French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Roseline492]

Nantes officially introduced their new coach, Antoine Kombouaré.
They stopped working with their 51-year coach who got ten losses, three wins, and one draw, these are the worst results Nantes could ever get and that's why they got Kombouaré back in the team again.
Kombouaré worked in Nantes from 2021 to 2023 and he helped Nantes to stay in the French League 1 but he left the team after that.
Kombouaré has the experience of working in PSG, Lille, and Al Hilal and now while Nantes is close to getting relegated he joined this team to save them again, so far during the games we saw from Nantes in this season, they got 25 points in 26 games and they are in 16th place of the league.

I love his pattern of coaching because during his time on Nantes wining was very easy for Nantes and with his good coaching skills he was able to build the club very well but after he left things became very bad for Nantes because they are not use to there current coach and even his coaching pattern is not working for the club because if it does they wouldn't have been on the relegation zone they are now, so like you said having Antoine Kombouaré back to the team will actually improve the performance of Nantes and possibly bring them out of the relegation zone because they still have the opportunity to improve on the table if they put more efforts.

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[Palakka]

This has always been my concern for PSG they don't seem to  look like such a team thst is willing to be patient enough to want to build a team for the scratch and probably get to the point they become so formidable they will be able to be very productive even outside the Ligue 1 but they rather choose to keep focusing on starts with the mind that that's the way to helping them been able to achieve the kind of results they want to get.

If they are willing to build a team using young stars and talents such as the likes of coman and nkunku who were all gotten from their academy, they will be able to get a team thst will give them the kind of results they Desire even if it's going to take sometimes, but in the end it will be worth the wait and it will be even cost effective for them, just like Leverkusen now who's doing so well already and they are getting these results with their own players they did nurtured and not buying stars alone, it's even much better a team is able to build a star and get him to give the team the kind of performance they desire to get and later sell him off at a huge price which will now be another source of income to the team.

The Ligue 1 has always been the only place where PSGs dominance has been felt the most, they can possibly become a better team outside this small league where it seems their prowess is the most if only they are willing to probably risk a whole season to fixing the team and getting the team to produce the desired results and subsequent they would have a reliable team they can actually depend on the getting the kind of results they wanted all along.

The shortcuts made by PSG certainly make them a strong team in a very short time, and certainly it is not difficult for them to continue to be able to get many star players with the power of money they currently have, but of course PSG must be prepared for risks that are also detrimental to their finances if if the star players they buy now are not able to meet the expectations charged in achieving the championship target,  For now, what PSG is doing I don't think is entirely wrong, because will be difficult for a team to develop only by relying on the talents of academy players, yes maybe at least PSG must also be brave to orbit their young players into the current main squad in order to at least reduce their expenses.

Leverkusen in the Bundesliga are currently able to surprise many people with their achievements, but I think using Leverkusen as an example to compare PSG is certainly not realistic guys, because we all know how long it took Leverkusen to make history like now, and I think PSG will not want to wait that long to be able to make their team strong not only in Ligue 1 but of course the big teams of the Europa League so far become their benchmark for development.

[KTChampions]

I tried to find out last season's standings where Clermont finished in 8th place in the standings and what we see this season is far from what they did last season. Currently Clermont is slumping at the bottom of the standings and is at risk of being relegated. The reason is that from 26 matches they only collected 4 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats. Obviously that's not a good result and is very chaotic for the season.

Now Clermont need at least 6 points to get away from the relegation zone and they have to get it before it's all over. But of course it's not easy because Metz and Nantes will always shadow them. In the next two matches, Clermont will face Toulouse and PSG, of course it won't be easy, especially against PSG, they will definitely lose. But at least Clermont should win against Toulouse later and that will be a turning point for them with the remaining games currently available.

I can assume that they will be relegated from League 1 and the transformation will not happen. They are worse than their competitors in literally everything (only Lorient conceded more goals, but scored much more).
As for the upcoming games, I think in the game with PSG their chances are quite real - PSG has already secured the title and now they have decisive games in the Champions League, they just don’t care about Ligue 1 now.

