French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[sana54210]

I believe the new manager will work to improve the performance of PSG and I also see Naymar as one of the key players that will be used by the new manager Christophe Galtier to achieve his aim in the club. PSG will be aiming to win the Champions League with the new coach which has always been there target and with the combination of Messi, Mpappe and Neymar I see the Team becoming more dangerous under the leadership of a new manager. The PSG team has always dominated the Franch League so I don't think they will encounter difficulty in retaining the League under the new manager.

Everyone knows that Galtier will try his best to make the team "better". But to be fair, I believe that Pochettino was a better manager and with more experience on top name clubs than Galtier. I do not know what they are expecting to achieve with Galtier that they couldn't with Pochettino.

Zidane made sense and I really wanted to see that and I am quite upset that they didn't pay Zidane whatever he wanted. Like if you can pay 60+ million for Mbappe, and 120 million just to sign it, then I am sorry but you could pay Zidane 10-20 million as well which is usually unheard of for a manager, don't know if anyone gets that much, I know Simeone gets 3+ million per month which is weird, but even Klopp doesn't get 20 million I think.

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[Shasha80]

I believe the new manager will work to improve the performance of PSG and I also see Naymar as one of the key players that will be used by the new manager Christophe Galtier to achieve his aim in the club. PSG will be aiming to win the Champions League with the new coach which has always been there target and with the combination of Messi, Mpappe and Neymar I see the Team becoming more dangerous under the leadership of a new manager. The PSG team has always dominated the Franch League so I don't think they will encounter difficulty in retaining the League under the new manager.

Everyone knows that Galtier will try his best to make the team "better". But to be fair, I believe that Pochettino was a better manager and with more experience on top name clubs than Galtier. I do not know what they are expecting to achieve with Galtier that they couldn't with Pochettino.

Zidane made sense and I really wanted to see that and I am quite upset that they didn't pay Zidane whatever he wanted. Like if you can pay 60+ million for Mbappe, and 120 million just to sign it, then I am sorry but you could pay Zidane 10-20 million as well which is usually unheard of for a manager, don't know if anyone gets that much, I know Simeone gets 3+ million per month which is weird, but even Klopp doesn't get 20 million I think.

That's what confused me about PSG's decision to make Galtier a replacement for Pochettino, whereas in experience Pochettino is better
than Galtier. Although I also don't agree with PSG keeping Pochettino, at least PSG are looking for a more experienced coach than
Pochettino. PSG should look for a coach who has won the Champions League trophy, because PSG's main target is to win the Champions
League trophy.

Galtier's appointment seems to be due to the influence of Luis Campos who does have a close relationship with Galtier,  because the two had
worked together at Lille. I hope PSG doesn't make a mistake in choosing a coach, because PSG changes coaches very often. Even though I really
hope that Zidane will become Pochettino's replacement, but it seems that Zidane has rejected offers from PSG several times. Then we will see
if Galtier can make PSG's performance much better, especially PSG's appearance in the Champions League will be in the spotlight.
This would be a very formidable task for Galtier.

[Slow death]

Of course, Galtier can be a good choice. But Zidane was a manager who could be very successful for Paris SG. I would love to have Zidane as head of Paris SG. He has a great football career and he understood the thoughts of the players best. He also managed a giant team -Real Madrid- in the past. It was successful too. We will see together what Galtier will do.

I have also complained about how Paris Saint-Germain F.C sacked a world class Mauricio Pochettino and employed a relatively unknown Christophe Galtier. I was thinking Zinedine Zidane would be the best and most comfortable replacement considering the quality and financial strength of the club. But I have come to understand that fame is not automatic, it starts from one day.  Christophe Galtier might turn out to be the missing link for the success of PSG. Hence I have stopped complaining but now expectant that he might be able to achieve what most top class coach failed to make happen.

