Octave Joly

Central Midfielder - Rodez AF
6 Jul 2027
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Marked for Octave Joly

47 Edition

The Rodez AF Gazette

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad21 Jun 2027

The knee: Jason Mbock out for 47 days

47 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Rodez AF lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market21 Jun 2027

Morgan Corredor asks to leave Rodez AF

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Tempers go at Rodez AF

Quentin Braat 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.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Alfie McNally is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Olympique de Marseille tell Rodez AF: CJ Egan-Riley is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Rodez AF count the cost of losing Octave Joly

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout21 Jun 2027

Nolan Galves 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.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Rodez AF ask about Francesco Salvemini

A loan enquiry to Benevento: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Rodez AF ask about Michele Cerofolini

A loan enquiry to Bari: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

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5 Edition

The Rodez AF Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Farès Ghedjemis was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 34. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Market31 Aug 2026

Wilitty Younoussa asks to leave Rodez AF

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

No deal for Christian Makoun at that price

Rodez AF offered $8.2M; Levski said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market31 Aug 2026

Eyes on Ibrahima Baldé again

The phone has started ringing about Ibrahima Baldé again, and this time the name on the line is Cotonsport Garoua. Rodez AF are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rodez AF

Evan's Jean-Lambert 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.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Sparta Prague tell Rodez AF: Loïc Mbe Soh is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match29 Aug 2026

Bruny Nsimba the difference as Rodez AF beat US Boulogne

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bruny Nsimba. 1‑0 against US Boulogne, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words at Rodez AF training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohamed Achi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Evan's Jean-Lambert stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.54 on the card, and the Rodez AF support went home talking about one name.

In brief

2 Edition

The Rodez AF Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Octave Joly turns ES Setif down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

An offer of $6.1M for Lamine Guèye

Rodez AF have gone to Paris FC with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Rodez AF make their move for Jason Mbock

$990.0K on the table at FC Rouen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Quentin Braat stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Quentin Braat and Rodez AF agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Quentin Braat 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 Rodez AF this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Kenny Nagera was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Balthazar Pierret

Rodez AF asked and FC Nantes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match8 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Rodez AF against FC Annecy

0‑2 to FC Annecy, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Quentin Braat

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

1 Edition

The Rodez AF Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Evan's Jean-Lambert

Successful dribbles: 38. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match1 Aug 2026

Rodez AF win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. Amiens SC will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Market3 Aug 2026

Rodez AF turn down Carpi for Nolan Galves

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Wilitty Younoussa pops up at the right end — 7.22

7.22, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Evan's Jean-Lambert stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Evan's Jean-Lambert and Rodez AF agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rodez AF

Quentin Braat 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Octave Joly attracts admirers

The name of Octave Joly has come up in conversations Rodez AF were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Rodez AF

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Evan's Jean-Lambert was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Rodez AF rebuffed over Gustavo Varela

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Monza have kept their man, and Rodez AF go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief