John Evans will learn this evening if he is to continue as Roscommon senior football manager into 2016.

John Evans looks set to be re appointed as Roscommon senior football manager but there are likely to be changes to his backroom team.

Roscommon senior football manager John Evans believes the mindset must change within the county as they prepare to re-ignite their championship campaign in this afternoon’s All-Ireland qualifier trip to Cavan.

Roscommon’s management and county board remain tight-lipped yesterday in the wake of Shane Curran’s scathing attack on John Evans following Saturday’s Connacht semi-final loss to Sligo.

"Stephen Hawking wouldn’t work out the manoeuvres that Roscommon management did prior to throw in.”

Former Roscommon captain Shane Curran has launched a blistering attack on current manager John Evans and called for his departure.

Senan Kilbride admits that he was going through the motions as a Roscommon footballer until the county’s conveyor belt of successful underage talent and new senior manager John Evans arrived on the scene.

The first round of games in the Roscommon Senior Football Championship at the weekend dealt two heavy blows to county manager John Evans, as both Kevin Higgins and Ciarán Murtagh sustained injuries playing for Western Gaels and St Faithleachs respectively.

Roscommon are flying high this week after their second successive promotion under the watchful gaze of Killorglin’s John Evans.