French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[el kaka22]

I really really do not think that title competition is back at all, in fact I believe it was never on, PSG just took over and won it all and be the leader and that's it. I think it's quite clear that the yare going to get it as well, the yare nowhere near, there is like what 9 point difference? That will not be closed and it will just stay as big as it can get. We should focus on what we can do, and I do not think that will change. I hope that the best thing we can do right now would be making sure that things are looking greater in the end.

I hope that we could consider something much better, and that should not be all that crazy, we could make it work one way or another, and could end up with a greater result in the end for PSG, forget about Mbappe, rest of the team is good too.

[GigaBit]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

When speculation continues to hit about the departure of their star then usually the club will be disrupted and eventually affect club performance, as is the case with Mbappe at this time who continues to be linked and confirmed to leave for Madrid next season, especially reportedly if now Mbappe has reached a personal agreement with Madrid to join Los Galaticos next season, but strangely somehow Luis Enrique still plays Mbappe as the spearhead of PSG and give capten position for him even though if we see if Mbappe no longer plays all out and tends to play casually to avoid injury in the match,  After Mbappe decision to leave, it does seem to affect PSG attacking power at the moment and even I think PSG will perform better if Mbappe is no longer played this season.

If you notice that in PSG last two matches that ended in draws, Mbappe average performance and statistics were below 7, and isn't that very rare to happen when Mbappe has not decided to leave?
Honestly, I suspect that this was deliberately done by Mbappe at the urging of Madrid so that at least Mbappe could join Madrid later in top condition without any injuries that plagued him.

I don't want to believe that it is because of the fact that Kylian Mbappe announced that he's going to leave Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season that Paris Saint Germaine are currently struggling to win games rather I'll blame the club manager for his recent tactical approaches especially in the club's last two league games. The fact that Kylian Mbappe have announced that he's going to leave the club at the end of the season shouldn't be the reason why he should always be subbing him off when he's not complaining of fatigue just because he wants his team to start learning how to play without Mbappe. Paris Saint Germaine still have a long way to go if they really want to have a great season in not just the French league but also in the UEFA Champions League competition and the more he tries to make Mbappe look more like a player who's not treated with the same respect he was getting when he hasn't announced his departure from the club in the summer the more the player reduces how he performs for the club.

Kylian Mbappe as we all know is one player that's capable of deciding games and despite the fact that he's going to leave Paris Saint Germaine at the end of the season, I think he's still committed to helping the club achieve every possible achievement they can get this season including winning the UEFA Champions League and must be given the chance to deliver his best for the club before his departure in the summer. Luis Enrique must understand that he has all the time in the world to rebuild a Paris Saint Germaine team to without Kylian Mbappe but that will be when he finally leaves the club and not now that he's still very much playing for the club

Mbappe's announcement to leave PSG is the main reason that being unfair to him, which is now clear to everyone. No matter how Luis Enrique wants to divert the situation to the public, Kylian Mbappe is not expected to behave this way. A player can change his club but what Luis Enrique did is revenge. Not playing him full-time in 3 consecutive matches certainly raises a different discussion. The portrayal of Luis Enrique is not satisfactory. Any team that leaves PSG should not get the respect they deserve at the end. We have seen this behavior in the past with Messi and the same happened with Neymar. Some bad supporters of PSG don't let the end get better. But I think it would have been better for Mbappe if he could have left the club earlier. When we see this legendary player at Real from next June 30, we hope he will be back to his form as Messi showed by joining Miami.

[Belarge]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

[BALIK]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

Mbappe will not be with PSG next season. So Luis Enrique needs to find a suitable replacement for Mbappe. At the same time, PSG has been dependent on Mbappe for a long time in the team. This dependency needs to be reduced. If Mbappe suddenly leaves the team, PSG's performance will be ruined. This is why Luis Enrique is not keeping Mbappe on the field for 90 minutes. It is almost certain that PSG will win the Ligue 1 title. They are ahead by a big margin. This is why Luis Enrique is now experimenting with the PSG team. Without Mbappe trying to figure out where PSG's weaknesses are. Luis Enrique will be able to stabilize the performance of the PSG team without Mbappe.

