French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Bobrox]

Unbelievable with current condition from PSG, they have removed three players in the name list quad against Lorient, Neymar, Marco Veratti and Mbappe are players removed from PSG squad for the first Ligue 1 match and rumor with them have reached agreement for joining other teams. Marco Veratti linked with one Saudi Pro League team and seems he has reach personal agreement deal and waiting both teams confirmation on few day later. For Mbappe still complicated problem after rejecting extend contract and he won't join with Pro League teams after PSG receive 200 million offer for transfer fee.

The same situation with Neymar, he was rumor will leave PSG and Major League Soccer or Saudi Pro League are destination competition from him although not confirmed yet which one team interested for signing him.

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[Docnaster]

Was wondering how the PSG team would be like without Mbappe starting or not playing for the team again.

The team's goal stats have fallen drastically, but only if PSG don't have another striker who is qualified and has good finishing. But I don't see that there so far especially after their first match which ended goalless. Everyone failed to score against Lorient although some of them had good chances to break the deadlock.

This season they are without Messi and now Mbappe, is really going to be worrisome because I don't see anybody to fit in those positions of Messi and Mbappe, even if the have, they can't play like those two. With Neymar Jr in the team with him always on the injury list I don't see this team doing well at all, they can do well in the league but outside this France ligue 1 it would be hard, and now they can't score a goal against Lorient, this game might even end in a draw.

I wouldn't be surprised if in the end PSG failed to win any titles this season if they didn't have great strikers and wingers. PSG have signed Dembele from Barcelona and maybe that would be a great addition following Messi's departure, but Luis Enrique has basically been left bewildered by his pick of the best line-up of the season.

Neymar is also rumored to leave PSG in the near future, it will add a lot of work for Enrique to find the right players in his main line-up. Asensio has not performed optimally, as have several newcomers this season.

The quality of the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine is the best in France football at the moment and even if Mbappe and Neymar happens to leave this summer, they'll still  have the quality players that can win all the domestic trophies in France this season.
With the arrival of Marco Assensio and Dembele coupled with the fact that Mauro Icardi is gonna continue with the squad after his loan spell last season, I think they still possess the most lethal attacking line in France .

[Leviathan.007]

The fight between Mbappe and PSG is not over yet and even in the other hand after Dembele join PSG it seems there was a fight between him and Xavi because in the interview he had in Paris, he said Enrique is a catch who knows his job better and maybe he wanted to note that Xavi is not professional enough to use players like him and that's why he couldn't get too much chance in Barcelona when he was playing there.

[AndySt]

The quality of the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine is the best in France football at the moment and even if Mbappe and Neymar happens to leave this summer, they'll still  have the quality players that can win all the domestic trophies in France this season. With the arrival of Marco Assensio and Dembele coupled with the fact that Mauro Icardi is gonna continue with the squad after his loan spell last season, I think they still possess the most lethal attacking line in France .

Actually, we all know perfectly well for what purpose such a project as Paris Saint Germain was conceived and continues to exist Therefore, even the departure of several major stars will still not make other French clubs competitors of PSG for the title. Another question is that the creation of a new team under the requirements of a new head coach for the sake of winning the Champions League can be quite painful and take some time, and therefore maybe other Ligue 1 clubs may still have some chances at this time.

[Docnaster]

As we are talking about PSG management  and Mbappe and also talking aboit the quality of theplayers, can we also look the way of Luis Enrique’s whose debut was a goaless draw with Lorient. I wasn't able to view the match, what actually was the problem?

• It was PSG's bad day
• PSG no longer have strikers to score goals for them
• It was Enrique’s fault
•  Lorient is so good now

[borovichok]

The fight between Mbappe and PSG is not over yet and even in the other hand after Dembele join PSG it seems there was a fight between him and Xavi because in the interview he had in Paris, he said Enrique is a catch who knows his job better and maybe he wanted to note that Xavi is not professional enough to use players like him and that's why he couldn't get too much chance in Barcelona when he was playing there.

