It was a little "back to basics" for Lindsey Thomas who had made his debut with Blanquefort (ex-Bordeaux). His first impressions after the draw against Soyaux 0-0.


Match summary => Bordeaux - Soyaux (0-0): A tasty derby, ruined by the field


Girondins TV
We had more control of the ball, but we do not create enough opportunities, even if the conditions were not easy. I think there was room to do something and be a little more dangerous in front of me. We will be content with the draw, should not lose especially.


Girondins TV - Are you at home here?
Yes I know a little, I come back to the sources so it's nice.


Girondins TV - It was a difficult match, closed enough, with few opportunities but if you had played against a little better it could have returned?
Yes we had two or three counters where I think that if we play them better it could have gone to the bottom unfortunately we did not succeed but we will continue to work this week and I have no doubt that next week-end we will do what it takes to have the three points.


Girondins TV - Exactly your trip to Albi will be important to win for the maintenance?
Yes we will do the right thing. I think we will use this game to be a little more killer in the last 30 meters and I hope we bring back the three points, it will be good for the group before the truce.


It was your first match under your "new colors" (Lindsey Thomas started his career in Blanquefort, which merged to become Bordeaux). It was a complicated match for you and the team, with a pitch that made your game plan thwart?
Yes the field was not easy but I think we managed to play anyway - pity that we do not negotiate our counters well and that it does not go to the end. We may have some regrets but we could also have been punished on both occasions frank. So it's not worse this draw.


You are used to playing under this kind of conditions can be before with Montpellier, which is not very far from Bordeaux?
(smile) No I'm not used to playing on this kind of weather, but hey we do it and we adapt to [climatic] conditions.


It was a derby today facing Soyaux. What do you remember?
We will say that I'm not really used to play it. I played maybe in Montpellier against Nimes but it only happens once or twice. A derby is special, it was necessary to quickly put in the bath. I think we still made a copy more or less correct even if we did not win at the end but ...


It's still frustrating a draw?
Yes it's frustrating because I think there was room to do something and have three points, but it's like that. We will use it for the future.


Was Soyaux not above anyway?
No, I do not think so. : we still had a little more control in the game even if there were not many opportunities. I think we deserved a little more to win, but this draw still reflects the face of the match, a closed match.


What is your state of mind for this second part of the season with your "new" club?
There I arrive to make six months very successful. It had been three months since I had played, it was like my first full game of the season so I come to be powerful, to be decisive and to help bring as many points as possible to get the maintain as quickly as possible. So I come with a good mindset, positive and if possible, make a difference when I can.


Your duet with Nadjma Ali Nadjim can really be a winner if you manage to find you well?
Yes I think it can be a winner, you still have to work, it's only been a week that I'm here so it's not easy to have direct automatisms. But we will continue to work all this in training and I have no doubt that we will do that we will hurt in the offensive sector in the second half of the season.