The FC Metz Sentinel
Match7 Feb 2032
8 matches without a win for FC Metz
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around FC Metz are no longer polite ones.
Market9 Feb 2032
Bradley Madjo has said yes to AJ Auxerre
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. FC Metz have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Squad9 Feb 2032
Luca Sonzogni stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout9 Feb 2032
Alexis Soto keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FC Metz may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings9 Feb 2032
Joseph Namatane goes up and wins it — 7.79
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.79 for the rest of it.
Squad9 Feb 2032
Mauro Arambarri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad9 Feb 2032
Fodé Ballo-Touré signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Fodé Ballo-Touré and FC Metz agree another 2 years.
Squad9 Feb 2032
A move Daniel Rolland would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Daniel Rolland is living that version at FC Metz, and it tends to show in the first month.
Match7 Feb 2032
No clean sheets in sight for FC Metz
4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Joseph Mangondo
- Match Honours even between FC Metz and FC Lorient
- Market A long bet from FC Metz on Daniel Rolland