[QueenVera]

It seems like you forgot about 1 team which is also part of the team challenging for tickets to other competitions.
Lens is one of the teams that successfully won a UCL ticket last season and is currently starting to improve on its previous shortcomings and is slowly improving its performance by adding several points to continue to climb to the next ranking.
It is indeed very difficult to predict who will succeed in winning a ticket to the prestigious competition because the point difference is very close, while the remaining 9 matches are the same as the remaining 27 points that can be achieved by all teams and this means that the successful team has a very close point difference a chance to finish in a more decent ranking.
however, I still believe that Monaco this season can at least get a ticket to the UCL or a qualifying ticket for the european league and for Brest I need to see the next match because I see Brest has lost control a little recently.

The Leagues are rounding up And every clubs in battle for UCL spots must now maintain comsistency while fighting for the spot else they’ll be overthrown by their oppositions. This is what’s happening in almost every league at this point. For the Ligue 1, in next season’s expanded Ucl, we’ll have the top 3 teams going through and the 4th going through a round of qualification. Most of these teams are trying to avoid finishing 4th but one thing must finish in that spot.

 PSG are very secured as Brest draw to Lile made the gap between Psg and Brest who sits 2nd widen to about 12 points after 6-2 win for PSg over the weekend. Now the points between the 2nd to 5th position seems real close and now consistency must come in this final 10-12 games. Monaco have a huge experience on this kind of game and they are going to be having some easier fixtures as compared to Brest and Lile. Yes but that doesn’t mean some upset can’t happen. It’s football and the underdogs proves to be the spoilers most times so Moanco must be beware and make sure they’re getting all 3 points match in and out so that they can remain safe.

 Lille too are also on the run and I don’t see them giving up any time soon especially as their player is about 6 goals behind Mbappe in the league’s goal scoring chart. This goes to show how solid their attacking prowess is and it shouldn’t be underrated at all at any point. I would love to see how this league fight ends but I have my predictions already. I think Brest who have been without a win in the last 2 matches could finish 3rd and Monaco climbing up to 2nd, leaving Lile in 4th as I don’t think Nice and Lens will be able to go past Lile talk more of Brest and Monaco.

[tusandii]

This has always been my concern for PSG they don't seem to  look like such a team thst is willing to be patient enough to want to build a team for the scratch and probably get to the point they become so formidable they will be able to be very productive even outside the Ligue 1 but they rather choose to keep focusing on starts with the mind that that's the way to helping them been able to achieve the kind of results they want to get.

If they are willing to build a team using young stars and talents such as the likes of coman and nkunku who were all gotten from their academy, they will be able to get a team thst will give them the kind of results they Desire even if it's going to take sometimes, but in the end it will be worth the wait and it will be even cost effective for them, just like Leverkusen now who's doing so well already and they are getting these results with their own players they did nurtured and not buying stars alone, it's even much better a team is able to build a star and get him to give the team the kind of performance they desire to get and later sell him off at a huge price which will now be another source of income to the team.

The Ligue 1 has always been the only place where PSGs dominance has been felt the most, they can possibly become a better team outside this small league where it seems their prowess is the most if only they are willing to probably risk a whole season to fixing the team and getting the team to produce the desired results and subsequent they would have a reliable team they can actually depend on the getting the kind of results they wanted all along.

The shortcuts made by PSG certainly make them a strong team in a very short time, and certainly it is not difficult for them to continue to be able to get many star players with the power of money they currently have, but of course PSG must be prepared for risks that are also detrimental to their finances if if the star players they buy now are not able to meet the expectations charged in achieving the championship target,  For now, what PSG is doing I don't think is entirely wrong, because will be difficult for a team to develop only by relying on the talents of academy players, yes maybe at least PSG must also be brave to orbit their young players into the current main squad in order to at least reduce their expenses.

A club that has large finances and continues to spend a lot of money to bring in star players with great skills will ultimately experience losses because if the goal is to win big titles such as the Champions League, it should not need to be too ambitious and continuously pressure players to continue to stay at PSG. and putting pressure on winning the champions league title, while the burden you say will ultimately reduce the quality of the players' performance and their enthusiasm will decrease.
Like the case of Kylian Mbappe last season, in the end it seemed as if Mbappe performed really well, but we don't know whether he had given all his skills and caused a big loss to PSG when he had to leave for free when his contract had finished.

