French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[herurist]

Damn I hate going on social media!

Everyone is complaining about Messi and I saw even the clips circulating of "him standing still" in the field while all his teammates run. 2 seconds of him doing that, not realizing two things. 1, that this is his style. Stay still 1 second and burst forth. 2, that he actually was even an injury concern for the match but he played anyway despite not being at full health.

Anyway 7 points lead for PSG, so sad nobody can take advantage. And they won so many points after 80th minute this season damn PSG lol.

Just don't read them  Has it ever been otherwise? I try to read only clean information, everything else is a debate between fanboys and haters, sometimes it's something funny (like memes), but mostly it's boring swearing. I am sure that such big names as Messi will cause controversy even with zero news stories for a very long time.

conditions that can't be removed on social media
Lots of expletives that only debate who is the best, who is the best player and team and ridicule each other from rival clubs.
this cannot be eliminated because apart from being a spice in football, this is also considered as a proof of their love for their favorite team (though this creates a bad image)
But this is what makes the competition even more exciting, at least the people who do that they have a lot of time for things that are not really needed

[justdimin]

In fact rule one of going on internet is to avoid social media. I only follow some of the things because we have to check our company's profile and of course because of my search history all the Barca things pop up. And my eyes cannot run and hide from the painful posts

Definitely know going to get triggered, just probably I must remember not to make my Mondays about looking at those things or maybe even find a way to filter out.

Right now, social media is real place for having some serious destructive place for many I am also having some serious troubles just because of this recently due to my some engagement with projects I have to check them just because of this sometime few things pop up which hurt badly as today we have another time Messi was not in team, and they are facing another bad result which is hurting PSG but peoples against complaining about many things which need some time but nothing else.

Just crying on social media is never been going to help anyone, even these having nothing to do with this all issue as well.

If you try to get used to it, then you are going to be getting better. I believe that we are in a situation where people could literally just go to social media to "expect" triggering stuff, and if you could do that then you are going to be fine. For my job I keep going to social media all the time, it is  not a social media that anyone knows here, it is a place that is totally different and special to my nation and there I keep seeing stuff that should "bother" me, but I keep seeing all those haters and have fun with it because I see more people defending than people who are against it and not even close.

Sure you will see one post that is triggering, but also will see 100+ messages under it that defends what you like as well. This results with me feeling a lot better about the current situation and when you expect this then you are ready about it as well.

[arallmuus]

I already consider PSG's task of winning the league title done now.

They have won the league the moment they signed all that players. Thats basically like soft breaking the financial fair play rules and their entire squad probably cost atleast double of what the other teams have on average. Its not mindblowing at all and if anything, I'd say the most mindblowing things that PSG have done so far would be losing 2-0 to Rennes

No one would have expected that but it happened

[tygeade]

PSG are already far ahead of their competitors even though we are not even in the half of the season. They are eight points ahead of their nearest competitor which is Nice. I already consider PSG's task of winning the league title done now. Their next competitor is Bordeaux and it is an away match. Bordeaux is also an easy opponent for them though and I expect PSG to win again.

I am predicting here that they are going to win French League title nearly 10 to 12 weeks before end of season because the squad they have surely against the Financial Fair Play rules but sadly no one having any intention in this case, and they are spending this amount just for title which is really poor from them and their management because it's not going to help anyone just waste of money.

If someone has better mind he can spend this amount in French League and can bring 3 or 4 quality teams which are good for better and quality matches instead of having long list of big players and still have no good results losing against Rennes is also one of the worst thing which happen to them in this season.

[slaman29]

I am predicting here that they are going to win French League title nearly 10 to 12 weeks before end of season because the squad they have surely against the Financial Fair Play rules but sadly no one having any intention in this case, and they are spending this amount just for title which is really poor from them and their management because it's not going to help anyone just waste of money.

If someone has better mind he can spend this amount in French League and can bring 3 or 4 quality teams which are good for better and quality matches instead of having long list of big players and still have no good results losing against Rennes is also one of the worst thing which happen to them in this season.

