French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[snipie]

Marseille is actually playing very well this season but they still have to improve so they can be better and can be a competitor than Paris Saint Germain at the top of the standings this season they are another class with dance in second place but overall they are playing quite well. Inconsistency is a nightmare for all teams, not just Marseille, Paris Saint Germain also feels the same way.

Marseille are good but not fine in Ligue 1. I mean they are doing good in most of the games played but they missed many opportunities to get closer to PSG and to pass Lens in the ranking. PSG missed too some games but this is just normal, they can't win all of them after all.
Marseille need to accept less goals. Building a better defence line is required. That is the difference between them and Lens. Scoring more goals will make them better than PSG. To obtain that, they need to spend more money

[crunck]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

In general, PSG has never depended on just two players and if PSG did depend on just two players, it was clear that the team would collapse because the team did not respect the other players in the team. But for next season what PSG really needs is a great young player even if he's not a star, because the PSG team can't keep hoping for one or two star players who aren't young anymore. So PSG must be able to find great young players in the transfer market before next season starts.

I won't go into the argument about whether PSG is dependent on only two players. I would say PSG have had a lot of star players but their performances have been erratic. Since their overall performance was erratic, it didn't matter if their team relied on just two players. Bonding between players was weak at PSG. If they want to do well next season, PSG management should revamp the entire squad. If not, I think the team will be eliminated from the first round of the Champions League next season.

[shogun47]

Marseille should learn their lesson from this result. They couldn't compete with Lens for the second position until the end of the season. Lens even completed the season 11 points ahead of them which is really a horrible look for Marseille. The second position was important because it is the last slot for the Champions League group stage. Lens definitely deserved that.

Marseille will have to play qualification games and I don't know if they can even reach the group stage for now. They will need to realize where they were doing wrong to not repeat it. The new season will start earlier for them so they had better prepare themselves well.

Considering the results of the last seasons for Lens, it is possible that Lens established as one of the club competing for the top four or top five. Olympique Marseille needs to improve consistency over the run of a whole season and AS Monaco had the same problems This season Lens deserved its position in the table rankings as they have outplayed the others contestants, but it will be interesting to see whether they can repeat that performance in the upcoming season. If that is the case they might establish themselves long-term and will also have more chances to sign better players.

[boltz]

PSG in this season failed in the champions league and even in French League, they couldn't have a good performance because PSG had only one points difference with Lens and this can't be good for them because compared to Lens they have invested much more money and hired better players, for the next season I think the owners of PSG will start doing some changes to this team and they will hire another coach like Zidane to have better performance.

PSG shall have identified the main problem from the club but it seems like that its coach has no capability to build a proper team. It can be seen from how bad the performance from PSG under galtier even though there are so many super stars playing in the PSG.
I hope that PSG will not be signing the garbage coach again. It's enough for PSG wasting so much money for nothing. It's now the time for PSG to be serious to win UCL.
Signing a good coach is a must for the club right now.

It's not just the coach and most likely it's entire club who are lacking a winner mentality outside France. They had the players , they have the budget and yet every year their ego goes bigger than before and now they lost those important key players and they should re-thing to rebuild from next year or maybe ...do something and unite the players more than before.

Who will coach PSG now ? I don't see a great coach being available this summer for them.

[Naficopa]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

In general, PSG has never depended on just two players and if PSG did depend on just two players, it was clear that the team would collapse because the team did not respect the other players in the team. But for next season what PSG really needs is a great young player even if he's not a star, because the PSG team can't keep hoping for one or two star players who aren't young anymore. So PSG must be able to find great young players in the transfer market before next season starts.

I won't go into the argument about whether PSG is dependent on only two players. I would say PSG have had a lot of star players but their performances have been erratic. Since their overall performance was erratic, it didn't matter if their team relied on just two players. Bonding between players was weak at PSG. If they want to do well next season, PSG management should revamp the entire squad. If not, I think the team will be eliminated from the first round of the Champions League next season.

Messi has left the PSG team. Because Messi was not able to achieve much in this team. The aim of adding Lionel Messi to the team was to do something great in the Champions League. But that purpose was not fulfilled. But football fans are hoping that Messi will do something great at the next club.

