The Chamois Niortais Herald
Match15 Feb 2027
Chamois Niortais refuse to drop out of the race
Position 1, 57 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Chamois Niortais
Dominique Henry 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Chamois Niortais lose Guillaume Robert
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Robert Blanc out for 20 days
The medical room confirms 20 days on the sidelines for Robert Blanc, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Too much change too quickly at Chamois Niortais
10 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Market15 Feb 2027
The Christophe Roger question follows Chamois Niortais around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Christophe Roger’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Jean-Baptiste N'Guessan in it
- Market Window shut, Nicolas Petit still here