French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[MinMan]

PSG really need to upgrade their game because with the type of players that they have in the squad they should not have done so bad in the champions league. And they also lost a few matches which they should not have lost in the league as well. There are obviously a lot of controversy going on around PSG. The great names that are in the club are just because they are getting paid so well otherwise there would never have stayed in PSG.

This issue already raised many times, but sadly it's not creating any positive development as we all know PSG is never been good in discipline which is the biggest issue for them in recent times specially their having players like Mbappé, Neymar and Messi and not doing good in Champions League creating big question marks.

But, most of the peoples are not aware about their policy which is having special treatment with few players, and they are mostly creating feud around the club but with recent change in coaching staff could be good if they improve their discipline as well because with this they will be able to have some good and better understanding between players which is important for good result.

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[Furious 7]

Looking at their performance from this season and with the quality of the players actually I think without saying that it is quite clear that PSG are already the best. But in this case only for the domestic league they claim that because the fact with the squad they have now it doesn't prove anything for the Champions League.
High hopes year after year have brought nothing in the Champions League and they have to think hard again here.

PSG really need to upgrade their game because with the type of players that they have in the squad they should not have done so bad in the champions league. And they also lost a few matches which they should not have lost in the league as well. There are obviously a lot of controversy going on around PSG. The great names that are in the club are just because they are getting paid so well otherwise there would never have stayed in PSG.

In terms of performance I don't see a bad one there because indeed their performance was very good but when talking about the Champions League even though they played well but of course we also have to look at the opponents they are playing against clearly have good experience too.
In this case I will not blame PSG in terms of performance but in terms of tactics and strategy they clearly lost.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I have a really good feeling about Monaco and Takumi too actually, he was one of their most lethal strikers, goals per games and per minutes is one thing but he was actually just really itching for goals just didn't get enough pitch time. I have a feeling he will do really really well there!

At last it is not known if Zidane will manage both teams? It would be a great feat on the part of the PSG sheik to have Zidane, but I'm sure Zidane would ask CR7 to strengthen his team, if this happens, I think the other teams would be afraid of them, Zidane is used to dealing with the best stars in the world, at the time he played with the best in the world, so that for him is like a walk.

Probably yes, but he knows he will have the immediate task of winning UCL AND there is also the thing about Mbappe supposedly having a say n the club direction. This isn't clear to me what it is or if a coach like Zidane could tolerate powershare.

Having Zidane in the ranks of a team and being the France coach at the same time, this will attract more attention, it is well known the impeccable work he did when he was the technical director of Real Madrid, he did not see any failure, I also remember even when CR7 began to have some problems with the Treasury of Spain and only Zidane managed to keep him for his team. Zidane not only represents being a good coach, I think he can transmit much more to him if he focuses as a player, sometimes when they played some short shots, when they trained, Zidane also got in to play and I miss seeing that mastery and class for his feints, really For me he is a very complete technician.

Looking at their performance from this season and with the quality of the players actually I think without saying that it is quite clear that PSG are already the best. But in this case only for the domestic league they claim that because the fact with the squad they have now it doesn't prove anything for the Champions League.
High hopes year after year have brought nothing in the Champions League and they have to think hard again here.

PSG really need to upgrade their game because with the type of players that they have in the squad they should not have done so bad in the champions league. And they also lost a few matches which they should not have lost in the league as well. There are obviously a lot of controversy going on around PSG. The great names that are in the club are just because they are getting paid so well otherwise there would never have stayed in PSG.

In terms of performance I don't see a bad one there because indeed their performance was very good but when talking about the Champions League even though they played well but of course we also have to look at the opponents they are playing against clearly have good experience too.
In this case I will not blame PSG in terms of performance but in terms of tactics and strategy they clearly lost.

Yes, certainly the flaws are still in force, I don't know if the problem is technical, because clearly the players are not, with such quality in a team it is almost impossible, however not everyone knows how to deal with so many stars, who have experience in having many stars in a team is Real Madrid, however if PSG manages to master that detail well, it will be an unstoppable team.

