For the Save the Nîmes Olympique collective, the coach's exhortations really do not go through

Les représentants du collectif SNO, ici en mai 2023. Illustration – MIKAEL ANISSET – Midi Libre

Face à la désertification des tribunes, l'entraîneur des crocos demande prestement aux supporters de revenir au stade. A minima pour la rencontre à domicile contre Villefranche le 23 février.

"There is no one in our stadium, at least not enough people. We need you, Nîmes supporters, help us beat this Villefranche team! ", said Frédéric Bompart on Friday evening, at the end of the match against Châteauroux& ;nbsp;won on the wire 1-0 by Nîmes Olympique (our edition of Sunday February 18).

"We have a big problem when we play at home, it'there aren'there aren'enough supporters", pointed& ;nbsp;a little earlier the coach.

For a sacred union

Convinced that maintaining National status is vital at the club today, the collective Savons le Nîmes Olympique (SNO) pleads today for a sacred union, recalling in a press release that "to massively bring the Nîmes back to the stadium, it is indeed the club that & #39;it's up to you to make a gesture ".

"We must return to common sense measures, in particular via an attractive pricing policy and communication. By imagining, for example, a "maintenance pack for home seats in order to encourage as many supporters as possible to return to the stadium for the end-of-season fight", suggests this same press release.

Collective solution

For the SNO collective, the removal of stadium commercial bans deemed "illegal and arbitrary", or the return of physical ticket offices would also constitute strong symbolic measures.

"Some no longer go to the stadium to express their exasperation with the management (….) If others continue to go there to support the team, each attitude is understandable and respectable. Especially since the current crisis is not only due to sporting difficulties!".

SNO finally reminds Sebastien Larcier and Jean-Jacques Bourdin of its desire to start a discussion so that a collective solution can emerge.< /p>

And to conclude: " the club must show that it respects its supporters. The ball is in your court gentlemen, we are more open than ever to dialogue.