In Pontivy, the coach explains his departure partly by the lack of merger of the two clubs

The latest rumors were therefore founded. Philippe Pinson, coach club N3 of the GSI Pontivy (Morbihan)announced in this month of May 2025 that he will not be plus the group’s coach Next season.

Personal reasons …

What motivationsreasons led him to make this choice? “They are especially personal. I really like the club, the people I met there. THE lifestyle that it asks me for what it can bring becomes complicated He explains.

The group’s coach evolving in National 3 continues, evoking the Fusion of the two Pontivyens clubswhich he called for his wishes. “Training in Pontivy asks a lot of energy And we don’t do what we want. It’s very complicated. For the club, I couldn’t see plus necessarily the possibility of advancing in the current state, especially with me ”.

The merger, a project that would have fascinated it

And to add: “There is Two clubs in Pontivy And, despite everything, the ambitions necessarily remain limited. There is everything on hand and we don’t want Unite our forces in Pontivy ”.

I had a lot of hopes around the merger.

He continues, taking up the cause for a Fusion between the GSI and the Pontivyen stadiumreal Arlesian in Pontivy. « Ce project would have Really keenwith the youngTHE seniorsthe rugbythe big oak. The first big blow was the lack of will of the town hall of Pontivy and the Pontivyen stadium ”.

A future ex-coach which however moderates his remarks. “It is not against anyone, it is personally. From there, My motivation fell. I like it when things evolve, I am an ambitious person ».

An announcement on a background of the maintenance quest

While there are two games left and a maintenance not fully validated, what Premier Bilan Philippe Pinson draws from his Three years as coach ? “Sportingly, it is mixed. We stayed in the Soft belly of the championship. I stay very lucid on the level of infrastructurefrom the city, players ”.

Good playing philosophywith game principles learned in Lorient and Installed by His predecessor Stéphane Le Garrechas been Pursued by Philippe Pinson. The team thus offered Several games with a good game quality and butsespecially at home.

The club entity stronger than people

« The team was playing very well Before I took it back in hand, with already good things put in place. The players present with Stéphane received a quality football education. After a year, a year and a half, it was starting to move forward, ”continues Philippe Pinson.

He thus draws a positive assessment of “our first part of the season last which was very good until January. This seasonWe have failed the check mark on certain matchesfacing Ergué-Gabéric, Fougères and Flers in particular, for various reasons not only linked to the sportsman ”.

It is also true that money is a bit the nerve of war And that the national championships tend to professionalize more and more. Philippe Pinson hopes to have left solid foundations To “grow the club, about its sustainability. The entity must be superior to coachesto players. Have an organizational structure ”.

He takes the opportunity to exhibit His gaze and his wishes. “Access to young people to the first team is not impossible. Even if they passed Between the meshes of the centers training, vintage can have a different ascent and get there ”.

Avoid the relegation trap

In the meantime, the GSIwho surrenders in Cesson-Sévigné this Saturday, May 10, 2025has a maintenance to be fully validated, in a Four relegation championship at the end of the year.

“We must stay a minimum mobilized to snatch them points necessary for our maintenance. Win and validate it. And not count on others, ”concludes Philippe Pinson.

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