French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[laurenB7742]

PSG needs all the possible help they could get presently, because with these display, I'm pretty sure they won't even make it top four this season. Alot of things changes and their opponents are warming up to pull a big challenge and fight for the Ligue One title. Luis Enrique have alot to explain to the fans about the poor performance they're facing this new season. Two games, two draws. Recording a draw against Lorient, now is Toulouse, there's good winning outcomes expected of them but it's really taking time for the parisians to adapt to the new coach game system.

I think it's only the way of giving direction to the players that is different at PSG not the system as a whole even though the impact is very visible in two matches this season for PSG, because PSG still haven't won so any help for now is really needed by PSG if you want to get full points in the next match in Ligue 1. If even in Ligue1 PSG has started to find it difficult to compete, I can't imagine how PSG's condition will be when competing in the UCL this season and I even doubt that PSG will qualify for the UCL group phase.

PSG's only aim was to do something great in the Champions League, but despite the number of seasons with Neymar Mbappe and Messi, the team could not do anything. In my personal opinion, this season of Champions League, PSG team will not be able to do anything more than the previous season.

I don't think PSG have the potential to do well in the Champions League this season. I wouldn't be at all surprised if PSG even get eliminated in the group stage. Because PSG's condition is very bad this season. Messi has left Neymar's team. Also the overall condition of the team is not very good. The team could not win in the first two matches of Ligue 1. PSG drew both matches. The team could not win against the likes of Lorient and Toulouse. Coach Luis Enrique is still experimenting with his squad. I wouldn't say that PSG's performance is too bad. PSG have changed their match strategy. But overall performance is not getting stronger due to weakness in attack. Luis Enrique will definitely need to buy a talented striker if he wants to do well in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.

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[arimamib]

PSG's only aim was to do something great in the Champions League, but despite the number of seasons with Neymar Mbappe and Messi, the team could not do anything. In my personal opinion, this season of Champions League, PSG team will not be able to do anything more than the previous season.

If PSG have difficulty winning in the domestic league, of course in the champions league, they will also find it difficult to calm the match. because in the Champions league the opponents they face are stronger compared to their opponents in ligue 1.

So Luis Enrique has to think of a better strategy to be well received by their new players. Even though their new players are very experienced like Asensio and Dembele and we want to see them active in making a big contribution to PSG in the champions league this season.

[KTChampions]

If Monaco dominate the game into the middle of the season and PSG just stay put there is no major change it is likely that PSG will only finish in the top 4.

I don't know what you mean about the top 4, but Ligue 1 only has 3 Champions League tickets so finishing in the top 4 doesn't really mean anything. In any case, even finishing in the top 3 is absolutely unrealistic for PSG. The only thing I can believe is that for some team the season will be super successful and they will be able to take the title (in fact, this can be done even after losing personal meetings with PSG).

[bering]

Monaco again achieved good results this week, they won 3 goals against Strasbourg and have recorded 7 goals in the 2 matches that have been played, Monaco's front line is very effective in terms of scoring goals, this is a good start for this team.
But I was impressed by T. Minamino's performance in the match against Strasbourg, he scored 2 goals and 1 assist.

If Monao can continue to be consistent like this I think it is very likely that they can win the league by taking advantage of the slump that PSG is currently experiencing.

Monaco's fault last season was their inconsistency. that's what made Monaco down and not even into the top 5 of the standings.
this season they started well. consistency is required. this requires the greatness of the coach to rotate players so they don't get tired and also determine the right portion of practice for their players.
the mistake of a team that doesn't play consistently is the imbalance in the quality of the players between the main and substitute squads. it showed good performance at the start of the season but got worse mid-season to the end of the season.

Last season Monaco was slipped at the end of league that i still remember at that time they were fight for champion league spots with Marseille, Rennes and Lille but they got 3 consecutive lost which make Monaco were failed to reach their target and they only finish at 6th places and at that time their manager is still Philippe Clement but after these poor results Monaco management has decide to sacked him and Clement position was replaced by Adi Hütter and actually Monaco recent performance under him is not so impressive because during pre season matches Monaco were tasting the loses several times but apparently Adi Hütter have already evaluate Monaco weaknesses and after the league starting Monaco so far had impressive performance with gets 2 consecutive wins

[rendravolt]

Lens also failed to win at home after only drawing against Rennes. Even though Lens took the lead quickly in the 3rd minute through a goal scored by Machado and I thought maybe Lens could win with 3 goals if they had performed very well in the first half. But unfortunately in the first half the score did not change or increase and in the second half Rennes equalized through a white point goal scored by Bourigeaud. I think this result is not good for Lens, they should be able to win and take advantage of PSG's slump. However, Lens must also suffer a similar fate and with this they must be content with being in 14th place in the standings with only 1 point.

