Top 14: Patat deplores "the lack of realism on the highlights" of Bayonne

Grégory Patat (Bayonne manager, beaten at La Rochelle): “It’s not necessarily indiscipline that kills us, it’s above all realism on our highlights. I liked the character of the team. But when you suffer against a team like La Rochelle, you quickly take points. La Rochelle leaves very few opportunities to score and we did not know how to seize some of these opportunities, especially on the skimming foot game. The maul at the 50th gives us a little headache. We can reverse the dynamic, but we can’t do it when we could have reversed the trend. We were very afraid of this line of attack from La Rochelle, the objective was not to let them get started by rising quickly defensively. The indiscipline put us under a little pressure. Tonight we showed that we had character, and that’s only positive. We have two games left at Jean-Dauger, and the goal is to remain undefeated at home. I wanted to see soldiers tonight, and that’s what I saw against a steamroller like La Rochelle”.