There are still several other risks such as losses that do not get anything from the initial goal, in the end the money that has been spent does not get any return and maybe I have to agree with you that developing the talent of young players from academics would be better or for example bringing in 1 star players and several players others from young academic players.
In this way PSG will not lose too much.

[hahay]

I tried to find out last season's standings where Clermont finished in 8th place in the standings and what we see this season is far from what they did last season. Currently Clermont is slumping at the bottom of the standings and is at risk of being relegated. The reason is that from 26 matches they only collected 4 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats. Obviously that's not a good result and is very chaotic for the season.

Now Clermont need at least 6 points to get away from the relegation zone and they have to get it before it's all over. But of course it's not easy because Metz and Nantes will always shadow them. In the next two matches, Clermont will face Toulouse and PSG, of course it won't be easy, especially against PSG, they will definitely lose. But at least Clermont should win against Toulouse later and that will be a turning point for them with the remaining games currently available.

But in fact, this season is the third season for Clermont to play in Ligue 1, and in the first season Clermont played in Ligue 1 also that Clermont only finished right above the relegation zone. But indeed, last season was a good season for Clermont because Clermont managed to finish in the top 10 but unfortunately, in this season or in this third season Clermont experienced a decline in performance and was very threatened with relegation. Although indeed, Clermont so far only has 20 points and is 6 points different from Lorient, which is right above the relegation zone. Despite only having a gap of 6 points like that, I am personally not sure about Clermont being able to rise to overtake the four teams above them. Because of course, teams like Metz, Nantes and also Lorient will same try good and well of course to stay in Ligue 1.

[armanda90]

I can assume that they will be relegated from League 1 and the transformation will not happen. They are worse than their competitors in literally everything (only Lorient conceded more goals, but scored much more).
As for the upcoming games, I think in the game with PSG their chances are quite real - PSG has already secured the title and now they have decisive games in the Champions League, they just don’t care about Ligue 1 now.

Actually Clermont Foot still has bigger chance for staying in Ligue 1 next season behind on the bottom position standings awhile, but Ligue 1 have regulation with two bottom standings teams will relegated to Ligue 2 and has opportunity as the third bottom standings has second chance trough playoff relegation. Clermont Foot remaining six points left from Lorient and Ligue 1 has 8 matches left.

But Clermont have to face many difficult teams on their matches left for upcoming match against PSG, then has Lens, AS Monaco and Lyon will be most difficult team for defeating.  Get more time to recovery with international break out I think Clermont has opportunity get one points against PSG with inconsistency performance in domestic league currently.

[tygeade]

This is good news because Antoine Kombouaré is a coach who has managed Nantes before, although last season Nantes also experienced a bad season where they were almost relegated, but Antoine Kombouaré was able to secure Nantes' position with a difference of 2 points from the clubs below him who were in the relegation zone, but because of Nantes' poor performance he decided to leave and be replaced by a new coach but it turned out that the new coach did not provide good development for Nantes this season and Nantes' position was increasingly threatened in the relegation zone. He was ranked 16th with a difference of only 2 points from the club below him if Nantes If you don't fix it immediately then 1 match won by the club below it could shift its current position.

Hopefully with the return of Nantes' old coach he can save Nantes from this zone. At least a difference of 1 place will be enough for Nantes like last season, but this is towards the end and Nantes still has time to improve its position in the remaining matches this season. So that the clubs are not below it overtake them, Antoine Kombouaré has a tough task in saving the club and he has to rack his brains in developing a strategy for facing the next match.

I always like it when a good coach goes back to their team. He was good there, he did fine and I am guessing that they are expecting the same again from him, which he will probably provide as well. This doesn't mean that they are going to end up with anything major, but it's clear that they are going to do better at least.