In my opinion they made a big mistake, Mauricio Pochettino is much better than this guy they hired now, if they didn't have another great coach then it was better that they kept Mauricio Pochettino, at least they would have known that they would easily win Ligue ! PSG management is obsessed with the champions league, but anyone can see that the champions league is a competition that depends a lot on luck, we saw the PSG game against real madrid, PSG did well, but they lacked luck. with this new guy even i start to doubt they can beat league 1 at least

if Galtier can make PSG's performance much better, especially PSG's appearance in the Champions League will be in the spotlight.
This would be a very formidable task for Galtier.

dude you have to see that this new coach has no experience in the champions league, he's going to fail. champions league is a completely different competition from local leagues, and a coach with no champions league experience will be a sure failure

[kamvreto]

Of course, Galtier can be a good choice. But Zidane was a manager who could be very successful for Paris SG. I would love to have Zidane as head of Paris SG. He has a great football career and he understood the thoughts of the players best. He also managed a giant team -Real Madrid- in the past. It was successful too. We will see together what Galtier will do.

I have also complained about how Paris Saint-Germain F.C sacked a world class Mauricio Pochettino and employed a relatively unknown Christophe Galtier. I was thinking Zinedine Zidane would be the best and most comfortable replacement considering the quality and financial strength of the club. But I have come to understand that fame is not automatic, it starts from one day.  Christophe Galtier might turn out to be the missing link for the success of PSG. Hence I have stopped complaining but now expectant that he might be able to achieve what most top class coach failed to make happen.

Mauricio Pochettino is probably a world-class coach. But he did not succeed with the PSG team. We’ve got to recognize his stupidity many times over in the last season. The same kind of match strategy he has applied in every match. Thus, it is not possible to win a title on a platform like the Champions League. However, current PSG coach Christophe Galtier is not very experienced. At the same time, he has never been the coach of a big team before. If Zidane had been the coach of PSG, it would have been the best for PSG. But Zidane refused to take charge of PSG.

Christophe Galtier also cannot be underestimated, he has also been a football player who defended his country France as a defender, he also spent approximately 15 years as a player at Marseille and at six other clubs.

As a coach he cannot be underestimated, Christophe Galtier won the best Manager award at the Trophees UNFP du football in 2013. Even though he is only a local coach, but he has a lot of experience, it is not wrong for a big club like PSG to accept Christophe Galtier as coach. new.

[maju69]

Neymar will definitely work under his new boss, Christophe Galtier because the new manager have already declare interest in the Brazilian bigname. Moreover, Neymar is a top high-profile player which every manager would want to work with him. Hoping to see PSG as a strong team next season, not just in their league but also in the champions league. Christophe Galtier is a good coach, and he would look forward to add some new players in the tewm.

Of course, with the quality that Neymar has, Christophe Galtier wants Neymar to be part of his current team. Coupled with the presence of Messi and Mbappe, it is a good asset for Paris Saint Germain. But I want to see his performance in the Champions League, because in previous seasons the Paris Saint Germain coach couldn't bring them better, even though they have a lot of quality players.

[Juggy777]

Of course, Galtier can be a good choice. But Zidane was a manager who could be very successful for Paris SG. I would love to have Zidane as head of Paris SG. He has a great football career and he understood the thoughts of the players best. He also managed a giant team -Real Madrid- in the past. It was successful too. We will see together what Galtier will do.

I have also complained about how Paris Saint-Germain F.C sacked a world class Mauricio Pochettino and employed a relatively unknown Christophe Galtier. I was thinking Zinedine Zidane would be the best and most comfortable replacement considering the quality and financial strength of the club. But I have come to understand that fame is not automatic, it starts from one day.  Christophe Galtier might turn out to be the missing link for the success of PSG. Hence I have stopped complaining but now expectant that he might be able to achieve what most top class coach failed to make happen.

