French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Awaklara]

Mourinho will not be a bad choice as PSG's head coach if they want to sign him. His performance as a coach in Roma should not be used to judge how he will perform at PSG if he is hired. Team management differs, and he may get what he desires most to help his team win more games when he joins PSG. An old coach has nothing to do with the team they will coach; all that is required is good results, and if Mourinho can provide those results for the team, I believe they will not hesitate to hire him.

With limited resources in Roma, Mourinho had two final matches in Conference League and Europa League, he can do it with PSG. With abundant resources and money in PSG, he can have a final match in Champions League with PSG.

Will Mourinho want to stay in Europe or only want money?
If he want money, Saudi Arabia will be his destination, not PSG. It is unrealistic that PSG will be able to compete with rich clubs in Saudi Arabia to pay him high salary.

PSG have money but they have to follow financial laws from UEFA so they will not be ready to pay a same salary as Saudi Professional League can offer to Mourinho.

If I'm not mistaken, rumors of PSG's approach to Mourinho started at the beginning of last year. I don't know whether he will be suitable or not to train Mbappe and the others. But currently, Mourinho's concentration is on Roma who are experiencing difficult problems regarding their finances.
Roma's condition may not be as good as PSG's, but I think Mourinho will not leave Roma for PSG. if that can happen, of course, there will be conditions that PSG club management must fulfill to bring him in. It could be related to bringing in some of the players he wants or also keeping Mbappe in the team.

[Belarge]

Mourinho will not be a bad choice as PSG's head coach if they want to sign him. His performance as a coach in Roma should not be used to judge how he will perform at PSG if he is hired. Team management differs, and he may get what he desires most to help his team win more games when he joins PSG. An old coach has nothing to do with the team they will coach; all that is required is good results, and if Mourinho can provide those results for the team, I believe they will not hesitate to hire him.

Paris Saint Germain rumor to have come for the coach but it shown that they couldn't have him. AS Roma lucky enough to be managed by one of the top genius in football when it comes to coaches. José Mourinho have fulfilled his dream by winning the major titles in his space and have also manage top clubs in elite leagues, so AS Roma is merely just a club he got hooked up with when he had no job offered. José Mourinho is potential coach that sees from far, he's able to stand out and ensure his side is able compete in elite competitions.

[bering]

Although currently Nice in the second place under PSG but i personally didn't considers Nice as strong contender for PSG for race title because in my opinion Nice will be unable to keep up PSG but i was interested to see how far Nice will be able to managed their consistency because their performance was much better compared to last season because on last season Nice can finish at 9th place but now they have a good chances to finish at better place on league standings and even playing at european competitions

Nice was quite different this season because they were successfully to improved their defensive lines even until week 17 Nice only conceded 9 goals which is they are the team with the strongest defense in Ligue 1 now and i think this is also the main causes why Nice performance was very impressive this season and after break Nice will playing at Rennes home ground this is good opportunity for Nice to collect 3 points from this match because Rennes has poor records at home and during this season too Rennes only able to gets 3 wins and 7 draw so i am sure Nice will be able to beat Rennes

[W Jr.]

Mourinho will not be a bad choice as PSG's head coach if they want to sign him. His performance as a coach in Roma should not be used to judge how he will perform at PSG if he is hired. Team management differs, and he may get what he desires most to help his team win more games when he joins PSG. An old coach has nothing to do with the team they will coach; all that is required is good results, and if Mourinho can provide those results for the team, I believe they will not hesitate to hire him.

Paris Saint Germain rumor to have come for the coach but it shown that they couldn't have him. AS Roma lucky enough to be managed by one of the top genius in football when it comes to coaches. José Mourinho have fulfilled his dream by winning the major titles in his space and have also manage top clubs in elite leagues, so AS Roma is merely just a club he got hooked up with when he had no job offered. José Mourinho is potential coach that sees from far, he's able to stand out and ensure his side is able compete in elite competitions.

He could have been one of the best coaches for Paris, but Jose. Great teams should be managed by great coaches. Previous alternatives for Paris were not very good. I'm sure Mourinho could have been more successful than them. Roma is a big team and they have now established an emotional bond with them. However, I think he could be in a Premier League team with better opportunities than Roma.

[asriloni]

Although currently Nice in the second place under PSG but i personally didn't considers Nice as strong contender for PSG for race title because in my opinion Nice will be unable to keep up PSG but i was interested to see how far Nice will be able to managed their consistency because their performance was much better compared to last season because on last season Nice can finish at 9th place but now they have a good chances to finish at better place on league standings and even playing at european competitions

Nice will always be nice and it will never be a competitor for PSG. The gap between PSG and nice are very far and i remind you that have monaco who has ben talked by people many times but this club was also still very far from PSG's level.
Enrique has been successfully making psg to perform even better than before and i think that the trophy is owning by PSG. The gap between PSG and other clubs are too big and it's hard for them to chase enrique's club.