Keeping the same manager for years makes no sense, if you see bad results, even if it is within 10 games, you fire them. I know it is quite unusual at this point of the season because we are getting pretty close to end, but I also understand that they feared what might happen if they kept him, so firing and getting Kombouare is a lot better idea and will benefit them, I am expecting better results now.

[klidex]

But in fact, this season is the third season for Clermont to play in Ligue 1, and in the first season Clermont played in Ligue 1 also that Clermont only finished right above the relegation zone. But indeed, last season was a good season for Clermont because Clermont managed to finish in the top 10 but unfortunately, in this season or in this third season Clermont experienced a decline in performance and was very threatened with relegation. Although indeed, Clermont so far only has 20 points and is 6 points different from Lorient, which is right above the relegation zone. Despite only having a gap of 6 points like that, I am personally not sure about Clermont being able to rise to overtake the four teams above them. Because of course, teams like Metz, Nantes and also Lorient will same try good and well of course to stay in Ligue 1.

Clermont seem to be difficulty keeping up with the performance of clubs in league one this season, other clubs may have improved a lot so that Clermont is lagging behind in improving their game, chasing 6 points from clubs above them is not an easy thing and this season only leaves Only 8 matches where there is not much time and in those 8 matches Clermont still faces some tough matches, namely against PSG, Lens, Lyon and Monaco. We all know that these clubs are not just ordinary clubs, they are elite clubs in League 1 so beating them is not It's easy for Clermont. I think Clermont's chance of securing its position in Liga 1 is very unlikely.

A similar thing happened to Metz in the 2021/22 season, he was relegated and last season he was no longer competing in league 1, but this season he is back in league 1, but there has been no significant improvement for Metz, currently he is still struggling to secure his position in league 1 and he is right above Clermont with a difference of 3 points in 17th place if he does not improve and perform surprisingly in the remaining matches this season it is possible that he will be relegated again, it is a shame for Metz that his performance in league 1 over the last 3 seasons has been very bad.

[Velvet78]

If we only talk about team that also compete in other leagues, Marseille is also still part of the European League and Marseille will have quarter-final match, and this is difficult match because they will meet Benfica.

I agree about that. Marseille are a part of the Europa League as well. They have a new manager after getting bad results for a long time with Gattuso. There is a good improvement in their results in general so far too.

Their schedule is also challenging indeed and I'm curious about how the season will end for them in the Ligue 1. They also have a chance for a Champions League spot now but their chance is mathematically lower. The loss against Rennes created an extra difficulty for them last week. There are 8 weeks left and 3 teams ahead to deal with (Lille, Nice, Lens) for the Champions League goal. Do you believe Marseille can make it? 

[topbitcoin]

A club that has large finances and continues to spend a lot of money to bring in star players with great skills will ultimately experience losses because if the goal is to win big titles such as the Champions League, it should not need to be too ambitious and continuously pressure players to continue to stay at PSG. and putting pressure on winning the champions league title, while the burden you say will ultimately reduce the quality of the players' performance and their enthusiasm will decrease.
Like the case of Kylian Mbappe last season, in the end it seemed as if Mbappe performed really well, but we don't know whether he had given all his skills and caused a big loss to PSG when he had to leave for free when his contract had finished.

There are still several other risks such as losses that do not get anything from the initial goal, in the end the money that has been spent does not get any return and maybe I have to agree with you that developing the talent of young players from academics would be better or for example bringing in 1 star players and several players others from young academic players.
In this way PSG will not lose too much.

There is nothing wrong if indeed a big club like PSG expects something more especially when spending a lot of money to make their squad better then it is not wrong to expect better results especially in big competitions because their purpose of investing is for that.
But we need to realize that things like the big league Champions League are not as easy as imagined because even if a big club like PSG in ligue 1 it will look the same when compared to several other clubs in the Champions League because in the end this is not just one 2 big clubs but almost the average club in the Champions League is a big club so no matter how hard PSG tries to make their squad as luxurious as anything in the end it will be comparable to several other big clubs that make the player factor alone not enough to make a club triumph in the Champions League.

There must be several other factors that support the situation to be better like the coach factor and it could be that experience also determines a mentality because in the end when the benchmark is only the player alone until whenever the Champions League cannot be overtaken by PSG.