[len01]

PSG in this season failed in the champions league and even in French League, they couldn't have a good performance because PSG had only one points difference with Lens and this can't be good for them because compared to Lens they have invested much more money and hired better players, for the next season I think the owners of PSG will start doing some changes to this team and they will hire another coach like Zidane to have better performance.

not sure if Zidane can help PSG to improve the performance of all PSG players but the most important thing for me is to replace players who have left PSG like Messi and Neymar who should be replaced with other strong players and this must be done if we want PSG to be successful next summer.
even though on the one hand I am also still looking for news whether Mbappe is still staying or also leaving PSG but if Mbappe also leaves PSG I think it takes a lot of money to transfer players who are strong and able to give good performances for PSG.

[hahay]

Marseille is actually playing very well this season but they still have to improve so they can be better and can be a competitor than Paris Saint Germain at the top of the standings this season they are another class with dance in second place but overall they are playing quite well. Inconsistency is a nightmare for all teams, not just Marseille, Paris Saint Germain also feels the same way.

Marseille are good but not fine in Ligue 1. I mean they are doing good in most of the games played but they missed many opportunities to get closer to PSG and to pass Lens in the ranking. PSG missed too some games but this is just normal, they can't win all of them after all.
Marseille need to accept less goals. Building a better defence line is required. That is the difference between them and Lens. Scoring more goals will make them better than PSG. To obtain that, they need to spend more money

So, does Lens who managed to finish in second place mean that Lens has spent a lot of money before? To be honest, I personally am not so sure about money if the target is only to win titles in the domestic league, unless Marseille is targeting to do better in European competitions such as in the Champions League and maybe also in the Europa League. So yes, basically maintaining consistency with good results throughout the season will of course be difficult because after all, even PSG, which has a star squad, still cannot be consistent with good results in Ligue 1.

[nlovric]

Marseille should learn their lesson from this result. They couldn't compete with Lens for the second position until the end of the season. Lens even completed the season 11 points ahead of them which is really a horrible look for Marseille. The second position was important because it is the last slot for the Champions League group stage. Lens definitely deserved that.

Marseille will have to play qualification games and I don't know if they can even reach the group stage for now. They will need to realize where they were doing wrong to not repeat it. The new season will start earlier for them so they had better prepare themselves well.

Marseille has been slipped at the end of the league and they were lost so many points because in the last 5 matches in Ligue 1 Marseille only able to collect 3 points and this also caused Lens can overtake 2nd place and finish at that position and a bit dissapoint for Marseille because they have to playing at champion league through an qualification matches but next season Marseille will be so different than now especially they will have new manager because after Igor Tudor departure from this team Marseille owner immediatelly will look for new manager and several names has been linked to them but the former of River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo possibly will being an new manager and lets see how will he handle this team later

It is terrible to see Marseille lose significant points and drifting towards the bottom of the table. They have played poorly only managing to pick up three points in their last five Ligue 1 games. This made it possible for Lens to pass them and take over second place. Marseille may be feeling a little discouraged because they will now have to play in Champions League qualifying games. There is however optimism for progress because a new manager will soon be in place. The owner of Marseille is aggressively looking for a replacement after Igor Tudor left and Marcelo Gallardo the former head coach of River Plate is one candidate that has surfaced. The team shape and direction for the upcoming season under Gallardo will be interesting to watch.

[rahmad2nd]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

The problem is PSG was taking a coach that can't even maximize the potential that owned by messi. that was making messi less useful for the club. At least galtier was not so bad by winning league 1 but it's not a great achievement for me.
It's caused by league 1 is pretty much the same like bundesliga when bayern was always winning the league till a decade. I think that the same thing is also happening with PSG as well.
that's why winning league 1 was not a special achievement for me and i saw that as a common achievement by PSG. It's caused by league 1 will always be dominated by PSG.
PSG is holding league 1 right now. There was no other club that can perform to same like PSG in the league 1 caused by PSG is the only richest club in league 1.

