French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[sana54210]

I admit that Ramos is the perfect defender for the defense of a club, but for now, I am a little doubtful that he will be able to play optimally for PSG, apart from his old age, of course the injury that has been received by Ramos has made his performance will decrease from day to day, as a defender performance in guarding the defense is important and now ramos no longer has that, in fact I believe that ramos will spend more time injured with PSG this season than he has played.

I would say that, at his age he is not really a game changer if you ask me. As a player in the locker room and leading then he is good, he will definitely have a "psychological" help to the team, which is not why they are paying him at all, definitely paying him to play, but constantly postponing his return shows that they are really not in a rush to get him neither, they are fine without him and with him the difference will not be huge.

It is not like Messi, he actually does have a huge change and help, proven by the last two champions league games, but I have to say that Ramos will not make that kind of change. Which is why I believe that there is a good case for Ramos to be a veteran presence that helps the team psychologically more than it helps the team right now. Hopefully he will come back and play awesome, but I doubt that would be the case.

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[DanWalker]

I admit that Ramos is the perfect defender for the defense of a club, but for now, I am a little doubtful that he will be able to play optimally for PSG, apart from his old age, of course the injury that has been received by Ramos has made his performance will decrease from day to day, as a defender performance in guarding the defense is important and now ramos no longer has that, in fact I believe that ramos will spend more time injured with PSG this season than he has played.

I would say that, at his age he is not really a game changer if you ask me. As a player in the locker room and leading then he is good, he will definitely have a "psychological" help to the team, which is not why they are paying him at all, definitely paying him to play, but constantly postponing his return shows that they are really not in a rush to get him neither, they are fine without him and with him the difference will not be huge.
It is not like Messi, he actually does have a huge change and help, proven by the last two champions league games, but I have to say that Ramos will not make that kind of change. Which is why I believe that there is a good case for Ramos to be a veteran presence that helps the team psychologically more than it helps the team right now. Hopefully he will come back and play awesome, but I doubt that would be the case.

Ramos is born a leader and will do anything to make his team win the game, we saw that times and times again in his time with Real Madrid. He will throw himself at those deadly tackles without even thinking about the consequences like a red card. And we saw how he can motivate his teammates. Overall his presence brings light to the team and motivates them. And still, he is far away from decaying his form. So I'm hopeful that after he returns to the pitch, he will have a great effect on the pitch.

[mv1986]

I admit that Ramos is the perfect defender for the defense of a club, but for now, I am a little doubtful that he will be able to play optimally for PSG, apart from his old age, of course the injury that has been received by Ramos has made his performance will decrease from day to day, as a defender performance in guarding the defense is important and now ramos no longer has that, in fact I believe that ramos will spend more time injured with PSG this season than he has played.

I would say that, at his age he is not really a game changer if you ask me. As a player in the locker room and leading then he is good, he will definitely have a "psychological" help to the team, which is not why they are paying him at all, definitely paying him to play, but constantly postponing his return shows that they are really not in a rush to get him neither, they are fine without him and with him the difference will not be huge.
It is not like Messi, he actually does have a huge change and help, proven by the last two champions league games, but I have to say that Ramos will not make that kind of change. Which is why I believe that there is a good case for Ramos to be a veteran presence that helps the team psychologically more than it helps the team right now. Hopefully he will come back and play awesome, but I doubt that would be the case.

Ramos is born a leader and will do anything to make his team win the game, we saw that times and times again in his time with Real Madrid. He will throw himself at those deadly tackles without even thinking about the consequences like a red card. And we saw how he can motivate his teammates. Overall his presence brings light to the team and motivates them. And still, he is far away from decaying his form. So I'm hopeful that after he returns to the pitch, he will have a great effect on the pitch.

He is definitely a leader, but over all the years at Real Madrid he also was accompanied by world class teammates. He contributed to the success, no doubt.

Regarding his attitude to risk it all with his tackles, I am not so much a fan of that as you might be. His tens of red cards also cost his team the game at times, not to mention the 100s (?) of yellow cards and the games he missed also weakened his team. We could argue now whether that attitude positively outweighed the negatives, but I am not so sure about that.

What I liked the most about him was his strength in the offensive game. I liked that much more than his brainless tackles, not only risking his team's success, but also the health of the other players.

[blackened515]

Lille really disappointed me by the result they got against Clermont. They had a good run like three consecutive wins in the Ligue 1. Clermont were really terrible on the previous weeks and they seemed like an easy target for Lille actually. An in-form Lille should have been able to defeat them. But their performance was not good enough for even drawing with their opponent. It is not good to see the last champions like this but I still understand them. It was even like a dream that they won the title in the last season despite PSG.

Clermont had their 3rd winning in 10 matches. I never expected Lille to lose to Clermont in their last match. Winning the match could have resulted to them taking Nice's position on the table. Because they had 14 points and haven't been they won against Clermont, it could have been a total of 17 points. Anyway, their performance last season was great, they lost fewer matches which actually helped them in winning the trophy. But, PSG is likely to win the Ligue 1 title this season

[Iranus]

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He is definitely a leader, but over all the years at Real Madrid he also was accompanied by world class teammates. He contributed to the success, no doubt.