[ndutndut]

Actually Clermont Foot still has bigger chance for staying in Ligue 1 next season behind on the bottom position standings awhile, but Ligue 1 have regulation with two bottom standings teams will relegated to Ligue 2 and has opportunity as the third bottom standings has second chance trough playoff relegation. Clermont Foot remaining six points left from Lorient and Ligue 1 has 8 matches left.

But Clermont have to face many difficult teams on their matches left for upcoming match against PSG, then has Lens, AS Monaco and Lyon will be most difficult team for defeating.  Get more time to recovery with international break out I think Clermont has opportunity get one points against PSG with inconsistency performance in domestic league currently.

If you look at Clermont Foot's remaining matches, it seems that they will have difficulty getting out of the relegation zone because they have had several tough matches and of course they will lose points in these matches. This season, Clermont Foot experienced a significant decline in performance compared to last season, even though if you look at this club, last season they were actually able to make a surprise by finishing in eighth place.

This season they are at the bottom of the standings because they failed to compete with other teams. In week 26, they could be said to be the club with the worst performance and the team most threatened with relegation. So far they are bottom with 20 points. Thus, they have to fight hard to win the remaining matches and hope that the team above them loses, but looking at the remaining matches, Clermont Foot has a small chance of escaping the relegation zone.

[rendravolt]

I tried to find out last season's standings where Clermont finished in 8th place in the standings and what we see this season is far from what they did last season. Currently Clermont is slumping at the bottom of the standings and is at risk of being relegated. The reason is that from 26 matches they only collected 4 wins, 8 draws and 14 defeats. Obviously that's not a good result and is very chaotic for the season.

Now Clermont need at least 6 points to get away from the relegation zone and they have to get it before it's all over. But of course it's not easy because Metz and Nantes will always shadow them. In the next two matches, Clermont will face Toulouse and PSG, of course it won't be easy, especially against PSG, they will definitely lose. But at least Clermont should win against Toulouse later and that will be a turning point for them with the remaining games currently available.

I can assume that they will be relegated from League 1 and the transformation will not happen. They are worse than their competitors in literally everything (only Lorient conceded more goals, but scored much more).
As for the upcoming games, I think in the game with PSG their chances are quite real - PSG has already secured the title and now they have decisive games in the Champions League, they just don’t care about Ligue 1 now.

If we think about it carefully, this could happen and considering that they are not able to compete with other teams, it is very likely that they will not be able to improve their existing results. Their performance always weakens in every match and when they can't grasp this well then the results will just slip away. For Lorient, maybe they still have great enthusiasm to be able to do their best and have proven that they can escape from the red zone, but indeed if they have difficulty winning again then they might go down again.

PSG could think like that but still both are very important for PSG and I think Ligue 1 is the main thing they can get before finally working in the Champions League. Indeed, so far they have no problems in Ligue 1, they just need to win a few more times before ending their title this season.

[len01]

Actually Clermont Foot still has bigger chance for staying in Ligue 1 next season behind on the bottom position standings awhile, but Ligue 1 have regulation with two bottom standings teams will relegated to Ligue 2 and has opportunity as the third bottom standings has second chance trough playoff relegation. Clermont Foot remaining six points left from Lorient and Ligue 1 has 8 matches left.

But Clermont have to face many difficult teams on their matches left for upcoming match against PSG, then has Lens, AS Monaco and Lyon will be most difficult team for defeating.  Get more time to recovery with international break out I think Clermont has opportunity get one points against PSG with inconsistency performance in domestic league currently.

for this season for me, Clermont has no chance to leave the relegation zone.
from some of the matches you said against some of the big teams Clermont will compete away and have been confirmed to also lose points, except for the match against Lyon.
but to fight Lyon even though Clermont competing at home will still be very difficult.
Clermont is currently the second team that conceded in large quantities after Lorient and Clermont now conceded 43 scores and just imagine how weak the Clermont defense and it is very feasible if Clermont must be degraded this season because this team always gives an inconsistent appearance since last season.

however, looking at the upcoming match, Clermont will play against Toulouse and this means that both teams have had bad performances recently, but if you bet on this match, you have to be a little careful in deciding to bet on the right option.
both teams have high odds but I just want to take a small risk with odds that are not too high to choose BTTS.
there are several reasons and the main one is that Clermont currently has a weak defense but their attack line can still score and while Toulouse is currently not having a good performance, they were previously able to perform well, getting 3 consecutive wins and at least being able to score 1 score.

