The day of regrets.
And also that of missed opportunities for Saint-Jacques, dominated at home on Saturday by Cholet (B), 2-6. Because there were plenty of ways to do better, as the captain, François Menuge, recognizes: With a reserve team in front, we always start with randomness. This time, the opposing squad was rather favorable to us, it was weaker among the women.
This was also somewhat the case at Saint-Jacques since Emma Gautier, injured in her back, did not play. But this absence could not explain the defeat of Lucy Clotault, R4, against Coralie Lambert, R6. As she was last, she undoubtedly put pressure on herself, which may explain her setback.
“The Choletais wanted more”
Before that, Saint-Jacques had had many opportunities to make a difference. In four matches, we had shuttlecocks to win the first set, and in the other two, we led a set to zero.
deplores François Menuge who sees this as a main reason:
Every time, we lost,” We present an ensemble composed mainly of young people who fail to break away in the important moments, at the end. As soon as a grain of sand interferes with the mechanics, everything goes wrong. Many lack character and display no expression. The people of Cholet wanted more, that’s what made the difference.
And in the ranking, if there is no danger yet, Saint-Jacques retaining a point ahead of the last, Le Cellier Ligné, Saturday’s meeting should not weigh too much on the final count. We should have taken at least the defensive bonus point. If everything had gone more or less normally, we could have hoped for a draw. And in the best case scenario, success was possible. None of this happened. It’s annoying, we’ll have to go and get the point(s) that we missed against Cholet against Guichen (B) or Alençon.”
concludes François Menuge.