Regarding his attitude to risk it all with his tackles, I am not so much a fan of that as you might be. His tens of red cards also cost his team the game at times, not to mention the 100s (?) of yellow cards and the games he missed also weakened his team. We could argue now whether that attitude positively outweighed the negatives, but I am not so sure about that.

What I liked the most about him was his strength in the offensive game. I liked that much more than his brainless tackles, not only risking his team's success, but also the health of the other players.

I have to say you have a good enough and valid point. He had a great contribution in the offensive department for Real Madrid. He is one of the if not the highest-scoring defenders of all time. And he's also good at taking freekicks and penalties. He might not get the set-piece duty because of Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe already taking those over, but overall I'd have to say he has a very good impact on the team both on and off the field.

[ingiltere]

Lille refused to get another easy three points and offered struggling Brest an away point generously. It's not going good for them, after championship season this performance is unacceptable. PSG is going so good, that may be depressing but still we should've seen a reaction. Lille is far away from top 5 spots now, if they play like that they can't even go to European competitions next year. I guess players are not hungry for more, last years achievements may enough for them. This is wrong but it happens sometimes. If that's the problem they should rebuild the team this Summer.

[laurenB7742]

Waiting for the match of Marseille vs PSG. This is Marseille's home match. Moreover, Marseille's performance is much better this season. Although PSG is a very strong team, I would say Marseille have the ability to beat the PSG team. We saw PSG's match against Rennes, PSG's gameplay was very weak. And moreover Marseille is strong at home. At home they lost just one match against Lens, yet the match was very competitive. So Marseille team can not be considered weak in any way today.

[snipie]

Lille refused to get another easy three points and offered struggling Brest an away point generously. It's not going good for them, after championship season this performance is unacceptable. PSG is going so good, that may be depressing but still we should've seen a reaction. Lille is far away from top 5 spots now, if they play like that they can't even go to European competitions next year. I guess players are not hungry for more, last years achievements may enough for them. This is wrong but it happens sometimes. If that's the problem they should rebuild the team this Summer.

Lille is no longer a contender of the title, they are just playing to get an european spot imo. I even doubt they will spend money in signing new players in the next window since there is no point at doing so.
So far, PSG could claim the title many rounds before the end regarding the actual results. Its opponents are failing easily. Now Nice 0 - 1 Lyon in the first half.

[coderben]

Nice - Lyon match today was a very enjoyable one for me. Because everything changed about the way the match was going in the last ten minutes. Lyon managed to lead the match by 2-0 until then. But who would have thought that Nice would manage to make a huge comeback in a very limited period of time and win? First, they decreased the gap by 1. And after that, Lyon got a red card which was an opportunity for Nice to get at least one point. But they didn't make do with a draw by scoring two goals in the 89th and 90+3rd minutes. What a big 3-2 victory for Nice it was!

[snipie]

Nice - Lyon match today was a very enjoyable one for me. Because everything changed about the way the match was going in the last ten minutes. Lyon managed to lead the match by 2-0 until then. But who would have thought that Nice would manage to make a huge comeback in a very limited period of time and win? First, they decreased the gap by 1. And after that, Lyon got a red card which was an opportunity for Nice to get at least one point. But they didn't make do with a draw by scoring two goals in the 89th and 90+3rd minutes. What a big 3-2 victory for Nice it was!

Lyon literally collapsed at the end of the game after leading with 2 goals until 81th minutes! That was quite annoying when you leave the game with a score and find totally the opposite lol.
Lens is leading with 1 goal vs Metz, claiming back for the moment the second place.

[W Jr.]

Nice-Lyon match was very good. Lyon was leading 2-0 until the last 10 minutes. In the last 10 minutes, they were left with 10 players in Lyon as Kadewere was shown a red card. After that, Nice scored 2 more goals and made the score 3-2. This match was very important for Lyon. Nice moved up to 3rd place with this win.

[ingiltere]

Last five minutes changed everything. After Kadewere's red card Nice found two goals and won the game. In extra time Guessand scored easily while Denayer was sleeping in defense. They finished the comeback from 0-2 to 3-2 and stayed in third place.
Lens beat Metz and follow PSG closely, now it's up to Marseille. If they steal point(s) from PSG then things might be interesting again. This is one of the hardest games this season for PSG, if they get a win here then there will be no doubt about their early championship.

[CryptoBuds]

Nice - Lyon match today was a very enjoyable one for me. Because everything changed about the way the match was going in the last ten minutes. Lyon managed to lead the match by 2-0 until then. But who would have thought that Nice would manage to make a huge comeback in a very limited period of time and win? First, they decreased the gap by 1. And after that, Lyon got a red card which was an opportunity for Nice to get at least one point. But they didn't make do with a draw by scoring two goals in the 89th and 90+3rd minutes. What a big 3-2 victory for Nice it was!

Lyon literally collapsed at the end of the game after leading with 2 goals until 81th minutes! That was quite annoying when you leave the game with a score and find totally the opposite lol.
Lens is leading with 1 goal vs Metz, claiming back for the moment the second place.

