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With just one victory in six games, AS Fleurance is languishing at the bottom of the table… Coach Philippe Maymat takes stock and plans for the future.
With only one victory after six matches, the Fleurantins are at the bottom of the table in the standings… The second block (3 matches, 3 defeats and a postponed match against Valence-d'Agen) will have been particularly tough, but there is no question of sinistrosis.
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The co-coach of the ASF, Philippe Maymat, calmly analyzes the results recorded: “After a really interesting victory against Salles in the last match of the first block, we attacked a second block where we fell due to our deficiency in conquest, and it is all the more true when we see our match against Salles where we managed, overall we will say, to have our scrum and our touch. First, against Marmande, it was screaming since we held the match until the 83rd minute and then let it go in a hectic scrum with a logical penalty which made us lose the match, while victory was in our hands ! In that match, we were well engaged but we were deprived of balls. »
He continues the “dissection” of the second block: “Then, for the second match against Auch, we found with Walter Desmaison (co-coach), our players more concerned with the presence on the field than with the commitment in the fight… We told them that we were really not satisfied with the behavior, we saw guys who were not there to play a derby and who did not show enough character and determination. I think that against Auch we were not fair for the spectators, for the volunteers and the leaders. »
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“And the last match at Anglet (lost 41-20, Editor's note), we were 10 to 10 at half-time, we should have been in the lead, but the positive point of Anglet is that we still found part of our conquest with a rather stable scrum and players who joined the group that day and who did good. »
“We continue to work, to have morale”
With the ASF's problems identified, all that's left now is to put on the warm-up blue. “There you go, we will now continue to work, work on our touch because frankly when we are present in the conquest we are like the others, we exist, we produce play and we are dangerous. From this second block, I want to remember our last match at Anglet with the positive point of our slightly recovered scrum, hoping that we continue our recovery. »
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And to continue, looking ahead to the third block and the rest of the season: “I hope that our third block will be more within our reach, that we will have arguments, that we will have our conquest, that we will score points and that we will win matches. For this, we continue to work, to have morale and after everything in its time, but for the moment, it is a maintenance operation. It should still be noted that we have only played six matches out of 22 so there is plenty to work on, there is plenty to regain a victory, there is plenty to score points and win matches. »
“We really have quality players, I see players who produce a lot of interesting things in training and I say to myself that in the real opposition on the weekend, if we have our balls, we will do nice things, but we need balls and Walter is working hard on them with his forwards. We must not shoot at the ambulance and be united between the front and rear, and we will move forward, there is no problem,” concludes Philippe Maymat.