Mauricio Pochettino is probably a world-class coach. But he did not succeed with the PSG team. We’ve got to recognize his stupidity many times over in the last season. The same kind of match strategy he has applied in every match. Thus, it is not possible to win a title on a platform like the Champions League. However, current PSG coach Christophe Galtier is not very experienced. At the same time, he has never been the coach of a big team before. If Zidane had been the coach of PSG, it would have been the best for PSG. But Zidane refused to take charge of PSG.

Christophe Galtier also cannot be underestimated, he has also been a football player who defended his country France as a defender, he also spent approximately 15 years as a player at Marseille and at six other clubs.

As a coach he cannot be underestimated, Christophe Galtier won the best Manager award at the Trophees UNFP du football in 2013. Even though he is only a local coach, but he has a lot of experience, it is not wrong for a big club like PSG to accept Christophe Galtier as coach. new.

I feel that we should give the new coach some time, because PSG is not a small club to appoint anybody without due scrutiny, hence I’m sure that they would have done their due research before finalising on Christophe Galtier. Furthermore if you’ll read then you’ll see that he’s experienced enough, and if he can restore the attacking kind of football that PSG fans wants to see then he will definitely enjoy success at the club.

[TopT3ns]

Neymar will definitely work under his new boss, Christophe Galtier because the new manager have already declare interest in the Brazilian bigname. Moreover, Neymar is a top high-profile player which every manager would want to work with him. Hoping to see PSG as a strong team next season, not just in their league but also in the champions league. Christophe Galtier is a good coach, and he would look forward to add some new players in the tewm.

Of course, with the quality that Neymar has, Christophe Galtier wants Neymar to be part of his current team. Coupled with the presence of Messi and Mbappe, it is a good asset for Paris Saint Germain. But I want to see his performance in the Champions League, because in previous seasons the Paris Saint Germain coach couldn't bring them better, even though they have a lot of quality players.

When in last season's match I saw that the initial strategy was very good because it could lead the score but when the opponent was aware of the strategy used and the opponent knew his weak point then they would continue to attack mercilessly, maybe if the PSG coach implemented a backup strategy such as strengthening defense and playing games time for the second half I believe the score will not be overtaken by the opposing team.

[Jody.Drummer]

When in last season's match I saw that the initial strategy was very good because it could lead the score but when the opponent was aware of the strategy used and the opponent knew his weak point then they would continue to attack mercilessly, maybe if the PSG coach implemented a backup strategy such as strengthening defense and playing games time for the second half I believe the score will not be overtaken by the opposing team.

Maybe it can be said "poor strategy" When the opponent already knows the direction of their game, Paris Saint Germain is confused to develop the game. Yes indeed the genius of a coach is very influential when the situation is like that.
We can see Real Madrid, actually they play very simple, but once they move, their movement is deadly. When they play against a club that dominates the game, they try to wait and look for the slightest chance. From there they can create a very deadly situation.

[mia_houston]

When in last season's match I saw that the initial strategy was very good because it could lead the score but when the opponent was aware of the strategy used and the opponent knew his weak point then they would continue to attack mercilessly, maybe if the PSG coach implemented a backup strategy such as strengthening defense and playing games time for the second half I believe the score will not be overtaken by the opposing team.

At the beginning of the season PSG went quite calmly without any pressure from other teams and at that time it seemed difficult to see PSG lose a match, as well as mid-season they were still showing their best performance in the league at that time, but I do not fully agree if you said Pochettino strategy was so bad towards the end of the season, because if you look at the standings at that time PSG had left their opponents by quite a distance, so when their points looked impossible to being chased by another team of course Pochettino and the PSG squad were no longer insistent in playing because  their position  is already safe, when PSG have been confirmed as champions even though the season has not officially ended,Pochettino in my opinion prefers to instruct their squad to play safe to avoid injury.

[Sirait]

Neymar will definitely work under his new boss, Christophe Galtier because the new manager have already declare interest in the Brazilian bigname. Moreover, Neymar is a top high-profile player which every manager would want to work with him. Hoping to see PSG as a strong team next season, not just in their league but also in the champions league. Christophe Galtier is a good coach, and he would look forward to add some new players in the tewm.