Kylian Mbappe remained the ultimate problem of PSG, they were very close to sell him but he turned down the bid and reluctant about his moves to exits Parc des Princes, he wants to leave as a free agent, exactly what PSG doesn't want. We all have different view from the crucial scenario concerning these footballers. However we should not jump into conclusions from mere assumptions, instead we do our research, it's not like we're sport journalists that knows these news, and most of the source that provide this news is mostly tagged as football rumours. Ousmane Dembele is a good signing for PSG, Luis Enrique will make good use of the Frenchman in his project this new season, they both blend together and have a long way to go.

[legendbtc]

PSG failed heavily because of Mbappe's super contract. It seemed like PSG had caught the chicken that laid golden eggs, Which would have only received bitter fruit. They spent heavily when successfully recruiting him from Monaco and continued to spend heavily to prevent him from going to Real Madrid. Now they want to sell him immediately.
Maybe they will not earn a dime after this striker leaves free. Not only that, PSG also has to pay a huge amount for Mbappe (salary, bonus, loyalty fee). And there are further rumors that this season will likely be without his dedication to the club.

Haha I had a lot of fun with your first two lines. Indeed, PSG are very attached to Mbappe. Because PSG understands that if Mbappe leaves the team at this moment, the situation of the team will be very bad and the season will go very badly for this team.

Yes, PSG are very hungry for Mbappe. Their team will be challenging to play this season without a key striker. They recruited recruits to deal with the current situation. But really, no one has good quality. PSG did everything possible to keep him. The recent results only worsened matters. If it goes well this season, they plan to extend the contract with Mbappe, find a way to sell Neymar to regain investment capital, and cut the source of the deficit when paying the striker's salary. He is constantly injured and does not contribute anything to the club. But the truth is that the people who want to sell stay, those who want to keep are determined to leave.

[bering]

0-0 is not satisfied result for PSG and the difference is very clear that there is still no player who can play as well as Mbappe and Neymar and indeed some of players has been attempts to create the opportunities to scores but unfortunately they were failed to do that but i think this is good step because Luis Enrique doesn't want to rely on Mbappe and Neymar anymore so he was attempts to build PSG without these players although probably it took required more time to adapt playing without them and Goncalo Ramos debut match indeed doesn't run well and it's clearly he still adapt to Luis Enrique strategy but this is just a beginning of season so Enrique probably will be evaluate this result and maybe PSG will be able to performing well in the upcoming match

[Awaklara]

0-0 is not satisfied result for PSG and the difference is very clear that there is still no player who can play as well as Mbappe and Neymar and indeed some of players has been attempts to create the opportunities to scores but unfortunately they were failed to do that but i think this is good step because Luis Enrique doesn't want to rely on Mbappe and Neymar anymore so he was attempts to build PSG without these players although probably it took required more time to adapt playing without them and Goncalo Ramos debut match indeed doesn't run well and it's clearly he still adapt to Luis Enrique strategy but this is just a beginning of season so Enrique probably will be evaluate this result and maybe PSG will be able to performing well in the upcoming match

a disappointing result, but indeed this is an effort that Luis Enrique has to do even harder. they controlled the game, created a lot of chances but they couldn't score.
PSG with such performance could find it difficult in the Champions League. Luis Enrique must find a way to make his team much stronger as soon as possible.
this season might just be a tough season for PSG and Luis Enrique.

[armanda90]

Disappointed achievement on the first debut for Luis Henrique after PSG got draw against Lorient 0-0, its not easily for Henrique on the first match in Ligue because he loss three players Veratti, Neymar and Mbappe. Gonçalo Ramos as most expensive transfer fees for PSG can't talk more in first match although played 90 minutes.
Its home work for Luis Henrique on second match in Ligue 1 against Toulouse and he wants give good result for PSG fans. Still dilemma for Luis Henrique about three players removed last night, give them second chance and calling back to main squad or PSG fans have forget their appearance for several games later.

