On this Tuesday morning, at the Coudoulière stadium where FC Martigues trains, the tone was not celebratory. The Sang et Or are last in the ranking after two new defeats in four days at the Jean-Laville stadium in Gueugnon, against Caen (0-3) then the Red Star of Grégory Poirier (0-1), and are preparing to compete on Friday a difficult match in Amiens, uncompromising at home since the start of the season (16 points taken out of 18 possible). The atmosphere has already been gloomy for a while, as the FCM is dragging itself through a very complicated start to the season, less good attack and less good defense of the championship, while the financial situation of the club worries even its American shareholder, Lepa Galeb-Roskopp.
The players themselves are fed up, and before training on Tuesday, they called a meeting with Thierry Laurey, their coach, and his staff. There, they exposed their grievances against the technician, starting with his behavior considered too crude and even too rude by a large part of the workforce, but also his tactical choices in team compositions, where several players do not play. not at their preferred position. The discussions lasted all morning, to the point of canceling the planned session, which ultimately only took place in the afternoon.
