First things first, when told by a toddler barely knee high to Trevor after the match against Forest that he had been no good, he smiled, apologised, and said: "You always get honesty from kids, don't you?!"
Not that Trevor was taking his performance lightly, but, if personal glory might not have been the order of the day, at least celebrating a victory was.
"I had a bad 15 minute period towards the end of the first half," he admits, "and I just couldn't get to grips with the game.
"I was trying some different boots to normal and it just seemed I wasn't getting a lot of feel on the ball.
"But I can't blame that - I was having a nightmare towards the end of that half so I shook myself down, rolled my sleeves up, and tried to give a better performance in the second half which I feel I did.
"Apart from the last 15 minutes of the first half I feel I did okay."
Mental capacity is, as Michael Carrick found out earlier in the season, just what you need if things don't go your way, and Trevor is determined to show that against Newcastle.
"It is a tough game," he says, "but Newcastle have been playing well and let's hope we can repeat last week's game and turn it into a league win.
"I think the players and the characters you have got in the squad are not going to hide - they are people that are going to roll up their sleeves and give it everything to try and get the right results from now on.
"We are certainly going to be giving it our best to make sure that happens."
Trevor certainly is harbouring no thoughts of jumping ship if things don't work out this season, and he reveals: "I am happy at the club and I have no intentions of looking at my situation. I have got two years to run at the end of the season so unless the club approach me I have got no problems.
"I am committed for another two years after this season."
Not that he is contemplating the worst, though, and he is motivated by the often quoted statistic that the team bottom of the Premiership at Christmas is doomed.
"I understand that and these people who look at the statistics must understand that they are there to be broken - and if we do we will come out with a lot of credit from it," he insists.
He is looking forward to linking up with Lee Bowyer - which may allow him a more forward role against Newcastle - and, welcoming his arrival, he says: "It is always good to have new players in the squad; it gives everyone a little spring in their step."
As for his assessment of the win over Forest, he says: "Although we didn't play exceptionally well we won and sometimes that is what you need to give you a bit of confidence.
"I think we were fortunate to win the game but we showed good spirit; we started off quite well apart from the goal, got back into the game well with an excellent goal by Jermain, but we were a little disappointed we didn't come in at half time more up.
"In the second half they got into the game a bit more, got the goal, and once we'd equalised I thought we were going to really go at them.
"I think it was probably a good thing that they got the penalty to start with, and then missed it, because it really did give us a little kick up the backside.
"We looked decent, got another great goal from Jermain, wriggling to make a great space for himself, and it must be said they are a good team.
"They will have left with their heads held high feeling a bit disappointed not to have been still in the hat with a replay."
As for the disallowed goal that meant the need for a replay was avoided, Trevor says: "I saw the lad blatantly push Christian and I looked to the line immediately, because I noticed that Paul Durkin hadn't spotted it. The flag was up and I was quite confident he was going to disallow it once he had spoken to the linesman.
"It was a long wait for the crowd and it was a tense situation to see what the decision was going to be, but I was quite confident the linesman was going to stick to his guns and the foul would be given.
"Who knows? It is important we have started the new year with a win at Upton Park, albeit not in the league, and let's hope it will be a springboard."
Now is the time, of course, to turn wins into draws after two home draws on the trot.
"It could have been two wins," says Trevor, "but I feel the spirit we have been showing away has been good. We looked at it from last season and we have got to grips with it much better.
"It is just back to the home form - and if we can sort that out I am sure we will be okay."