[Webetcoins]

0-0 is not satisfied result for PSG and the difference is very clear that there is still no player who can play as well as Mbappe and Neymar and indeed some of players has been attempts to create the opportunities to scores but unfortunately they were failed to do that but i think this is good step because Luis Enrique doesn't want to rely on Mbappe and Neymar anymore so he was attempts to build PSG without these players although probably it took required more time to adapt playing without them and Goncalo Ramos debut match indeed doesn't run well and it's clearly he still adapt to Luis Enrique strategy but this is just a beginning of season so Enrique probably will be evaluate this result and maybe PSG will be able to performing well in the upcoming match

Life is not easy for the PSG after losing all their star players like Mbappé, Neymar and Messi in first game of this new season they were not able to score any goal even they have 20 shots on goal and 78% ball possession which mean still quality is missing which is important for the conversation if they keep things like these surely they will be ended without any trophy in this season and things will be gone from bad to worse for them and their fans as well.
 
There is no doubt about Luis Enrique ability and experience, but they need to fix things in quick way now they are going to face Toulouse in next game which is surely another challenge as this will be their first game on road, and they need to improve their quality with also learn from their mistakes which will helps them for having better result in future.

[makishart]

There was an attacking trio of Lee Kang-in, Ramos and Asensio on the pitch today. It felt really different to see none of the previous trio to me. Even Mbappe wasn't part of this game which must be due to his recent situation with leaving or staying this summer. We don't even know how long I will leave him out like this.

What did you expect from those guys? The draw against lorient is enough to give us a small insight about how weak PSG is right now. I would like to say that if PSG was on the worst form. So many unnecessary shoots happen.
The attackers can do nothing. PSG is failed building the new trio to replace messi, mbappe and neymar. The new attackers were just over rated attackers. PSG will never ever win UCL with this kind of team. I just realize the fact that if PSG's performance has been degrading a lot today.
Lorient has no chance to attack but not even a single goal came from PSG which is a shame. Over rated players. PSG got scammed by buying those guys.

PSG completely dominated the game statistically maybe but even this huge dominance wasn't any help to score a goal. They had really nothing to do to prevent a 0-0 draw at the end. 

Statistic meant nothing as there was no even a single proper finishing that came from PSG. In fact, PSG is performing far worst compared with the last season. My feeling was coming true.
PSG is not ready for UCL. PSG will be going out from UCL even when it was still in the group stage. Im fed up with PSG's performance. There are no improvements compared with the pre season match.

[Litzki1990]

The fight between Mbappe and PSG is not over yet and even in the other hand after Dembele join PSG it seems there was a fight between him and Xavi because in the interview he had in Paris, he said Enrique is a catch who knows his job better and maybe he wanted to note that Xavi is not professional enough to use players like him and that's why he couldn't get too much chance in Barcelona when he was playing there.

Ousmane Dembélé has not had a good time under Xavi. Ousmane Dembélé was an irregular member of Barcelona, which is probably why he spoke in a press conference in Paris. Luis Enrique is undoubtedly an experienced manager, we have no room to doubt his experience in managing the team. Ousmane Dembélé may not have been used in the position he plays in at Barcelona, which is why he has not been able to perform as expected. Ousmane Dembélé will certainly do well to join PSG as Luis Enrique is currently in charge of PSG. While Ousmane Dembélé may not be a regular XI at Barcelona, he will be a regular at PSG and is almost certain to be included in every match. If Ousmane Dembélé performs better at PSG than at Barcelona, Xavi's management of the team may be questioned.

[davis196]

It's time for the PSG domination to end. We need another team to win the French Soccer League.
I think that Luis Enrique is a very overrated coach. He was successful with Barcelona 8 years ago because of the great team, which he inherited from Guardiola and good transfers like Suarez and Neymar. In PSG, he won't have any exceptional players in the team. Maybe the new players in PSG are good, but I can't see anyone of them becoming the new Mbappe or atleast the new Edinson Cavani.
Marco Asensio remained a substitute player in Real Madrid for years. I don't know how he will become a key player in PSG.

[Jody.Drummer]

Disappointed achievement on the first debut for Luis Henrique after PSG got draw against Lorient 0-0, its not easily for Henrique on the first match in Ligue because he loss three players Veratti, Neymar and Mbappe. Gonçalo Ramos as most expensive transfer fees for PSG can't talk more in first match although played 90 minutes.
Its home work for Luis Henrique on second match in Ligue 1 against Toulouse and he wants give good result for PSG fans. Still dilemma for Luis Henrique about three players removed last night, give them second chance and calling back to main squad or PSG fans have forget their appearance for several games later.

