The Girondins de Bordeaux are almost condemned to Ligue 2 before the last day of the championship scheduled for next Saturday in Brest. Some files are already coming out on the operation of the club, and it’s causing a lot of talk.
The Girondins de Bordeaux, last in Ligue 1 at the dawn of the 38th day, are on the edge of the precipice. David Guion’s men still have a game to play on the lawn of Stade Brestois, but there is little hope. With 28 points on the clock and three points behind Saint-Etienne (19th) and FC Metz (18th), coupled with a problematic goal difference (-41), it would take a small miracle to see the Bordeaux people still in Ligue 1 next season. Inevitably, the chaotic situation around this historic club in the French championship infuriates the fans. If the performances on the ground are more than disappointing, what about the management of the club? Girondins4Ever tells us more about some of the methods used internally. And that is scary.
Catastrophic choices that pay off
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– FC Girondins de Bordeaux (@girondins) May 14, 2022
In fact, we learn through Girondins4Ever that a lot of negative things started after the appointment of Vladimir Petkovic last summer. The pro-Bordeaux site indicates in particular that the Swiss was the “the worst coach in the history of the Girondins de Bordeaux” and that his compositions and tactical choices were a disaster. On its way, Girondins4Ever also talks about the physical trainer at the start of the season… “Antonio Calado has innovated at Haillan! In training or in matches, mouthwashes with pickle vinegar to prevent cramps have been tried. A few weeks ago, a former member of the medical staff confided to us: “As soon as the players arrived at training in the morning, a beetroot juice was almost imposed on the players”. If he wanted a grandmother’s method, he would have had to rub the players with nettles, it might have made them react on the pitch.”. But that’s not all, since the attitude of Vitor Pereira, goalkeeper coach, was apparently most ubiquitous: “Vitor Pereira has a double hip and knee problem, which of course is an obstacle to training the club’s goalkeepers well. It’s a bit as if Rafael Nadal’s coach had his arms amputated…”.
An unorthodox operation in Bordeaux?
In addition to the purely sporting plan, other sectors are apparently affected by difficulties according to Girondins4Ever. Some bans have something to talk about, such as the one targeting a historic employee of the restaurant at the Château du Haillan, who was forbidden to kiss the players. Players who could also not be seen in training by … the young people of the training center. Is finally reproached in this long article of Girondins4Ever the overall attitude of the first team footballers. Examples, delays in training, evenings in Paris during the Covid or even questionable lifestyles. An anecdote is notably told about a special order in a McDonald’s: The day before the match in Lyon (shaken 6-1), the players were delivered for 350 euros from McDonald’s! We hope the delivery guy got a big tip. When we look at who was on the trip, we find well-known names who have failed this season such as Yacine Adli, Abdel Jalil Medioub, Enock Kwateng, M’Baye Niang, Junior Onana… We don’t have the names but we are almost certain that Hwang Ui-jo didn’t order a $350 Big Mac. (…) A new demonstration of their lack of rigor and their poor lifestyle. It is high time for the season to end at the Girondins de Bordeaux, even if the off-season promises to be eventful.
