It’s a word that counts. Presidential speech. Francis Bardot, leader of La Charité basket, experienced the glorious hours in NM1, and stood up, with a whole club, against the specter of relegation to NM3.
What’s the vibe at a club struggling not to go down??
Everyone is a bit on edge. Players, leaders, difficult to remain calm. I can’t say there is no tension at all. But there is a common desire to get out of this mess.
Can we already speak of a disappointing season??
I’m disappointed. We hadn’t built a team to move up to NM1. But at least to play for sixth place. With Fabian (Anthonioz, coach), we are convinced that it was possible. Today, I sign for a tenth place.
When I intervene to speak to the players, it is rather at the beginning of the week. Telling them I’m not happy happened. But it is not a question of undermining the morale of the players, already started by the classification.
How do you explain these difficulties?
The short defeats are infuriating, when you see the difference in points (Gennevilliers, 6th, has the same difference in points as La Charité, 12th: – 27). The team never showed that they knew how to be excellent forty minutes. She is brilliant, intermittently. These moments have to take over the air pockets.
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What can be the role of a president in this situation??
When I intervene to speak to the players, it is rather at the beginning of the week. Telling them I’m not happy happened. But it is not a question of undermining their morale, already started by the classification. I was in training on Tuesday, I saw them again on Wednesday: I want them to feel supported, not abandoned.
Two supporter trips planned
Leaving the club on relegation would also be a task…
Each off-season, we have to find six or seven new players. For those who intend to leave, maintaining would look better on the CV. But not everyone wants to leave. Many even want to stay.
Even in NM3??
The question was not considered.
What would relegation represent?
A second page that turns, after the descent to NM2 (requested by the club, maintained sportingly, for economic reasons). It would be going back twelve years (the club moved up from NM3 to NM2 at the end of the 2010-2011 season). Nothing infamous, but the NM3 is a different way of working, without professional contracts…
The team will end the season with three trips. Have you already planned a trip for supporters??
Yes, in Prissé-Mâcon (24th day) and Juvisy (26th and last day). If the team had been maintained, such additional support would certainly not have been organised. But we will need it.
Match sheet
Today 8 p.m. LA CHARITÉ-SUR-LOIRE (Georges-Picq gymnasium). Charity-WOSB. Referees: Vincent Perret and Alexandre Archer.
The charity.?Leaders: Salaneuve (1.78m, cap.), Lefebvre (1.80m)?; wing-backs: Booth (1.92m), Palcy (1.94m), Leria (1.98m), Dos Santos (1.97m); interiors: Aboussalam (2.02 m), Rimsa (2.08 m), Hangoué (2.01 m). Trainer: Fabien Anthonioz (assisted by Pierre-Hugues Frémont).
WOSB.?Leaders: Imhoff (1.83m), Muller (1.86m); wing-backs: Correia Da Silva (1.92m, cap.), Cissé (1.96m), Fuchs (1.96m), ?; inside: Mba Tankou (1.97m), Diagne (2m), Trautmann (2.02m). Coach: Francois Ladenburger.
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