We can discuss this in different viewpoints. In my opinion, Messi's task at PSG this season is much better than the previous season. Before Neymar was injured, the MNM trio was very feared by the opposing team. not infrequently Galtier can apply a 2-1 pattern, or 1-2, up front. before Neymar was injured, Messi was always played as a playmaker. Well, a change occurred when one of the stars was injured. I don't know what Galtier's problems were, but what is certain is that he was unable to maximize his two stars, namely Mbappe and Messi. most likely, if the PSG midfielder is a real problem. I mean, PSG doesn't have a creative midfielder to help their 2 strikers when building attacks. or, Galtier is not able to explore the talents that his players have. I mean, apart from Messi, Mbappe and Neymar. as a result, only one trophy they were able to achieve. and Galtier, will be replaced by a new coach. well, since the season is over, let's see what PSG will do. at least, if they want to be successful in the Champions League. PSG had to make many changes including bringing in a potential coach.

[crunck]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

In general, PSG has never depended on just two players and if PSG did depend on just two players, it was clear that the team would collapse because the team did not respect the other players in the team. But for next season what PSG really needs is a great young player even if he's not a star, because the PSG team can't keep hoping for one or two star players who aren't young anymore. So PSG must be able to find great young players in the transfer market before next season starts.

I won't go into the argument about whether PSG is dependent on only two players. I would say PSG have had a lot of star players but their performances have been erratic. Since their overall performance was erratic, it didn't matter if their team relied on just two players. Bonding between players was weak at PSG. If they want to do well next season, PSG management should revamp the entire squad. If not, I think the team will be eliminated from the first round of the Champions League next season.

Messi has left the PSG team. Because Messi was not able to achieve much in this team. The aim of adding Lionel Messi to the team was to do something great in the Champions League. But that purpose was not fulfilled. But football fans are hoping that Messi will do something great at the next club.

Messi has left the team, and PSG management is trying to sell Neymar as well. PSG needs suitable replacements for these two key players. If they want to eat well in the coming season. However, we do not know which player PSG management is interested in replacing Messi and Neymar. Also, we don't know if the PSG management is willing to spend a lot of money like before. But expect PSG to form a strong squad next season.

[Sirait]

Marseille is actually playing very well this season but they still have to improve so they can be better and can be a competitor than Paris Saint Germain at the top of the standings this season they are another class with dance in second place but overall they are playing quite well. Inconsistency is a nightmare for all teams, not just Marseille, Paris Saint Germain also feels the same way.

Marseille are good but not fine in Ligue 1. I mean they are doing good in most of the games played but they missed many opportunities to get closer to PSG and to pass Lens in the ranking. PSG missed too some games but this is just normal, they can't win all of them after all.
Marseille need to accept less goals. Building a better defence line is required. That is the difference between them and Lens. Scoring more goals will make them better than PSG. To obtain that, they need to spend more money

it's hard for Marseille to be able to spend a lot of money to buy players because the funds they have are very limited, especially since the prices for top players are so unreachable for them, apart from that it seems that PSG will not buy many players, they are more likely to just keep the existing players.

[Raflesia]

That's still too fast I think, even though in this case what you say about Neymar's injury is clearly disturbing but still retiring too early now is not something Neymar can do.
I still see he can still be for some clubs in Europe, only if he really wants to be glimpsed quickly so he must cut a little for his salary, then there will indeed be some big clubs that will glance.

It seems that Neymar did say he wanted to retire in a few years. But indeed maybe this will be too soon if this season. In some rumors, I think I've heard that Neymar is interested in moving to Man United. Maybe this will work, but indeed his salary is still quite high, moreover, his current performance has decreased, one of which is due to the prolonged injury he has experienced. So, maybe some clubs will think hard about this. He can still play very well, but not as excellent as in several seasons previously.

Neymar still has a contract with Paris Saint Germaine that's still valid beyond the summer and I think he's not in a haste to leave PSG at the moment. Speculations about his future has been in the media space for sometime now but none of the speculations has been reported to come from him or has any of them come from his club PSG.
Neymar is still full of strength and energy to continue as playing football just that injury has been his major setback. Though it's not sure if he'll stay at PSG beyond the summer but I believe that any deal that'll will persuade him to leave must be a deal that's very fair for his football future

Even though in this case his contract with PSG still exists but seeing the tension that always occurs, not only rumors with Mbappe but with the club owner there, in fact, in my opinion, in this case, the chance for Neymar is also a little small to stay, except if no one dares to take him then it's possible he still survives and will leave when his contract expires.
Now Neymar's problem is of course increasing with the conditions where fanatical fans from PSG even tend to be condescending and immature with their attitude which makes this uncomfortable I think.
It's still possible now but if any club is willing to pay PSG what they want in this case I still don't think they would hesitate to let Neymar go.

