Dave Kevan knows the lower tier, yet he did sweet nothing to help Ricardo - he was just there to make numbers up and there are several rumours about Kevan wasn't actually happy in the role.

It's funny, as I recall comments from the Salford game.

Also I'd agree with the comments about Ray Trew letting him down but ultimately he was let down in many departments. Nobody ever talks about the stick and abuse directed at people like Dean Yates - yet Ricardo was outspoken about Guy Branston but not elsewhere.

It says a lot that people are now discussing the past like it's actually irrelevant now. It isn't and we know who is to thank for the continued problems.

It makes me wonder what they do all week in training , over a period of time you would hope for a measure of improvement surely , working on weaker area's of the teams game and individually also , didn't see any back then , and don't see any at this time either, so who's not doing the job , coach or player ??? 

@Northants Pie @notts-joe I think it is important to point out that Kevan was a Ricardo pick, having been interviewed some time before Ricardo's eventual appointment. I have no doubt that this information is from a reliable source.

7 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

@Northants Pie @notts-joe I think it is important to point out that Kevan was a Ricardo pick, having been interviewed some time before Ricardo's eventual appointment. I have no doubt that this information is from a reliable source.

I was told by someone that no longer works at Notts that Kevan was selected by the powers that be and was agreed with Ricardo from a very limited pool of potential candidates for the position of Assistant Manager.

Personally I think considering Ricardo likes to work alongside the same staff or near to it - I would question as to why he would choose Dave Kevan.

Only reason for me is that he knew the lower leagues, yet I said back then - I had heard rumours from people that he wasn't happy with the fact that Ricardo would never listen to his advice etc. The same person as whom told me about the limited choice of assistants for the role, went on to say Kevan was extremely unhappy with the position and I think this is where the rumours of Kevan and the training sessions stem from (where he allegedly didn't part take).

Rumours are like wildfire though, you never know but again I would find it odd that Ricardo had spoken to Kevan even before he was interviewed for the position.

I suppose this is all irrelevant now.

I agree that Ricky should have been given until the end of the season at least, and certainly the home form was far better than what came before or after. I'm not sure whether we'd be storming the league with him still in charge though. Many of his signings were poor, defence was an afterthought and results were for the main part disappointing. It's also worth noting that he isn't pulling up any trees in his current job and that his new club have exactly the same dfensive frailties that we had.

it doesnt matter, time to back john sheridan and for certain fans to quit always blaming on the managers. if we sack john now, people will say the same about him as they are about ricardo.

i dont recall many at the time defending the views of ricardo supporters.

I don't believe Ricardo was given enough time but he is hardly setting the world alight with Eidenhoven (sp?) But we must stick with Sheridan now and learn from our mistakes with Ricardo