Yeah, this could be the strangest season for PSG. Neymar is performing his worst ever. Messi is not performing yet and injured, same case with Ramos. Not winning easily in their games and yet they could still be wrapping up the title in a record time.

Whoever could have and should have challenged them are not doing well (Monaco Lille Lyon).

This is never healthy for a league and France will not benefit in the long term.

[Mahdirakib]

I am predicting here that they are going to win French League title nearly 10 to 12 weeks before end of season because the squad they have surely against the Financial Fair Play rules but sadly no one having any intention in this case, and they are spending this amount just for title which is really poor from them and their management because it's not going to help anyone just waste of money.

Undoubtedly PSG will win the title of this season. But they aren't performing as the people expected. PSG have the best set of strikers. PSG hasn't spend that huge amount just for the title of Ligue 1. Their main target is to win the title of Champions League as they haven't won it yet. But they aren't doing well in UCL.

[bekti3]

I am predicting here that they are going to win French League title nearly 10 to 12 weeks before end of season because the squad they have surely against the Financial Fair Play rules but sadly no one having any intention in this case, and they are spending this amount just for title which is really poor from them and their management because it's not going to help anyone just waste of money.

Undoubtedly PSG will win the title of this season. But they aren't performing as the people expected. PSG have the best set of strikers. PSG hasn't spend that huge amount just for the title of Ligue 1. Their main target is to win the title of Champions League as they haven't won it yet. But they aren't doing well in UCL.

For the French 1st league I will not doubt them with the condition of the players who are practically complete and the quality is not arbitrary and quite far compared to the players in the other French 1st League, they are confirmed and very favorite to become champions.
but the champions league is a different matter, here is the place for the best clubs from famous leagues, and with psg's current performance even with the condition of the players being quite good I still doubt they can win this league

[hd49728]

I am predicting here that they are going to win French League title nearly 10 to 12 weeks before end of season because the squad they have surely against the Financial Fair Play rules but sadly no one having any intention in this case, and they are spending this amount just for title which is really poor from them and their management because it's not going to help anyone just waste of money.

PSG in Ligue 1 are similar to Bayern in Bundesliga. They are dominating stronger than opponents so they can win titles before the final day of season 5 matches or even sooner.

How early do they take the title mostly depends on how they focus and spend resources for national leagues because they are more aiming at Champions League.

Undoubtedly PSG will win the title of this season. But they aren't performing as the people expected. PSG have the best set of strikers. PSG hasn't spend that huge amount just for the title of Ligue 1. Their main target is to win the title of Champions League as they haven't won it yet. But they aren't doing well in UCL.

They are not playing too convincing and their wins sometimes are not too big. However, they have many stars and each match they have one or two stars can bring 3 points to their club. It is enough to take the title.

Other clubs don't have too many stars like PSG and they got troubles if one or two star players injured or lose best performance.

[DU18]

PSG are already far ahead of their competitors even though we are not even in the half of the season. They are eight points ahead of their nearest competitor which is Nice. I already consider PSG's task of winning the league title done now. Their next competitor is Bordeaux and it is an away match. Bordeaux is also an easy opponent for them though and I expect PSG to win again.

Apart from the 2020/21 season when PSG failed to champions, PSG always ended the season with a difference of more than 10 points from the club in second place, but this season they are only in their 12th week of matches and still have 26 games left in the league, but the difference in points what they have now with Lille who are in second place is 8 points, of course it is not impossible that PSG will be able to win this season by a big points difference in my opinion and I believe that they will even lock the title in the near future without waiting for 38 games to end .

[boltz]

The fact that Messi just got another Ballon D'or instead of Lewandowski makes me wonder if Messi really deserves all he got right now and I came in conclusion that in the last 2 years of his career , he simply fooled the football and football fans. He can take all his Ballon D'or and go back to Barcelona because that is the only place where he knows how to play football. Lewandoski did in 2 years , more than messi in 4 years. Ucl , goals , another ucl final, a lot of goals for his national team when he basically plays alone and so on but sure ...let's give Messi because otherwise he will start to cry like a baby.