Neymar is one of models for PSG new skirt in a coming season. If PSG did not have plan for Neymar, they would have used another player. It can be a very last season of Neymar in Paris. If he continues to make PSG board of director disappointed, they will consider to let him go.

Neymar is one of best players but he has yet achieved big things. No World Cup, no Ballon d'Or and since his transfer from Barcelona to PSG, what he made is under expectation based on his transfer value and his very high salary.

last season, Neymar didn't even make the top 3 goalscorers in Ligue 1. so I see PSG just wasting money keeping him at the club. although until now there has been no new issue about galtier but I believe he is a firm coach, with Neymar's character who is drunk and clubbing, I doubt galtier will be patient with Neymar.

[minairia3]

Neymar will definitely work under his new boss, Christophe Galtier because the new manager have already declare interest in the Brazilian bigname. Moreover, Neymar is a top high-profile player which every manager would want to work with him. Hoping to see PSG as a strong team next season, not just in their league but also in the champions league. Christophe Galtier is a good coach, and he would look forward to add some new players in the tewm.

Neymar is one of models for PSG new skirt in a coming season. If PSG did not have plan for Neymar, they would have used another player. It can be a very last season of Neymar in Paris. If he continues to make PSG board of director disappointed, they will consider to let him go.
Neymar is one of best players but he has yet achieved big things. No World Cup, no Ballon d'Or and since his transfer from Barcelona to PSG, what he made is under expectation based on his transfer value and his very high salary.

last season, Neymar didn't even make the top 3 goalscorers in Ligue 1. so I see PSG just wasting money keeping him at the club. although until now there has been no new issue about galtier but I believe he is a firm coach, with Neymar's character who is drunk and clubbing, I doubt galtier will be patient with Neymar.

As far as I've heard rumors Christophe Galtier is interested in keeping Neymar on the team for at least one more season. Maybe he wants to use the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe properly. Neymar's performance last season was not good because he was injured for a long time at the beginning of the season. I think we will get better performance from Neymar if we don't face too many injuries next season.

[hahay]

Neymar will definitely work under his new boss, Christophe Galtier because the new manager have already declare interest in the Brazilian bigname. Moreover, Neymar is a top high-profile player which every manager would want to work with him. Hoping to see PSG as a strong team next season, not just in their league but also in the champions league. Christophe Galtier is a good coach, and he would look forward to add some new players in the tewm.

Neymar is one of models for PSG new skirt in a coming season. If PSG did not have plan for Neymar, they would have used another player. It can be a very last season of Neymar in Paris. If he continues to make PSG board of director disappointed, they will consider to let him go.
Neymar is one of best players but he has yet achieved big things. No World Cup, no Ballon d'Or and since his transfer from Barcelona to PSG, what he made is under expectation based on his transfer value and his very high salary.

last season, Neymar didn't even make the top 3 goalscorers in Ligue 1. so I see PSG just wasting money keeping him at the club. although until now there has been no new issue about galtier but I believe he is a firm coach, with Neymar's character who is drunk and clubbing, I doubt galtier will be patient with Neymar.

As far as I've heard rumors Christophe Galtier is interested in keeping Neymar on the team for at least one more season. Maybe he wants to use the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe properly. Neymar's performance last season was not good because he was injured for a long time at the beginning of the season. I think we will get better performance from Neymar if we don't face too many injuries next season.

Yes, last season Neymar was injured for a long time and that case made Neymar not have many goals, after all, the number of goals or not can not be used as a benchmark. Because even Messi got more playing time last season than Neymar but Messi couldn't score as many goals. Last season Neymar played 22 matches in Ligue 1 and made 13 goals and 6 assists, while Messi played 26 matches and only made 6 goals and 14 assists. So in this case I don't think it's about Neymar's poor performance but there is something else that may not be publicized and obviously, Mbappe has the right to be able to choose the coaches and players who are kept and should be sold.

