French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Leviathan.007]

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.

I don't really understand why when a coach saves a team from getting relegated, they get him fired to let him leave them easily. Kombouaré was definitely a good coach for Nantes and if they kept this coach he could even bring more achievements for Nantes but they didn't do that and now it seems Kombouaré going to return to Nantes after a few years of leaving the team but he will have the same task he had before. He should try to keep Nantes in the League 1.
Checking the past teams Kombouaré before he worked on teams like Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and this made me think maybe Kombouaré asked for too much money and they stopped working with their coach. But I'm waiting to see how he is going to perform in Nantes.

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[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

PSG's mistake was always with their coach, it is not permissible that when they had 3 great stars and they did not win the UCL, Ligue 1 yes, that was obvious, but they had to demonstrate the level was in the UCL, so the mistake of the Sheikh as such was to allow himself to be talked over, prioemsesas and everything on the part of the coach, a sheikh who had everything and did not know what he had was lacking much more decision, because he did not know how to take advantage of the leadership of a team, I would have done everything possible to I tried to get Zidane, or one of the best at that time , but he wasn't able to do it, so that's like investing in something that you don't follow up on again, the sheikh really failed, now with Mbappé it only meant a lot, but It's not enough, sometimes the sheikh was very complacent with that player, and a player cannot be trusted by the club, those mistakes were the ones that never made PSG win, now they have a chance in the UCL that we are experiencing, let's see if things change.

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.

We say difficult situations, putting first a PSG that is being very fractured, Luis Enrique has done everything to maintain a formation with and without Mbappé , has he made the points clear, that Clermont is a team that can make a Difference ? Of course yes, let's not even think about 1 point, it could be 3 points, it is very well known that PSG will not use Mbappe that much because Luis Enrique has always had a lot of Hatred for Real Madrid and that is the only reason he sees Mabappé as the be more disloyal to the team and basically and directly towards him, that is why he does not give him many minutes, and by not giving him much playing time, you do not see it in the other teams, especially in Madrid, I think this is Partly true It hurts a player like him a lot, but of course, Mbappé wanted this for himself. He wanted things to happen that way, and that's why he has these kinds of problems.

'Maybe I can rest Kylian' - Luis Enrique jokes about what it will take to leave Mbappe out of Champions League clash with Barcelona

WHAT HAPPENED?

While talking on his Twitch channel, the former Barcelona and current PSG boss responded to one of his subscribers as to how many Twitch subs it would take to play Mbappe as the centre-back against Barcelona during the two clubs' highly-anticipated Champions League quarter-final clash. Enrique joked that if someone donated '2-3 million' to the Xana Foundation charity, he would bench the French superstar altogether.

Source: https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/maybe-rest-kylian-mbappe-luis-enrique-jokes-about-leave-mbappe-out-champions-league-clash-barcelona/blt790b51ffb7965b1d#csa579956171c44f92

[Abu-Naim]

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.

Nice performance didn’t baffles me as Monaco’s inconsistency.
Monaco and Nice are the two teams that should compete with PSG for the League 1 title, but they both did not look serious and allowed PSG to be topping the table despite PSG’s poor start of the season.

Brest is doing very well this time, they tried to overtake the likes of Monaco, Lille, and Nice; I believe their main aim is to make it to the  Champions League next season and if they keep playing consistently, they will surely make it.

[Farma]

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.

That should be the case and they should be able to learn from Manchester City to build a team not in an instant way by recruiting lots of star players, PSG failed last season when they implemented this.

And I also see that they have not developed or have not been able to achieve achievements on the European stage because PSG does not have fierce domestic competition so this team cannot compare in strength to be able to rise even better.
As we have seen in the last few seasons in League 1, no competitor has put pressure on PSG in the title race.

[KTChampions]

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.

There are 8 rounds until the end of the tournament and PSG's advantage is 12 points. Even if we are very bold and assume that Brest will score 100% of points in the remaining games, then PSG only needs to score 50% to retain the title. I think that they will cope with this task even with the second team.
I think that now in PSG everyone is thinking only about the Champions League and nothing else, since this time they found themselves on the easy path and the path to the final is open.

By the way, yesterday I saw information somewhere that the top 10 highest paid players in Ligue 1 are all from PSG 

[Zlantann]

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.

I think PSG has learned their lesson the hard way. The club has spent so much money on expensive top-class player to win the Champions League but all their efforts have been fruitless. It seems they are smarter now and it has affected the recruitment pattern. They are no longer interested in signing big names this is why we have not had any reports of targeting big players besides the rumours of signing some players to replace the departing Klyrian Mbappé. They have also disposed of many players which is costing them much. Just like Real Madrid PSG is now interested in grooming younger players because they are cheaper, loyal and can easily blend with the team.