[snipie]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

If PSG played without Kylian Mbappe this season then we all know they wouldn't be in the first place in Ligue 1 and wouldn't qualify most likely for the Champions League rounds and if done, they wouldn't go far.
PSG are just lucky to have weaker but essentially poorer teams than them because any good investment in teams like Monaco or Marseille, will make PSG an ordinary team with a bunch of useless stars.
If we just take a look on Nice, how fast they went from the second to the fifth place and still counting..

[Josefjix]

I really really do not think that title competition is back at all, in fact I believe it was never on, PSG just took over and won it all and be the leader and that's it. I think it's quite clear that the yare going to get it as well, the yare nowhere near, there is like what 9 point difference? That will not be closed and it will just stay as big as it can get. We should focus on what we can do, and I do not think that will change. I hope that the best thing we can do right now would be making sure that things are looking greater in the end.

I hope that we could consider something much better, and that should not be all that crazy, we could make it work one way or another, and could end up with a greater result in the end for PSG, forget about Mbappe, rest of the team is good too.

The competitive run is important but it's accessible for only consistent clubs, I'm talking about the important elite teams. Paris Saint Germain will continue to fly higher in points and position despite they will lose significant players, I believe they will be able to cope with tremendous winnings. Paris Saint Germain have no tougher opposition this season, it's been really a long competitive race but we're confident regarding the club that will win. PSG will work straight up to achieving the necessary points which they deserved and they're doing it without challenge.

[Patrol69]

Funny how since Mbappe is known for leaving in the summer for Real , PSG are 2 draws in a row and the title fight is kinda back online with Brest being 9 points behind them but I doubt anyone can catch PSG.

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

If PSG played without Kylian Mbappe this season then we all know they wouldn't be in the first place in Ligue 1 and wouldn't qualify most likely for the Champions League rounds and if done, they wouldn't go far.
PSG are just lucky to have weaker but essentially poorer teams than them because any good investment in teams like Monaco or Marseille, will make PSG an ordinary team with a bunch of useless stars.
If we just take a look on Nice, how fast they went from the second to the fifth place and still counting..

There is no doubt that Mbappe is one of the best strikers in the world right now and a great finisher. Mbappe has been performing for PSG for a long time and based on his performance, PSG has won most of the matches. There are also many matches where PSG won the match only because of Mbappe's goals. We should not deny these contributions but we also have to accept that Mbappe's performance alone did not win the team but all the other players in the team supported and assisted Mbappe to score the team won because of all the players. If Mbappe leaves the club, maybe PSG will appoint another player in his place, but if Mbappe leaves, the performance of this team will not be completely over.

[klidex]

It is still too difficult for Lyon to beat Lens in this season because after all, although Lyon played at home but Lyon also did not manage to have better statistics compared to Lens this match. With results like that, then I think it's feasible for Lens to win in that away match but indeed, the defeat Lyon got in this home match was definitely a big defeat which maybe also quite disappointing.

But indeed, at least there is still a great chance for Lyon not to be relegated and that is their target this moment. Indeed, at the moment even though Lyon is in the middle of the table and only has a five point gap with the team in the relegationzone, but I think the teams that are in the relegation zone at the moment do not have a great effort to be able to get out of the relegation zone. Therefore, I believe that Lyon is in a good position because of course, Lyon will still be able to get good results in the next matches and that will make Lyon in a safe position to stay in Ligue 1.

If you look at its performance, Lyon is actually in good condition because it has won matches in the last few weeks. But sometimes Lyon's performance is still a little unconvincing and can't be said to be completely stable even though they are trying to get up, but coincidentally the opponent that Lyon is facing is a club located in the ranking is better than Lyon. Lens ranked 6th while Lyon is ranked 11th, that gap is what makes Lyon still quite difficult to deal with Lens deservedly won this match with a quite impressive score of 3:0 without reply.

Lyon is currently in a fairly safe position, namely in the middle of the table. If they continue to perform well and don't suffer another series of defeats, they will not be relegated. It's true that Lyon is only 5 points away from relegated clubs and can't be said to be completely safe, but if you look at the clubs that are in the relegation zone, they haven't shown any progress. So Lyon is still breathing a little easier because their goal is to escape from that scary zone, there is still there are several remaining matches this season so Lyon must really focus on getting the best results so as not to fall back into the relegation zone.

[Iranus]

It is still too difficult for Lyon to beat Lens in this season because after all, although Lyon played at home but Lyon also did not manage to have better statistics compared to Lens this match. With results like that, then I think it's feasible for Lens to win in that away match but indeed, the defeat Lyon got in this home match was definitely a big defeat which maybe also quite disappointing.