[Pandu Geddon]

Even though in this case his contract with PSG still exists but seeing the tension that always occurs, not only rumors with Mbappe but with the club owner there, in fact, in my opinion, in this case, the chance for Neymar is also a little small to stay, except if no one dares to take him then it's possible he still survives and will leave when his contract expires.
Now Neymar's problem is of course increasing with the conditions where fanatical fans from PSG even tend to be condescending and immature with their attitude which makes this uncomfortable I think.
It's still possible now but if any club is willing to pay PSG what they want in this case I still don't think they would hesitate to let Neymar go.

because indeed Neymar is no longer comfortable at PSG. I don't think there is any reason not to leave PSG in this transfer market. what's more, it has been rumored there has been some interest from Premier League clubs and also from the Saudi League.
but everything also depends on Neymar, because the surprising decision also came from Messi who finally dismissed all the rumors by joining the American team.

[bekti3]

Neymar seems to leave the PSG team. Because Neymar could not make any record in PSG team. However, if Neymar leaves the team and joins another team, I think he will be able to increase his career tremendously.

Because Neymar Jr. is one of the best players in football history, we shouldn't underestimate his performances despite his numerous injuries; he still has some fire in him. PSG have no plans to extend the Brazilian's contract; he wants to move to a stronger league this summer, but he has not yet approved any bids that have been tabled. Neymar Jr. is one of the most talented players I've seen, and watching him over the years has made football more intriguing. He's well-known for his dribbling abilities, which aren't always serious, as he enjoys having fun with the ball on the field.

Even though in this case an individual record is clearly very good to get, it doesn't mean it's a priority considering the club's needs are far more important than anything else.
Neymar remains one of the good players and has contributed at PSG we can't forget that even for an individual record he can't speak much but of course that's not a reason he is bad.
The problem of demanding too much from PSG fans makes this seem like a bad thing.

I think he gave enough performance to Paris SG. Neymar suffered a lot of injuries. This has rightly affected his performance. Even though it doesn't seem adequate in terms of full statistics, it can be said that he performed adequately for Paris SG when he played. Now, if he transfers from Paris SG to another team, I wonder how he will perform for that team.

When talking about performance, I don't think it's fair if you only look at this season, because it's possible that for this season he doesn't talk much further, especially from the condition he can't even play more, but we also can't forget about his season's performance. the previous season because with him there was also PSG as it is now even though sometimes things like this are eliminated just because with the conditions this season he didn't play well.

[BitcoinAccepted]

It wasn't a great year in Paris for Messi. He hasn't played there for long. He was received with applause, but was regularly booed by the French public in the last period. What would eventually be the reason that he was no longer loved by the public? People came to the stadium to see him, but somehow that has completely changed. He has done some things that you cannot do a few times, such as not attending a training because you are going on holiday in Saudi Arabia. You don't make yourself popular with that. But it is also not a question of who will become champion in France. Messi must have left France disappointed.

[Leviathan.007]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

In general, PSG has never depended on just two players and if PSG did depend on just two players, it was clear that the team would collapse because the team did not respect the other players in the team. But for next season what PSG really needs is a great young player even if he's not a star, because the PSG team can't keep hoping for one or two star players who aren't young anymore. So PSG must be able to find great young players in the transfer market before next season starts.

I won't go into the argument about whether PSG is dependent on only two players. I would say PSG have had a lot of star players but their performances have been erratic. Since their overall performance was erratic, it didn't matter if their team relied on just two players. Bonding between players was weak at PSG. If they want to do well next season, PSG management should revamp the entire squad. If not, I think the team will be eliminated from the first round of the Champions League next season.

Messi has left the PSG team. Because Messi was not able to achieve much in this team. The aim of adding Lionel Messi to the team was to do something great in the Champions League. But that purpose was not fulfilled. But football fans are hoping that Messi will do something great at the next club.

