After Niort – ASNL
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1st Paris FC, 3rd Niort… 15th Nancy, 16th Guingamp, 19th AC Ajaccio, 20th Toulouse. Ligue 2 likes anomalies. She is doing it again at the start of the season. After three days, the ranking is upside down. With, at the bottom of the class, ex-boarders of the elite, with high standing, that the prognosticators had announced in the first part of the table. All false !
Like other former Ligue 1 comrades, the ASNL, weighed down by its finances, got into the wrong car. She missed her start to the season and risks dragging this failed start like a ball. Who already intends it for a struggle for its survival? We dare not think about it.
Its situation is the lot of those who let opportunities slip by. A bad habit. Not a match won since January 10! The evil is well anchored.
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Will the blue color hatch?
Is it really a surprise? Of course not. Already struggling before the interruption of last March, the team has hardly changed. Only one new in the starting lineup at Niort: Mickaël Biron, whose improbable and salutary adaptation must be recognized. Like what sometimes there is no point in looking for “names”. Papa Ba, scorer for the very young Niort team on Saturday, played last season at Athletico Marseille…
Two observations in relation to this minimal recruitment, the scope further mitigated by the injury of Mehdi Merghem. He obviously did not help strengthen a team already in need of efficiency. At this level, Jean-Louis Garcia is right to recall that he has to deal with an inexperienced offensive compartment. For the moment, apart from Biron of course, this blue size has only come to light during friendly matches. Will we succeed in making it hatch?
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Stability without effect
On the other hand, this almost unchanged ASNL had a trump card up its sleeve. That of having a collective experience. This could (should?) Have benefited him, especially at the start of the season, against teams in (re) construction. Nada! It did not take advantage of this stability, showing the same deficiencies as before the cut. It was the number one hope. He did pschitt.
The schedule has certainly not helped the ASNL (although Niort was not really a lightning bolt …) and it will continue to complicate his life. With in the “viewfinder” this trip to the leader, Paris FC, then the reception of Le Havre. “But Paris is perfect. We have a lot of players coming from there. They are going to be hyper-motivated and will push the group. It can start our season ”, positive Baptiste Valette.
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What solutions?
But how to evolve and break this long series of failures? “By raising the cursor to the requirement”, assures the Nancy coach who remains attached to his philosophy: “We must remain united and maintain confidence in our project”.
In order not to go into the wall, things will nevertheless have to be changed. Team, approach? Can touch-ups be enough? It is believed to John The Hague , interesting when he played, to Rosario Latouchent, whose incorporation would reposition Saliou Ciss a notch higher, to Dorian Bertrand, who raises the technical level.
Possible leads (there may be others hidden in the forest of Haye?) While waiting for the arrival of one or two recruits by October 5. This reinforcement appears necessary. It remains to be hoped that departures will lead the accountant to give his discharge. If this is the case, the profile should not be mistaken. Athletic and fast, à la Papa Ba?
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