The club is at its lowest ebb for 30 years and the manager’s style of play is only making things worse
By Adam White for Get French Football News
Laurent Blanc’s solution was simple. “Change the coach,” replied the frustrated Lyon manager flippantly when questioned about his team’s abject 4-1 home defeat to Montpellier last weekend. After their goalless draw with Nice on Sunday, which left Lyon in the bottom three, Blanc’s idea might in fact be a good idea, joke or not. The manager is central to the crisis, but he is not the only problem at a club that is at its lowest ebb for more than three decades.
Peter Bosz’s time in charge collapsed with 10 games to go last season and, damningly, the team continued on the same course under the incoming Blanc. They finished in seventh place, which resulted in consecutive seasons outside European competition for the first time since 1995. There were reasons for hope in the summer – no continental distractions, new American investment and some quality starters should make Lyon a top-four threat – but they have produced some feeble displays and have picked up only one point from their first three games.
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