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If you look at Clermont Foot's remaining matches, it seems that they will have difficulty getting out of the relegation zone because they have had several tough matches and of course they will lose points in these matches. This season, Clermont Foot experienced a significant decline in performance compared to last season, even though if you look at this club, last season they were actually able to make a surprise by finishing in eighth place.

This season they are at the bottom of the standings because they failed to compete with other teams. In week 26, they could be said to be the club with the worst performance and the team most threatened with relegation. So far they are bottom with 20 points. Thus, they have to fight hard to win the remaining matches and hope that the team above them loses, but looking at the remaining matches, Clermont Foot has a small chance of escaping the relegation zone.

3 seasons ago Clermont Foot was promoted to Ligue 1 along with Troyes and Toulouse but until now only Clermont Foot and Toulouse have remained in Ligue 1, seeing the condition of Clermont Foot which has so far fallen in 18th place with only 4 wins from 26 matchs of course it is difficult to say their can survive in Ligue 1 next season,  Moreover, they are now 5 points apart from Nantes who are in the relegation qualification zone, this season is the worst season for Clermont Foot after 3 seasons of being able to stay in Ligue 1 and I think also they will be the first team to be relegated this season to Ligue 2.

Although Clermont foot still has 8 games left this season, it looks like it will be difficult for them to win to secure their position, because so far Clermont is a team with a very small percentage of scoring ability in league, and even from 26 matches they have only been able to put 19 goals into the opponent's and actually Conceded almost 43 goals,  I think in the rest of the game they will continue to be a barn of goals for other teams, moreover most of the rest of the teams they will face are strong teams.

[Blitzboy]

This has always been my concern for PSG they don't seem to  look like such a team thst is willing to be patient enough to want to build a team for the scratch and probably get to the point they become so formidable they will be able to be very productive even outside the Ligue 1 but they rather choose to keep focusing on starts with the mind that that's the way to helping them been able to achieve the kind of results they want to get.

If they are willing to build a team using young stars and talents such as the likes of coman and nkunku who were all gotten from their academy, they will be able to get a team thst will give them the kind of results they Desire even if it's going to take sometimes, but in the end it will be worth the wait and it will be even cost effective for them, just like Leverkusen now who's doing so well already and they are getting these results with their own players they did nurtured and not buying stars alone, it's even much better a team is able to build a star and get him to give the team the kind of performance they desire to get and later sell him off at a huge price which will now be another source of income to the team.

The Ligue 1 has always been the only place where PSGs dominance has been felt the most, they can possibly become a better team outside this small league where it seems their prowess is the most if only they are willing to probably risk a whole season to fixing the team and getting the team to produce the desired results and subsequent they would have a reliable team they can actually depend on the getting the kind of results they wanted all along.

The shortcuts made by PSG certainly make them a strong team in a very short time, and certainly it is not difficult for them to continue to be able to get many star players with the power of money they currently have, but of course PSG must be prepared for risks that are also detrimental to their finances if if the star players they buy now are not able to meet the expectations charged in achieving the championship target,  For now, what PSG is doing I don't think is entirely wrong, because will be difficult for a team to develop only by relying on the talents of academy players, yes maybe at least PSG must also be brave to orbit their young players into the current main squad in order to at least reduce their expenses.

Leverkusen in the Bundesliga are currently able to surprise many people with their achievements, but I think using Leverkusen as an example to compare PSG is certainly not realistic guys, because we all know how long it took Leverkusen to make history like now, and I think PSG will not want to wait that long to be able to make their team strong not only in Ligue 1 but of course the big teams of the Europa League so far become their benchmark for development.

