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[FredVaFC59100]

17 hours ago, ChristopheVAFC said:

Furthermore, out of respect for you, dear friends in Southampton, I will not comment on my compatriot's remarks above.

 

Thank you kindly for the clarification; I initially thought you were showing respect to Sport Republic.

[FredVaFC59100]

7 hours ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Merde!        😩

What are your thoughts on that performance, Fred?   💩

Big Merde! 

There is no hope as long as SR will stay at the helm of the club. The governance is horrible, The guy sent by Solak lives in Dubai and rarely shows up; Feels like he does not really give a merde. How can you succeed in Football w/o leadership ?

It is worse on the pitch though, a bunch of overpaid mediocre has-beens/never-was players, that run straight like chickens with their heads cut-off, that only care about their big fat checks at the end of the month.

The only one that stands out is Rento Takaoka, why ? Because he is fit, because he has work-ethic and give it all out until the last minute. 

[ChristopheVAFC]

Hello friends, how are you today?

After last Friday's defeat against Concarneau, Valenciennes are playing away at Aubagne in the league tonight.

I don't need to tell you that we're expecting a reaction from our players tonight, with what we hope will be a much better performance.

Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m. French time, and the link to the match is below:

In my next post, I'll also share a press article by our coach Stephane Moulin.

Have a great day, everyone, and Allez VA!

[ChristopheVAFC]

« Je ne suis pas quelqu’un qui abandonne » : Stéphane Moulin a été déçu mais pas abattu pour relancer Valenciennes - La Voix du Nord

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"I'm not someone who gives up": Stéphane Moulin was disappointed but not dejected as he sought to revive Valenciennes.

The Valenciennes coach wanted to clarify his frank comments after the match against Concarneau. Yes, he was disappointed and frustrated, but the dejection has dissipated; he's already back in the fight for the expected rebound this Tuesday in Aubagne.

Stéphane Moulin is committed to being honest in front of the microphones and leaving the waffle in the locker room. We certainly won't hold that against him in a team that has mastered the art of stating the obvious. On Friday, after the defeat against Concarneau, the Valenciennes coach expressed his dismay, disappointment, and incomprehension at the scenario that saw his team falter after opening the score. "I don't understand why this is happening again." "I've never experienced anything like that. I don't understand how this team operates with such incredible mental weakness," Stéphane Moulin said.

"When I come to answer your questions half an hour after the match, there's still a lot of disappointment, but the dejection isn't there the next day," Stéphane Moulin said.

And it shouldn't be seen as anything other than the frustration of a match that didn't turn out the way I'd hoped. "I do my job, and when I come to answer your questions half an hour after the match, there's still a lot of disappointment, but the dejection isn't there the next day. I'm not someone who gives up, I never give up," he insisted. "But I'm not going to say everything's fine when I think it's not. I'm a real, whole person. I say what I see and what I think, and then you either like it or you don't, that's how it is." »

"If I'm asked questions and I don't answer them, I don't see the point," Stéphane Moulin added.

Twenty-four hours to truly process the situation
Stéphane Moulin, and one or more of his players, depending on how the evening went – after Friday's defeat, only Romain Thomas was in the mixed zone – spoke in two parts about half an hour after the end of the matches. First to the journalists present to cover the match, and then later in a program broadcast on the club's website. "And if I'm asked questions and I don't answer them, I don't see the point," added the Valenciennes coach.

Disappointed, frustrated, and annoyed, Stéphane Moulin, 58, explains that he has evolved in his way of processing bad matches. "Before, it took me 48 hours to digest a disappointment like this. With time, 24 hours later, I'm already ready to take up the challenge, even if after a match like that, the night is short. But just because I say things aren't going well doesn't mean they'll never get better." Back in training Saturday morning and again Sunday and Monday, the Valenciennes players haven't really had the chance to dwell on their missed evening, with a league match starting this Tuesday in Aubagne.

Aubagne – VAFC, this Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m.

Absent: El Hadary, Inchaud, Collet, Niakate (injured);

Belloumou (doubtful), Courtet, Sissoko, Maréchal (suspended)

 

[ChristopheVAFC]

On 18/10/2025 at 05:27, FredVaFC59100 said:

Thank you kindly for the clarification; I initially thought you were showing respect to Sport Republic.

Please know that I will always have eternal respect for my club and its institution. My opinion is and will remain that we should trust SR as much as we trusted EZ.

You also mentioned Dirk Gerkens in another post, who is the club president, appointed by Dragan Solak last year. I don't think this role is the most important one in itself.

The most important person, and the one who I believe has the most responsibility, is our managing director, Yohan Godin, who I know does his utmost every day to improve the management and day-to-day running of the club, and no one can fault him for his work.

It's no surprise, nor is it a lie, and I agree with you too, the team is still not living up to our expectations, and I think the SR management is the first to be disappointed by this.

However, the recruitment process was well chosen and the profiles are fairly consistent, but for the moment, it is not working perfectly. I can only hope that this will be resolved very soon and that Stephane Moulin will find the keys to making things better.

[ChristopheVAFC]

The match has just ended.

Aubagne 1-1 Valenciennes

Goalscorers:

- Sofiane BOUDRAA (7') for Aubagne.

- Mabrouk ROUAI (87') for Valenciennes.

Note that Aubagne's goalscorer belongs to... Valenciennes! He has been on loan this season...

[ChristopheVAFC]

Hello friends, I hope you are all well today?

Here is some news from Valenciennes.

Tonight, we return to league action as we welcome Quevilly Rouen (Normandy) to the Stade du Hainaut.

The club hasn't played for two weeks, and last Saturday, around fifty supporters took the opportunity to send messages to the players at the VAFC training centre. Below is a press article summarising this initiative:

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VAFC: "No unnecessary pressure" but a real reckoning from the fans

Having fallen back into its old habits, VA is once again provoking the ire of its supporters, some of whom showed up at the training center on Saturday morning to set the record straight. It's not so much the results that are upsetting the ultras as the attitudes they've witnessed on the pitch.

Having endured a diet of hardship for far too long, the Valenciennes ultras have grown tired of this regime, which offers them decidedly too little excitement. Remarkably patient despite the bitter pills they've swallowed (relegation to the National league, last season's lack of achievements), they've reached a point where their kindness shouldn't be taken advantage of. "We're not the most problematic or the most aggressive supporters," observes Hugo, "but we're starting to get fed up." “We’re already out of contention (eight points behind second place) even though we’re not a third of the way through the season, we don’t understand it.”

“We know how to handle things”

Hugo was among the fifty or so fans who responded on Saturday to the (public) call, issued the day before by the Ultras Roisters, to come and confront the players and coaching staff at the training center. They could have taken the club by surprise, but they haven’t reached that level of anger yet. “That’s not how we operate, we know how to handle things,” insists the group’s spokesperson, Stéphane Beaumont. No insults, no firecrackers, no banners, but a measured address at the end of the session that the Valenciennes players listened to without a murmur. Sporting coordinator Mathieu Frison was present: “We understand the fans’ disappointment; their reaction isn’t inconsistent with our start to the season. We acknowledge a certain inconsistency in our performances, even within the same match.”

“If they’re too comfortable here, they should tell us. They should enjoy their good fortune in having this training center, this stadium, this fanbase!” said Stéphane Beaumont, spokesperson for the Ultras Roisters.

This was glaringly obvious against Concarneau (1-2) on October 17, and the hard-fought draw on Tuesday in Aubagne (1-1) did little to reassure Valenciennes’ most ardent supporters. The goal wasn't "to play the bad guys, to scare the players, or to put unnecessary pressure on them," insists Stéphane Beaumont, "but rather to make them face their responsibilities, they who carry the weight of an institution that's over a century old. If there's too much comfort here, they need to tell us. They should take advantage of their opportunity to have this training center, this stadium, this crowd (6,876 spectators against Concarneau)! We want warriors, players who are hungry for victory on the pitch."

Last month, a tense situation had already emerged in the background of the match against Paris 13, which a series of three clean sheets, including a strong performance in Caen (0-0), quickly defused. "We tend to get carried away, sometimes a little too quickly," admits Hugo. After this latest tightening of the screws, the players know they're under scrutiny once again.

A respectful and cordial exchange lasting about ten minutes. I hope it will be beneficial for tonight's match!

Speaking of tonight's match, I'm sharing the link below with you. Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m. French time, as usual.

great day everyone !

Allez Valenciennes !