“I am ashamed…” Christophe Urios raises his voice at UBB

Union Bordeaux-Bègles manager Christophe Urios didn't mince words as his side are going through an unprecedented results crisis since joining the club

Christophe Urios gave a big rant in an attempt to get his team back on track for the final sprint of the Top 14.
UBB, still second, remain on nine defeats in the last 11 games in all competitions.
The Bordeaux manager calls on his players to show a lot more character and less levity.

It was expected and it ended up falling this Tuesday afternoon.

Christophe Urios was not going to sit idly by in front of the black series crossed by Union Bordeaux-Bègles (two victories in the last 11 games).

So after about ten days of vacation and before the last two meetings of the regular season, the emblematic Bordeaux manager has dotted the i's and crossed the t's!

And as always, it's worth the detour.

To prepare the ground, he had sent one of the leaders and father of the locker room, Jandre Marais, then his technical leader, Matthieu Jalibert, to the front.

The latter confirmed that the recovery had been muscular: “It heated up whether it was with the staff or between the players but it is normal this tension and in quotes these settling of accounts since we screwed up and after a moment, we had to say things to each other even if it is not pleasant at the time.

“Behind Christophe Urios only had to engage…

Was it time to put the church back in the center of the village for you?

I think yes.

We can say it like that.

The Toulon match (16-29 home defeat) clearly showed that we were no longer a team and that's what emerged from each other's balance sheets.

So, it was time to rethink what is a team?

So yes today, we still have the cards in hand but we have more room!

We had to get our ideas straight.

Is this the most difficult period since your arrival at UBB?

Last season after the defeat against La Rochelle, it was a bit the same thing.

Except that there, we lost five times in a row at home, it is unacceptable.

Unacceptable.

This should never happen!

So, we have to look it in the face.

The defeats against Pau and Toulon are unbearable for me.

Do you have an explanation for this?

I do not know.

I don't really have an answer.

The only thing I can say is that it shows the team's lack of character.

That's it that's all.

Losing at home like that happens to you once, twice but not five times.

It is not normal.

And then they come to see me and they say "there is tension" but fortunately there is tension!

And again, it's nice here.

If it happens in Castres or Perpignan, they cut your c….. guys.

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Does this tension arrive too late in your opinion?

It's not that it's coming too late, but I couldn't do it before because I was coaching a Crabos team (junior category, because of the selections and injuries).

I do it when I can.

Do you think your team can react?

Sure !

We have already done that.

In Montpellier, we are a real team but a week later it's no longer the case so that means we let ourselves go!

There is no other word, we let ourselves go and that is not acceptable!

It's going well with everyone, last night we had a meeting with the supporters, everyone was happy... You meet people in the street, the same.

But no !

We can finish 7th!

So me at some point, how are you?

Yes, it's a problem of character, a problem of responsibility, a problem of opening our eyes… What we did against Toulon, it's just not possible!

There, we do not care in the m….

Is that enough?

No, I do not think so.

I've been asked this question several times and I don't think so.

I don't think we feel better than the others.

That's not how I feel.

There is lightness but it is not in relation to the adversary, it is in relation to ourselves.

We are like that, the weather is nice, everyone is nice, there are 30,000 people at the stadium… Me, I'm ashamed!

I tell you, I am ashamed and I would like everyone to be ashamed.

I know people are like me but not everyone is.

Can last week's course be a new starting point?

No, but it may have opened the eyes of some people.

We talked all week.

But be careful, we talked like when it's not going well and it's not going well!

There, for two weeks, I see a team that trains (finally) well.

But it's my fault too because I accepted things and maybe it shouldn't have been.

Despite all that, you still have the cards in hand...

Yes, because we were notably able to win twice away from home, which shows the quality of the group.

When you get down to it… So the group is able to be focused.

But, I repeat, we are light!

We have not been able to launch a real positive dynamic since February.

So there, against Lyon, go see and if anyone is shaking, there's no need to put on the jersey because it's going to annoy me!

This is the men's game, we are facing our responsibilities.

We are capable of it but everyone has to be in the same direction.

We must not think of Roland-Garros, of things, of things, we must be focused!

The priority for everyone must be the Top 14.

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Top 14: UBB coach Christophe Urios is "full of ass" losing at home