The weed keeper may be very patient and never let go of his team by scouring the kilometers to support them, their patience is strained this season. This Saturday’s defeat against Paris FC (0-1) is the sixth of the season at Ornano. If they are angry, it is also that they have suffered for six seasons now from the poor performance of their players at home.
Over the last 99 matches played in front of his supporters, the SM Caen conceded 42 losses despite the changes of presidents, players or coaches.
A painful end of Ligue 1 ….
The last three seasons of SM Caen in Ligue 1 have seen the Norman football club play the maintenance on the last day. This is necessarily felt in the statistics with 18 wins in 57 days at the Ornano Stadium (31.6%). The last season with the duo Fabien Mercadal – Roland Courbis ended with 10 defeats in 19 games played in front of the Caen public. The last against Bordeaux (0-1) was fatal to them in the race to Maintain.
… and a laborious return to Ligue 2
By returning to Ligue 2 in 2019 after five years in the top flight, Stade Malherbe supporters tried to console themselves by telling themselves that, at least, their team would return to the splendor of uphill races. The last two seasons played in Ligue 2 resulted in 22 victories in 38 days (57.9% success from 2012 to 2014).
This is not the case and each coach has been confronted with the difficulty of the Red and Blue to be respected at home. Over the last three seasons, the winning percentage barely reaches 28% (12 wins out of 42 matches).
If Caen supporters are still present in the visitor parking lots, the majority only see the SMC at home. This undoubtedly explains the erosion of their patience after six difficult seasons of their protégés at Ornano.