“Even before the start of the season, we knew that it would be extremely complicated for Nantes. We are talking about a team that has changed its cycle after having experienced a 2022-23 season at the end which could have been traumatic (despite the thinning of the European Cup). To make matters worse, the Canaries lost their goalkeeper Alban Lafont on the first day to a serious injury. The balance sheet after two days is tough: 4 goals conceded in two games, only 1 penalty scored, 0 points on the clock… Obviously it’s already starting to talk about the future of Pierre Aristouy.
The sheet of FC Nantes on Goal! soccer club
“After two days, nothing is prohibitive or catastrophic”
Now I think that at the start of this season, the leaders of Nantes already knew that it would be difficult. Replacing the coach so early would not necessarily make much sense. If the defeats were to accumulate, the outcome will be inevitable but I am still surprised that no one anticipated or thought that Pierre Aristouy has his ideas for FC Nantes but that it would probably take a little time for the mayonnaise to set. Especially with the very average workforce it has. There are still some good players in this team like Mostafa Mohamed or Kader Bamba, who is coming back from his loan. Behind, the old veteran Nicolas Pallois is there to hold the house but, overall, it’s too light. Especially in the absence of goalkeeper N°1 and (ex) captain of this team…
By remaining positive, we can also tell ourselves that after two days nothing is prohibitive or catastrophic. Nantes are tied with OL and only two points behind PSG. Now it is obvious that this team urgently needs to strengthen. A Brazilian colony arrived (Marquinhos, D.Augusto and soon Adson). She will have to adapt properly. Anyway, we must not get the wrong objective for Nantes: this year, it will be a question of fighting not to go down… Hoping for an end to the season a little less on the wire.
“Is Galtier the solution? With this workforce, it’s complicated…”
I read that we were already talking about Christophe Galtier to replace Pierre Aristouy. Would this be the solution? As long as Nantes doesn’t have a balanced squad, it’s complicated… The coach can’t work miracles. In Nantes, there is almost one boss per line and the creative player who can replace Ludovic Blas. That’s still a lot of gaps to fill in a short time. I’m really afraid that FC Nantes is going through another difficult season with an audience that is once again at risk of scolding the management. Even more so if Waldemar Kita were to quickly cut off the head of Pierre Aristouy, a coach whom some already see as the savior or the man who will bring the game back “to the Nantaise of the 90s”.
I admit that I am still divided on the abilities of Pierre Aristouy, who remains a young coach. We made a big deal of it at his induction. We were overreacting to say that he had already found the recipe, etc. In my opinion, we put him on a pedestal a little too quickly when he had finally won only one match – the one he had to win against Angers (1-0, 38th day) – to save FC Nantes. Today, Pierre Aristouy is not (yet) the hero of the people of Nantes but he is not either the zero that must be sent to the cellar after only two days. Afterwards, as we know, patience has never been the forte of a president like Waldemar Kita…”
To sum up
If he believes that the FC Nantes season will be, whatever happens, complicated to negotiate, Denis Balbir would not understand a rapid change of strategy with the dismissal of Pierre Aristouy after only a few games.
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