[KTChampions]

As far as I've heard rumors Christophe Galtier is interested in keeping Neymar on the team for at least one more season. Maybe he wants to use the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe properly. Neymar's performance last season was not good because he was injured for a long time at the beginning of the season. I think we will get better performance from Neymar if we don't face too many injuries next season.

Immediately after the appointment, Galtier said in an interview that he was interested in Neymar and considered him one of the strongest players, so these are not rumors. I think that's the consensus view of the current state of affairs: PSG can't get rid of Neymar so they have to work with him (after all, he's not bad enough to just put him on the bench). But if PSG finds an option for Neymar to leave the club, I think the management will do it and Galtier's opinion will not play any role.

[savetheFORUM]

As far as I've heard rumors Christophe Galtier is interested in keeping Neymar on the team for at least one more season. Maybe he wants to use the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe properly. Neymar's performance last season was not good because he was injured for a long time at the beginning of the season. I think we will get better performance from Neymar if we don't face too many injuries next season.

Immediately after the appointment, Galtier said in an interview that he was interested in Neymar and considered him one of the strongest players, so these are not rumors. I think that's the consensus view of the current state of affairs: PSG can't get rid of Neymar so they have to work with him (after all, he's not bad enough to just put him on the bench). But if PSG finds an option for Neymar to leave the club, I think the management will do it and Galtier's opinion will not play any role.

Neymar is surely under radar for performing better or PSG management will waste no more time for giving him departure orders because they already lost their patience with his injuries and his attitude which already create few problems for other players as well and just because of few players Zidane rejected this job because he is not happy with PSG management about their special treatment with few players which is having bad impact on overall team.

Discipline is key for success, and we know all big clubs never allow any bad thing from player and if someone done surely he has to pay for this like we have recently Auba in Arsenal, PSG surely need some better environment if they want better results from team.

[jaberwock]

Christophe Galtier also cannot be underestimated, he has also been a football player who defended his country France as a defender, he also spent approximately 15 years as a player at Marseille and at six other clubs.

As a coach he cannot be underestimated, Christophe Galtier won the best Manager award at the Trophees UNFP du football in 2013. Even though he is only a local coach, but he has a lot of experience, it is not wrong for a big club like PSG to accept Christophe Galtier as coach. new.

There is no doubt about his quality and skills because if PSG management hire him then surely they check all details about him and then have contact and now Christophe Galtier is new coach of this giant club in UEFA in place of Mauricio Pochettino.

With this all now he deserves some time from management for having his strategy and giving them good results but still he needs to do something special which have some good impact as now first time he is going to manage the biggest stars of current soccer world, and they are playing for years but sadly fail to give any positive results in Champions League which is main target for PSG and his management. Maybe Christophe Galtier takes some time and then give them good results but nothing wrong about his skills and quality which is having big impact in French League.

[sana54210]

As far as I've heard rumors Christophe Galtier is interested in keeping Neymar on the team for at least one more season. Maybe he wants to use the trio of Messi, Neymar, and Mbappe properly. Neymar's performance last season was not good because he was injured for a long time at the beginning of the season. I think we will get better performance from Neymar if we don't face too many injuries next season.

Immediately after the appointment, Galtier said in an interview that he was interested in Neymar and considered him one of the strongest players, so these are not rumors. I think that's the consensus view of the current state of affairs: PSG can't get rid of Neymar so they have to work with him (after all, he's not bad enough to just put him on the bench). But if PSG finds an option for Neymar to leave the club, I think the management will do it and Galtier's opinion will not play any role.

I think Galtier wants to ahve the best team possible for his first sting in a giant club. I mean he could be older than some coaches we know, but he never managed a team with so many stars in it before. This means that he will want every hand on deck and will want to do the best he could. No booking, no injuries, no transfers, just work as hard as possibel to get as many points as possible.

