The TFC is going through a catastrophic season. - Pascal Pavani / AFP

  • 20 Minutes launched a call for contributions to probe the state of mind of supporters of the TFC, red lantern in Ligue 1.
  • If they intend to remain loyal to their team, the majority testify to a misunderstanding regarding the management of the club.
  • Some fans admit to being lodged by their loved ones after each new defeat.

Like a need to pour out… Several dozen TFC supporters responded to our call for contributions launched on Wednesday. They were invited to speak about the season in the abyss of their favorite team. The scarlet lantern in Ligue 1 has lost its last ten league games, and Sunday's trip to Lyon does not encourage wild hope.

Of course, the players take it for their rank, but it is above all the management, and first of all President Olivier Sadran, in office since 2001, who is targeted. “A page must turn, insists Guillaume, 35 years old. He is no longer the captain of his ship. We no longer hear it and we no longer see it. "Do not be nervous, gentlemen investors, the city is worth it, continues" Nono ", 50 years. A competitive club is the guarantee of a minimum of 20,000 spectators on average. "

TFC: "I'm really ashamed" ... Olivier Sadran paints an apocalyptic picture of the last one in Ligue 1 https://t.co/WMaTBIw87f via @ 20minutes pic.twitter.com/TwMJBtMIWu

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Competitive, for the time being, the TFC is far from being. Because the current exercise is not a thunderstorm in a blue sky, but comes after several years to fight, already, not to go down to Ligue 2. And apparently, it is not easy every day to display its colors. "When you wear the Tef tracksuit on the street, you take derogatory thoughts," assures Guy, 61 years old. Now I look from afar. I find it hard to endure criticism from everywhere. "

The 60-year-old found a difficult companion in Houari, 40, not spared by his colleagues:

“They all wait for me on Monday morning at the hospital to house me, I am one of those supporters who went up to Angers [epilogue of the remount signed by Pascal Dupraz in spring 2016]. And I repeat, we're going to run away again. "

"Even if I get room from colleagues and my entourage, I will remain a supporter whether we are first in Ligue 1 or in League 2," promises Sébastien, 26.

Transmission problem

Most of the current fans do not intend to drop the case, even if "the supporter of always that I have been since my early adolescence laments every week" (Thierry, 70 years). The problem is the transmission, as Arié, 43-year-old Toulousain, long-term expatriate in Ile-de-France, mischievously slips in: “My seven-year-old son has been a fan of TFC by inheritance since a very young age. Oddly, he is starting to watch more and more other teams, like FC Barcelona. "

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19 consecutive TCC matches without clean sheets (45 goals conceded in this series)

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“Living forever in the Paris region, I turned my jacket over and I abandoned the family club, confesses Al, 40, who now claims to be a fan of PSG. On the other hand, I have great sorrow for my father, who suffers every weekend. He martyrs himself by complaining about the referee who always favors the big clubs, the ball which could have changed the match to two centimeters, or the lack of soul of this team. "

Serge, 70 years old, of whom "almost 40 years as a subscriber", brings his grandchildren from time to time to the Stadium. "I find it hard to retain them," he admits. I do not want them to turn to Marseille or PSG, but it is difficult! We should not be surprised to find more than half of the spectators for OM when we welcome this club! In summary, the morale of Toulouse supporters is about as high as the UV index in Murmansk in mid-November.

A message from a Rennes supporter

But comfort sometimes comes from elsewhere. "I'm not a fan of TFC but of Stade Rennais, loose Thibault, 28 years old. I only vaguely remember the days when the SRFC was doing the elevator regularly in the 1990s. In the 2000s, my heart club came close to relegation [in 2002-2003]. So I'm telling you, don't give up, continue to support your team, support the players and the coach even if they go from defeat to defeat. Don't give up, they need you. "

Olivier Sadran and Denis Zanko, third Toulouse technician of the season, would undoubtedly not have said better.

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