Nice was quite different this season because they were successfully to improved their defensive lines even until week 17 Nice only conceded 9 goals which is they are the team with the strongest defense in Ligue 1 now and i think this is also the main causes why Nice performance was very impressive this season and after break Nice will playing at Rennes home ground this is good opportunity for Nice to collect 3 points from this match because Rennes has poor records at home and during this season too Rennes only able to gets 3 wins and 7 draw so i am sure Nice will be able to beat Rennes

Although it is true, just having that is not sufficient to compete against PSG, especially considering that they are starting to regain their rhythm after the UCL group stage. Additionally, the experience of facing strong clubs in the UCL has had a significant positive impact on PSG's performance.
There is no denying the fact that Enrique's successful revival of the club, after it had been declining so drastically, was an incredibly challenging task, especially considering the difficulty in winning a seemingly easy match against the weakest team in the group.

[wiss19]

I think PSG is very lucky because their competitors in Ligue 1 were unable to match or surpass them, even at the start of the campaign PSG not led the standings for several weeks. Adaptation sometimes goes easily, but this season a lot of work has been handed over to Enrique as the new tactician, I think their adaptation process is not completely bad.

I agree that PSG performance in the Champions League was disappointing, but again I have to say they were lucky to qualify for the round of 16. Enrique faces many challenges, the biggest of which is potentially losing Mbappe, I can't imagine what their situation, what would be like if the transfer was actually realized.

Currently, the only team with the closest race with PSG is Nice and yet they are far from reaching PSG's first place in the French league because it seems PSG has much more investments than all the other teams in the French league and even if they team like Nice try so hard to reach PSG they can't do that because compared to the players and coaches they have in PSG, Nice got nothing in their team.

Nice is doing good job with after 13 matches they have first lost of this season and now few weeks back they have another defeat against newly promoted side Le Havre their defensive tactics are giving them better results, but they need to work on their offense as well because currently they have the fewest goals at the top level teams which are surely not idea if they want to win title race against team like PSG which is standing with most goals into this season with 17 games and 42 goals.

We have few more teams which are doing good and have chance for the better results, but things are not favourable with mostly unpredictable performance and poor defense hurting them Marseille is also improving and near the end of this season we can expect good results from them as well so look like title race will be between two teams but for other spots things will be not easy.

[len01]

Nice will always be nice and it will never be a competitor for PSG. The gap between PSG and nice are very far and i remind you that have monaco who has ben talked by people many times but this club was also still very far from PSG's level.
Enrique has been successfully making psg to perform even better than before and i think that the trophy is owning by PSG. The gap between PSG and other clubs are too big and it's hard for them to chase enrique's club.

I have also said before that it is still too early for Nice to compete with PSG except for Monaco which already has the experience of being a title holder and everyone who is a fan of a League 1 team definitely knows and always says that no matter how strong Nice is, it will not be able to compete with PSG unless Mbappe leaves from the team, I think Nice can only compete competitively with PSG and Monaco, but for now Nice will never be able to win the League 1 title, even though they started the season with a very impressive performance, but in the end they lost control and experienced a decline in performance.
and regarding Enrique, for me he cannot be said to be successful until he can win a prestigious title in the UCL and for now winning a title in league 1 is not a success for Enrique because he is only continuing what was built by the previous coach Galtier who once built PSG to be strong and successful title in league 1.

I would say that if Enrique is successful, not only will he win the UCL title, but quite simply he will be able to win the title in League 1 without Mbappe and if he is successful, I believe he is worthy of being called a coach who has succeeded in bringing PSG to the top of the standings without mainstay players.

[klidex]

I wonder, because at this moment PSG also has a new experienced coach but for some reason Mourinho is linked with PSG . Because ya, I think that even though this rumor is circulating, it is still not right for now, because Enrique is also still under contract at PSG until 2025 . Moreover, Enrique is just get in half a season here at PSG and ya, of course there will still be many targets that must certainly be achieved as the season progresses.

But indeed, Mourinho basically no longer has good results because ya, Mourinho still failed to bring the team he coached to win the domestic league title. Also, the fact that Mourinho also only managed to bring Porto and Inter to win the Champions League trophy and other than or after that Mourinho no longer managed to get the Champions League trophy. Therefore, it is not right if PSG recruits Mourinho because ya, obviously PSG needs a coach who has good quality in the Champion League.

Even so, Luis Enrique is still less experienced than Jose Mourinho, because Jose Mourinho has more experience with big clubs in the European League. Even though he is famous for his old school strategy because up to now he is still using the old strategy, so that his strategy is easy for opposing clubs to read which causes the club make mistakes that lead to defeat. But at least PSG is keeping Luis Enrique until at least the end of this season because after all Luis Enrique needs time to achieve the results PSG hopes for even though it looks like Luis Enrique can't win the Champions League title as desired by the club.

