Press conference with Doncaster Rovers manager Grant McCann following their 2-1 Carabao Cup loss to Everton in the Carabao Cup.
He says he thought his team played well overall and was pleased with their performance, says the team maybe tan out if a little steam but the squad is very stretched, how they reproduce the performance on Saturday, the performance is Sam Straughan-Brown off the bench, what he's said to Sean Dyche after the match, whether his team should have had a penalty - saying if it had been given they may have been able to hold in to the lead, says he told the team to be proud of themselves, whether taking Tommy Rowe of the pitch let Everton back into the game, the importance of not wasting the momentum creates when they face Swindon and whether he was surprised how dominant his team were given the strength of the side Everton put out.
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He says he thought his team played well overall and was pleased with their performance, says the team maybe tan out if a little steam but the squad is very stretched, how they reproduce the performance on Saturday, the performance is Sam Straughan-Brown off the bench, what he's said to Sean Dyche after the match, whether his team should have had a penalty - saying if it had been given they may have been able to hold in to the lead, says he told the team to be proud of themselves, whether taking Tommy Rowe of the pitch let Everton back into the game, the importance of not wasting the momentum creates when they face Swindon and whether he was surprised how dominant his team were given the strength of the side Everton put out.
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00:00 How was the performance?
00:14 Pleased but proud with the boys' performance. I thought the levels were good. We played
00:18 against a top class team. I thought, particularly first half, I thought we were excellent in
00:24 terms of what we'd done. Second half, difficult with the changes they made. They seemed to
00:29 get a lot, lot stronger. But again, right up until they scored, I thought we were good.
00:35 We were defensively strong. Duels were good. We were calm in our play. Obviously the first
00:41 goal was a bit of a sickness for us. But from their point of view, it's an excellent goal
00:45 and a great run.
00:47 The second one is avoidable for us. We speak to our players all the time about keeping
00:52 people outside. If they do come inside, track runs. We didn't. We just let them run. You
00:57 give somebody of that quality, that space, you'll punish them. But overall, overriding
01:05 thoughts at the minute is really pleased with the lads to go toe to toe with a very good
01:11 team.
01:12 Do you think you just ran out of steam at Overtime?
01:15 Possibly. Possibly. There's no getting away from it. We're stretched at the minute in
01:20 terms of what we have. We had a very, very young bench tonight on there, apart from Richard
01:25 Wood who's probably older than most of them, probably three times over. We want to try
01:33 and get... I think we can see over the last couple of games that we're definitely improving
01:37 and we're only going to get stronger.
01:39 How do you reduce that one on Saturday? It's a huge effort tonight.
01:43 Saturday again, sorry?
01:44 How do you get out of it again?
01:46 Just recovery. I'll watch the game back, either tonight or tomorrow morning, and pick the
01:52 positives and go again really. That's it. Saturday obviously is the most important thing
01:59 for us really. Tonight was a game where we wanted to give our fans something to cheer
02:03 about. Hopefully we did and they could see a team that has an identity about them and
02:09 a willingness to give them everything.
02:10 Especially when Sam Brown went on the bench?
02:12 Yeah, I thought he was good. He deserved this opportunity, Sam. I've said this before, he
02:18 trains with us all the time. It's nice to see him come on. He had a decent opportunity
02:23 on his left foot as well which could work behind the goal.
02:26 He spoke to Sean Lodge, didn't he?
02:28 I've not spoken to him. I'll see him in a minute. I'll grab a beer with him in a second.
02:32 No, I was pleased. Moments in the games today when you're thinking the penalty, shout, I'll
02:37 make a line go as a penalty. I don't know how it can be so inconsistent all the time.
02:43 You see them being given on Saturdays all over the country. Tonight just doesn't go
02:48 our way. So it's frustrating.
02:51 Do you think the moment of the second goal, you had them on the ropes?
02:54 I think if a referee gives that then we have an opportunity for a second goal, don't we?
02:59 I felt we got into some really good moments in the pitch and in the round there but we
03:04 just didn't quite find that last bit in the second half. I thought the first half were
03:09 threatening. I thought we looked good from set plays. So there were a lot of positives
03:13 for us to take tonight.
03:14 What did you say to the guys at the box?
03:18 I just said, 'Look, you can be really proud of yourselves tonight.' I reiterated back
03:23 to that message about we've got to understand that we let the players inside the pitch at
03:29 any level, whether it's Premier League, League One, League Two, Championship, they can hurt
03:33 you. We need to try and avoid those situations and build off this tonight and hopefully take
03:38 it into Saturday.
03:39 Do you think Tommy Milne came off with a bad leg?
03:42 Tommy's been struggling with a dead leg. He ain't getting any younger either. Like
03:50 I say, Saturday's important for us. Always in the back of my mind I'm thinking 60 minutes
03:54 or so for Tommy tonight. Hopefully we can get an impact from the subs after that. It
04:01 was a bit of a push to play Tommy tonight and I'm just hoping he recovers well for Saturday.
04:05 Is it part of your goal to waste this win tonight?
04:08 Yeah, it's been a positive night for us. We're hoping the fans can come back and cheer us
04:14 like that again on Saturday against Swindon. So it's a pleasing performance from us all.
04:22 Give them a side, Sean Ley. Were you surprised just how dominant you were?
04:34 I don't know. It's hard to answer that question really. We worked on our own plan. We thought
04:42 we'd have half England of how they wanted to play. We tried to force them down their
04:48 left-hand side a little bit so we can press from there. The second half they just got
04:53 stronger so it's difficult when they're bringing players like they did at home. It's tough
04:58 for our boys but I can be proud of the boys.
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