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The US Orleans Post

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad8 Nov 2027

The knee: Benoît Hubert out for 15 days

15 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Orleans lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

Arouna Cissé: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” US Orleans have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Tempers go at US Orleans

Lenny Montfort 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.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Words at US Orleans training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ousmane Touré is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad8 Nov 2027

Warren Ngako stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Warren Ngako and US Orleans agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match6 Nov 2027

3 matches without a goal for US Orleans

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

The terraces8 Nov 2027

The crowd has taken to Ousmane Touré

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings8 Nov 2027

Ousmane Touré takes the honours

Marked 7.34 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, US Orleans had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout8 Nov 2027

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Jérôme Rodriguez was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the US Orleans dressing room was either.

In brief

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66 Edition

The US Orleans Post

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad1 Nov 2027

A fracture rules Florent Sanchez out for 15 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason US Orleans will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Benoît Hubert damages knee ligaments — 22 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad1 Nov 2027

Words exchanged at US Orleans

Lenny Montfort and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad1 Nov 2027

A row about effort at US Orleans

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ousmane Touré was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings1 Nov 2027

The game went through Mamadou Diako — 6.71

Marked 6.71 on 9 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

The manager makes an example of Youness Aouladzian

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout1 Nov 2027

Jérôme Rodriguez: “We have to be better”

“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Player ratings1 Nov 2027

Nothing got past Sidney Obissa

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 14 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Player ratings1 Nov 2027

Nobody could get near Warren Ngako

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

65 Edition

The US Orleans Post

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad25 Oct 2027

Florent Sanchez breaks a bone — 23 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad25 Oct 2027

The knee: Benoît Hubert out for 31 days

31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. US Orleans lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad25 Oct 2027

A falling-out at US Orleans

Lenny Montfort and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Match23 Oct 2027

Quevilly-Rouen take the points off US Orleans

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout25 Oct 2027

Pape Ibnou Bâ gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings25 Oct 2027

Nobody could get near Jordan Morel

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout25 Oct 2027

Jérôme Rodriguez answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad25 Oct 2027

Franco Castorani 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.

Looking ahead25 Oct 2027

Sidney Obissa goes back to face FC Villefranche

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Sidney Obissa’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and US Orleans needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief