2024-03-25 04:13:00
Four matches and as many defeats in this first part of the 2nd phase of the championship. Is there anything to worry about? The coach of Union Tarbes-Lourdes, Stéphane Dao, remains positive, places the events in context, and discusses the future of the club. It is undoubtedly useful to remember that the Union has nothing to lose but everything to gain in preparation for the next season.
Can we find a common point between these four defeats?
Yes, a lack of consistency, of regularity over the duration of a match. After a very good half-time in Caen, we quickly fell apart and had too many slumps. In Hyères, at times we were very good and then we sank. It was very surprising. Against Avignon, on the other hand, we completely missed the match. On Friday overall we had a good match but we were inconsistent. We suffer from this irregularity, and also from a lack of recognition. I had fun calculating the average difference in free throws between two teams in high and medium groups: it is seven. Friday there were 34 to 16. At some point, we will have to be recognized, and to be recognized, we will have to earn respect. For the moment, we are Tom Thumb in this division.
Managing the end of the match was complicated too, wasn’t it?
We cannot say that my players lacked offensive aggressiveness. That would be wrong. We take two points on a foul with thirty seconds remaining. We have time to put something in place but we do it in a hurry. When you have experienced players, you have better control at the end of the match. We cannot say that all our players have experience at this level. We have neither the experience nor the recognition.
How do the players cope with all this? What state of mind are they in?
I have nothing to reproach them for in terms of motivation or desire. But let’s stop with the alarmist speeches. We are in group A and we are learning. What are we missing compared to other teams? The club is here to progress. What are we going to miss to have a better team for next year, knowing that we can’t print money? We are not Andrézieux or Tours or Chartres for whom it is easy to find a player. At home we will have to know in which positions we are failing and what we will need to improve next year. So let’s stop being alarmist. And then consider that against Avignon we had an atypical opposition with an unusual position 5, and that we played away three times. It’s three trips, to Caen which is first, to Hyères which is first, to Andrézieux which beat Tours and which went to win in Chartres. We were far from being ridiculous. Now if we take two or three matches at home, the ranking will no longer be the same. So let’s stop being alarmist. Now with the players, we are going to sit down, make video and study carefully what we are lacking.
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