[rahmad2nd]

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? 

Since the change of coach again, under the guidance of a new coach, Marseille has currently experienced a slight improvement. Since Jean-Louis Gasset took charge of Marseille, their ranking has risen slightly. even though they are still in 7th place in the Ligue 1 standings, the difference in points from 4th place Lille is only 4 points. Apart from Marseille still being involved in the Europa League quarter-finals, Jean-Louis Gasset's squad has the potential to move up in ranking if they are able to win match after match in this competition until the competition ends.
To be honest, I'm not really sure that Marseille will progress smoothly in the remaining 8 matches. moreover, to get a ticket to the Champions League competition. but at least, Marseille still has hope of raising its ranking to a better place. moreover, if I refer to Jean-Louis' coaching style, this coach is quite good at handling Marsille with an offensive system. He has managed Marseille in 7 matches in two competitions, 5 wins and 2 losses. but under his tutelage, at least Marseille is currently more productive than before.

In Week 27, Marseille will face Paris Saint-Germain. even though they are playing at home, it is difficult for Marseille to overthrow Luis Enrique's squad. if Marsille was lucky to win the match at home, and Lens lost to Lillie. that means, Lens' position will be temporarily replaced by Marseille. well, whether it is possible or not, we will find out soon. in particular, referring to the matches you mentioned in this post.

[Republikcoin.com]

That should be the case and they should be able to learn from Manchester City to build a team not in an instant way by recruiting lots of star players, PSG failed last season when they implemented this.

And I also see that they have not developed or have not been able to achieve achievements on the European stage because PSG does not have fierce domestic competition so this team cannot compare in strength to be able to rise even better.
As we have seen in the last few seasons in League 1, no competitor has put pressure on PSG in the title race.

This is what still makes it difficult for PSG to measure their own abilities when they are on the European stage because the opponents they face in League 1 are quite weak opponents and cannot put that heavy pressure on PSG. If only PSG could get enough opponents in League 1 every season, perhaps PSG's own strength would not be what it is now and could even improve more than it is now. So when PSG faces other teams on the European stage, they will become more accustomed to withstanding pressure from their opponents.

[Jody.Drummer]

That should be the case and they should be able to learn from Manchester City to build a team not in an instant way by recruiting lots of star players, PSG failed last season when they implemented this.

And I also see that they have not developed or have not been able to achieve achievements on the European stage because PSG does not have fierce domestic competition so this team cannot compare in strength to be able to rise even better.
As we have seen in the last few seasons in League 1, no competitor has put pressure on PSG in the title race.

This is what still makes it difficult for PSG to measure their own abilities when they are on the European stage because the opponents they face in League 1 are quite weak opponents and cannot put that heavy pressure on PSG. If only PSG could get enough opponents in League 1 every season, perhaps PSG's own strength would not be what it is now and could even improve more than it is now. So when PSG faces other teams on the European stage, they will become more accustomed to withstanding pressure from their opponents.

Yes, with the uncompetitive level of competition in the domestic league, they will be surprised when they find opponents who are better than them, that's why Paris Saint Germain is still having difficulty on the European stage, especially the Champions League. If they get a very competitive opponent in Ligue 1, I'm sure they will be even better than what we see now.

Being in a difficult situation like this is not easy, because this is also not what Paris Saint Germain wants to be in a league that doesn't have very tight competition, so it will be difficult for them to develop. And one more thing, what I see from Paris Saint Germain is that they still rely on individual ability rather than teamwork, so that is what ultimately makes them difficult. The reason is that most of the big teams in Europe rely more on teamwork than individuals, and when these teams meet we will see quite striking differences.

[macson]

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.

I don't really understand why when a coach saves a team from getting relegated, they get him fired to let him leave them easily. Kombouaré was definitely a good coach for Nantes and if they kept this coach he could even bring more achievements for Nantes but they didn't do that and now it seems Kombouaré going to return to Nantes after a few years of leaving the team but he will have the same task he had before. He should try to keep Nantes in the League 1.
Checking the past teams Kombouaré before he worked on teams like Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and this made me think maybe Kombouaré asked for too much money and they stopped working with their coach. But I'm waiting to see how he is going to perform in Nantes.

actually there is nothing to be surprised about about this because football is a safe business, there is a huge turnover of money in it, Nantes is taking wise steps before their team falls into the brink of relegation, at least they must be able to survive in their current position.  Currently Nantes' points are only a slight difference from those in the relegation zone, if they enter League 2 it will be very difficult to return to League 1.  Hopefully Kombouare can improve the performance of the Nantes squad until this season is over.

[GiftedMAN]

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.