[Bobrox]

In terms of performance I don't see a bad one there because indeed their performance was very good but when talking about the Champions League even though they played well but of course we also have to look at the opponents they are playing against clearly have good experience too.
In this case I will not blame PSG in terms of performance but in terms of tactics and strategy they clearly lost.

problem faced by PSG why failed on UEFA Champion League because less competitive on domestic league, they always dominance on first until last week on Ligue 1 and not any team could destroy how PSG dominance. I think this one reason why PSG difficult get competitive on Champion League. Although with completed player on forward like Messi, Mbappe and Neymar but difficult how to defeat Real Madrid actually have chance winning on first leg, but have another side with Pochettino tactical can't explore how full with star player composition and make PSG not have top performance against with Real Madrid. I think they still have chance for next season on Champion League and show the best performance.

[mamesso]

It is very important for Neymar how long he will play in Paris SG. In fact, I think that he has not been able to show the expected performance in the past years. Mbappe plays himself as the third attacker in the line of Messi and still hasn't made that big leap. I don't know what will happen next year, but I'm sure you won't want to leave Paris. Neymar should show himself more this year. He's a superstar and he should show it more.

PSG gives Neymar a lot of wages. But Neymar is not playing well with the PSG team. He has played very badly in the last few seasons. But Neymar will not want to leave PSG now. No other team will now pay high wages to Neymar like PSG. Because Neymar's performance is not good. We will probably see Neymar in PSG's jersey for a few more seasons.

Obviously, Neymar is not leaving PSG now, the luxury that PSG offers is hard to come by with other clubs. One of the reasons Neymar moved from Barcelona ​​because PSG offered double the salary he received at Barcelona. PSG ambition to win the title on the Europa stage is no joke, PSG are willing to spend large sums of money to achieve their dreams, including extending the contract of Neymar who does not always appear consistent as the most expensive player PSG has ever had.

[KTChampions]

Obviously, Neymar is not leaving PSG now, the luxury that PSG offers is hard to come by with other clubs. One of the reasons Neymar moved from Barcelona ​​because PSG offered double the salary he received at Barcelona. PSG ambition to win the title on the Europa stage is no joke, PSG are willing to spend large sums of money to achieve their dreams, including extending the contract of Neymar who does not always appear consistent as the most expensive player PSG has ever had.

The contract was extended automatically. As I understand it, the only option that could prevent the automatic extension is the desire of the player, but Neymar wants to stay at PSG. After dissatisfaction with him at the club, he made several loud statements that everything would be fine next season ... but I don’t even know if he can keep his promises even if he wants to - the next season will be broken by holding the World Cup and what this will lead to is unknown .

[Webetcoins]

Obviously, Neymar is not leaving PSG now, the luxury that PSG offers is hard to come by with other clubs. One of the reasons Neymar moved from Barcelona ​​because PSG offered double the salary he received at Barcelona. PSG ambition to win the title on the Europa stage is no joke, PSG are willing to spend large sums of money to achieve their dreams, including extending the contract of Neymar who does not always appear consistent as the most expensive player PSG has ever had.

I am not sure, they are actively seeking a deal for him to leave the club, only reason why he is not leaving is his salary, if they ever found a team that could be better, they would definitely sell him without a doubt. I know for a fact that no team would ever want such a salary if they are already a good team.

This literally leaves Newcastle that we have been talking about for a long time, but Neymar doesn't want to leave for them, hence why he will probably stay. Him not leaving is not because of anyone actively looking otherwise, they are, it's just that it's not possible right now, even if Neymar and PSG agree on departing, if there isn't a logical offer, then he has to stay.

[TheGreatPython]

Obviously, Neymar is not leaving PSG now, the luxury that PSG offers is hard to come by with other clubs. One of the reasons Neymar moved from Barcelona ​​because PSG offered double the salary he received at Barcelona. PSG ambition to win the title on the Europa stage is no joke, PSG are willing to spend large sums of money to achieve their dreams, including extending the contract of Neymar who does not always appear consistent as the most expensive player PSG has ever had.

