Bruno Simon

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506 Edition

The FC Villefranche Gazette

7 Apr 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom7 Apr 2036

FC Villefranche put Interim Coach on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Match7 Apr 2036

FC Villefranche sink to position 15

24 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

The dugout7 Apr 2036

Bruno Simon says FC Villefranche 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.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Words exchanged at FC Villefranche

Vincent Renault 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.

The dugout7 Apr 2036

No hiding place for Dylan Encina

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Dylan Encina, and the manager let it.

Market7 Apr 2036

Still no ink between FC Villefranche and Dylan Encina

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at FC Villefranche, another week without a signature from Dylan Encina.

Squad7 Apr 2036

A place in the month's best eleven for Richard Cunningham

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Richard Cunningham has come out of that comparison in the side, and FC Villefranche have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

Squad7 Apr 2036

A step back for Juan Peñaloza at FC Villefranche

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Squad7 Apr 2036

Nigel Thomas 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.

In brief

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501 Edition

The FC Villefranche Gazette

3 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces3 Mar 2036

Supporters organise against the FC Villefranche board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Squad3 Mar 2036

A knee injury of the worst kind for Emmanuel Philippe

44 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. FC Villefranche lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom3 Mar 2036

Interim Coach has until the next board meeting

What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at FC Villefranche can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.

Match1 Mar 2036

8 matches without a win for FC Villefranche

The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around FC Villefranche are no longer polite ones.

Squad3 Mar 2036

Kelyann Bezahaf 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 FC Villefranche this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom3 Mar 2036

The numbers do not look good at FC Villefranche

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

The dugout3 Mar 2036

No hiding place for Nicolas Cozza

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nicolas Cozza, and the manager let it.

Market3 Mar 2036

Talks stall between FC Villefranche and Kelyann Bezahaf

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Player ratings3 Mar 2036

Yassin El Azzouzi was the difference for FC Villefranche

Marked 7.67. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

In brief

471 Edition

The FC Villefranche Gazette

6 Aug 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad6 Aug 2035

A knee injury of the worst kind for Yaw Paintsil

15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. FC Villefranche lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Boardroom6 Aug 2035

The silence upstairs is getting loud at FC Villefranche

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market6 Aug 2035

Giorgos Lemonakis 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 FC Villefranche, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets6 Aug 2035

Victor Moinet is a medical away from FC Villefranche

The deal with AJ Auxerre is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Tempers go at FC Villefranche

Kelyann Bezahaf 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.

Boardroom6 Aug 2035

The numbers do not look good at FC Villefranche

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad6 Aug 2035

Bence Zsolt Vékony 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.

Transfer targets6 Aug 2035

RC Strasbourg tell FC Villefranche: Kenzo Noël is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market6 Aug 2035

Talks stall between FC Villefranche and Kelyann Bezahaf

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief