If they have heard the announcements from their club, the Alpine players nonetheless remain determined for the moment to “only trust in themselves” before receiving the dax.
Undefeated in 2024 and on a series of six victories in their last seven games, the FCG is not doing so bad, thank you for him. And for this, thanks can be given to this group of players with ever more inexhaustible mental resources, whose captain Steeve Blanc-Mappaz can no longer praise the qualities of resilience. “Frankly, after the lousy Christmas holidays that we experienced, this good period since the beginning of the year constitutes a huge breath of fresh air, and we welcome it with great pleasure, smiled the Savoyard. What strikes me on a daily basis, above all, is the desire of the whole group to maintain this dynamic. This is felt in the slightest attitude, the slightest behavior. We know where we come from and we do everything to maintain that state of mind.” Because in Grenoble, more than anywhere else in France, we know that nothing can ever be taken for granted. This is why, if the latest announcements made by the managers (capital increase to the tune of 2.5 million euros, arrival of a new investor member of the 500 biggest French fortunes) were welcomed as good news, they are not were not taken at face value. Scalded cat afraid of cold water… “Like everyone else, we saw the announcements from our leaders, and we inevitably say deep down that things are perhaps about to turn around, sighed Blanc-Mappaz. But we don’t want to get fired up, because we remember where we come from. If all this is done, so much the better. But at this stage of the season, we know we can only trust ourselves.” As if this “alone against all” decreed by the group since the second withdrawal of points constituted the best defense against the outside world. “There is that, confirmed the captain. Even if President Patrick Goffi is very present with us, even if we feel that the leaders are struggling behind the scenes, it remains true that trust is built. This is why we only want to concentrate on our part, the pitch, because we know that here at least we can have confidence in each other. This has been the story of this group for several seasons.”
A touch of improvement
And this one is obviously no exception to the rule, full of emotional lifts as marked as the summits of Belledonne, but also incredible differences in performance if we compare the current period to that experienced during the first leg at Dax (lost 28-23 on September 1). “We have to put things in context, corrected Blanc-Mappaz. At the start of the season, we had a lot of injuries, especially in the second row, and this clearly penalized us during our away matches. Today, even if there are a few sores in the same positions, the situation is different.” And the problems too. Although… Because if the touchline had constituted a huge problem during the first leg at Dax, this sector still remains today the last in which the FCG seems to retain a large margin of progress. “We still lack a little consistency, it’s true, admitted “SBM”. This is a sector that we work very hard on, but in which we are still far from our maximum. The good news, despite everything, is that we are making progress. The guys are starting to know each other well, the timings and lifts are better. This is going in the right direction even if we are well aware that there is still a little missing, and that we will have to improve because we know to what extent this sector always becomes more crucial during important matches.” Suffice to say that this Friday against the Dacquois, the Isérois will have every interest in taking care of their conquest and more precisely their throws, if they want to avoid an unpleasant surprise.
2024-01-19 14:31:22
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