The AJ Auxerre Sentinel
Match4 Mar 2028
No end in sight to AJ Auxerre's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AJ Auxerre has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings6 Mar 2028
Nobody could get near Danny Namaso
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout6 Mar 2028
Eros Maddy says AJ Auxerre 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Illia Zabarnyi wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at AJ Auxerre hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Danley Jean-Jacques stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Danley Jean-Jacques and AJ Auxerre agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match4 Mar 2028
AJ Auxerre cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Market6 Mar 2028
Pierre Roche steps up from the AJ Auxerre academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Pierre Roche has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market6 Mar 2028
AJ Auxerre promote Philippe Gonzalez from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Philippe Gonzalez has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market6 Mar 2028
AJ Auxerre promote Vincent Joly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vincent Joly has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- The dugout AJ Auxerre pick somebody else ahead of Donovan Léon
- Player ratings Illia Zabarnyi takes the honours
- The dugout Assane Dioussé gets it from the manager