By sinking once again to Valence Romans this Friday evening (42-19), like last year, CA Brive plunged itself a little further into doubt. We will have to react before the crisis.
“It’s not enough to be a great man, you have to be one at the right time. » This sentence, pronounced by the former President of the Republic Georges Pompidou, whose den of Valence Romans bears the name, the Brivists would have been very smart to take inspiration from it.
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Because this Friday evening, they demonstrated that they were far, very far from being present when they were expected. Worse, Pierre-Henry Broncan's players sank. They were shadows of themselves and, like last year at Georges-Pompidou, they were slapped.
Yes, yes, Brive brought 40 points back to the bus. 40 pawns conceded on the lawn of Valence Romans which was then bottom of the championship. Better to write it twice to fully understand the copy rendered and the level of the Corréziens, exceeded in all sectors. (empty)
However, after the very small success against Dax acquired on the last day, staff and players wanted to be reassuring. Yes, the manner was not there but the essentials had been assured with four points.
Declarations which seemed above all like self-persuasion as the evil already seemed a little deeper. One wonders if the Corréziens would not have done better to lose at home against the Dacquois to, already, begin to put things back on track.
After this new correction suffered at Valence Romans, it will be time to ask questions. And the right questions preferably because if there is obviously no danger in the house after nine days, Brive shows a worrying face.
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The house isn't burning yet but…
The face of a team which is not moving forward and which above all still does not learn from its mistakes, like this chronic indiscipline which has once again cost dearly and this incomprehensible desire to persist in seeking penalties when it is led rather than taking points.
Valence-Romans – Brive: it's time for your notebook
By playing so much, the CAB ends up getting burned. So no, there is not yet a fire in the Brivist house but, as a former President, a certain Jacques Chirac, said, it is time not to look elsewhere.
Benjamin Pommier