[shogun47]

If Monaco dominate the game into the middle of the season and PSG just stay put there is no major change it is likely that PSG will only finish in the top 4.

I don't know what you mean about the top 4, but Ligue 1 only has 3 Champions League tickets so finishing in the top 4 doesn't really mean anything. In any case, even finishing in the top 3 is absolutely unrealistic for PSG. The only thing I can believe is that for some team the season will be super successful and they will be able to take the title (in fact, this can be done even after losing personal meetings with PSG).

I believe that problems could increase from here for PSG. Mbappe benefitted a lot from players like Messi or Neymar and he will be missing their assists. He has been the one who could use his pace advantage and score after being assisted perfectly especially by Messi. It is a totally different team with a lot of important qualities now being gone.

It's fun to see that some people said Messi isn't as good anymore because of his age and it wouldn't be too hard for PSG to play without him, but people don't realize that Messi's style is about much more than just scoring. In 19 out of 20 situations, he chooses to make the best pass possible or the best dribbling possible. This quality changes a game completely. This will be a hard season for PSG for sure.

I also wonder how it feels for Mbappe to see Bellingham be the rising star at Real Madrid when actually it was his plan to become that one player everybody admires.

[Leviathan.007]

Monaco again achieved good results this week, they won 3 goals against Strasbourg and have recorded 7 goals in the 2 matches that have been played, Monaco's front line is very effective in terms of scoring goals, this is a good start for this team.
But I was impressed by T. Minamino's performance in the match against Strasbourg, he scored 2 goals and 1 assist.

If Monao can continue to be consistent like this I think it is very likely that they can win the league by taking advantage of the slump that PSG is currently experiencing.

Monaco's fault last season was their inconsistency. that's what made Monaco down and not even into the top 5 of the standings.
this season they started well. consistency is required. this requires the greatness of the coach to rotate players so they don't get tired and also determine the right portion of practice for their players.
the mistake of a team that doesn't play consistently is the imbalance in the quality of the players between the main and substitute squads. it showed good performance at the start of the season but got worse mid-season to the end of the season.

Last season Monaco was slipped at the end of league that i still remember at that time they were fight for champion league spots with Marseille, Rennes and Lille but they got 3 consecutive lost which make Monaco were failed to reach their target and they only finish at 6th places and at that time their manager is still Philippe Clement but after these poor results Monaco management has decide to sacked him and Clement position was replaced by Adi Hütter and actually Monaco recent performance under him is not so impressive because during pre season matches Monaco were tasting the loses several times but apparently Adi Hütter have already evaluate Monaco weaknesses and after the league starting Monaco so far had impressive performance with gets 2 consecutive wins

Many teams like Monaco and some teams will have a weak and bad start at the beginning of the season and they have bad performance in some games while a few weeks after that they can have better performance and get better results, in the last season I remember Monaco was even close to fighting and race for the title with other teams like PSG and Marseille but because of the unstable performance they had, they couldn't win the race.      

[Jody.Drummer]

Lens also failed to win at home after only drawing against Rennes. Even though Lens took the lead quickly in the 3rd minute through a goal scored by Machado and I thought maybe Lens could win with 3 goals if they had performed very well in the first half. But unfortunately in the first half the score did not change or increase and in the second half Rennes equalized through a white point goal scored by Bourigeaud. I think this result is not good for Lens, they should be able to win and take advantage of PSG's slump. However, Lens must also suffer a similar fate and with this they must be content with being in 14th place in the standings with only 1 point.

Rennes can be said to be a balanced opponent for Lens, so the result they got in this match was a result that was also widely predicted before. Although Lens could create a quick goal but Rennes did not make any more mistakes so they could keep Lens from creating any more goals, instead Rennes could create a goal back through the spot in the second half.
In terms of play, no club seemed to dominate in this match, yes even though there was a very thin difference. Rennes did a good job, they appeared as a guest team and they managed to bring home 1 point.

[Leviathan.007]

It seems the story of Mbappe and PSG still continues and since the is now going to stay in PSG until the end of the season because of solving the problems he had with the PSG owner, now there is even the chance for PSG to hit another target and extend his offer for a longer time because now Mbappe now he is getting far from playing for Real Madrid, there is the higher chance for him to accept extending his offer with PSG.   



https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kylian-mbapp-agrees-deal-for-psg-to-be-compensated-when-he-leaves-pgb8g2mz5

[marcous]

PSG's only aim was to do something great in the Champions League, but despite the number of seasons with Neymar Mbappe and Messi, the team could not do anything. In my personal opinion, this season of Champions League, PSG team will not be able to do anything more than the previous season.

If PSG have difficulty winning in the domestic league, of course in the champions league, they will also find it difficult to calm the match. because in the Champions league the opponents they face are stronger compared to their opponents in ligue 1.

So Luis Enrique has to think of a better strategy to be well received by their new players. Even though their new players are very experienced like Asensio and Dembele and we want to see them active in making a big contribution to PSG in the champions league this season.

I think things will improve and PSG will find a way to win under Luis Enrique. There is no doubt about his capacity as a coach, we can see his trophies with the Spanish national team and Barcelona. Of course I base this assumption on the basis that PSG has a star-studded composition of players, they just need to hone their mentality so they can compete on the UCL stage.

If PSG and especially Enrique can put the focus back on the game, and throw away all the speculation about player transfers I think they will get back to winning ways.

[fachant]

PSG's only aim was to do something great in the Champions League, but despite the number of seasons with Neymar Mbappe and Messi, the team could not do anything. In my personal opinion, this season of Champions League, PSG team will not be able to do anything more than the previous season.

If PSG have difficulty winning in the domestic league, of course in the champions league, they will also find it difficult to calm the match. because in the Champions league the opponents they face are stronger compared to their opponents in ligue 1.

So Luis Enrique has to think of a better strategy to be well received by their new players. Even though their new players are very experienced like Asensio and Dembele and we want to see them active in making a big contribution to PSG in the champions league this season.

I think things will improve and PSG will find a way to win under Luis Enrique. There is no doubt about his capacity as a coach, we can see his trophies with the Spanish national team and Barcelona. Of course I base this assumption on the basis that PSG has a star-studded composition of players, they just need to hone their mentality so they can compete on the UCL stage.

If PSG and especially Enrique can put the focus back on the game, and throw away all the speculation about player transfers I think they will get back to winning ways.

PSG drew yesterday's match. Think about the draw if the team is in any condition. PSG dominated the whole match but all of this is nothing if they don't get the victory in the end.

[klidex]

Lens also failed to win at home after only drawing against Rennes. Even though Lens took the lead quickly in the 3rd minute through a goal scored by Machado and I thought maybe Lens could win with 3 goals if they had performed very well in the first half. But unfortunately in the first half the score did not change or increase and in the second half Rennes equalized through a white point goal scored by Bourigeaud. I think this result is not good for Lens, they should be able to win and take advantage of PSG's slump. However, Lens must also suffer a similar fate and with this they must be content with being in 14th place in the standings with only 1 point.

Rennes can be said to be a balanced opponent for Lens, so the result they got in this match was a result that was also widely predicted before. Although Lens could create a quick goal but Rennes did not make any more mistakes so they could keep Lens from creating any more goals, instead Rennes could create a goal back through the spot in the second half.
In terms of play, no club seemed to dominate in this match, yes even though there was a very thin difference. Rennes did a good job, they appeared as a guest team and they managed to bring home 1 point.

Yes, it's true that Rennes is an equal club for Lens, but it's a shame that Rennes have never been able to beat Lens in the history of meeting to compete, only being able to have a draw and Lens is superior.
But in yesterday's match it was very interesting to see the performance of Rennes who still survived even though they were badly beaten by Lens but Rennes was able to put up a strong defense so that the match could end in a draw.

[shogun47]

PSG's only aim was to do something great in the Champions League, but despite the number of seasons with Neymar Mbappe and Messi, the team could not do anything. In my personal opinion, this season of Champions League, PSG team will not be able to do anything more than the previous season.

If PSG have difficulty winning in the domestic league, of course in the champions league, they will also find it difficult to calm the match. because in the Champions league the opponents they face are stronger compared to their opponents in ligue 1.

So Luis Enrique has to think of a better strategy to be well received by their new players. Even though their new players are very experienced like Asensio and Dembele and we want to see them active in making a big contribution to PSG in the champions league this season.

I think things will improve and PSG will find a way to win under Luis Enrique. There is no doubt about his capacity as a coach, we can see his trophies with the Spanish national team and Barcelona. Of course I base this assumption on the basis that PSG has a star-studded composition of players, they just need to hone their mentality so they can compete on the UCL stage.

If PSG and especially Enrique can put the focus back on the game, and throw away all the speculation about player transfers I think they will get back to winning ways.

PSG drew yesterday's match. Think about the draw if the team is in any condition. PSG dominated the whole match but all of this is nothing if they don't get the victory in the end.

it's not looking good right now for them and they know that they have to change a few things drastically or otherwise this season will be a massive disappointment. I wonder how long they will give Luis Enrique to turn things around, but he is probably surprised himself how hard the job is that he now took on.

Bringing on Mbappe wasn't enough to win the game in the end, but I don't know whether there are still discussions to sell him this transfer window? If Mbappe also leaves I think they could have a dramatically bad season.

[Docnaster]

L. Enrique is trying to build his system at PSG and it will get better with time but the midfield is very weak. PSG have changed a lot compared to last year. The midfield is very important in the system Luis Enrique is trying to bring in and it is essential to take measures for the midfield as soon as possible. The players are very close to each other, they have a very short time to win the ball but some of the PSG players don't fit into this system. Enrique's system will take time to adapt and PSG need to act quickly. For this reason, strong names need to be transferred to the team. L. Enrique's job is not easy this time and he has a lot of inexperienced players in his team. PSG may need more time.

PSG needs all the possible help they could get presently, because with these display, I'm pretty sure they won't even make it top four this season. Alot of things changes and their opponents are warming up to pull a big challenge and fight for the Ligue One title. Luis Enrique have alot to explain to the fans about the poor performance they're facing this new season. Two games, two draws. Recording a draw against Lorient, now is Toulouse, there's good winning outcomes expected of them but it's really taking time for the parisians to adapt to the new coach game system.

If PSG do not tackle what is happening to them now, it may lead to a perpetual ending.
Whenever there is a big misunderstanding between a player and a management and if that player is very influential, it affects the team. A player like Mbappe surely have many good allies in the team. So as there was controversy, he has many of the players by his side and there are some other players that are not on his side. Even when the management have pretended that they have solved the problem. It will still play out on the field of play. So PSG must have to calm down and solve this problem very well so that it will not affect them. Initially the squad was built on the three Superman squad now two have left and 1 not happy.

[beerlover]

If Monaco dominate the game into the middle of the season and PSG just stay put there is no major change it is likely that PSG will only finish in the top 4.

It's still too early and I think Monaco will find it difficult to maintain their consistency to continue to win every game this season. Even for psg they will find it difficult to defend the title this season if they still have difficulty winning in the upcoming matches. Even Lens were also not on their best path at the start of this season because they swallowed 1 defeat and 1 draw.

Yes, the top two teams last season failed to progress perfectly this season. Are we going to see the surprises that happened this season where another team won Ligue 1. So if PSG fail in Ligue 1 this season, of course this is a significant setback season for them after the departure of Messi and Neymar.

It is obvious that we can't just expect ligue 1 to be the same as it is today after 30 more weeks. I mean Monaco may look good now but it has been only two games so far and I do not think that it matters.

We should be seeing this change a lot and we are going to see PSG win a lot more games, they have the roster for it and they are changing some stuff up, but we are definitely going to see them do a lot better. They still have some money from what I can see, if they can spend that money on some other players (the money they got from neymar deal) then I think they will be even better. It should be considered that they are the best team in the league right now no matter the results, doesn't mean they will be champions, but they still have a chance.

[BALIK]

If Monaco dominate the game into the middle of the season and PSG just stay put there is no major change it is likely that PSG will only finish in the top 4.

It's still too early and I think Monaco will find it difficult to maintain their consistency to continue to win every game this season. Even for psg they will find it difficult to defend the title this season if they still have difficulty winning in the upcoming matches. Even Lens were also not on their best path at the start of this season because they swallowed 1 defeat and 1 draw.
Yes, the top two teams last season failed to progress perfectly this season. Are we going to see the surprises that happened this season where another team won Ligue 1. So if PSG fail in Ligue 1 this season, of course this is a significant setback season for them after the departure of Messi and Neymar.

It is obvious that we can't just expect ligue 1 to be the same as it is today after 30 more weeks. I mean Monaco may look good now but it has been only two games so far and I do not think that it matters.

Monaco played their first match against Clermont Foort. The team won this away match 4-2. Monaco had a very good performance. In the second match they played against Strasbourg. This group was strong. Nevertheless, Monaco won the match 3–0. Despite playing defensive strategy, the team got an easy victory. If they can continue with such consistency, the Monaco team is undoubtedly a worthy claimant for this year's Ligue 1 title. But we are not sure if the team will be able to maintain consistency.

