves have created just two chances on the counter. We are disappointed we deserved to win but this is football the best team doesn't always win.” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Kabore, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 70), Ward-Prowse (Off 70), Esse (Off 58), Arokodare (Off 70), George (Off 70) 

Subs: Johnstone, Garcia, Agbadou, Mosquera, Gomes (On 70), Hwang Hee Chan (On 70), Doyle (On 70), Arias (On 58), Larsen (On 70) 

Southampton (4-2-3-1): Bazunu, Sugawara, Edwards, Harwood-Bellis, Manning, Jander, Downes, Fellows, Scienza (Off 57), Azaz (Off 70), Downs 

Subs: Ramsdale, Roerslav, Edozie (On 57), Armstrong, Quarshie, Smallbone, Archer, Aribo (On 70), Bree 

Q: Josh back to back man of the matchs for your new keeper, how much of an impact has he made on your team? 

Josh McEwen “Julen (Agirrezabala) is a fantastic goalkeeper. Everything he has done for us so far has been perfect. Today he makes a save in two different one on one situations at crucial times once at 0-0 the other at 1-0 so he has made a massive impact. I thought we controlled large periods of the game and deserved to win the game maybe another day we score a couple more but the main thing is to win and we have won two games both 2-0 and we are really happy with our start it has been perfect.” 

Q: Julian back to back losses for your side. What are your thoughts on todays game? 

Julian Verstraete “We had our moments but we weren’t clinical enough when we created our openings. If you come to Molineux and have two one on ones without scoring I don’t think many teams would walk away with any points, they aren’t the sort of team you can waste them chances against but look they are a tough team and when they got their chances they put us to the sword. It is a learning curve for us its a long season but obviously we have had a poor start we need to find a way to score if we are to have any chance at staying up but we are going to panic after two games” 

Wolves (4-3-3): Johnstone, Garcia, Mosquera, Agbadou, Wolfe, Gomes, Doyle (Off 60), Ward-Prowse (Off 74), Arias (Off 74), Larsen, Hwang Hee Chan (Off 60) 

Subs: Agirrezabala, Kabore, Krejci, Goes, Florentino (On 74), George (On 60), Toth (On 60), Esse, Arokodare (On 74) 

Derby County (3-4-2-1): Widell Zetterstrom, Clarke, Langas, Nelson (Off 66), Ward, Osborn (Off 73), Goudmijn, Blackett-Taylor, Brewster, Adams (Off 66), Morris 

Subs: Vickers, Johnston, Travis (On 66), Salveson, Elder, Thompson (On 73), Agyemang, Ghareeb (On 66), Nyambe 

Q: Josh not a classic performance but your through to the next round. What are your thoughts on the game? 

Josh McEwen “We started a bit slow maybe because it was the first time this season a few of the players were playing but I think from twenty minutes on we absolutely dominated the game and deserved our win. It was good to give some other players a chance and I think most of them impressed and on another day we would have won comfortably, we will learn for the next round make sure we start right and hopefully we can keep progressing.” 

Q: Robbie a close game but your side came out with a defeat. What did you make of the game? 

Robbie Rowley “I thought we came flying out at them, the plan was to crowd the midfield and in the first half I don’t think we lost a 50-50. I said at half time boys you’ve had three or four chances and we’re still drawing we are going to have to work harder second half because of the quality on that bench I thought we did but unfortunately their quality just shone through in the end and they’ve managed to nick a goal to stop us from taking it to penalties which I thought our effort deserved but good luck to them for the rest of the competition now we focus on trying to get promoted.” 

Brentford (4-2-3-1): Kelleher, Vanderson, Collins, Paredes, Lewis-Potter, Henderson, Jensen (Off 84), Hutsuliak (Off 74), Ouattara, Damsgaard, Moreno 

Subs: Valdimarsson, Kayode, Munetsi (On 84), Igor Thiago, Ajer, Milambo (On 74), Yarmoliuk, Onyeka, Henry 

Wolves (4-3-3): Agirrezabala, Garcia, Goes, Krejci, Wolfe, Florentino, Toth (Off 74), Gomes (Off 74), Esse (Off 74), Arokodare (Off 74), George 

Subs: Johnstone, Kabore, Mosquera, Agbadou, Ward-Prowse (On 74), Hwang Hee Chan (On 74), Doyle (On 74), Arias, Larsen (On 74) 

Q: Keith a disappointing performance from your team. What do you think went wrong today? 

Keith Andrews “Bad day, we were second best. Wolves are a good team you have seen that in the first few games but I just felt we showed them to much respect once they went in front. Before their goal I thought it was a really even game but when they scored we seemed to stop pressing as hard and it allowed them to keep the ball and control the game. Obviously at 1-0 down we've had a glorious chance that their keeper has managed to keep out but to be honest we just didn’t look ourselves today and it’s disappointing because we made it easier for them by not being aggressive enough.” 

Q: Josh three wins from three in the league all winning by 2-0. Has this been the perfect start? 

Josh McEwen “Absolutely, the lads have been superb so far this season today we played some great football and I thought the way Florentino sat in front of the defence and protected them was outstanding. To get four wins from four in August including the Carabao cup we couldn’t be happier we go into the international break now and hopefully the team come back with no injuries and can pick up where we have left off. The whole team has contributed to this start and we want to try and keep it going as long as possible.”