Tom Pauget

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173 Edition

The Stade Lavallois Courier

19 Nov 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Nov 2029

A knee injury of the worst kind for Julien Maggiotti

108 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Stade Lavallois lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market19 Nov 2029

William Bianda asks to leave Stade Lavallois

“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.

Player ratings19 Nov 2029

Sam Sanna goes up and wins it — 7.99

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.99 for the rest of it.

Match17 Nov 2029

Stade Lavallois cannot stop winning

3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Squad19 Nov 2029

Julien Maggiotti 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 Stade Lavallois this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings19 Nov 2029

Nobody could get near Ethan Clavreul

Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match17 Nov 2029

Nobody wins at Stade Lavallois

9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match17 Nov 2029

Stade Lavallois get the job done against Tours

A 2‑1 win over Tours, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces19 Nov 2029

Stade Lavallois supporters have found a favourite in Melvin Jambry

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Melvin Jambry has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

Back issues
160 Edition

The Stade Lavallois Courier

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom20 Aug 2029

Didier Pons is out at Stade Lavallois

Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.

The terraces20 Aug 2029

The mood at Stade Lavallois has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Match18 Aug 2029

Stade Lavallois taken apart

1‑4 to Tours, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad20 Aug 2029

37 days out for Alvin Arrondel after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Stade Lavallois will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Boardroom20 Aug 2029

A stranger takes charge at Stade Lavallois

The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.

Transfer targets20 Aug 2029

Stade Lavallois agree $4.1M for Mohamed Bayo

The clubs have shaken hands with LOSC Lille; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Boardroom20 Aug 2029

Interim Coach takes charge at Stade Lavallois

“Somebody has to pick the team on Saturday, and this week that is me.” An interim appointment with no promises attached, which is how most of them start.

Match18 Aug 2029

6 matches without a win for Stade Lavallois

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Stade Lavallois are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings20 Aug 2029

No sign of nerves from Otis Caporusso at 21 — 7.90

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Otis Caporusso did not need any: 7.90, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

In brief

145 Edition

The Stade Lavallois Courier

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market7 May 2029

Only the photograph left for Mohamed Ben Fredj

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mohamed Ben Fredj will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stade Lavallois the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market7 May 2029

Layousse Samb 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 Stade Lavallois, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad7 May 2029

Julien Maggiotti signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Julien Maggiotti and Stade Lavallois agree another 2 years.

Squad7 May 2029

Mamadou Samassa 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 Stade Lavallois this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 May 2029

Otis Caporusso falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad7 May 2029

A step back for Tom Pauget at Stade Lavallois

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Market7 May 2029

Enzo Mongo is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Stade Lavallois has been clear about where Enzo Mongo stands, which is more than many ever get.

Market7 May 2029

The shop window has Mohamed Ben Fredj in it

Stade Lavallois have let the market know Mohamed Ben Fredj can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout7 May 2029

The manager makes Samy Kehli a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Stade Lavallois. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

137 Edition

The Stade Lavallois Courier

12 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Mar 2029

Mohamed Ben Fredj has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stade Lavallois they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market12 Mar 2029

Mervin Gbeme hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Stade Lavallois can pretend not to have heard.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Tempers go at Stade Lavallois

Julien Maggiotti 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.

Squad12 Mar 2029

Words at Stade Lavallois training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mervin Gbeme 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.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

The manager makes an example of Samy Kehli

“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.

Market12 Mar 2029

Stade Lavallois put Mohamed Ben Fredj up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Mohamed Ben Fredj may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad12 Mar 2029

A wage question at Stade Lavallois

Otis Caporusso has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.

The dugout12 Mar 2029

Victor Laurent knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stade Lavallois, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market12 Mar 2029

Mathis-Tahiry Andrianaivo Mahefa runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Stade Lavallois money.

In brief