If Amiens SC limited the damage by managing to take shelter in the race to maintain, this second season of Ligue 2 will remain a disappointment whatever happens for the club with the fifth budget of the championship. Former president of the association, Jacques Liénard pointed out the behavior of a majority of the workforce.
A collective without a binder at Amiens SC?
Eleventh with 41 points six days from the end, Amiens should not be playing with fire in the coming weeks. Nevertheless, this 2021/2022 vintage will still leave a real taste of unfinished business to many observers. Starting with Jacques Liénard, the former president of the association: ” We have a little the impression that some players do not have the expected enthusiasm, some already give the feeling of being demobilized. I think the coach must already think about next season and have a plan. The current behavior of some players also allows managers to project themselves into next season. We have to find a soul, a soul is missing in this Amiens SC team. There’s a little thing missing this season, it’s disappointing for everyone. »
A feeling shared by Lionel Herbet, a follower of the club for several decades. ” Some players may lack a bit of professionalism and ambitionhe says. If this is the case at the end of the season, we can also wonder about their ability to have ambition at the start of the next season. » « Amiens has the means to do better, the president is making efforts financially. This team does not deliver what we could expect from it, outbids Jacques Liénard. Against Bastia, we play behind, we struggle to project ourselves forward, we don’t see any pressure on the opposing defense. We saw a more enthusiastic Bastia team, with more desire on the pitch. She is therefore in her place, in the middle of the ranking. Amiens does not deserve to be in the top fives. »
Inadequate workforce?
Far from the top 5 objective put forward at the start of the season, Amiens never managed to find any form of continuity throughout the season. ” For us to be able to speak of demobilization today, there would still have to be a mobilization in the medium or long term during the season. However, this team will remain a team of blowsclaims Romain Pechon. She was able to beat the teams much weaker than her, especially at home, and from time to time hang a good result against an opponent of the same caliber. The problem is that this team was again put together too late and is made up of players who did not want or who no longer wanted to be there as the season progressed. From there, it is difficult to have a team with a soul. »
And yet, it is often the magic recipe for successfully performing in Ligue 2, where the strength of a collective often takes precedence over the intrinsic value of individuals. ” We spent the season saying that such and such a player had played in Ligue 1. Sometimes, we found ourselves with seven former Ligue 1 players, whether with Amiens or elsewhere, present at kick-off. And finally, Amiens only have two points more than a limited team like Bastiarecalls Romain Pechon. When you look at squads like Auxerre, Sochaux, Ajaccio or Paris FC, intrinsically it doesn’t seem stronger, but the squads were formed very early with typical Ligue 2 players who know the championship perfectly and who are ready to go to the battle every weekend. “The same cannot be said for Amiens “where there are a lot of players with oversized egos“, concludes Mathieu Dubrulle.
The Editor with France Blue Picardy
