The struggling Gloucestershire side won with a superb Alex Lawless strike but, tellingly, their man of the match was keeper Terry Burton, whose stops included a penalty save to deny Adnan Ahmed.
- Forest Green Rovers 1 Mansfield Town 0
"We created more chances today, particularly second half, than we have done for a few games," he said.
"But their keeper had made three magnificent saves and you have to stick a penalty away. That would have brought us back in it.
"The goal they got was a great strike though we have got to look at the marking.
"Paddy made one save with his legs in the first half but he had nothing to do second half - he had frostbite! They had one good chance second half which they put wide and I thought then we would be all right.
"We played some decent stuff today, but we are not ruthless enough. We lacked that killer instinct to put them to bed, even though we knew they'd been struggling recently. It was the same old story about sticking the ball in the net.
"All we can do is soldier on. We went with three up front away from home and we just needed a breakthrough. We threw a lot of bodies forward and almost got caught out when we were forcing it near the end. We still had enough chances to get something out of this one.
"I know Jim Harvey and he has some decent players here. You could see in glimpses today that some of them could hurt you.
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"Early in the season they were top of the table but four or five
injuries and all of a sudden they have slid down the table."
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The defeat saw Mansfield slip to a point above the drop zone again and McEwan added: "Of course we are concerned about the table. I am more concerned about not winning matches.
"But there are still plenty of points to play for. If people want to panic that's up to them but we are not panicking.
"The only thing that will turn it round for us is character - and I do believe this group of players have that.
"We have the belief that we will turn it rounds and there are good times ahead. It won't be easy, it's all about hard work and dedication. Things are very difficult right now."
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