Swept by Stade Rennais on Saturday (5-0), Saint-Etienne has been irregular since the start of the season. And for L'Equipe, coach Olivier Dall'Oglio is not the number one person responsible for ASSE's checkered results.
Winner of Montpellier last week, Saint-Etienne was unable to string together a second victory in a row against Rennes this Saturday. Swept out by the Breton club, ASSE fails to show consistency, a problem that has lasted since the start of the season. Olivier Dall'Oglio is regularly challenged in Forez due to the team's ranking, which is in 15th place after this setback in Brittany. In today's edition, The Team spoke about the club's results, which have been yo-yoing for several weeks. But in the eyes of journalist Bernard Lions, who follows the Greens for the national daily, Olivier Dall'Oglio is not primarily responsible for this situation.
The former coach of Brest and Montpellier is doing what he can with a workforce that is too limited for Ligue 1 according to the columnist for the Chaîne L'Equipe, who pointed out the summer transfer window carried out by Kilmer Sport. “Apart from Zuriko Davitashvili (23 years old), in France for two years, and Pierre-Emmanuel Ekwah (22 years old), summer recruitment at 23 ME – a record in the history of ASSE – has hardly brought added value to the team. It had already been far from flying over Ligue 2 last season. She finds herself lacking power and experience this season” notes Bernard Lions in L’Equipe.
Dall'Oglio would like reinforcements this winter
For the journalist, it is crucial to strengthen the team available to Olivier Dall'Oglio during the winter transfer window. Because the French coach will have difficulty working miracles with this squad even if in the eyes of the bosses of the Saint-Etienne club, this transfer window carried out last summer should allow the Greens to maintain their position without trembling. The question now is whether Kilmer Sport will accept the idea of returning to the pot in January with one or two additional recruits, which is not necessarily the trend these days.
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