The absence of the player who has been a figure on the front lines is felt, and they do not have a player who can be a differentiator in this match. Out of 20 shots only 4 were on target, which is a problem that must be evaluated. We also cannot deny that Lorient's defense worked very well, so they were able to prevent all attacks by Paris Siant Germain.  They were very organized in their defensive strategy, and I think that's commendable.

At first I thought they could score at least one goal, but until the long whistle sounded the goal I was waiting for did not come, and that made my multi bet fail. Lol

[piebeyb]

Disappointed achievement on the first debut for Luis Henrique after PSG got draw against Lorient 0-0, its not easily for Henrique on the first match in Ligue because he loss three players Veratti, Neymar and Mbappe. Gonçalo Ramos as most expensive transfer fees for PSG can't talk more in first match although played 90 minutes.
Its home work for Luis Henrique on second match in Ligue 1 against Toulouse and he wants give good result for PSG fans. Still dilemma for Luis Henrique about three players removed last night, give them second chance and calling back to main squad or PSG fans have forget their appearance for several games later.

Luis Enrique should be able to start overhauling some of the existing players to carry out a good strategy for PSG, even though he has just coached PSG does not mean that this draw is bad especially without their 3 star players neymar, mbapper and verati, it does not mean PSG cannot get good results not good, PSG just needs time to adapt the players to the strategy implemented by Luis Enrique as well as other new players.

I think a draw doesn't make PSG supporters disappointed, at least they don't lose and lose points because that will really disappoint PSG supporters, that's why it's only natural that the first match is a draw because there needs to be an adaptation of the line of players and the strategy used. this will be Luis Enrique's evaluation so he can fix everything and not expect any more of their three star players.

[jaberwock]

The quality of the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine is the best in France football at the moment and even if Mbappe and Neymar happens to leave this summer, they'll still  have the quality players that can win all the domestic trophies in France this season. With the arrival of Marco Assensio and Dembele coupled with the fact that Mauro Icardi is gonna continue with the squad after his loan spell last season, I think they still possess the most lethal attacking line in France .

Actually, we all know perfectly well for what purpose such a project as Paris Saint Germain was conceived and continues to exist Therefore, even the departure of several major stars will still not make other French clubs competitors of PSG for the title. Another question is that the creation of a new team under the requirements of a new head coach for the sake of winning the Champions League can be quite painful and take some time, and therefore maybe other Ligue 1 clubs may still have some chances at this time.

There is no doubt creating a new team is never been easy for anyone and now here things are going not easy for the new head coach because target is also tough like winning Champions League and after watching first match against Lorient it looks like they are going to have serious problems for to defend of their French title because it's never been easy with this performance.

So, now we have another view from here can PSG management go to talk again with Mbappé because if they are not going to have solved their issues quickly then surely things will be not easy or Luis Enrique is having some better strategy for this situation this is also big question mark for the fans because they want their team at the top of French league.

[legendbtc]

PSG failed heavily because of Mbappe's super contract. It seemed like PSG had caught the chicken that laid golden eggs, Which would have only received bitter fruit. They spent heavily when successfully recruiting him from Monaco and continued to spend heavily to prevent him from going to Real Madrid. Now they want to sell him immediately.
Maybe they will not earn a dime after this striker leaves free. Not only that, PSG also has to pay a huge amount for Mbappe (salary, bonus, loyalty fee). And there are further rumors that this season will likely be without his dedication to the club.

I think the future of PSG team is very bad. If you think about it, this team is financially very self-sufficient, but despite adding some of the best players in the world, they have not been able to achieve their goals in the Champions League. It remains to be seen what the club plans next.