Right now situation is not clear as most chances PSG management wants Neymar to leave this club with mutual understanding but no club is going to offer salary like PSG is giving right now, and he is not accepting cut in this, so this all is interested but most chances he is going to stay here for another season if PSG have no good offer.

But, we can expect one thing if Newcastle United having some good improvement in this season then surely they are going to have him in their team because here again one biggest player from Gulf is involved, and he wants few start players in his team, but they are going to do this all in installments as any quick big investments can create problems for them, so hopefully his next destination could be Premier League.

[Lordhermes]

Obviously, Neymar is not leaving PSG now, the luxury that PSG offers is hard to come by with other clubs. One of the reasons Neymar moved from Barcelona ​​because PSG offered double the salary he received at Barcelona. PSG ambition to win the title on the Europa stage is no joke, PSG are willing to spend large sums of money to achieve their dreams, including extending the contract of Neymar who does not always appear consistent as the most expensive player PSG has ever had.

The contract was extended automatically. As I understand it, the only option that could prevent the automatic extension is the desire of the player, but Neymar wants to stay at PSG. After dissatisfaction with him at the club, he made several loud statements that everything would be fine next season ... but I don’t even know if he can keep his promises even if he wants to - the next season will be broken by holding the World Cup and what this will lead to is unknown .

It will continue to be a dream that will be hard to come true if PSG players remain like this.They have been disunited for sometimes  now and want that unity back.They really need a coach that will not be afraid of their personnel or the calibre of person they are.They have the ambition of winning the UEFA champions league,but that will totally be a very hard nut to crack because of the issues they continue having at the club.A coach that will change strategy,formation and style of player is what they want.

[rahmad2nd]

It will continue to be a dream that will be hard to come true if PSG players remain like this.They have been disunited for sometimes  now and want that unity back.They really need a coach that will not be afraid of their personnel or the calibre of person they are.They have the ambition of winning the UEFA champions league,but that will totally be a very hard nut to crack because of the issues they continue having at the club.A coach that will change strategy,formation and style of player is what they want.

I agree with you. although neymar still stated his desire to stay and sign a contract for the next season if the polemic of division within the club has not ended this will only worsen the performance of the PSG squad, I think galtier's role is really needed to make the situation conducive and they can play compactly, galtier must stand independently can't be intervened by any star players, if galtier can unite players who have problems it's not impossible that they can win the champions league title next season.

[OcTradism]

It will continue to be a dream that will be hard to come true if PSG players remain like this.They have been disunited for sometimes  now and want that unity back.They really need a coach that will not be afraid of their personnel or the calibre of person they are.They have the ambition of winning the UEFA champions league,but that will totally be a very hard nut to crack because of the issues they continue having at the club.A coach that will change strategy,formation and style of player is what they want.

Lately I saw a video from PSG training that Neymar rejected to cooperate with Mbappe in training. He waited Messi to train with Messi. We knew Messi wants Neymar to stay and Mbappe does not want. So Neymar shows different reactions to these players.

It seems inside PSG, there are lot of internal conflict and with it, they will begin a new season with bad preparation.

I agree with you. although neymar still stated his desire to stay and sign a contract for the next season if the polemic of division within the club has not ended this will only worsen the performance of the PSG squad, I think galtier's role is really needed to make the situation conducive and they can play compactly, galtier must stand independently can't be intervened by any star players, if galtier can unite players who have problems it's not impossible that they can win the champions league title next season.

No, Neymar contract is automatically expanded per previous contract between him and PSG. That is why PSG wanted to sell Neymar before that activation of contract expansion. Finally it was activated already and Neymar is here. If any club want to get Neymar, they must pay big transfer fee and very high salary for Neymar.

I don't believe Neymar will be readily to move to a new club that pays him lower salary than what he receives in PSG.

[Distraction]

Neymar's not wanting to work with Mbappe in training was really interesting. I wonder if there are some problems between each other. This isn't a good sign for the team obviously because this can cause at least one of their performance to go down. I hope that it doesn't happen for Mbappe as he is their biggest hope next season as always. Neymar, Mbappe and Messi all should be playing fully focusedly to be successful in the Champions League. They are targeting to win a title and they should give their everything for that.

[slaman29]

Probably yes, but he knows he will have the immediate task of winning UCL AND there is also the thing about Mbappe supposedly having a say n the club direction. This isn't clear to me what it is or if a coach like Zidane could tolerate powershare.

Having Zidane in the ranks of a team and being the France coach at the same time, this will attract more attention, it is well known the impeccable work he did when he was the technical director of Real Madrid, he did not see any failure, I also remember even when CR7 began to have some problems with the Treasury of Spain and only Zidane managed to keep him for his team. Zidane not only represents being a good coach, I think he can transmit much more to him if he focuses as a player, sometimes when they played some short shots, when they trained, Zidane also got in to play and I miss seeing that mastery and class for his feints, really For me he is a very complete technician.

Well, maybe he thought one Ronaldo was enough, but to handle 5 of them (of course Messi being the only real contender but you've got big egos and big delegations all at PSG too) maybe was too much for him.

Anyway. Am I being dumb for thinking to take PSG outright winners for both UCL and Ligue 1? I already have Barcelona but I can't help that.

I'm thinking also Monaco over 20x to win Ligue 1. I have a feeling!

[Juggy777]

Probably yes, but he knows he will have the immediate task of winning UCL AND there is also the thing about Mbappe supposedly having a say n the club direction. This isn't clear to me what it is or if a coach like Zidane could tolerate powershare.

Having Zidane in the ranks of a team and being the France coach at the same time, this will attract more attention, it is well known the impeccable work he did when he was the technical director of Real Madrid, he did not see any failure, I also remember even when CR7 began to have some problems with the Treasury of Spain and only Zidane managed to keep him for his team. Zidane not only represents being a good coach, I think he can transmit much more to him if he focuses as a player, sometimes when they played some short shots, when they trained, Zidane also got in to play and I miss seeing that mastery and class for his feints, really For me he is a very complete technician.

Well, maybe he thought one Ronaldo was enough, but to handle 5 of them (of course Messi being the only real contender but you've got big egos and big delegations all at PSG too) maybe was too much for him.

Anyway. Am I being dumb for thinking to take PSG outright winners for both UCL and Ligue 1? I already have Barcelona but I can't help that.

I'm thinking also Monaco over 20x to win Ligue 1. I have a feeling!

@slaman29 had Zidane turned up at PSG then he would have inherited a rich talented squad, and by selling few player’s he could have easily stitched a very strong squad as per his needs, and only then would have I said that PSG are the favourites to win the champions league this season. However now I expect Manchester City to finally win the champions league this year, and I also doubt that PSG will lose the league title again hence in my opinion it’ll be PSG who’ll be winning the Ligue 1 title.

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Neymar's not wanting to work with Mbappe in training was really interesting. I wonder if there are some problems between each other. This isn't a good sign for the team obviously because this can cause at least one of their performance to go down. I hope that it doesn't happen for Mbappe as he is their biggest hope next season as always. Neymar, Mbappe and Messi all should be playing fully focusedly to be successful in the Champions League. They are targeting to win a title and they should give their everything for that.

If it is true that there is an internal problem with them then of course it will be very unfortunate and dangerous because it will have an impact on their performance, because if so their performance will still not be fine, especially in the Champions League even though they have a new coach. Because the most important thing to be able to build a solid team is with a chemistry, can't imagine if among these great players have personal problems that continue to be brought to the field, of course that's not good. Maybe that is also one of the reasons why Neymar feels uncomfortable at PSG, maybe there are actually many factors that make Neymar's situation that requires him to leave.

[KTChampions]

Lately I saw a video from PSG training that Neymar rejected to cooperate with Mbappe in training. He waited Messi to train with Messi. We knew Messi wants Neymar to stay and Mbappe does not want. So Neymar shows different reactions to these players.

It seems inside PSG, there are lot of internal conflict and with it, they will begin a new season with bad preparation.

