Nigel Clough on Mansfield cup exit at Everton

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Nigel Clough on Mansfield cup exit at Everton  27/08/2025  Hill Dickinson Stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Yeah. Do you want to start us off, John?

00:04Or anybody? John?

00:15Yeah, I don't think we could have done much more in the game

00:18and frustrated them until half-time.

00:22And it's just getting through that first 10 or 15 minutes of the second half, ideally,

00:25and one bit of quality from, what, 20, 25 yards?

00:29He's curled one in.

00:30Not much you can do about that.

00:31But I thought we grew into the game in the first half.

00:33But we started OK and then gave the ball away cheaply.

00:36And they certainly got a foothold in the game.

00:39But I thought we grew into it at the end of the first half.

00:41We had some good situations.

00:43And it's always going to be difficult to get a goal tonight.

00:47But we kept them at bay for the majority of the evening.

00:50And Liam Roberts hasn't had too much to do.

00:53They're going to have situations where they carve you open, of course,

00:55because of the gulf in quality.

00:57But generally, I think we restricted them.

01:03No.

01:04No.

01:05No, I think David normally puts those sorts of, you know,

01:08and then the subs he brings on.

01:09Not bringing kids on either for the subs, you know.

01:11They're bringing some very experienced, good first-team players on.

01:15So, no, I think that's the way David tends to do it, quite rightly.

01:24Yeah, well, the 15-minute delay, you know, you're ready for a quarter to eight

01:27and then all of a sudden at a very late stage, you're told it's 15-minute delay.

01:30So, that's not ideal.

01:32So, we just had a nice, sort of relaxed five or ten minutes.

01:36And I'll say, I thought we started the game that way as well.

01:38Kept the ball quite well.

01:41And just generally, I'll say, we'll look at the performance.

01:45But not too much more we could have done tonight.

01:46I thought everybody, subs included, did the jobs.

01:49Did you just need one of those?

01:54Yep.

01:56No, that's it.

01:57I think Lewis Reed should have got a shot off early on as well.

01:59We've got a situation at the edge of the box.

02:00You know you're not going to get that many.

02:02Will could have hit one.

02:03I thought we should have had a free kick on the far side with Will Evans

02:05on the edge of the box later on in the half as well.

02:09Only by the standards of what was given early on.

02:11I think there was one given against Will Evans after 10 seconds.

02:14I think he touched the lad with one or two fingers in the back

02:16and a free kick was given.

02:18And that was the standard set for the night.

02:21However, sometimes it didn't apply all the way through.

02:26Oh, brilliant.

02:27It's lovely to see the families.

02:28We saw them before the game as well in Liverpool for the day

02:31and come up and enjoyed it.

02:32You know, we don't know whenever we'll be able to come to this sort of arena

02:37and stadium again.

02:39So it's a great memory.

02:41I hate losing in any circumstances.

02:44But not much more we can do.

02:45Yeah, groin.

02:48He overstretched his groin just to try to get a little toe in.

02:52So I'm not sure how he is.

02:53But I would think he'd be a doubt for Saturday, unfortunately.

02:56It's funny because I shouted.

02:57We were trying to arrange the substitution for him straight away with George Maris.

03:01And I shouted at Lewis to go down so we'd get time.

03:06And I said to the fourth official, he's injured.

03:08And the reply was, yeah, of course he is.

03:09You don't need that really, the sarcasm and that sort of thing.

03:15I don't think he'd have said that today.

03:16He'd never know.

03:17No, no, there might be a few pairs of fresh legs needed.

03:29It was good to get Sweenes on for the last 15 minutes

03:31because that was always the plan.

03:32He's probably going to start at Lincoln on Saturday.

03:36So obviously a day off tomorrow.

03:38And we'll have a count up on Friday morning, a nice light session.

03:42And at least next week we've got a clear week leading up to the Wickham game.

03:47Thanks, John.

03:48Any other questions?

03:51Everybody okay?

03:52No, the penalty's just come through, have they?

03:54Have they decided?

03:56Went out?

04:00Delighted for Grimsby.

04:01Fantastic for them.

04:03Thank you, gents.

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