The FC Metz Sentinel
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Gauthier Hein
Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Aug 2028
Bryan Okoh puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at FC Metz, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Nick Homan says FC Metz went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
Jessy Deminguet shuts the door
Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match12 Aug 2028
FC Metz make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now FC Metz have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at FC Metz
Jessy Deminguet 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 ratings14 Aug 2028
A defender's afternoon for Bryan Okoh
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings14 Aug 2028
A defender's afternoon for Sadibou Sané
Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Bambo Diaby
“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
- Match Rémi Roger sends FC Metz past Clermont Foot
- Squad Dorian Fraeyman stays put
- Market Mathieu Drouaine told to find a new club