Marc Paget

Central Defender - Nimes
4 Oct 2027
Monday
Process

Marked for Marc Paget

44 Edition

The Nimes Herald

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Francis Coquelin in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nimes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager plants his flag on Pablo Martinez

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Pablo Martinez’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

Squad

Marc Paget is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief

Back issues
29 Edition

The Nimes Herald

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Pablo Martinez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nimes this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

The Clément Depres talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Nimes know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Bissourou Touré asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

8 Edition

The Nimes Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cup progress for Nimes

A 2‑0 win over FC Metz, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Squad

Benoît Costil keeps Nimes in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Player ratings

Bilel Aouacheria runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Nimes

Pablo Martinez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Francis Coquelin

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Clément Depres gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Marc Paget shuts the door

Defensive actions: 19, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

The terraces

The spotlight tightens on Clément Depres

Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.

Match

Point won or two lost for Nimes?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Clermont Foot? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief