French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[sayaya17]

Nordi Mukiele moving to Paris Saint Germain is a smart move for the Frenchman. PSG new coach, Christophe Galtier seems comfortable with the 24year coming to Paris to undergo medical in the coming days. Although, Nordi Mukiele had several links with other club but his agents and the player have agree 100% to join the Ligue 1 giant. Chelsea was having the Frenchman on their rader but unfortunately for them, they couldn't secure the deal because of entering the bid late.  

Nordi Mukiele is indeed a young defender who has very good potential. Moreover, playing with Leipzig since 2018 has made Mukiele as a defender
more mature. So it's a pretty smart move for PSG to get Mukiele, moreover the price of Nordi Mukiele is also quite cheap. Mukiele is prepared as
a coating for Hakimi at right-back or it can also be a coating for Sergio Ramos at the center-back position. Because Mukiele is a versatile player
who can be placed in various positions, Mukiele can also play as a defensive midfielder. It seems that since Luis Campos has served as PSG's sporting
director, PSG's spending of money is much more controlled. So far PSG have not spent a large amount of money as usual in the transfer market.
Because there is no guarantee that buying expensive players can make PSG have a good performance. I am even more curious about PSG's performance
next season, with the collaboration between Luis Campos and Christophe Galtier in leading PSG.

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[Rabi3]

The question I ask myself:

Will this season be like the other seasons in which PSG become champions while there are still many games left?

it looks like it, their biggest competitors are OM and OL and we all know that they're not as remotely close to be as good as PSG, the odds for PSG to win ligue 1 also shows that @1.12, ligue 1 is still not competitive, they only have one good team now.

[AndySt]

However, I believe that Pep wants Neymar and let's remember that PSG will pay half of his salary and Man city has the money to pay 3 times the salary of Neymar.

Pep Guardiola doesn't want Neymar, he said it during their pre-season tour in the USA that Neymar is a good player but that Manchester City are not going to buy him, from my understanding of Guardiola and his coaching methods, a player like Neymar would not fit perfectly in his team, Guardiola likes players that follow every of his instructions, he wants them to play the way he wants, Neymar is a player that likes to freely run around with the ball, take too many touches and complete dribbles, even when not necessary, Guardiola will have many problems with him if he is his manager.

For some reason, I'm not sure that Paris Saint-Germain would pay half of Neymar's salary if he moved to Manchester City. Also, I really doubt very much that Guardiola would have been the main initiator of Neymar's transfer to Manchester City, rather than even because the player would violate the role in the model of the game that Pep preaches, but rather because of the rather frivolous attitude to the matter that the footballer has been demonstrating for a long time. Moreover, Guardiola himself recently said about the purchase of Neymar, noting the incredible level of the player, that it would be wrong if Manchester City bought 150 players every summer.

[Zlantann]

It is also clear that Paris Saint-Germain is not desperate to keep Neymar. The club wants to cut down on expenses and they also want to rebuild the team around Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Neymar Junior is not a humble player and his personality clash with Mbappe would cause more harm than good to PSG. The best option he has now is to leave the team even if it would lead to a cut in his pay. Age is no longer on his side and he is always prone to injury, hence he should not expect much from the transfer market. If he still wants to remain in PSG, then he must work harder to improve his play and be humble.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

Yes, without a doubt for me PSG will be the owner and lord of the French Ligue 1, also what I like about PSG is that they do not skimp on expenses, that is, they do not mind spending the money that is necessary to have the therefore for me in the UCL the ones that have the best team are Man City, PSG and Real Madrid (until now), but for me all this will change any team after seeing and knowing the new players or stars that come out of the world cup, always in the whole world stars come out that can be requested by the clubs with the most money in the world, and of course see new styles of games.

It is also clear that Paris Saint-Germain is not desperate to keep Neymar. The club wants to cut down on expenses and they also want to rebuild the team around Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Neymar Junior is not a humble player and his personality clash with Mbappe would cause more harm than good to PSG. The best option he has now is to leave the team even if it would lead to a cut in his pay. Age is no longer on his side and he is always prone to injury, hence he should not expect much from the transfer market. If he still wants to remain in PSG, then he must work harder to improve his play and be humble.

What happens is that the attitude or rather the personality of the player Neymar Jr has always been like that, he looks like he's arrogant, although I think the player is really humble, and apart from that the player has a lot of competition, he's a player who always wants to dominate, even in Barcelona he always wanted to kick the free kicks when he knew that Messi was in charge, with the Uruguayan at PSG he also had his friction, it will be to wait and see how the player performs in the league.

[onecall123]

It is also clear that Paris Saint-Germain is not desperate to keep Neymar. The club wants to cut down on expenses and they also want to rebuild the team around Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Neymar Junior is not a humble player and his personality clash with Mbappe would cause more harm than good to PSG. The best option he has now is to leave the team even if it would lead to a cut in his pay. Age is no longer on his side and he is always prone to injury, hence he should not expect much from the transfer market. If he still wants to remain in PSG, then he must work harder to improve his play and be humble.

What happens is that the attitude or rather the personality of the player Neymar Jr has always been like that, he looks like he's arrogant, although I think the player is really humble, and apart from that the player has a lot of competition, he's a player who always wants to dominate, even in Barcelona he always wanted to kick the free kicks when he knew that Messi was in charge, with the Uruguayan at PSG he also had his friction, it will be to wait and see how the player performs in the league.

Regardless of what he does, critics will criticize him. Neymar is being ridiculed as if he's not a prime rib pack in the world of football. It is not necessary for Neymar to prove himself to anyone, as he recently spoke out. Considering the stats, his only crime is giving into injury. If their coach agrees with his play mode, then he don't have to prove themselves right to anyone. The Brazilian star is one of the best players in the world and a samba boy. All these controversy could be avoided if he was disciplined and focused. In the big stages such as the UCL, PSG needs him to remain consistent and deliver.

[jaberwock]

However, I believe that Pep wants Neymar and let's remember that PSG will pay half of his salary and Man city has the money to pay 3 times the salary of Neymar.

Pep Guardiola doesn't want Neymar, he said it during their pre-season tour in the USA that Neymar is a good player but that Manchester City are not going to buy him, from my understanding of Guardiola and his coaching methods, a player like Neymar would not fit perfectly in his team, Guardiola likes players that follow every of his instructions, he wants them to play the way he wants, Neymar is a player that likes to freely run around with the ball, take too many touches and complete dribbles, even when not necessary, Guardiola will have many problems with him if he is his manager.

When PSG have new coach they announce they are going to keep Neymar as he is key player for their new system and strategy but suddenly now management is doing their best for offloading him from their squad it's surely shocking and with this all now it seems they are fed up with his attitude and don't want him to be here with their new system which is surely going to be good for having their most wanted trophy Champions League even still not possible, but this is going to be good season for them.

PSG is going to dominant in French League and Champions League challenge is also on their Cards but this need some very good depth in team and better understanding between players which is not possible in presence of Neymar which is selfish player and never respect other star players which is going to be big problem.

[bering]

Today PSG played a friendly team with an easy team, at first I thought which team this is for Osaka, then I figured it out. We watched the passing traffic of Neymar and Messi, and they played a good game by passing without any effort as they were an easy opponent. Already two goals came from penalties. Osaka was not bad offensively, at least they were able to score two goals against PSG.

Gamba Osaka is a very weak team still under Kawasaki Frontale, it's only natural that PSG can score more a goals. Only Nuno Mendes goal amazed for me, it turned out that he was able to get a chance to score goals. By the way, there will be another match between PSG - Nantes, if I'm not mistaken maybe this week I remember at the match statistics, the average is 3 goals more and PSG are still be favorite to win.

PSG vs Nantes is for France Super Cup and the match will starting on this Sunday apparently this is opening match before entering new season and as usual PSG will be the favourite and the odds for PSG is @1.4 and Nantes @7.7 so i think bet for PSG is easy money because in my opinion they are will going to win the match especially last year PSG failed to get the trophy because lose from Lille so i think they had ambition to get their first trophy this season through this match

[hahay]

It is also clear that Paris Saint-Germain is not desperate to keep Neymar. The club wants to cut down on expenses and they also want to rebuild the team around Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe. Neymar Junior is not a humble player and his personality clash with Mbappe would cause more harm than good to PSG. The best option he has now is to leave the team even if it would lead to a cut in his pay. Age is no longer on his side and he is always prone to injury, hence he should not expect much from the transfer market. If he still wants to remain in PSG, then he must work harder to improve his play and be humble.

What happens is that the attitude or rather the personality of the player Neymar Jr has always been like that, he looks like he's arrogant, although I think the player is really humble, and apart from that the player has a lot of competition, he's a player who always wants to dominate, even in Barcelona he always wanted to kick the free kicks when he knew that Messi was in charge, with the Uruguayan at PSG he also had his friction, it will be to wait and see how the player performs in the league.

Regardless of what he does, critics will criticize him. Neymar is being ridiculed as if he's not a prime rib pack in the world of football. It is not necessary for Neymar to prove himself to anyone, as he recently spoke out. Considering the stats, his only crime is giving into injury. If their coach agrees with his play mode, then he don't have to prove themselves right to anyone. The Brazilian star is one of the best players in the world and a samba boy. All these controversy could be avoided if he was disciplined and focused. In the big stages such as the UCL, PSG needs him to remain consistent and deliver.

Yes, Neymar is basically a player that the team needs, it's just that a personality that may not be good can cause chaos in the squad. I personally don't really care about his personality because it's a style of play, so obviously Neymar I think is irreplaceable because this player has a lot of undoubted skills. If he's selfish to take a free-kick I think it's fine, as long as he has the potential to do it then why not.

[KTChampions]

PSG vs Nantes is for France Super Cup and the match will starting on this Sunday apparently this is opening match before entering new season and as usual PSG will be the favourite and the odds for PSG is @1.4 and Nantes @7.7 so i think bet for PSG is easy money because in my opinion they are will going to win the match especially last year PSG failed to get the trophy because lose from Lille so i think they had ambition to get their first trophy this season through this match

I don't think it's easy money because it's unknown what shape the teams are in. Last season, PSG had a lot of games when at the beginning they played poorly and even conceded first, and then they fought back with difficulty and won. I wouldn't be surprised if regular time ended in a tie, which would ruin your bet and the result would be decided in extra time.

[el kaka22]

Personality wise, Neymar is a cool dude and I can tell you that much, can't tell you how I know it. Dude may not be the type of player that is a leader, or a superstar aura or anything like that, dude is just the class clown that likes to have fun and that's it, he doesn't take it too much seriously. So, is it a problem or not?

Well, it is a problem when you lose to Real Madrid and you look over your shoulder and see Neymar just shooting a video for his insta or something and doesn't seem as pissed as you, but seems like a good thing when you are winning because you would want to be around a player that would make you happy. Hence, it's not really a black or white answer.

[MCobian]

PSG vs Nantes is for France Super Cup and the match will starting on this Sunday apparently this is opening match before entering new season and as usual PSG will be the favourite and the odds for PSG is @1.4 and Nantes @7.7 so i think bet for PSG is easy money because in my opinion they are will going to win the match especially last year PSG failed to get the trophy because lose from Lille so i think they had ambition to get their first trophy this season through this match

I don't think it's easy money because it's unknown what shape the teams are in. Last season, PSG had a lot of games when at the beginning they played poorly and even conceded first, and then they fought back with difficulty and won. I wouldn't be surprised if regular time ended in a tie, which would ruin your bet and the result would be decided in extra time.

PSG should be able to beat Nantes in the French Super Cup which will start in a few days. Moreover, PSG played quite well in friendly matches,
although the opponent they are facing is a club from Japan whose level is still far below PSG. So I'm quite optimistic that PSG can beat Nantes.
But I agree that PSG won't necessarily be able to beat Nantes easily, because the previous season PSG also suffered several defeats against
weaker teams. So still PSG should not underestimate Nantes, even though the quality of PSG's players is much better.

After all the French Super Cup is the opening match before the Ligue 1 competition starts, at least a team like Nantes will try to play as well as
possible. So PSG have to play carefully and don't focus too much on attacking, because of the possibility that Nantes will play defensively and
take advantage of counter-attacks to score goals. But I believe that Galtier, who has also been a successful coach of Lille and Nice, should be
very familiar with the game from Nantes. So I think Galtier already has an effective strategy to deal with Nantes. So like I said PSG have a very
big chance to beat Nantes, but not a game that will be easy for PSG to win.

[hahay]

Personality wise, Neymar is a cool dude and I can tell you that much, can't tell you how I know it. Dude may not be the type of player that is a leader, or a superstar aura or anything like that, dude is just the class clown that likes to have fun and that's it, he doesn't take it too much seriously. So, is it a problem or not?

Well, it is a problem when you lose to Real Madrid and you look over your shoulder and see Neymar just shooting a video for his insta or something and doesn't seem as pissed as you, but seems like a good thing when you are winning because you would want to be around a player that would make you happy. Hence, it's not really a black or white answer.

Yes I also think it's a normal attitude but when there is a case of harassment then it can be a serious problem, but apart from that I don't have any problem with Neymar either. Maybe there is one of his actions in the field that his colleagues don't like about diving, because these actions are also often the subject of memes on social media. Because if I look at PSG's finances themselves they still have no problem keeping Neymar at least until his contract expires, I also don't really know why this rumor about Neymar being available for sale has become news.

[blue Snow]

PSG vs Nantes is for France Super Cup and the match will starting on this Sunday apparently this is opening match before entering new season and as usual PSG will be the favourite and the odds for PSG is @1.4 and Nantes @7.7 so i think bet for PSG is easy money because in my opinion they are will going to win the match especially last year PSG failed to get the trophy because lose from Lille so i think they had ambition to get their first trophy this season through this match

In the previous match 2021 versus Lille, Neymar and Mbappe didn't in the squad, that's why they lost. Lille also break out the domination of PSG 5 times in a row, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019, So in the next Sunday, if PSG didn't turn in the full squad without Neymar, Messi, and Mbappe, the champion title can't get it back even have good odds and we will not necessarily to get easy money,

[8rch7]

PSG vs Nantes is for France Super Cup and the match will starting on this Sunday apparently this is opening match before entering new season and as usual PSG will be the favourite and the odds for PSG is @1.4 and Nantes @7.7 so i think bet for PSG is easy money because in my opinion they are will going to win the match especially last year PSG failed to get the trophy because lose from Lille so i think they had ambition to get their first trophy this season through this match

No doubt keep bet for PSG although with @1.4 odds given because easy to win without make Nantes as weakness team but looking PSG have full team on this time, few days later match between PSG vs Nantes looks interested because will be revenge for PSG ever defeated by Nantes on Ligue 1 last season. I think PSG have been forget what bad result last season when against with Nantes and on 1st August will be moment for PSG get first trophy with new manager Christophe Galtier after replacing position from Pochettino, will he success with first trophy for PSG or Nantes make new history.

[vennali]

Kasper Schmeichel has agreed to join Nice and his move is subject to Leicester finding a replacement of the goalkeeper. Schmeichel is on his last year of contract, so the move isnt as unexpected as it might seem on the surface. He's a club legend at Leicester and has spoken earlier that he'd like to play in the Champions League again before he retires. Well, Nice ain't the club for that but I guess he's settle for now.

[KTChampions]

I don't think it's easy money because it's unknown what shape the teams are in. Last season, PSG had a lot of games when at the beginning they played poorly and even conceded first, and then they fought back with difficulty and won. I wouldn't be surprised if regular time ended in a tie, which would ruin your bet and the result would be decided in extra time.

PSG should be able to beat Nantes in the French Super Cup which will start in a few days. Moreover, PSG played quite well in friendly matches,
although the opponent they are facing is a club from Japan whose level is still far below PSG. So I'm quite optimistic that PSG can beat Nantes.
But I agree that PSG won't necessarily be able to beat Nantes easily, because the previous season PSG also suffered several defeats against
weaker teams. So still PSG should not underestimate Nantes, even though the quality of PSG's players is much better.
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I understand that PSG is the favourite, but the question is, is the profit worth the risk? For example, if you bet on PSG to win in regular time and PSG win in extra time, you will lose money. And if you bet on the final victory of PSG, then the odds become very small ~ 1.18. Thus, even after guessing 5 such games in a row, you will not be able to double the bet (this means that even one loss will send you into a deep minus).

[Iranus]

Kasper Schmeichel has agreed to join Nice and his move is subject to Leicester finding a replacement of the goalkeeper. Schmeichel is on his last year of contract, so the move isnt as unexpected as it might seem on the surface. He's a club legend at Leicester and has spoken earlier that he'd like to play in the Champions League again before he retires. Well, Nice ain't the club for that but I guess he's settle for now.

I'd say it's a good decision for both. Kasper Schmeichel was Leicester's main goalkeeper. He performed in 37 matches in the Premier League last season as well. He is quite an experienced goalkeeper. Nice will surely benefit if they get such an experienced goalkeeper. Also because Kasper Schmeichel is about 36 years old. So at the moment, it is better to look for a new team instead of being in the Premier League. Maybe another 2/3 years he can play well with Nice.

[lixer]

Kasper Schmeichel has agreed to join Nice and his move is subject to Leicester finding a replacement of the goalkeeper. Schmeichel is on his last year of contract, so the move isnt as unexpected as it might seem on the surface. He's a club legend at Leicester and has spoken earlier that he'd like to play in the Champions League again before he retires. Well, Nice ain't the club for that but I guess he's settle for now.

I believe that Kasper was a great goalkeeper, the fact that he would move to Nice and not stay in premier league is a worrying thing, no idea what the reason is but I have seen him play and I think it would be something that has a bit of politics behind it.

Maybe he just wanted to leave, or maybe the team didn't agree with him and they wanted revenge, I really do not know the ulterior motive but I know for a fact that it would take a long time before we could make sense out of it. Dude was a goalkeeper that could defend one of the bigger clubs, let alone go to a worse one, and somehow there is something going on to take him to a team a level below what he was playing so far.

[blue Snow]

I understand that PSG is the favourite, but the question is, is the profit worth the risk? For example, if you bet on PSG to win in regular time and PSG win in extra time, you will lose money. And if you bet on the final victory of PSG, then the odds become very small ~ 1.18. Thus, even after guessing 5 such games in a row, you will not be able to double the bet (this means that even one loss will send you into a deep minus).

Is there any sports book we can bet on with the regular and extra time? this means we can bet a club in half and full time with "poor". I just remember that because I was ever playing "poor" when brazil face chili in the world cup 2010 In south Africa, where that time my friend has 1 ball "poor" in halftime. unfortunately, I still lose even quite promising to win.