But indeed, at least there is still a great chance for Lyon not to be relegated and that is their target this moment. Indeed, at the moment even though Lyon is in the middle of the table and only has a five point gap with the team in the relegationzone, but I think the teams that are in the relegation zone at the moment do not have a great effort to be able to get out of the relegation zone. Therefore, I believe that Lyon is in a good position because of course, Lyon will still be able to get good results in the next matches and that will make Lyon in a safe position to stay in Ligue 1.

If you look at its performance, Lyon is actually in good condition because it has won matches in the last few weeks. But sometimes Lyon's performance is still a little unconvincing and can't be said to be completely stable even though they are trying to get up, but coincidentally the opponent that Lyon is facing is a club located in the ranking is better than Lyon. Lens ranked 6th while Lyon is ranked 11th, that gap is what makes Lyon still quite difficult to deal with Lens deservedly won this match with a quite impressive score of 3:0 without reply.

Lyon's players have performed very well in the last few matches. They have consistently won several matches and have managed to maintain a safe distance from the relegation zone. That's why I thought the Lyon vs Lens match would be very competitive. But Lyon's performance against Lens was poor. Lyon's defense is still weak against a strong attack. Lyon's coach should continue to try to strengthen the defense. However, I think Lyon's only goal this season is to stay out of the relegation zone. Lyon's management will be happy to stay away from the relegation zone.

Lyon is currently in a fairly safe position, namely in the middle of the table. If they continue to perform well and don't suffer another series of defeats, they will not be relegated. It's true that Lyon is only 5 points away from relegated clubs and can't be said to be completely safe, but if you look at the clubs that are in the relegation zone, they haven't shown any progress. So Lyon is still breathing a little easier because their goal is to escape from that scary zone, there is still there are several remaining matches this season so Lyon must really focus on getting the best results so as not to fall back into the relegation zone.

lyon is now somewhat in the safe zone. However, Lyon is only 5 points ahead of Montpellier in the relegation zone. So it is very important to keep the performance of lyon stable. Lyon still has the possibility of falling into the relegation zone if the performance does not stabilize. I will say again Lyon need to strengthen their defense. Lyon's performance will return to consistency only if the defense can be strengthened. A team's overall performance naturally deteriorates when the defense is weak.

[ancafe]

The competitive run is important but it's accessible for only consistent clubs, I'm talking about the important elite teams. Paris Saint Germain will continue to fly higher in points and position despite they will lose significant players, I believe they will be able to cope with tremendous winnings. Paris Saint Germain have no tougher opposition this season, it's been really a long competitive race but we're confident regarding the club that will win. PSG will work straight up to achieving the necessary points which they deserved and they're doing it without challenge.

Luis Enrique is starting to speak out about forgetting the problems faced by Mbappe who intends to leave for another club. He started to say they had to be prepared for all conditions that would occur and they also had to get used to playing without Mbappe if he eventually left. Overall, Mbappe has helped PSG a lot, but he has always failed to bring PSG to compete in the Champions League and now the big target given by management to Luis Enrique is not easy because he has to try to maximize all his potential.

It is time for PSG to forget Mbappe and if they want to compete then it is appropriate that they have prepared a replacement. Mbappe has been rumored to want to leave PSG for the past few seasons and they certainly cannot resist his desire to leave every season. So it is most realistic to try to prepare the squad for the Champions League rather than worrying about Mbappe's departure.

[rendravolt]

Nice has experienced successive failures and as a team that was initially in 2nd place in the standings (even competing with PSG) has now had to plunge to 5th in the standings. What is actually not surprising is that Nice is just an ordinary team and there is nothing special about this team. They should not be able to compete any longer with other great teams and this is also a warning to coach Francesco Farioli not to continue this bad trend.

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

[CryptoBuds]

Nice has experienced successive failures and as a team that was initially in 2nd place in the standings (even competing with PSG) has now had to plunge to 5th in the standings. What is actually not surprising is that Nice is just an ordinary team and there is nothing special about this team. They should not be able to compete any longer with other great teams and this is also a warning to coach Francesco Farioli not to continue this bad trend.