I saw that video too, it's pretty funny. But that's to be expected when a conflict of interest arises between a former number one player and a new number one. On the one hand, I don’t understand why Neymar behaves like this - why openly show his disrespect, is there any practical sense in this? On the other hand, he has a valid contract and he spits on the opinions of everyone and lives as he wants ... in some ways he is right 

[Bobrox]

If it is true that there is an internal problem with them then of course it will be very unfortunate and dangerous because it will have an impact on their performance, because if so their performance will still not be fine, especially in the Champions League even though they have a new coach. Because the most important thing to be able to build a solid team is with a chemistry, can't imagine if among these great players have personal problems that continue to be brought to the field, of course that's not good. Maybe that is also one of the reasons why Neymar feels uncomfortable at PSG, maybe there are actually many factors that make Neymar's situation that requires him to leave.

I think not an internal problem in PSG right now after have new manager, but if really true what problem faced by PSG with internal problem give bad impact for team. All proboem with PSG beginning when extending Mbappe contract and I think he has everything what he want in PSG right now, from maanger controlling until window transfer player activities. But this just rumor only or really true what happen right now in PSG internal team, if try to make Neymar left PSG I think bad choose did by PSG manager because Neymar really most talented player.

[fuguebtc]

If it is true that there is an internal problem with them then of course it will be very unfortunate and dangerous because it will have an impact on their performance, because if so their performance will still not be fine, especially in the Champions League even though they have a new coach. Because the most important thing to be able to build a solid team is with a chemistry, can't imagine if among these great players have personal problems that continue to be brought to the field, of course that's not good. Maybe that is also one of the reasons why Neymar feels uncomfortable at PSG, maybe there are actually many factors that make Neymar's situation that requires him to leave.

I think not an internal problem in PSG right now after have new manager, but if really true what problem faced by PSG with internal problem give bad impact for team. All proboem with PSG beginning when extending Mbappe contract and I think he has everything what he want in PSG right now, from maanger controlling until window transfer player activities. But this just rumor only or really true what happen right now in PSG internal team, if try to make Neymar left PSG I think bad choose did by PSG manager because Neymar really most talented player.

As far as I've heard PSG coach Christophe Galtier is keen to keep Neymar on the team. He wants to make his match strategy on Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe. And so next season we will see Neymar in the PSG team. However, to get a stable performance from the team, Christophe Galtier must strengthen the bonds between the players. If the players do not understand each other well, it is not possible to get a stable performance from the team.

[Lordhermes]

Neymar's not wanting to work with Mbappe in training was really interesting. I wonder if there are some problems between each other. This isn't a good sign for the team obviously because this can cause at least one of their performance to go down. I hope that it doesn't happen for Mbappe as he is their biggest hope next season as always. Neymar, Mbappe and Messi all should be playing fully focusedly to be successful in the Champions League. They are targeting to win a title and they should give their everything for that.

What I see in the PSG team is pure jealousy towards each other,no one wants the other person to take the whole credit.Neymar is good,Mbape is good,and Messi is also very good,but I don't see Messi as the problem here,it seems Neymar and Mbape are the two players having issues.At the moment,Mbape seems more brighter than Neymar,but Neymar dont just want people to see it like that,that is why if their issues are not settled,they will continue to suffer defeats in the champions league.If they can have team work,unity and agreement,they will definitely do well because they have all it takes to do well.

[RealMalatesta]

I think not an internal problem in PSG right now after have new manager, but if really true what problem faced by PSG with internal problem give bad impact for team. All proboem with PSG beginning when extending Mbappe contract and I think he has everything what he want in PSG right now, from maanger controlling until window transfer player activities. But this just rumor only or really true what happen right now in PSG internal team, if try to make Neymar left PSG I think bad choose did by PSG manager because Neymar really most talented player.

The problem is that the manager they got is not one that is famously known, or ever won any UCL before. Which means that the players may not care about what he has to say. Sure they will act as if they care for a while and if the results come from what he says then they will care even more, but if they do not suddenly become much better team then they won't care about it and they will start to ignore him as well.

This is the problem with hiring a manager and saving some money from it. They should have spent as high as possible, because having a great manager is as important as having Mbappe. If you ask me would you rather be me as manager and mbappe on the team, or Zidane as manager without Mbappe, I say zidane would be a better choice.