I understand PSG's mentality. The aim is big names, huge wins. However, relying on a few superstars is risky. Huge risk. Spends a fortune, and no trophies? Disaster. Absolute disaster. Mbappe, a terrific player, shows that Champions League pressure can break anyone.

Believe me, this play is smarter: Create your own talent. Slow, but builds a stronger foundation. You avoid outrageous transfer fees and inflated salaries and get players who compete for the shirt, not just the salary. Mixing one or two major stars with local talent? The mixture is potent. PSG needs competitiveness and sustainability to win. Much smarter than their current plan.

[QueenVera]

Clermont seem to be difficulty keeping up with the performance of clubs in league one this season, other clubs may have improved a lot so that Clermont is lagging behind in improving their game, chasing 6 points from clubs above them is not an easy thing and this season only leaves Only 8 matches where there is not much time and in those 8 matches Clermont still faces some tough matches, namely against PSG, Lens, Lyon and Monaco. We all know that these clubs are not just ordinary clubs, they are elite clubs in League 1 so beating them is not It's easy for Clermont. I think Clermont's chance of securing its position in Liga 1 is very unlikely.

A similar thing happened to Metz in the 2021/22 season, he was relegated and last season he was no longer competing in league 1, but this season he is back in league 1, but there has been no significant improvement for Metz, currently he is still struggling to secure his position in league 1 and he is right above Clermont with a difference of 3 points in 17th place if he does not improve and perform surprisingly in the remaining matches this season it is possible that he will be relegated again, it is a shame for Metz that his performance in league 1 over the last 3 seasons has been very bad.

All these teams who make it to the main league of a nation and then do’s the try to invest in their football, how do the expect to still keep up with the way the league goes. How will you come and spend over 2 seasons in a league and yet no investment that you can rely on to help you and your team be able to still remain im the league. Most teams are very okay and satisfied with being a mediocre team rather than fighting and struggling to see if they can at least get European spot next season. This should be the key for most team as with this kind of mindset, you’ll see how improved the team football will get.

 Clermont came to the Ligue last 2 seasons and it’s been wavy for them as their performance over the past 3 season has been dwindling upward and downward. Their first season they managed to finish some points above relegation and they were lucly. They put in hardwork in the 2nd season and were able to finish in the top 10 Of the league and that result was quite impressive and I know how much their fans have been happy. What went wrong after the sweet performance last season, they all relaxed and think all is well.This season they’re having a very tough one with only 4 wins and 8 draws while they lost over 14 games.

 This is leaving them in 18th out of 18 teams in the league and that means relegation already especially as in the final 8 matches of the league they’ll be facing some quite difficult opponents. This is a very poor one but they should go down to the other league and work real hard and they could be lucky to return nex season and when they return they shouldn’t be like Metz who returned and is about to get relegated again. Investment is very key in every team as this helps the team achieve it’s maximum potential and it also helps to build the face of the league when the teams in the league are all at a great performance level.

[mammusu]

Actually Clermont Foot still has bigger chance for staying in Ligue 1 next season behind on the bottom position standings awhile, but Ligue 1 have regulation with two bottom standings teams will relegated to Ligue 2 and has opportunity as the third bottom standings has second chance trough playoff relegation. Clermont Foot remaining six points left from Lorient and Ligue 1 has 8 matches left.

But Clermont have to face many difficult teams on their matches left for upcoming match against PSG, then has Lens, AS Monaco and Lyon will be most difficult team for defeating.  Get more time to recovery with international break out I think Clermont has opportunity get one points against PSG with inconsistency performance in domestic league currently.

for this season for me, Clermont has no chance to leave the relegation zone.
from some of the matches you said against some of the big teams Clermont will compete away and have been confirmed to also lose points, except for the match against Lyon.
but to fight Lyon even though Clermont competing at home will still be very difficult.
Clermont is currently the second team that conceded in large quantities after Lorient and Clermont now conceded 43 scores and just imagine how weak the Clermont defense and it is very feasible if Clermont must be degraded this season because this team always gives an inconsistent appearance since last season.

I still give them a chance to stay in LIgue 1 next season, as long as they can continue to win matches and also the team above them experiences bad things. Yes, even though it is something difficult, the reason is that the opponents they will face are also better than them if you look at the current standings. 6 points from the safe zone limit, in my opinion, are points that can still be pursued, as long as, as I said before, they must be able to maximize the matches they will play.

In my opinion, the team that is in the safe zone also doesn't have a very special appearance, so anything can still happen. They still had a lot of defeats too, in fact most of them only got 1 win or 2 wins from the last 5 matches they played, while 3 or 4 other matches ended in defeat. That's what makes me still give them a chance to escape the relegation zone. This will definitely not be easy for them, because it will take hard work and a little luck to enable them to truly escape the threat of relegation this season. We'll see if they will be that lucky to win.

[Palakka]

The shortcuts made by PSG certainly make them a strong team in a very short time, and certainly it is not difficult for them to continue to be able to get many star players with the power of money they currently have, but of course PSG must be prepared for risks that are also detrimental to their finances if if the star players they buy now are not able to meet the expectations charged in achieving the championship target,  For now, what PSG is doing I don't think is entirely wrong, because will be difficult for a team to develop only by relying on the talents of academy players, yes maybe at least PSG must also be brave to orbit their young players into the current main squad in order to at least reduce their expenses.

Leverkusen in the Bundesliga are currently able to surprise many people with their achievements, but I think using Leverkusen as an example to compare PSG is certainly not realistic guys, because we all know how long it took Leverkusen to make history like now, and I think PSG will not want to wait that long to be able to make their team strong not only in Ligue 1 but of course the big teams of the Europa League so far become their benchmark for development.

I understand PSG's mentality. The aim is big names, huge wins. However, relying on a few superstars is risky. Huge risk. Spends a fortune, and no trophies? Disaster. Absolute disaster. Mbappe, a terrific player, shows that Champions League pressure can break anyone.

Believe me, this play is smarter: Create your own talent. Slow, but builds a stronger foundation. You avoid outrageous transfer fees and inflated salaries and get players who compete for the shirt, not just the salary. Mixing one or two major stars with local talent? The mixture is potent. PSG needs competitiveness and sustainability to win. Much smarter than their current plan.

Empowering existing resources certainly saves the club's expenses, but in fact it is difficult for a club to do this, if you take the example of Leverkusen in this case is of course a distant example, Arsenal have actually done what you said, dominant more utilizing young players bought at low prices, orbiting young talents from the academy but in fact for many years they failed to win the Premier League and even struggled to Competed in the Champions League.

I think it's not wrong to use some players from the academy in the first squad but the problem is that a team cannot rely on them absolutely 100% because of their lack of experience in competing, competing in tight competition certainly requires players who do have a strong mentality and that's why PSG take shortcuts to continue to recruit star players despite all the risks,  At the moment we admit that a team that is built from scratch with great difficulty will of course have a strong foundation, but I think it will still take a long time to develop and even then it does not guarantee that they can compete for a long time in the league.

[Weawant]

Brest is one team that has really surprised me in the Ligue 1 this season and so I have tried to look at their performance and how they managed to get to the second position displacing Nice and the rest of the other tea.s who has been looking more promising to get to the top of the table but then currently their form isn't looking like such that can help them get to the second position on that table as at this time.

The top position actually belongs to PSG as at this time and its not an arguable one because they are already over nine points away from Brest who happens to be at the second position on the table who are trying to get to the top but getting to the top will means they will have to win almost four straight matches and PSG will aswell lose same number of games too which this almost not possible because PSG isn't going to allow such set back befall them not at this time of the season when they are almost close to the trophy and I'm sure they wouldn't want that which happened to them the other time where they were close to winning and they lost the trophy to happen to them again.

If PSG even loose their next game, they wouldn't even have much to loose because they will still be at the top of the table and still, without any team been able to displace them from their position at the top but then they still have to make sure to maintain the gap so they don't have to be pressured from the Ligue 1 while they still have the champion's league to still play aswell, they still remains the favorite for the Ligue 1 this season.