Jose Mourinho has more experience than Luis Enrique, but his style of play is not in accordance with the current style of play, and indeed the club he is currently coaching cannot achieve good results, perhaps because the club does not have quality players, I think if Jose Mourinho at PSG, maybe he will be a good coach because the PSG squad is much better compared to Roma.

[tbterryboy]

Mbappe is one star that his departure from he PSG will cause a vaccum that’ll be hard to fill and yes if they need to get any replacement then it has to be a player who already has the confidence to ay for a big team and knows what it takes to fill Mbappe’s shoes in the club. Now this player has to be signed even before Mbappe’s departure so that he can try to fix in with Kylian and learn soe little stuffs from him.

 It’ll not be much a task for Enrique as he’s a quality coach that can help build a player and bring out the quality from him.  what’s needed is the perfect replacement else I think the club will go through a phase when Mbappe leaves and I don’t think the fans are ready for that, well PSG is a wealthy club and I believe they're currently scouting for a perfect replacement for Mbappé incase he decides to leave by summer.

There are different views about this all with mostly are feeling everything is replaceable, and now it's time for PSG to end this Mbappé saga and look into future because currently they are on right path with after omission of other stars now if they allow Mbappé to leave then surely they need to work on their squad which can give his best under Luis Enrique because he is experienced coach with ability to bring good results and also can win trophies in UEFA for them as well just they need to be patience and support for him with change of coaches quickly never give good results.

Most chances we will have this transfer in coming transfer window in June with this an era will be ended here at the PSG, and they will look for better options which are available in the soccer market, hopefully things will be good for the PSG management and their fans after this all.

[Velvet78]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

[Phoenix Anka]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

It was a good start for Nice. I thought their performance might stop at some point. Actually, I think they are happy with their position in the league. They are currently in second place and it is enough for them to get one of the top four places to go to the UCL.

[rendravolt]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

The players have more time for holidays or just hanging out with their families and with this positive encouragement we will be able to see team competition in Ligue 1 become more enthusiastic. Talking about Nice, it is indeed a failure that they cannot control and they are still the same as last season, dropping points at crucial times. The result was that PSG crawled slowly and surely to overtake Nice and at the same time made a significant difference in points. We don't know what the future holds but what is clear is that PSG will start the rest of the season in a fitter condition and they will be very eager to beat their opponents again. If later Nice fails to compete with PSG, I hope they can at least secure a top 4 position so they can also experience higher competition next season.

[wakier]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

It was a good start for Nice. I thought their performance might stop at some point. Actually, I think they are happy with their position in the league. They are currently in second place and it is enough for them to get one of the top four places to go to the UCL.

Yep, even though Nice has not been able to break Paris Saint-Germain's dominance, at least its current position is not too bad because it is very likely that it will advance to the UCL next season, PSG is the top team in League 1 so it is not easy for other teams to beat PSG to win the title so we Everyone must be patient to see other teams in League 1 able to compete competitively and break PSG's dominance.
League 1 still has more than a week to prepare for Week 18's matches, so for now League 1 teams can still enjoy a fairly long break.

[wmaurik]

Paris Saint Germain rumor to have come for the coach but it shown that they couldn't have him. AS Roma lucky enough to be managed by one of the top genius in football when it comes to coaches. José Mourinho have fulfilled his dream by winning the major titles in his space and have also manage top clubs in elite leagues, so AS Roma is merely just a club he got hooked up with when he had no job offered. José Mourinho is potential coach that sees from far, he's able to stand out and ensure his side is able compete in elite competitions.

A coach like José Mourinho has no doubts about how he trains a team and also how he protects the players he trains quite well. However, PSG actually not only needs a new coach, but also several players who can be solid enough to play in the team so that PSG can get bigger trophies besides its domestic trophies every season. Because this season I'm not really sure that PSG will get the UCL trophy, but for the Ligue1 trophy I can be quite sure that PSG will get it again.

[borovichok]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

Every club deserves strong competition. Ligue One is no longer consider a top league, it's really compromising watching these top clubs having no competitive opponents. Nice and Monaco are the only clubs with a possibility of catching PSG on the table. They're competitive enough to manage the difficult situations, and this is going to be a lot of fun for these clubs, who are the primary challengers to PSG, who now leads the table. This season, Paris Saint-Germain have no fight or challenge in Ligue One; they are on a different level compare to other clubs.

[Liliana1304]

PSG is a good club that can produce many goals but I'm a bit sceptic that they will do such when they meet Toulouse tonight. The visitors aren't much of a threat in their league but maybe since this is a league cup, they could prove stubborn and make the game uncomfortable for the Ligue 1 gaint because it seems like since Toulouse can't beat PSG in the league this encounter could be an opportunity to get something out of this game.