If you lose the last game of the season, it doesn't matter how many games you won in UCL, it's the cup that matters. League is easy enough, they would guarantee their championship by week 20 or something, but UCL is the key to their success from now on.

[emrecemsan]

I don't expect Neymar to leave after Galtier's arrival. I mean he wouldn't like to see Neymar leaving as it is said in the news. PSG should focus on keeping the team strong instead of selling important players. Maybe Neymar can be an injury-prone player but he is still very useful for the team at the moment. If him and Messi both show better level of performances next season they can increase their chance to reach their main goal finally. I don't doubt Mbappe as I believe he will be the biggest contributor of the team.

[Furious 7]

I don't expect Neymar to leave after Galtier's arrival. I mean he wouldn't like to see Neymar leaving as it is said in the news. PSG should focus on keeping the team strong instead of selling important players. Maybe Neymar can be an injury-prone player but he is still very useful for the team at the moment. If him and Messi both show better level of performances next season they can increase their chance to reach their main goal finally. I don't doubt Mbappe as I believe he will be the biggest contributor of the team.

Galtier has said that Neymar will be one of the players he wants to play at PSG and that is actually a guarantee there but on the other hand his problems with the higher-ups at PSG are still not resolved until now and this is quite difficult for Neymar.
But even if he leaves it's actually not a good thing especially at this time even though there are still several clubs that want his services but with his salary which is quite large and doesn't want to reduce his salary now it's clearly becoming difficult.

[Google+]

I don't expect Neymar to leave after Galtier's arrival. I mean he wouldn't like to see Neymar leaving as it is said in the news. PSG should focus on keeping the team strong instead of selling important players. Maybe Neymar can be an injury-prone player but he is still very useful for the team at the moment. If him and Messi both show better level of performances next season they can increase their chance to reach their main goal finally. I don't doubt Mbappe as I believe he will be the biggest contributor of the team.

Neymar seems to be more likely to stay with PSG next season. From rumors circulating that he will leave this summer, but until now there has been no serious team sending an offer to him. So from this I think he will try his luck again next season with PSG under Galtier coach.

Marseille president, Pablo Longoria said the best decision for the club was to 'break the relationship' with Jorge Sampaoli. The Argentine manager finally resigned despite bringing Marseille to the runner-up position last season!
source: https://twitter.com/beINSPORTSid/status/1544853202935468033?t=y4YbPOZi8Su1SQaCkPuQEQ&s=19

surprised to hear the bad news from Marseille because they decided not to work with Sampaoli again even though under his tutelage marseille managed to close the season in 2nd place. And whether Mauricio Pochettino will become Marseille new coach, is worth the wait.

[Oluwa-btc]

I don't expect Neymar to leave after Galtier's arrival. I mean he wouldn't like to see Neymar leaving as it is said in the news. PSG should focus on keeping the team strong instead of selling important players. Maybe Neymar can be an injury-prone player but he is still very useful for the team at the moment. If him and Messi both show better level of performances next season they can increase their chance to reach their main goal finally. I don't doubt Mbappe as I believe he will be the biggest contributor of the team.

Galtier has said that Neymar will be one of the players he wants to play at PSG and that is actually a guarantee there but on the other hand his problems with the higher-ups at PSG are still not resolved until now and this is quite difficult for Neymar.
But even if he leaves it's actually not a good thing especially at this time even though there are still several clubs that want his services but with his salary which is quite large and doesn't want to reduce his salary now it's clearly becoming difficult.

They have a great squad if you take a good look at them. But one key Reasons Real Madrid stand's out in such Champions League victories are all because of team work and team management.
Honestly, I love he's decision to keep Neymar Jr input, no selling no loan deals. This should put he's head down to work with the Coach.
Galtier needs to properly handle and Manage Paris Saint Germans that was what I observed Carlos Ancellotti did to win the Champions League. No body saw that coming from the group stage. Manchester City came closer enough. But PSG has to do more than enough to win the Champions League.