The Dijon Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Paul Delecroix
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Ibrahim Mbaye, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.71
A mark of 8.71 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market23 Aug 2027
Julien Domingues 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 The request is on a desk at Dijon, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Ibrahim Mbaye at Dijon
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ibrahim Mbaye is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Paul Delecroix 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 Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Dijon
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Ben Chayeel Hamada
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Match21 Aug 2027
Ibrahim Mbaye’s goal not enough for Dijon
Ibrahim Mbaye scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Valenciennes, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Jérôme Gauthier joins the Dijon first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jérôme Gauthier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Emmanuel Muller joins the Dijon first team
- Market One of our own: Michel Garnier joins the Dijon first team
- Player ratings Bradel Kiwa gives it away