Former Owls trialist makes bullish claim on area MK Dons can ‘dominate’ against Sheffield Wednesday

The relegation-threatened Dons are a pale imitation of the side that finished third in League One last season and find themselves just outside the drop zone.

And Josh McEachran, who spent time on trial with Wednesday in the summer of 2019 and wore the Dons captain’s armband in the 5-0 Bolton reversal, sees Saturday’s Hillsborough match-up as a scalp opportunity.

“It’s a massive game against Sheffield Wednesday,” he said. “As hurt as everyone is, we’ve got to learn from it and we've got to quickly move on because we've got another big game on Saturday,”

“It's a massive test but it's one we have to bounce back in. We still want to go there, dominate the ball and create the chances. We're looking forward to it.”

Milton Keynes have accumulated nearly two-thirds of their points on the road this season and leading into the Bolton clash had won two on the spin on the road – against Forest Green Rovers and Bristol Rovers.

Reflecting on Tuesday’s defeat, the midfielder said: “Everyone's obviously very disappointed and it's hard to take.

“We conceded after seven minutes from a set-piece and then we did it again - we shot ourselves in the foot.

“On another night, yes they've scored five, but we could have had four or five ourselves - we need to be more clinical moving forwards.”