The break between Daf and Laurent had the effect of a bomb at FC Sochaux where, a few weeks ago, there was a form of euphoria. The somewhat iconic coach has drawn such an undercurrent of sympathy with his team’s results and that the results validate almost everything, ultimately, that ” the case “ caused an uproar until asked the departure of the GM rather than the coach. This wish, this wish, this request, is pure fantasy.
Because the boss is Nenking, via Samuel Laurent. So certainly, we have a “boss” who was parachuted into football by the business company, without knowing the workings of the round ball, nor its history. And even less that of the FCSM where an anecdote had earned him some harsh remarks, when he had said that he did not know Mevlut Erding, for whom a small probability of returning to the FCSM existed. Samuel Laurent never hid it.
It turns out that the DG of the FCSM was also criticized for his side, cash, without filter, releasing colorful sentences in the middle of a few sometimes unwelcome escapades which disturb, even shock, during the season. He was also entitled, among other things, to a few suspension matches (Toulouse) or fines (Ajaccio). It’s because he says whatever he thinks and he doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him.
But above all, even if we understand that Daf and Laurent have diametrically opposed temperaments and human philosophies, the cold reality shows that Nenking has been much more right than wrong until now. Because the results validate almost everything we said. The finances, the lawn, the results, the return of the public and the supporters, it is a whole where we must associate the work of the management team in place. Nope ?
Samuel Laurent says, today, that he is preparing a great team, that he tries to best honor the mission entrusted to him by his employer. After all why not. Only the future can make it all better. The future, by definition, no one can predict. Although everyone has the right to be worried.
In any case, Samuel Laurent will be judged on documents. He will have to demonstrate that it is his sports policy that will generate the good results and progress of the FCSM; and not only the talent of Daf to have brought Sochaux where it is and to have rekindled the flame and the hope of playing the climb.