[borovichok]

My predictions for this weekend league 1 matches
Lille Vs Angers: 2-1
Bordeaux Vs Paris Saint Germain: 1-3
Marseille Vs Metz: 2-0
Lorient vs Brest : 1-1
Nantes Vs Strasbourg: 2-0
Reims Vs Monaco :1-3
Saint Etienne Vs Clermont foot: 2-1
Nice Vs Montpellier: 2-2
Rennes Vs Lyon: 1-2

[rahmad2nd]

The fact that Messi just got another Ballon D'or instead of Lewandowski makes me wonder if Messi really deserves all he got right now and I came in conclusion that in the last 2 years of his career , he simply fooled the football and football fans. He can take all his Ballon D'or and go back to Barcelona because that is the only place where he knows how to play football. Lewandoski did in 2 years , more than messi in 4 years. Ucl , goals , another ucl final, a lot of goals for his national team when he basically plays alone and so on but sure ...let's give Messi because otherwise he will start to cry like a baby.

This season, Messi's performance is nothing to be proud of, let alone the first 6 matches in Ligue 1 with PSG there have been no satisfactory results, without the contribution of goals and assists so far it proves that Messi failed at PSG and does not deserve to be included in the domination of the Ballon D'or winner, plus Again the previous season with Barcelona he only managed to win the Copa del Rey and I think it's better for Kante to win the Ballon D'or this season.

[slaman29]

This season, Messi's performance is nothing to be proud of, let alone the first 6 matches in Ligue 1 with PSG there have been no satisfactory results, without the contribution of goals and assists so far it proves that Messi failed at PSG and does not deserve to be included in the domination of the Ballon D'or winner, plus Again the previous season with Barcelona he only managed to win the Copa del Rey and I think it's better for Kante to win the Ballon D'or this season.

Duh, we all know that and he knows it better than us for sure. But he's injured, let's give him a break. Some players don't even want to risk themselves when not fully recovered from injury but guys like him put themselves through a lot of pain just to show up.

If 6 games proves any player has failed, and doesn't deserve to be included in nominations for ANNUAL performance award, then I guess I don't know anything about football anymore

[Shasha80]

The fact that Messi just got another Ballon D'or instead of Lewandowski makes me wonder if Messi really deserves all he got right now and I came in conclusion that in the last 2 years of his career , he simply fooled the football and football fans. He can take all his Ballon D'or and go back to Barcelona because that is the only place where he knows how to play football. Lewandoski did in 2 years , more than messi in 4 years. Ucl , goals , another ucl final, a lot of goals for his national team when he basically plays alone and so on but sure ...let's give Messi because otherwise he will start to cry like a baby.

This season, Messi's performance is nothing to be proud of, let alone the first 6 matches in Ligue 1 with PSG there have been no satisfactory results, without the contribution of goals and assists so far it proves that Messi failed at PSG and does not deserve to be included in the domination of the Ballon D'or winner, plus Again the previous season with Barcelona he only managed to win the Copa del Rey and I think it's better for Kante to win the Ballon D'or this season.

Maybe Messi is not used to the way of training at PSG, so his body is injured, therefore Messi's performance was not optimal in 6 matches in Ligue 1.
But we can't judge Messi failed with PSG, because the 2021/2022 season is still quite long. If throughout this season Messi has not shown his
best performance, then we can say that Messi has failed to adapt at PSG. Regarding this year's Ballon D'or award, I have no problem with Messi just
being one of the nominees for the winner. Because Messi still has achievements with the Argentine national team to win the 2021 Copa America.
But if Messi become the winner of the 2021 Ballon D'or I don't agree, because there are other candidates who are more deserving of winning
the 2021 Ballon D'or. I vote for Jorginho who deserves to win the 2021 Ballon D'or,  because Jorginho has the achievement of bringing Chelsea
to win the 2020/2021 Champions League and leading Italy to win the Euro 2020.

[MAAManda]

It looks like there are no really interesting matches this week in Ligue 1, we have seen the first match between Lens Vs Troyes, Lens won with many goals they scored, while the opponent (Troyes) lost without producing goals.

