The Toulouse FC Courier
Boardroom23 Aug 2032
Interim Coach is out at Toulouse FC
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Boardroom23 Aug 2032
An empty coaching office at Toulouse FC
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Boardroom23 Aug 2032
Interim Coach steps up at Toulouse FC for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market23 Aug 2032
Noé Akpakoun hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Toulouse FC can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout23 Aug 2032
Benoit Olivier keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Toulouse FC may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match21 Aug 2032
No end in sight to Toulouse FC's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Toulouse FC has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2032
Words exchanged at Toulouse FC
Joris Chotard 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.
Boardroom23 Aug 2032
9 academy graduates step up at Toulouse FC
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad23 Aug 2032
Words at Toulouse FC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejandro Leiva 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Joris Chotard
- Match FC Metz take the points off Toulouse FC
- Market David Robin steps up from the Toulouse FC academy