French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[ILuckyGuyI]

PSG couldn't even win the Champions League title while they had a dream trio like Mbappe - Neymar - Messi. They had just the kind of a squad that could really win the CL title. The reason why was of course the inadequate level of management of the team. Why would you bring an inexperienced manager like Galtier in the first place?

By saying inexperienced of course I mean the kind of experience with top teams. This was unnecessarily risky for them. PSG only needed a winner manager who had a good system to apply for this team. We will see if Luis Enrique is the right man for the job. Because his strategies are different from the usual for PSG.

[rahmad2nd]

PSG is always going to be at the top. Because there are simply no other teams which can actually compete against PSG. At least not in the Ligue 1. And so it honestly does not make sense to expect some other club to outperform PSG. I know that in the upcoming season, there is a chance because a lot of players are actually leaving PSG and the club is also not in a very stable state. but I still do not think that other clubs will be able to take the league title away from PSG. The truth is, PSG's precarious state holds little significance. The crux of the matter lies in the insufficiency of the other clubs. Whenever there is a situation where someone else can actually beat PSG, for some reason that club becomes inconsistent, and PSG takes advantage of that.

Messi has left, Nyermar's status is doubtful, especially without Mbappe, PSG is a mediocre club in the European league. that's why, PSG wants to always keep Mbeppe. Unfortunately, the privilege that the club provides is not paid for by the loyalty of the star. this will be polemic, because after all Mbappe has the right to determine his future.

Because of that too, Enrique's task will be even more difficult to rebuild the foundation of this team if he does not get support from the club. that is why, some rumors report that the coach is asking for 4-6 players instead if Mbappe leaves or is not played at all next season. although it is very likely that this news cannot be confirmed for sure, the number of players that the coach wants is ideal. in particular, they should get Bernardo Silva. a pure striker, and a few wingers as the rumor goes. thus, the coach's work will not be too heavy. for the French League, as you said that we agree that PSG's dominance will be very difficult to break. but to compete at the Champions League level, like it or not, PSG has to bring in potential players.

[KTChampions]

PSG couldn't even win the Champions League title while they had a dream trio like Mbappe - Neymar - Messi. They had just the kind of a squad that could really win the CL title. The reason why was of course the inadequate level of management of the team. Why would you bring an inexperienced manager like Galtier in the first place?

By saying inexperienced of course I mean the kind of experience with top teams. This was unnecessarily risky for them. PSG only needed a winner manager who had a good system to apply for this team. We will see if Luis Enrique is the right man for the job. Because his strategies are different from the usual for PSG.

I wonder in what sense this is a trio of "dream"? They showed very average results (and the results are the most important thing if we talk about sports and not about brands) and by the way, if you remember, they had very long periods when the three of them played significantly worse than when, for various reasons, one of this trio on field was missing.

[kro55]

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Messi has left, Nyermar's status is doubtful, especially without Mbappe, PSG is a mediocre club in the European league. that's why, PSG wants to always keep Mbeppe. Unfortunately, the privilege that the club provides is not paid for by the loyalty of the star. this will be polemic, because after all Mbappe has the right to determine his future.

Because of that too, Enrique's task will be even more difficult to rebuild the foundation of this team if he does not get support from the club. that is why, some rumors report that the coach is asking for 4-6 players instead if Mbappe leaves or is not played at all next season. although it is very likely that this news cannot be confirmed for sure, the number of players that the coach wants is ideal. in particular, they should get Bernardo Silva. a pure striker, and a few wingers as the rumor goes. thus, the coach's work will not be too heavy. for the French League, as you said that we agree that PSG's dominance will be very difficult to break. but to compete at the Champions League level, like it or not, PSG has to bring in potential players.

As I said, I do understand that there are a lot of problems right now with the PSG team. But the other teams in this league are just a little too inconsistent. There is a reason why I think they are going to be able to win the league title again and that’s because we all know that they have a huge amount of money. And now they have also got a good coach that they needed. So now the coach is going to bring in new players who are going to be having a better performance for the team. So I am looking at it like they had one problem for so long which they have fixed now.

And as they have enough money, they can always get the players that they want. So I still do not think that they are in trouble. I am not going to believe that they are in trouble unless I see them, not having any chance to win the title, mathematically towards the end of the season.

[shogun47]

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Messi has left, Nyermar's status is doubtful, especially without Mbappe, PSG is a mediocre club in the European league. that's why, PSG wants to always keep Mbeppe. Unfortunately, the privilege that the club provides is not paid for by the loyalty of the star. this will be polemic, because after all Mbappe has the right to determine his future.

Because of that too, Enrique's task will be even more difficult to rebuild the foundation of this team if he does not get support from the club. that is why, some rumors report that the coach is asking for 4-6 players instead if Mbappe leaves or is not played at all next season. although it is very likely that this news cannot be confirmed for sure, the number of players that the coach wants is ideal. in particular, they should get Bernardo Silva. a pure striker, and a few wingers as the rumor goes. thus, the coach's work will not be too heavy. for the French League, as you said that we agree that PSG's dominance will be very difficult to break. but to compete at the Champions League level, like it or not, PSG has to bring in potential players.

As I said, I do understand that there are a lot of problems right now with the PSG team. But the other teams in this league are just a little too inconsistent. There is a reason why I think they are going to be able to win the league title again and that’s because we all know that they have a huge amount of money. And now they have also got a good coach that they needed. So now the coach is going to bring in new players who are going to be having a better performance for the team. So I am looking at it like they had one problem for so long which they have fixed now.

And as they have enough money, they can always get the players that they want. So I still do not think that they are in trouble. I am not going to believe that they are in trouble unless I see them, not having any chance to win the title, mathematically towards the end of the season.

Do you think it is inconsistency? Lens finished the season with 84 points, which I think was a quite consistent season for any Ligue 1 team other than PSG. It doesn't matter if it is Olympique Lyon or Marseille or Monaco, the difference here is the money. PSG doesn't have the better coach or anything else that could give them an advantage, but when there is no other club that can compete on eye-level with them in terms of the money, how consistent does a team have to play in order to beat PSG in a season and how bad does PSG have to play? This is unbalanced because of money. Give Messi, Neymar and Mbappe to Lens and I guess they would have won Ligue 1 last season.

[temple]

To be fair when they had Mbappe and Neymar and Messi, they didn't had proper midfield that can carry the team forward to them, so they were capable of defending, which they even had hard time with at times, but then couldn't get the ball to them. Sure three world class players but when the other team defends with 7 players, you can't expect just 3 of them to solve the riddle, you need some good midfield.

Look at City right now, sure they have Haaland, and on the wings they have Grealish and whoever plays at right, but they also had Ilkay and someone as big as De Bruyne. Real? They had valverde, kroos, modric, and so forth, Bayern? Had Kimmic and Musiala and so forth. Football is a game where you can't go too far without a decent midfield.

That was one of the biggest problems they had with all the great players in their offense and the first attacking line in particular, they were not equally strong or sufficiently balanced in their midfield line and defense line. They had good players everywhere, but when a team is too unbalanced I think it can still create issues as one part of the team could be relying too much on the other part of a team, in this case the defense was hoping that whatever they concede as goals, their offensive line will score one more goal and that is not the case against the world class teams in the Champions League. They also understand how to defend Mbappe and Messi or at least understand it good enough to prevent them from scoring three or four goals in most of the games. In Ligue 1 it worked that way If PSG conceded two goals, no problem because they scored three goals. But that is not a sustainable system for a team that dreams of winning the most important European titles.

If the problem is only with their midfield, then Messi shouldn't leave in a bad way because of the fans wishes too. Also, regarding the transfer window so far PSG has brought in many new players and some of them are midfielders who are also relatively young. With such arrivals, it is hoped that PSG performance next season can be better. But it seems, it might be useless too if players like Mbappe and Neymar are no longer comfortable playing at PSG because the situation and conditions don't seem to be improving for them.

But you can never compensate for exceptional players who left because, yes, because they are exceptional. If replacing them was easy they wouldn't have made the difference in so many games throughout their career.

PSG can bring in lots of players and then hope that they get lucky because some of them prove themselves to be brilliantly strong players, but it is simpler to sign the well known players for hundreds of millions than to find the next stars before somebody else finds them. They had all the starts and didn't play impressive and now most of them will be gone soon.

Enrique didn't go there because he believes they can win the Champions League. He went there because it pays off for him.

[borovichok]

Do you think it is inconsistency? Lens finished the season with 84 points, which I think was a quite consistent season for any Ligue 1 team other than PSG. It doesn't matter if it is Olympique Lyon or Marseille or Monaco, the difference here is the money. PSG doesn't have the better coach or anything else that could give them an advantage, but when there is no other club that can compete on eye-level with them in terms of the money, how consistent does a team have to play in order to beat PSG in a season and how bad does PSG have to play? This is unbalanced because of money. Give Messi, Neymar and Mbappe to Lens and I guess they would have won Ligue 1 last season.

Inconsistency is one of Paris' primary challenges, not only in Ligue One, but also in higher-level competitions like as the UEFA Champions League. PSG is used to lifting their local league trophy; now it's time to try out for bigger titles; it's the only evidence that they're developing in their game. PSG in possession of big names in football, but they're still unable to win a significant trophy. They're always competitive, but there are no results to show for it. The president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi should implement enhanced ways to improved their strategy inother to start recording winnings.

[tusandii]

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They could, that's one of the main reasons. PSG is no longer a team that is "they are all about Mbappe", they are doing a good job and they should be proud of that. I know that it is going to change a lot in the end and they are going to be a fine team even without him. If you ask me, sell Mbappe today, and get a decent striker, maybe not as good as him because not many out there, but get someone that is decent, like lets say 70-80 million euro range, and I would guess that they are going to be fine.

I believe they are going to be as fine as it gets and we are going to be something that will win the league anyway, and at worst fail at UCL again anyway, so it is not going to have so much change overall, it is just not going to matter.