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

Such a performance from Nice was expected. Even the surprising thing is how this team kept the second place in the points table for a long time! Because the performance of Nice's attacking players was very poor. They could not score more than one or two goals in a match. The team was undefeated for a long time only because of the strong defense. But now the Nice team has lost the truck very badly. They are consistently defeated. Along with attacking players, Nice's defenders also performed poorly.

My guess was that we would see the Monaco team in second place in the table. But Brest's performance has been very stable this season. Due to the strong defense, Brest managed to occupy the second place in the table. I guess we will see Brest in second place in the table until the end of the season.

[Farma]

Nice has experienced successive failures and as a team that was initially in 2nd place in the standings (even competing with PSG) has now had to plunge to 5th in the standings. What is actually not surprising is that Nice is just an ordinary team and there is nothing special about this team. They should not be able to compete any longer with other great teams and this is also a warning to coach Francesco Farioli not to continue this bad trend.

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

I'm not surprised because basically Nice is not a strong and consistent team, if we look at the many wins that the Nice team has had since the start of the season there is some element of luck because overall their performance in the match is not that impressive.

Compared to Nice, of course Brest is better, although overall if you look at the strength of the two teams, it's not much different, it's just that Brest is able to maintain its consistency, which is different from Nice.

[bering]

Brest will gets hard opponent this weekend because they will fight against Lens and i know Lens performance is decline compared to last season but they can bounce back and their performance is better now and Lens position on league standings is gradually climbed up because currently Lens at 6th place and their chances to finish at Champion League zone also wide open because the difference points between them and Monaco is not too far so i am confident Lens can be compete with Monaco, Lille and Nice for Champion league spots and for Brest this match is good to tested their consistency

In the first met of this season Brest can able to beat Lens and   for this weekend this is home match for Lens so i am sure they want to gets revenge in the front of their fans but it won't be easy because we all know this season Brest has been change became an strong team in Ligue 1 and according to the odds i can see Lens is the favourite but based on head to head statistics i can see both team has equal results because they can able to gets 2 wins each in the last 5 meeting but if we see from squad conditions Brest is more favourable than Lens this because there was no players from Brest who got injured or suspension but for Lens their key player Elye Wahi has uncertain condition but Franck Haise as manager of Lens was confident Elye Wahi will be available for this match

[Palakka]

Nice has experienced successive failures and as a team that was initially in 2nd place in the standings (even competing with PSG) has now had to plunge to 5th in the standings. What is actually not surprising is that Nice is just an ordinary team and there is nothing special about this team. They should not be able to compete any longer with other great teams and this is also a warning to coach Francesco Farioli not to continue this bad trend.

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

The consistency that Nice has at the moment is not as good as at the beginning of the season, since the beginning of the season actually Nice is playing quite well but unfortunately they are not able to continue to maintain their performance in the middle of the season and slowly make their position  to down, Nice and Brest are two small teams that are lucky enough to be able to live this season in the top 6 but honestly I am quite doubtful if Nice can continue to be in the top 6 at the end of the season Later, at this time, especially Nice, their struggle can be said to be quite heavy and at this time they are even more depressed from Lens and Marseille.

If we look at Brest it is certainly quite surprising that they are able to continue to be in the runner up position now, whereas if we look at their squad is no better than Monaco and even since they were promoted from Ligue 2 in 2020 we have never seen Brest enter the top 10 and be relatively above the relegation zone,so far so Brest's success in reaching the runner up rank is certainly worthy of appreciation and I think with their performance at the moment of course, the level of two is worthy of them at the moment.

[Salahmu]

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

There was a time Nice was very good than Brest I think during the beginning of this season because of there efforts they always put in on there matches but they were not able to still hold the performance for long and that has made them to become lower on the league table and now Brest is much better than Nice and also because of the good performance, they have been able to maintain the second position for a while now and looking at the point difference between Brest and nice is quite big because for now it is very difficult for Nice to compete against Brest because they are still far behind and even if they plan to compete with Brest on the second position they will still need to go through Monaco because Monaco is still above them on the table and I think is also difficult for them to beat Monaco because Monaco is more in a good shape than them, for now if there is any club that has a chance of competing with Brest I think it should be Monaco because they have more closer points than Nice.

[Hanadawa]

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

Although many think Enrique did it for revenge, I don't seem to agree with that opinion. I mean if you are a coach and your striker is going to leave next season of course you have to be able to find a replacement as soon as possible. I think what Enrique did was give Mbappe playing time to score goals and replace him with another player to rebuild his squad for next season without Mbappe. Enrique will have to do some testing with other strikers and find suitable tactics and gameplay.

