ChristopheVAFC

Glad to see the forum's back and to chat with you, my friends!

Good evening Fabrice! From what I can tell you about Joachim: - He's one of the players with the greatest potential to develop with us. - He trained with us at Valenciennes and has always been a good player, diligent both at school and at football. - He's 18 years old and still has his whole career ahead of him. - He is captain of the French U19 team - He has been one of our most-used players since the start of the season (11 games out of 13). - He's having a bit of trouble this season in the 3rd division because it's a league with a different mentality (aggressiveness, etc.). I can see him taking his first steps in the 2nd team with you and then, if he establishes himself quickly, making a few first-team appearances.

Last I heard, he'd be on loan to Valenciennes until the end of the 2024/2025 season, after which he'll be with you for good. To be continued!

Mercato : le défenseur de Valenciennes Joachim Kayi Sanda vers Southampton (Transferts)

Hello to all Southampton fans. On this 1st January, I would like to wish you, your family and friends a very happy and prosperous 2025. I am delighted to be part of your football club family. May your plans come to fruition and may you have many good things to look forward to this year. Can't wait to come back and see you guys. It's normally scheduled for this year. Hopefully we'll have a good time together. Take care dear friends, I wish you all the best. See you soon, my friends!

Red Card !!!!

I hope you enjoy the match, Saint's supporters! I'll be watching the game here from France, hoping for the 1st victory of your new manager, Ivan Jurić. My thoughts are with you my friends! COME ON YOU SAINTS ! 🔴⚪

Southampton fans, I wish you a Merry Christmas from France. Enjoy this day with your family and friends. Take care of yourselves. ❤️🤍

So, to tell you the story behind this banner, it's from a Valenciennes supporter who's aiming to hit the ‘grand slam’ of away games for VA this season (friendly, league, French Cup). And so far, he hasn't missed a single match since the start of the season, and his banner is displayed on the gates of the visitors' stand at every match. The bus represents travel and therefore away matches. It looks more like the red London bus, haha.

Hello friends, once again we've been through all the emotions in the Coupe de France! We were leading 2-1 at 90 minutes +6, but Thionville equalised at 2-2 just before the final whistle at 90+7! A penalty was awarded and VA won 5-4. Around 80 Valenciennes supporters made the trip. There's a lot of work to be done, but we hope things will be better by 2025. Allez VA!

Thank you very much. Currently on my way to the match. I hope we can qualify for the next round!

PRESS: https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1536535/article/2024-12-22/poigne-et-experience-il-va-les-booster-vincent-hognon-plait-bien-aux-supporters

Hello friends, I hope you're well this Sunday. Today is match day for Valenciennes, who travel to Thionville in Lorraine (about a 3-hour drive away) as part of the 1/32nd final of the French Football Cup. This is the last match of the year, but the first for our new manager, Vincent Hognon. I'm pretty confident about this match, because generally speaking, the arrival of a new manager motivates the players to put in a good performance. We also want to reassure ourselves before the festive season, so that we can get back on the right foot in January 2025. The match kicks off at 5.30pm French time and will be broadcast in France on Bein Sport 2. Allez VA! 🔴⚪

Welcome Ivan !

I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way, but I obviously want you to stay in the Premier League this season.

I'm not mocking you, I know the challenges are going to be complicated, but I think it's still possible to change the situation, I really do.

My friends, I'm sorry for tonight's defeat. Now it's on to the championship, and I sincerely hope you can keep up! Take heart, friends of Southampton!

I'm reassured because he's an experienced coach and he's known in France as a successful manager. The most complicated thing for him will be to reassure our players and restore their confidence too. I wish him every success with us.

https://www.va-fc.com/articles/25758

My friends, I sincerely hope you find a new manager who will be capable of doing great things for the rest of the season.

It's never an easy decision. Russel has done some good things for you, but now it's time to make way for change. Good luck to you guys.

I still hope that things are moving internally haha!

It's all well and good to want the head of the sporting director (Ben Chorley), or the head coach (Ahmed Kantari and Stephane Mangione), but the players also have their share of responsibilities...

A statement from Stéphane Mangione (interim coach of Valenciennes) last night: ‘When you take 17 shots in a game, at some point you expose yourself to cracking. But we did the hard part by opening the scoring, a little against the run of play. We decided to change our system against a National 3 team in the French Cup and against PSG's Youth League team, but the opposition wasn't the same and tactically we didn't respond. With a lot of transparency, I think we're where we should be, I think the team is simply showing its limitations. I can be responsible for a lot of things, Ahmed Kantari too, but I can't be responsible for the players‘ feet and at a given moment, when we have to come out under pressure, with, we don't make 3 passes, when we open the score and we have 1 or 2 correct restarts and then, well, we give the ball back to the opponent and we put ourselves in danger, that's it, when you're a coach, you want to assume a lot of things but these facts are difficult. We are going through a difficult period, that's it, within the locker room, even if the locker room is exceptional and is doing well. But I made a speech (...) because during the talk, I asked them to be united, and if it had to bend, not to break. I found that they were exemplary in this register in the first half, or in particular, there was the slip of Jordan (Poha) who was caught by Sambou (Sissoko) and that's this kind of solidarity, these are beautiful values. So I asked them to stay calm, that the highlights of Le Mans would pass, that we could now have our own highlights and I think that's what happened during this first quarter of an hour in the second half. Unfortunately, it didn't last long enough, and it's a recurrence that we concede goals from crosses and there you go, we're not mean enough on the marking, we're not mean enough on the ball carrier, and when we're not able to manage the source or at least manage the arrival..."

My friend, it's been a complicated evening indeed, with this latest defeat pushing us further away from the top spots... I wouldn't like to be at Sport Republic right now with our problems on top of yours... From now until the end of January, it will be decisive for the rest of the season for Valenciennes and Southampton. When it comes to money, it's a bit complicated for SR to get out the purse... May the end of the year be good for us.