Messi has left the team, and PSG management is trying to sell Neymar as well. PSG needs suitable replacements for these two key players. If they want to eat well in the coming season. However, we do not know which player PSG management is interested in replacing Messi and Neymar. Also, we don't know if the PSG management is willing to spend a lot of money like before. But expect PSG to form a strong squad next season.

Nobody can be an alternative for Messi and fill his position at PSG also there is the same story for Neymar, even if they had a bad performance recently still Neymar was a legend in PSG for weeks before he gets injured.
Also heard there are some other people who want to leave PSG this season and it seems the owner of PSG needs to find players and this is so hard when we are talking about players like Messi.

[alpamar99]

Nobody can be an alternative for Messi and fill his position at PSG also there is the same story for Neymar, even if they had a bad performance recently still Neymar was a legend in PSG for weeks before he gets injured.
Also heard there are some other people who want to leave PSG this season and it seems the owner of PSG needs to find players and this is so hard when we are talking about players like Messi.

When talking about individual abilities and skills I agree but for now put that aside for PSG.
They are just trying to find the best regardless of age so that the hope of becoming an instant club is possible but in fact that slowly has to be changed.
Now in my opinion instead of them trying to be galacticos in france it would be better to find players who fit their style especially looking for younger ones would be much better than continuing to nurture old players who already have a name but whose era is almost over.

[jakdanyel]

Marseille is actually playing very well this season but they still have to improve so they can be better and can be a competitor than Paris Saint Germain at the top of the standings this season they are another class with dance in second place but overall they are playing quite well. Inconsistency is a nightmare for all teams, not just Marseille, Paris Saint Germain also feels the same way.

Marseille are good but not fine in Ligue 1. I mean they are doing good in most of the games played but they missed many opportunities to get closer to PSG and to pass Lens in the ranking. PSG missed too some games but this is just normal, they can't win all of them after all.
Marseille need to accept less goals. Building a better defence line is required. That is the difference between them and Lens. Scoring more goals will make them better than PSG. To obtain that, they need to spend more money

Marseille are in fact a really solid team. Because they can get score contribution from every area in their lineup. Even the defenders have made a nice job about that. When it comes to their strikers Alexis Sanchez did a pretty good work with scoring 14 goals. But there is only one reliable striker in the team now and his contract is about to expire by the end of this month as well.

Marseille had better work on this situation. Even if they manage to extend Sanchez's contract they had better sign another younger and reliable striker beside him as well. This would keep the team very productive even in times of an injury.

Aside from that they need to consolidate their defense line as well. Because that was one of the reason why they were trailing behind Lens this season.

[Docnaster]

PSG team management could not collect anything great from a player like Lionel Messi. In fact, I think the PSC team coach does not know how to play Lionel Messi. However, if Kylian Mbappe ever leaves PSG, the team will collapse.

In general, PSG has never depended on just two players and if PSG did depend on just two players, it was clear that the team would collapse because the team did not respect the other players in the team. But for next season what PSG really needs is a great young player even if he's not a star, because the PSG team can't keep hoping for one or two star players who aren't young anymore. So PSG must be able to find great young players in the transfer market before next season starts.

Why did you decide to blame PSG for not getting anything from Messi. This is hypocrisy.  When Neymar didn't win the Champions League for PSG, they said Neymar failed despite large amount of money being paid.
Mbappe came and didn't  win the world cup and it was said that he failed on his mandate.
Now that Messi failed, you turned it that PSG refused to get anything from Messi.

[Leviathan.007]

It wasn't a great year in Paris for Messi. He hasn't played there for long. He was received with applause, but was regularly booed by the French public in the last period. What would eventually be the reason that he was no longer loved by the public? People came to the stadium to see him, but somehow that has completely changed. He has done some things that you cannot do a few times, such as not attending a training because you are going on holiday in Saudi Arabia. You don't make yourself popular with that. But it is also not a question of who will become champion in France. Messi must have left France disappointed.

This year as maybe not a good year for Messi because they didn't respect him as they should respect him, in fact, he didn't get what he had to get from the fans and that's why the performance of this player was not well enough. I think Messi is still a good player and he could help PSG much better than this if they helped this player and gave him a good atmosphere.