We should be seeing this change a lot and we are going to see PSG win a lot more games, they have the roster for it and they are changing some stuff up, but we are definitely going to see them do a lot better. They still have some money from what I can see, if they can spend that money on some other players (the money they got from neymar deal) then I think they will be even better. It should be considered that they are the best team in the league right now no matter the results, doesn't mean they will be champions, but they still have a chance.

We haven't seen a good performance from PSG in the first two matches. Their opponents were relatively weak in both matches. Even then they can't win. Both the matches were drawn. And even though PSG dominated the match, they couldn't score because of the weakness in attack. But PSG's gameplay was not bad. The new coach Luis Enrique will definitely need to add talented players to the squad and strengthen the squad. Otherwise, the team will not be able to pass the group stage in the Champions League this season.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I think the scenario of the Toulouse - PSG game could have been different if Mbappe was in the starting eleven. I understand the reason why he was in the subs of course. Because of the serious problems between him and the team PSG wanted to punish him by not having him in the first league game. But they must have felt the need of Mbappe after it that we saw him this time.

He just made his impact right away after entering the game. He scored a goal in a short time. But still they couldn't keep their advantage much and conceded the shocking equalizer.

This can't go on like this. While they still have Mbappe he should be a part of the starting eleven. Because for now they can't play properly without him.

[imamusma]

I think the scenario of the Toulouse - PSG game could have been different if Mbappe was in the starting eleven. I understand the reason why he was in the subs of course. Because of the serious problems between him and the team PSG wanted to punish him by not having him in the first league game. But they must have felt the need of Mbappe after it that we saw him this time.

He just made his impact right away after entering the game. He scored a goal in a short time. But still they couldn't keep their advantage much and conceded the shocking equalizer.

This can't go on like this. While they still have Mbappe he should be a part of the starting eleven. Because for now they can't play properly without him.

It seems that Mbappe cannot make a big impact on PSG's performances without Nemar and Messi. Kylian Mbappe is indeed capable of creating his own chances to score goals, but Neymar and Messi have played a big role in his goal statistics in the last two seasons. The playing of Dembele and Mbappe did change the tempo of PSG's game for the better, but both of them failed to win the match in the end.

PSG still haven't managed to win any of the last two matches, but I'm sure Luis Enrique will start Dembele and Mbappe in the next matches. PSG appeared to dominate the match, but they still failed to create many goal opportunities during the game. Of course it was disappointing.

[AakZaki]

If PSG have difficulty winning in the domestic league, of course in the champions league, they will also find it difficult to calm the match. because in the Champions league the opponents they face are stronger compared to their opponents in ligue 1.

So Luis Enrique has to think of a better strategy to be well received by their new players. Even though their new players are very experienced like Asensio and Dembele and we want to see them active in making a big contribution to PSG in the champions league this season.

Technically PSG players come from several clubs and have good abilities. So Enrique should only adjust and make the most of his abilities. I think for this season they are still quite capable of competing in Ligue 1. So they are still the Favorites for the champion. But for the UCL, since they are owned by Nasser Al-Khelafi indeed they have never been absent but they do not have UCL champions. The best achievement seems to be in the Runer Up position.

[Slow death]

the results of yesterday's games were somewhat predictable. the monaco who played against strasbourg, in this game monaco won the game without any great difficulty, having scored 3 goals and not conceding a single goal, with this very important victory for monaco they are at the top of the table with 6 points while the your opponent takes position 9, because he has 3 points. another game yesterday was lens's game against rennes, it was a game in which both teams scored a goal, but the game ended in a draw. nice also played yesterday, they also came out with a draw. while reims, who played against clermont, managed to score 2 goals and did not concede a single goal

with this victory reims has 3 points, while their opponent clermont has 2 consecutive defeats, it is not a good way to start the season, nantes also lost in yesterday's game and with that defeat nantes have two defeats back-to-back too, that's not a good way to start the season, even teams that were recently promoted did better than nantes. looking at the results of the games of all the teams I see that the only big team that got two consecutive victories was monaco

but the question is if monaco has a strong squad capable of becoming champions or not, psg with this new coach will probably not be champions, i say that because he doesn't seem to me to be a great strategist or still doesn't know what to do to bring good results for psg, so I see that this whole season psg has been performing poorly and as a result they will not be champions, they have sold good players in recent years and will not be able to make good signings, with some excesses, but I see that other teams have many chances of becoming champions this season