If the Olympique Lyonnais players relied on their coach to protect them from criticism from supporters unhappy with their performance, it is a failure.
Peter Bosz reacted to the Bad Gones banner, "move or break", deployed Friday on the sidelines of the team's training.
The Dutchman “agrees” and urges his players to change their mentality, while Lyon play against Clermont on Sunday.
“I did not see it myself but I was told what was written.
And I totally agree with that, ”replied the technician in response to a question on the subject at a press conference.
“Changing mentalities is not easy.
I believe that the players know how to work and go to the end.
When you're in good shape, anyone can do it and the answer will be on the pitch against Clermont.
It's our job, ”he added.
“I said on Sunday (after the defeat at Angers, 3-0), football begins with the mentality.
I told the players about it, I reminded them but I shouldn't have to do it, it is the basis but I saw envy this week in training ”, he confided .
The Bad Gones press release
The Bad Gones group also released a statement on social networks in which it criticizes "a rotten mentality that has surrounded our team for too long". "When they arrive in Lyon, some use the club as a simple springboard, putting their heart into it only during prestigious posters [...] or put on their slippers, providing only minimal efforts", they also have denounced.
“The training center is not spared.
Some start their professional careers with an oversized ego and expect the club to give in to their whims ", also underlined the group calling" to start the big cleaning ".
"It is time to get rid of those who are spoiling our locker room, whether we will or by force, to keep only those elements which demonstrate a state of mind worthy of OL", they said, "encouraging the club to continue this tedious work of changing mentalities ”.
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