Yes, it is unfortunate, PSG has good finances but PSG still fails to have a great team that can dominate the Champion League. Because anyway, even without Mbappe at least PSG will still be fine in Ligue 1 but the mistake of PSG is, giving Mbappe an expensive salary with all the privileges given. Because after all, Mbappe is a young player who certainly still has greater ambitions and is very likely, his emotions are still unstable. Thus, then at least PSG is also wrong with everything it has given Mbappe, because over time of course Mbappe will also have a strong desire to play in a more certain and better team like Real Madrid.

PSG have strong finances, but they have to learn how to spend. They have all the top stars but don't have a great coach. A team doesn't need to have many stars to be strong. The first requirement is to need a good coach. We have seen PSG under coach Galtier. Internally there are many contradictions, disorderly formation, and not yet forming a unified collective. Currently, PSG has appointed Luis Enrique as the club's head coach. But in my opinion, Enrique cannot revive PSG at this point. PSG is in dire need of a talented coach right now.

[shogun47]

The quality of the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine is the best in France football at the moment and even if Mbappe and Neymar happens to leave this summer, they'll still  have the quality players that can win all the domestic trophies in France this season. With the arrival of Marco Assensio and Dembele coupled with the fact that Mauro Icardi is gonna continue with the squad after his loan spell last season, I think they still possess the most lethal attacking line in France .

Actually, we all know perfectly well for what purpose such a project as Paris Saint Germain was conceived and continues to exist Therefore, even the departure of several major stars will still not make other French clubs competitors of PSG for the title. Another question is that the creation of a new team under the requirements of a new head coach for the sake of winning the Champions League can be quite painful and take some time, and therefore maybe other Ligue 1 clubs may still have some chances at this time.

There is no doubt creating a new team is never been easy for anyone and now here things are going not easy for the new head coach because target is also tough like winning Champions League and after watching first match against Lorient it looks like they are going to have serious problems for to defend of their French title because it's never been easy with this performance.

So, now we have another view from here can PSG management go to talk again with Mbappé because if they are not going to have solved their issues quickly then surely things will be not easy or Luis Enrique is having some better strategy for this situation this is also big question mark for the fans because they want their team at the top of French league.

I don't think that this is the number 1 goal for this season to win the Champions League. I doubt that Enrique would himself use words that imply that their priority is to win the Champions League as they have to first wait and see how the radical change will impact the performance and the club as a whole. The Mbappe saga is still on the table, which complicates matters further. At first I believe they will focus on Ligue 1 and the Coup de France and then see how far they can get in the Champions League, but I think at this point calling out the trophy in the CL would be far too bold after the failures in the last seasons.

[topbitcoin]

The quality of the current squad of Paris Saint Germaine is the best in France football at the moment and even if Mbappe and Neymar happens to leave this summer, they'll still  have the quality players that can win all the domestic trophies in France this season. With the arrival of Marco Assensio and Dembele coupled with the fact that Mauro Icardi is gonna continue with the squad after his loan spell last season, I think they still possess the most lethal attacking line in France .

Actually, we all know perfectly well for what purpose such a project as Paris Saint Germain was conceived and continues to exist Therefore, even the departure of several major stars will still not make other French clubs competitors of PSG for the title. Another question is that the creation of a new team under the requirements of a new head coach for the sake of winning the Champions League can be quite painful and take some time, and therefore maybe other Ligue 1 clubs may still have some chances at this time.

There is no doubt creating a new team is never been easy for anyone and now here things are going not easy for the new head coach because target is also tough like winning Champions League and after watching first match against Lorient it looks like they are going to have serious problems for to defend of their French title because it's never been easy with this performance.

So, now we have another view from here can PSG management go to talk again with Mbappé because if they are not going to have solved their issues quickly then surely things will be not easy or Luis Enrique is having some better strategy for this situation this is also big question mark for the fans because they want their team at the top of French league.

IMO for now with their squad undergoing a reshuffle of players and coaches I think the target of winning the Champions League is still too big and they realize it is a little impossible to do but of course this is still a good step because this is precisely what they can look at the long term and improve from scratch.
Their target I think is not that for now especially with the conditions of the Champions League which must be difficult to do if without the adaptation of the players and the history of PSG I think improving themselves to be better is very good because this can be their turning point and change the image of a club that does not just take old players at high prices to achieve something.