^ Lyon really did the unthinkable in this match as they had everything in their favor up until the 80th minute. They conceded The first goal at 81 minutes then they had a red card at 85, conceded again at 89 and again at 92 minutes. I have never seen so much happening in the last 10 minutes of a football match. And it was, at some extent, unlucky.

[Slow death]

PSG 0 - 0 olympique

PSG couldn't score at least 1 goal even playing with Di maria, Messi, Neymar and Mbappé they couldn't score at least 1 goal and win the game, but at least today they didn't concede goals either, which is something positive, in the last games it seems that PSG's defense has improved a lot, they don't concede as many goals as in the past

[AndySt]

PSG 0 - 0 olympique
PSG couldn't score at least 1 goal even playing with Di maria, Messi, Neymar and Mbappé they couldn't score at least 1 goal and win the game, but at least today they didn't concede goals either, which is something positive, in the last games it seems that PSG's defense has improved a lot, they don't concede as many goals as in the past

A draw is certainly not the best result, but on the other hand, a draw did not allow Marseille to get closer to Paris Saint-Germain and the point gap remained at the same level. Also, do not forget about the removal of Hakimi at the beginning of the second half. Because of this, then Di Maria had to be removed from the field, and then Neymar. Despite this, it cannot be said that Paris Saint-Germain was constantly holed up in defense and Mbappe was quite diligently noted for his actions in the team's attack.

[Minor Miner]

It is very frustrating when a team cannot score a goal despite having one of the strongest forwards and midfielders in the world. However, I admit that PSG's luck is bad, they could not score a single goal. But when a team like Marseille attacks more than PSG and when their style of play is better than PSG, it hurts me as a fan of PSG. Marseille has made 15 shots in this match. While PSG has done only 10. Messi's performance was good enough today. But I didn't get anything good from Mbappe and Neymar.

[Saint-loup]

It is very frustrating when a team cannot score a goal despite having one of the strongest forwards and midfielders in the world. However, I admit that PSG's luck is bad, they could not score a single goal. But when a team like Marseille attacks more than PSG and when their style of play is better than PSG, it hurts me as a fan of PSG. Marseille has made 15 shots in this match. While PSG has done only 10. Messi's performance was good enough today. But I didn't get anything good from Mbappe and Neymar.

Yes it's a disgrace for PSG because "le classique" is an important event for the fans of each team, and during this kind of match players are expected to play for the sake of honour of their team and their town, and not just to grab some points for the championship ranking.

[onecall123]

It is very frustrating when a team cannot score a goal despite having one of the strongest forwards and midfielders in the world. However, I admit that PSG's luck is bad, they could not score a single goal. But when a team like Marseille attacks more than PSG and when their style of play is better than PSG, it hurts me as a fan of PSG. Marseille has made 15 shots in this match. While PSG has done only 10. Messi's performance was good enough today. But I didn't get anything good from Mbappe and Neymar.

Messi's first League 1 goal is still a long way off, however. Nevertheless, I am not going to blame PSG for playing with 10 men, at least they did not lose. Although the game ended in a goalless draw, PSG created chances but the Moroccan defender made a terrific save. PSG continued to fight for a point despite the numerical disadvantage they faced from their away game. PSG remain at the top of the standings in Ligue 1.

[jostorres]

It is very frustrating when a team cannot score a goal despite having one of the strongest forwards and midfielders in the world. However, I admit that PSG's luck is bad, they could not score a single goal. But when a team like Marseille attacks more than PSG and when their style of play is better than PSG, it hurts me as a fan of PSG. Marseille has made 15 shots in this match. While PSG has done only 10. Messi's performance was good enough today. But I didn't get anything good from Mbappe and Neymar.

Messi's first League 1 goal is still a long way off, however. Nevertheless, I am not going to blame PSG for playing with 10 men, at least they did not lose. Although the game ended in a goalless draw, PSG created chances but the Moroccan defender made a terrific save. PSG continued to fight for a point despite the numerical disadvantage they faced from their away game. PSG remain at the top of the standings in Ligue 1.

We are aware of the fact that PSG doesn't need to win every single game right? I mean Messi not scoring in the league but scoring in UCL is good enough if you ask me. Sure we could have some games that PSG dominates, but as long as they are ahead of everyone else and winning games "enough" to win the league title, they should be focusing on UCL this year because that is what they paid all that money for. They got nearly all the good free agents this off season because they are trying to win champions league and when you are building a team that fights for that, winning the league is not really that difficult task. They are already so far ahead, they probably do not worry about these games at all.

[snipie]

Messi's first League 1 goal is still a long way off, however. Nevertheless, I am not going to blame PSG for playing with 10 men, at least they did not lose. Although the game ended in a goalless draw, PSG created chances but the Moroccan defender made a terrific save. PSG continued to fight for a point despite the numerical disadvantage they faced from their away game. PSG remain at the top of the standings in Ligue 1.

I have the feeling that PSG is the ManU of EPL but with way weaker teams that fall apart letting them in the first spot... Having stars doesn't guarantee winning. Messi doesn't find his best form, Neymar is doing Neymar things... PSG didn't lose only 2 points but also the service of Hakimi for a while...