The former Lyon player and now consultant Mathieu Bodmer felt that the lack of experienced executives within the Saint-Etienne workforce is clearly a drag for this team this season, and regrets that the Greens have not extended Loïc Perrin:
“Confidence is clearly not there now,” said the former defender. There are too many mistakes and there is a lack of leaders. We had the leader’s chief last season. Loïc Perrin is sorely missed by the Greens, that’s for sure. The return of Mathieu Debuchy will still do them good, hoping that this time he will be the holder against Lille, ”he told Téléfoot.