I think PSG has learned their lesson the hard way. The club has spent so much money on expensive top-class player to win the Champions League but all their efforts have been fruitless. It seems they are smarter now and it has affected the recruitment pattern. They are no longer interested in signing big names this is why we have not had any reports of targeting big players besides the rumours of signing some players to replace the departing Klyrian Mbappé. They have also disposed of many players which is costing them much. Just like Real Madrid PSG is now interested in grooming younger players because they are cheaper, loyal and can easily blend with the team.

I don't think we should totally blame the PSG team for investing so much money on big players with the aim of winning the champions league, the team was so desperate in winning the champions league and as a big team that has got the money to spend I don't think it was a bad idea to buy super stars but they were so unlucky not to have won the same trophy that made them to spend so much money on big players.

If  PSG wants to be like Real Madrid in terms of the young players they have they will need to shift their focus of winning the champions league for now while they work on building the team with the young players they are willing to buy.

[ginsan]

Nice performance didn’t baffles me as Monaco’s inconsistency.
Monaco and Nice are the two teams that should compete with PSG for the League 1 title, but they both did not look serious and allowed PSG to be topping the table despite PSG’s poor start of the season.

Brest is doing very well this time, they tried to overtake the likes of Monaco, Lille, and Nice; I believe their main aim is to make it to the  Champions League next season and if they keep playing consistently, they will surely make it.

In this season there is no team that is able to provide competition to PSG in the race for the title, we see Monaco and Brest where they are not very consistent which makes PSG steps to win the title very easy. Psg currently sits quite safely at the top of the standings and they don't have any strong rivals at all this season and looking at the remaining matches in this season it looks like PSG will easily win the title.

I think whoever coaches PSG will certainly be able to win the title because they have quite strong strength compared to other teams. Monaco and Brest are only aiming for a place to qualify for the Champions League this season, therefore Ligue 1 is not at all competitive unlike the Premier League or LaLiga.

[tusandii]

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.

Yes, there's nothing wrong with that, but in my opinion PSG has too big ambitions to force the players to continue to use a lot of energy and always maximize their performance to get what the PSG owner wants.
I just remember some of the previous problems and of course I know that players like Mbappe must also be forced to stay at PSG and in the end they will lose even though previously they had always defended them with all their efforts, but it was all done to get a prestigious title.
Maybe this is what I mean that the player's mental experience is also very important but the presence of Neymar and Messi at that time should have provided a big opportunity but it turned out the results were the same as before and indeed all of this does not depend on the coach or players but the PSG owner and PSG management who should slowly building PSG to be more consistent in CL competitions without having to force the players.

[Josefjix]

Nasser Al-Khelaifi is the president and have been incharge for a longer time than expected, he's doing good and nailing projects for the club. Paris Saint-Germain becomes elite when no other oppositions is able to nailed them. They've been having crucial moments settling their winnings, its important for them to continue dominating France Ligue One because any season they failed to win, that's more illustrative to giving other elite and mediocre clubs hopes to challenge for the title. Winning is evidence of an elite team doing incredible better and magnificent in performance.

[Leviathan.007]

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.

For a team like PSG, the first goal is to have bigger names and better players no matter what it costs for them and how expensive this can be for PSG to buy better players and coaches they just try to get the best options they have ever had. For example, in the past, PSG had players like Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe at the same time for their team which can be a dream for any team.
Now it seems they are more balanced with Enrqiue and this time PSG has changed a bit because they prefer to fewer superstar players and instead they will have better teamwork, maybe this strategy can help them to get improve and get better results than before. In the Champions League, they always have the target to get some achievements there and they fail, now this season I feel this PSG can have much more chance than before.

[bering]

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.

I have talking about this several times that this season PSG have no decent opponent for race title this because there was no other teams who can playing consistent equal to PSG and at the beginning of season Nice was appears with attempts to break the domination of PSG but unfortunately this team was lost their consistency Nice performance even is not getting better and during 2024 from January until this month Nice only able to gets 2 win and this situation makes Nice position have to out from top 4 but this situation was utilized with very well by Brest because they now can taking over second place from Nice

Since promote to Ligue 1 on season 2019/2020 Brest can able to survive at Ligue 1 and actually Brest almost be relegated last season because in the last 10 matches at the beginning of season Brest only get 1 win and this make Brest have to sacked their previous manager Michel Der Zakarian and apparently Brest has choose the right manager because Eric Roy can save them from degradation and this season Brest can fight for European competitions spots against big teams in Ligue 1 just like Monaco and Lille which so far this is their best achievement during their participant at Ligue 1 and but their position still not fully secured because Monaco and Lille can possibly to taking over their position so let see it later whether Brest can able to managed their consistency or not until end of this season