[Hirose UK]

Nice has experienced successive failures and as a team that was initially in 2nd place in the standings (even competing with PSG) has now had to plunge to 5th in the standings. What is actually not surprising is that Nice is just an ordinary team and there is nothing special about this team. They should not be able to compete any longer with other great teams and this is also a warning to coach Francesco Farioli not to continue this bad trend.

I think Brest is much better because they managed to stay where Nice was before and they are still unbeaten in their last 13 Ligue one matches. Nice have to learn more about how to manage to avoid conceding goals and the defeats they have had so far could be an important lesson before the end of the season. I see Lens will overtake them this week and that is inevitable.

I'm not surprised because basically Nice is not a strong and consistent team, if we look at the many wins that the Nice team has had since the start of the season there is some element of luck because overall their performance in the match is not that impressive.

Compared to Nice, of course Brest is better, although overall if you look at the strength of the two teams, it's not much different, it's just that Brest is able to maintain its consistency, which is different from Nice.

I said it wasn't actually matter of luck, but indeed Nice performance at the start of the season really looked very dominating and when they started to enter the middle of the season they appeared to be in complete decline when they started to have more frequent draws and defeats.
Now Nice only occupies the top 5 positions in the standings with consecutive defeats and draws in the last few matches and of course the quality of Nice game is really messy so this result is normal.
I don't know whether in the future conditions like this will continue or not, but if it continues then it is very likely that Nice will experience drastic decline in standings and for next season they will not participate in any prestigious competitions other than Ligue 1 such as the Europa League.
We can only watch and wait what steps Nice will take in facing several matches until this competition ends.

Everyone would say the same thing where Brest would be much better than Nice because they are in 2nd place and Brest also has much better stability than Nice even though they have also had 4 defeats and 7 draws overall.
It just that everything can change suddenly, Brest can fall if they make mistake and there are still 10 matches left in the competition.

[Google+]

We should blame Luis Enrique for making changes in his team? It's publicly stated out and we'll watch Kylian Mbappe exits Parc des Princes stadium at the end of the season. This is the exact phase Luis Enrique is trying to hook up with, he keeps substituting Kylian Mbappe halftime because he's planning for the future of the team, he knows one of the key player is leaving and the earlier he starts playing matche without Mbappe contribution, the better. PSG must learn to win matches without the aides from Kylian Mbappe, one of the reasons we're seeing the poor results of the club currently.

Indeed, after all the speculation, Enrique still gives Mbappe the opportunity to play and still trusts him as captain in every PSG match, but now the problem is that when Mbappe is still given a chance by Enrique, Mbappe does not reciprocate all that by giving his best performance in every match,and the game against Monaco is an example of Mbappe current professional bad with PSG that we did not find when him not yet deciding to move to Madrid, Mbappe should act professionally because indeed Mbappe is still a PSG player outside of his personal agreement with Madrid.

The Champions League is PSG main target this season and I think it's going to be an increasingly difficult journey when all the speculation is going to befall Mbappe at the moment, because anyway there will certainly be an effect felt in the PSG dressing room at the moment, if you say Enrique only played Mbappe in the first half to get used to getting used to their squad being able to play without Mbappe next season, wouldn't it be better not to played Mbappe again in the league this season because PSG position is now quite secure as a candidate for the championship?

[beerlover]

I'm not surprised because basically Nice is not a strong and consistent team, if we look at the many wins that the Nice team has had since the start of the season there is some element of luck because overall their performance in the match is not that impressive.

Compared to Nice, of course Brest is better, although overall if you look at the strength of the two teams, it's not much different, it's just that Brest is able to maintain its consistency, which is different from Nice.

I think that is not it. I mean yes they are not amazing I agree with that, but it wasn't really luck that made them play that well, look at Lyon they played so bad that first half of the season they were at the very bottom, and then played a bit better, is that luck too?

I think some teams have all their players playing at 100% sometimes and during that time they are great, but during some other times there are fatigue, booked, injury and many other reasons why players are not at 100% and that makes them lose. Nice started out great because everyone was ready to play well, but then with time fatigue and injuries started to play a role in their results and they started to end up losing games and points, which resulted with them dropping in place.