Bruno Irles: “The questioning begins with the staff”

The coach of the Girondins de Bordeaux, Bruno Irlesat the end of the meeting and the defeat at home against Locminé last week (1-2), explained that in no sector had he found his players, whether in the state of mind , physics, technique, or tactics. “We are starting off in a very bad way this year 2025. I am not going to hide behind the refereeing, the pseudo penalties… We were not up to par at all. I told the players what I thought. We have five months ahead of us to correct this. Whether in attitudes, in quality, in approach, we cannot hope for anything with this way of doing things.
[…] “What did you miss the most? Pfff… The list is long (laughs). The four domains.

For this new meeting 7 days later against Granville, the Bordeaux coach also made his self-criticism, and this is what he explained for Sud Ouest.

“The questioning begins with the staff: what have we not done well enough, what solutions can we provide? That doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re going to change everything, but it could be in the approach to the week, the way of speaking to the players, what I’m asking tactically… It’s not enough to say that it will work better in changing a player. I felt the players were listening.”