FredVaFC59100

What I don't get is that SR always puts forward their "Scientific" approach to football with data based hiring, but yet, they keep on making bad decisions (for Valenciennes at least) whether it pertains to the management team or players on the pitch. The friendly games have so far, been underwhelming and the team shows no progress whatsoever. I predict mid-table standing at the end of the season.

I feel quite the opposite regarding Valenciennes' future. Ben Chorley is mediocre at best, He has made poor choices since day 1. This does not fare well for SR's top farm club structure.

I think the real problem with Valenciennes is twofold; First, we lost our identity under the new ownership; SR has turned the club into nothing more than a farm team for Southampton FC and Göztepe SK. Second, the sporting director, Ben Chorley is way over his head. He kept on making very poor choices (latest one was to keep Kantari as head coach); in a video (https://www.va-fc.com/videos/17301 at 14:16) he claims that Joachim Kayi Sanda is the best center back in the world. Maybe he is too humble, why not the best center back of the galaxy? I predict that we will stay in 3rd division for a looooonnnnnng time.