Patrick Roger

Central Defender - Chamois Niortais
13 Dec 2026
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8 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Patrick Roger says Chamois Niortais 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 ratings21 Sep 2026

Emmanuel Martin, 33, rolls back the years — 8.03

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Guillaume Royer 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 Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match19 Sep 2026

6 unbeaten for Chamois Niortais

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Chamois Niortais did not have in the autumn.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Louis Louis

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Louis Louis, and the manager let it.

Match19 Sep 2026

Chamois Niortais caught on 92 minutes

The board was up, the win was priced in, and then US Creteil scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.

Match19 Sep 2026

Chamois Niortais share the spoils with US Creteil

A 1‑1 draw with US Creteil leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Olivier Da Silva: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Squad21 Sep 2026

Young player of the week: Jérôme Barbier

At 19 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

In brief

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7 Edition

The Chamois Niortais Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market14 Sep 2026

Denis Blanchard 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 Chamois Niortais, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The step up is real for Enzo Faty

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Chamois Niortais

Guillaume Royer 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 targets14 Sep 2026

Mathys Houdayer stays at Stade Lavallois as time runs out

A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Chamois Niortais will try again when the window opens; Stade Lavallois may not be selling by then.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Words at Chamois Niortais training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Patrick Roger 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The formation has left Santiago de Ossa behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Chamois Niortais will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

No hiding place for João Moreira

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to João Moreira, and the manager let it.

Market14 Sep 2026

Jérôme Barbier linked with a move away

The name of Jérôme Barbier keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chamois Niortais say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

A door opens for Maxime Spano

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief