The Chamois Niortais Herald
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A brace, and Alexandre Moreau takes the afternoon — 8.76
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexandre Moreau provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market31 Aug 2026
Paul Gaillard 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 The request is on a desk at Chamois Niortais, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Chamois Niortais say no — this time
The offer from Sochaux for Pitbull was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match29 Aug 2026
Alexandre Moreau sends Chamois Niortais past Dijon
It finished 3‑2, and it was Alexandre Moreau’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Chamois Niortais.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Louis Thomas goes
US Creteil paid $200.0K and Chamois Niortais took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Vincent Charpentier runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Luc Rodriguez was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.16. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Philippe 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 Chamois Niortais this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Benoît Poirier ran the game
Chances created: 8. Not on the scoresheet and not remotely anonymous — a passing performance that pulled a defence apart without leaving a mark on the column that gets read.
In brief
- Squad Juninho has had enough of the bench
- Squad Jérôme Bonnet has taken the shirt
- Squad Pierre Morel left out for tactical reasons at Chamois Niortais