[Docnaster]

Nasser Al-Khelaifi is the president and have been incharge for a longer time than expected, he's doing good and nailing projects for the club. Paris Saint-Germain becomes elite when no other oppositions is able to nailed them. They've been having crucial moments settling their winnings, its important for them to continue dominating France Ligue One because any season they failed to win, that's more illustrative to giving other elite and mediocre clubs hopes to challenge for the title. Winning is evidence of an elite team doing incredible better and magnificent in performance.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi have been a great president for Paris Saint Germaine since the Qatar Sports Investments(QSI) took over the ownership of the club and have helped to facilitate sone of the world's biggest transfers to Paris Saint Germaine, in fact the money the club spent the most amount of money in a single player to sign Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 but what the club's president haven't actually been able to achieve with the club is to help them win the UEFA Champions League competition.
Paris Saint Germaine have won the French league for the last seven years in a row and looks set to even win it again at the end of the season but the club needs to win something bigger than the league title and which is winning the UEFA Champions League trophy

[topbitcoin]

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.

Yes, there's nothing wrong with that, but in my opinion PSG has too big ambitions to force the players to continue to use a lot of energy and always maximize their performance to get what the PSG owner wants.
I just remember some of the previous problems and of course I know that players like Mbappe must also be forced to stay at PSG and in the end they will lose even though previously they had always defended them with all their efforts, but it was all done to get a prestigious title.
Maybe this is what I mean that the player's mental experience is also very important but the presence of Neymar and Messi at that time should have provided a big opportunity but it turned out the results were the same as before and indeed all of this does not depend on the coach or players but the PSG owner and PSG management who should slowly building PSG to be more consistent in CL competitions without having to force the players.

It is a natural thing when a club owner who gives a large amount of money to a club then he is sure to provide the best results including in the trophy problem because after all, every investor wants progress in the development of the money they invest but when talking about demanding I don't think there is any coercion that really requires the players to be too large.
If there was an imposition I don't think PSG would be like today and the fact that they are in the round of 16 in 2 consecutive seasons does not make Nasser Al Khaelaifi upset because he understands that the situation in coaching is not very good and he already knows that so he does not give grandiose targets especially during the era of Poche and Galtier but for now where Enrique is there and the changes made in terms of the squad, of course this raises a new hope especially now that they have been able to get out of the round of 16 curse.

[armanda90]

Nasser Al-Khelaifi have been a great president for Paris Saint Germaine since the Qatar Sports Investments(QSI) took over the ownership of the club and have helped to facilitate sone of the world's biggest transfers to Paris Saint Germaine, in fact the money the club spent the most amount of money in a single player to sign Neymar from Barcelona in 2017 but what the club's president haven't actually been able to achieve with the club is to help them win the UEFA Champions League competition.
Paris Saint Germaine have won the French league for the last seven years in a row and looks set to even win it again at the end of the season but the club needs to win something bigger than the league title and which is winning the UEFA Champions League trophy

Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi on season 2017/18 have change with Ligue 1 become farmer league and easily for PSG winning Ligue 1 tittle every season, have been six season PSG always winning back to back except only on season 2020/21 where Lille can break PSG dominance become the Ligue 1 winning.
First time acquisition PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi success sign Neymar from Barcelona with huge amount transfer and its become the era for PSG recruiting many top players.
How much spending much money by PSG every season, still face difficult for winning UEFA Champion League trophy after six years acquisition the highest achievement lead to final but defeated by Bayern Munich. Will this season PSG become the Champion League winner but in the quarter final have to beat Barcelona.

[Velvet78]

Since PSG acquisition by Nasser Al-Khelaifi on season 2017/18 have change with Ligue 1 become farmer league and easily for PSG winning Ligue 1 tittle every season, have been six season PSG always winning back to back except only on season 2020/21 where Lille can break PSG dominance become the Ligue 1 winning.
First time acquisition PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi success sign Neymar from Barcelona with huge amount transfer and its become the era for PSG recruiting many top players.
How much spending much money by PSG every season, still face difficult for winning UEFA Champion League trophy after six years acquisition the highest achievement lead to final but defeated by Bayern Munich. Will this season PSG become the Champion League winner but in the quarter final have to beat Barcelona.

It has really been not much difficult for PSG to bring top players for years. But becoming rich is really not enough to become more successful. PSG are still struggling to win the Champions League even for once. The best achievement they have got there so far is to qualify for the finale. Even while they had players like Messi and Neymar right beside Mbappe they still couldn't make it. 

I really don't know the main reason. Maybe they just can't find the right manager for themselves or the problem is bigger than just the manager. Whatever it is they had better find a solution. If they lose Mbappe too I wonder what their future plans will be.