[Blitzboy]

Talking about Mourinho, it seems that he is not very interested in coaching a team in Ligue 1 and even though PSG is a very big name, he still chooses other big teams in Europe. Mourinho's integrity to train the team he wants is something he has paid close attention to and not just any club can persuade him.

Mourinho has become an age-old rumor. If I'm not mistaken, the rumor of recruiting Mourinho was early last season. But they didn't go ahead because Mourinho played football with the old strategy and didn't suit PSG. With Roma Mourinho also did not have good achievements he was only able to give the UEFA Europa Conference League champion 21/22. Until now Roma is also stable in the top 10 and in the last 2 years they ended up in that place too.

Im not surprised that Mourinho's name continues coming up in rumors, especially with PSG. However, Mourinho's style is outdated for a fast-paced, modern club. PSG needs a coach who fits their style and philosophy, and Mourinho's old-school tactics dont work.

However, PSG's frequent coach changes arent helping. They must invest in a process, follow a plan, and give their coach time to accomplish their goal. Switching things up hinders team development. They must consider long-term to dominate locally and in Europe.

[redsun114]

Mourinho will not be a bad choice as PSG's head coach if they want to sign him. His performance as a coach in Roma should not be used to judge how he will perform at PSG if he is hired. Team management differs, and he may get what he desires most to help his team win more games when he joins PSG. An old coach has nothing to do with the team they will coach; all that is required is good results, and if Mourinho can provide those results for the team, I believe they will not hesitate to hire him.

With limited resources in Roma, Mourinho had two final matches in Conference League and Europa League, he can do it with PSG. With abundant resources and money in PSG, he can have a final match in Champions League with PSG.

Will Mourinho want to stay in Europe or only want money?
If he want money, Saudi Arabia will be his destination, not PSG. It is unrealistic that PSG will be able to compete with rich clubs in Saudi Arabia to pay him high salary.

PSG have money but they have to follow financial laws from UEFA so they will not be ready to pay a same salary as Saudi Professional League can offer to Mourinho.

Mourinho and his abilities, but sadly you are wrong about PSG and its owners because for me, they can compete with Saudi League rich owners as they were spending huge amounts for the star players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappé so having coach like Mourinho is not problem for them with if we have selection from the Mourinho then surely he will decide about PSG because he loves challenges and this is going to be toughest for his career and he can achieve which PSG management fail to achieve with many other coaches but here we also need few things if they are going to have another change of coach then surely this is not ideal.

Now Luis Enrique is doing good job, and he can bring better results but here time to support him and also give some time with you can't win Champions League with money or team which is settled in just few months you need some long time for having ideal results and this is surely need patience otherwise it's just waste of money nothing else.

[Hirose UK]

The Ligue 1 has given a break really early compared to the other top leagues. Therefore the teams here will have a really big amount of time to pull themselves together and get readier for the second half of the season. I would like to see the title competition to be fired up by Nice more honestly. Because they really can stay in this for a long time if they work harder.

Indeed, Ligue 1 has an more break and the last match be played 10 days before December ends, while the start of the first match in the second half of the season will take place in the middle of the month, to be precise January 13.
Ligue 1 has break of more than 3 weeks and this is quite long break, in contrast to several other league competitions which only have break of approximately 2 weeks.
With longer time lag, all team can take advantage of it to prepare their performance very well and of course the competition between Nice and PSG will be very fierce, currently the difference between the two team is only 5 points.

They lost six points in their last five league games which was a big help for PSG to make the gap five points with them. PSG can easily pull away from them if Nice don't start being consistent again immediately.

5 points is not very big difference in numbers but it will be quite difficult to match or even beat it.
Nice needs to win more and optimize its playing performance to be consistent in winning.
I believe Nice can do it if they can play consistently and stably.

[Fiatless]

Im not surprised that Mourinho's name continues coming up in rumors, especially with PSG. However, Mourinho's style is outdated for a fast-paced, modern club. PSG needs a coach who fits their style and philosophy, and Mourinho's old-school tactics dont work.

I don't subscribe to your position that Jose Mourinho's style of play is outdated. If it is archaic, how did manage to make it to the Europa League finals last season? Roma has also qualified for the second round of the same competition and is in the 7th position in the Seria A. Roma has a very limited budget compared to other top clubs in Italy. With the financial strength of PSG, Jose will get all the players he needs and you will be shocked with his performance.

However, PSG's frequent coach changes arent helping. They must invest in a process, follow a plan, and give their coach time to accomplish their goal. Switching things up hinders team development. They must consider long-term to dominate locally and in Europe.

The club has a single goal of winning the UEFA Champions League and any coach that fails to achieve it, will be sacked. They don't care if the coach was able to win the League One title, all PSG management wants is the UCL. I think they should give Luis Enrique more time to rebuild the team towards European glory.