Next we will see the match between Lille and Angers, what are your predictions for this match? I have a feeling that Lille will lose to Angers

[OcTradism]

This season, Messi's performance is nothing to be proud of, let alone the first 6 matches in Ligue 1 with PSG there have been no satisfactory results, without the contribution of goals and assists so far it proves that Messi failed at PSG and does not deserve to be included in the domination of the Ballon D'or winner

Messi has troubles in Arghentina so his temporary issue in PSG does not make me surprise. He need more time there and don't forget that he is ageing with time.

In Barcelona, Messi was there since his debut so he is acquainted with playing style, tactics and players. In PSG, he has to restart from nothing. New mates, new coach, new stadium and other things in life for his family. Lot of things to adapt to and issues will be resolved gradually with time by efforts from Messi and help from his mate and PSG.

Ballon D'or, Messi has a plus point with Coppa America but he has minus point with not too good performance in Barcelona and PSG especially in PSG so far.

[Swordsoffreedom]

Lille will play against Angers. Although looking at the points table at the moment we can see the Angers team above Lille. But Lille is a strong enough team. And in the last two matches we have realized that very well. Lille played great against PSG. However, unfortunately they lost. Lille won the Champions League 2-1 against Sevilla. The players are back in form and their confidence is much higher now. So I think the Angers can beat Lille today.

[DU18]

It looks like there are no really interesting matches this week in Ligue 1, we have seen the first match between Lens Vs Troyes, Lens won with many goals they scored, while the opponent (Troyes) lost without producing goals.

Next we will see the match between Lille and Angers, what are your predictions for this match? I have a feeling that Lille will lose to Angers

Both teams are currently both in the middle of the standings and they have only had 4 wins from 12 matches played, and seeing the head to head of both teams so far, I think Lille will be able to beat Anger in that match, moreover in the last 5 matches, I saw that anger is very difficult to win when playing away, and lille who just tasted victory in the champions league of course will not waste the opportunity to get full points at home today, so for lille and anger matches, I will be more choose to bet on the win of lille.

[terrorJR]

It looks like there are no really interesting matches this week in Ligue 1, we have seen the first match between Lens Vs Troyes, Lens won with many goals they scored, while the opponent (Troyes) lost without producing goals.

Next we will see the match between Lille and Angers, what are your predictions for this match? I have a feeling that Lille will lose to Angers

Both teams are currently both in the middle of the standings and they have only had 4 wins from 12 matches played, and seeing the head to head of both teams so far, I think Lille will be able to beat Anger in that match, moreover in the last 5 matches, I saw that anger is very difficult to win when playing away, and lille who just tasted victory in the champions league of course will not waste the opportunity to get full points at home today, so for lille and anger matches, I will be more choose to bet on the win of lille.

both teams are quite balanced in terms of performance and headtohead.
but on the other hand angers is now a bit higher than lille.
Lille on the other hand actually benefited by playing at their own home and with the full support of the fans.
I'll probably be on the same path as you because I'm sure lille will win the game

[sana54210]

This season, Messi's performance is nothing to be proud of, let alone the first 6 matches in Ligue 1 with PSG there have been no satisfactory results, without the contribution of goals and assists so far it proves that Messi failed at PSG and does not deserve to be included in the domination of the Ballon D'or winner, plus Again the previous season with Barcelona he only managed to win the Copa del Rey and I think it's better for Kante to win the Ballon D'or this season.

I do not agree with this. He hasn't shown good "stats" yet, and that is very bad for a player like Messi who is known to be a big time goal scorer or a great passer. However he is playing for a new team for the first time ever since he was a little kid. It is understandable for him to have a bit of a tough start, this wasn't a good idea to begin with to get a player like him at that age when you consider how he played in just one system all his life.

However considering all of this, he provided a lot during UCL and that is what they really need. They can win the league without him with ease as well, last year was a fluke but they are good enough to beat everyone and win the league without ever needing Messi. However UCL is a different stage and Messi has already won it and he is a great veteran that brings in those stats there as well, so he is not really fully bad just yet.