Bruno Genesio’s enormous pressure on his managers and players

This season, Bruno Genesio’s LOSC is a team that will have to be reckoned with. After a more than successful first part of the season, the Mastiffs have been experiencing their first turbulence for several weeks. Having not won in Ligue 1 since December 6, the Mastiffs were again hanging on this Friday at the opening of the 17th day of the elite against Auxerre (0-0). In numerical superiority for more than thirty minutes and benefiting from an unconverted penalty by Jonathan David, the Northerners missed an opportunity to do well in the standings.

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Besides this bad result, Bruno Genesio was concerned about something else in the post-match press conference: the transfer window. In this sense, the former OL coach did not hesitate to ask his managers for recruits at the microphone of DAZN : «in football, you have to make things happen. We only get what we deserve. Auxerre was heroic, they defended very well while outnumbered. Their goalkeeper did the right thing. We didn’t do enough of what was necessary to prevent him from performing well. It’s very disappointing. I’m disappointed with what we showed tonight. (On David) He is used to periods where he scores less, he is not someone who doubts. It’s up to us to continue to work offensively. I also think there is a transfer window. Either one way or the other, decisions will have to be made. I will talk about it with my president after the match.»

Bruno Genesio reframes several LOSC players!

Visibly uplifted, the 58-year-old tactician got his message across: he wants new blood in a group that he considers visibly unequal. While he will speak with his president, Olivier Létang, about the transfer market, other themes could be discussed in the coming days in the North. This is in fact what Bruno Genesio made clear, who did not fail to scratch the attitude of certain players whom he judges to be outside the project mentally, as he confided in a press conference to the outcome of the meeting:

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«We are also in a special period in this month of January. I will be clear: those who want to play for LOSC, let them say it clearly. If they don’t want to or want enough, they also have to say so so that we can make adjustments with the president. I don’t feel that in training. I feel a little difference in the spirit of my group. It teases me. I’m not going to give you a name, I’m not completely crazy.» The message has got through and everyone in Lille has been warned as a busy schedule awaits Lille in the coming weeks between qualification for the Champions League to be secured and complicated matches to manage in Ligue 1.