Yes, because that way when Mbappe actually leaves PSG, all players can still play well and of course be able to show qualified skills with teammates.
Actually the key to the strength of a football club is not only star players but also collaboration and cooperation between players because when star players don't compete but other players can work together by producing good collaboration games, it is likely that the club's strengths are still the same so it is easy to defend or attack to score a goal.

Luis Enrique has prepared everything in the PSG squad and later when their Champions League fails at least there is a Domestic League that can still hold the title.

[X-ray]

PSG couldn't even win the Champions League title while they had a dream trio like Mbappe - Neymar - Messi. They had just the kind of a squad that could really win the CL title. The reason why was of course the inadequate level of management of the team. Why would you bring an inexperienced manager like Galtier in the first place?

The only PSG's management can answer that. So many people surprised to saw how stupid PSG management by brought garbage coach with no achievement instead of world class coach that available in the market.
That's why many people blamed PSG for signed galtier which has become worst decision that has ever made by the club. PSG wasted 222m for neymar and 180m for mbappe. Messi signed with free transfer but his salary was considerably high at that moment.

By saying inexperienced of course I mean the kind of experience with top teams. This was unnecessarily risky for them. PSG only needed a winner manager who had a good system to apply for this team. We will see if Luis Enrique is the right man for the job. Because his strategies are different from the usual for PSG.

PSG is now having enrique and we can hope if he will able to bring positive impact to the club otherwise  will support marseille to win league 1 next season rather than PSG.
The performance from PSG in the previous matches were very disappointing for all of supporters. PSG is not even solving the problem with mbappe. The player seems try to make everything become very complicated at this moment.

[ginsan]

PSG is always going to be at the top. Because there are simply no other teams which can actually compete against PSG. At least not in the Ligue 1. And so it honestly does not make sense to expect some other club to outperform PSG. I know that in the upcoming season, there is a chance because a lot of players are actually leaving PSG and the club is also not in a very stable state. but I still do not think that other clubs will be able to take the league title away from PSG. The truth is, PSG's precarious state holds little significance. The crux of the matter lies in the insufficiency of the other clubs. Whenever there is a situation where someone else can actually beat PSG, for some reason that club becomes inconsistent, and PSG takes advantage of that.

Ligue 1 is very different from other league competitions because in Ligue 1 only PSG is strong enough compared to other teams, so there is no competition that will make Ligue 1 more competitive in every season. Monaco were the strongest team in previous eras but they lost their strength in a few seasons. Apart from that, PSG without Mbappe seems like they are still quite strong if we look at the players they have recruited in this transfer window.

Lens, who last season were quite strong in Ligue 1 but I doubt they will be able to compete in the race for the title next season. Moreover, PSG has succeeded in bringing in an experienced coach next season and I am sure that Luis Enrique will bring PSG to maintain their dominance as the strongest team in Ligue 1.

[Litzki1990]

PSG couldn't even win the Champions League title while they had a dream trio like Mbappe - Neymar - Messi. They had just the kind of a squad that could really win the CL title. The reason why was of course the inadequate level of management of the team. Why would you bring an inexperienced manager like Galtier in the first place?

By saying inexperienced of course I mean the kind of experience with top teams. This was unnecessarily risky for them. PSG only needed a winner manager who had a good system to apply for this team. We will see if Luis Enrique is the right man for the job. Because his strategies are different from the usual for PSG.

First of all I want to blame the management before blaming the manager because how did they hire an inexperienced manager in a club that had players like Messi, Neymar and Mbappe, they must have thought that a world class manager is needed to guide a world class player. PSG should have given Zinedine Zidane or Luis Enrique in charge of the team when Messi Mbappe and Neymar were together but they only thought of changing the players instead of changing the manager. If a manager like Zinedine Zidane or Luis Enrique had been around at the time, this team would have been shaped differently and strengthened everywhere, but PSG didn't do that. Luis Enrique was appointed as manager but after the departure of world class stars from PSG.

[flyingcarpet]

Do you think it is inconsistency? Lens finished the season with 84 points, which I think was a quite consistent season for any Ligue 1 team other than PSG. It doesn't matter if it is Olympique Lyon or Marseille or Monaco, the difference here is the money. PSG doesn't have the better coach or anything else that could give them an advantage, but when there is no other club that can compete on eye-level with them in terms of the money, how consistent does a team have to play in order to beat PSG in a season and how bad does PSG have to play? This is unbalanced because of money. Give Messi, Neymar and Mbappe to Lens and I guess they would have won Ligue 1 last season.

Inconsistency is one of Paris' primary challenges, not only in Ligue One, but also in higher-level competitions like as the UEFA Champions League. PSG is used to lifting their local league trophy; now it's time to try out for bigger titles; it's the only evidence that they're developing in their game. PSG in possession of big names in football, but they're still unable to win a significant trophy. They're always competitive, but there are no results to show for it. The president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi should implement enhanced ways to improved their strategy inother to start recording winnings.

To be able to become a team that is consistent and also strong on the European stage requires a long process and time, we look in the mirror like the Manchester City team even though they have a lot of money but they can't excel on the European stage (formerly) but with the long process that went through the team they are currently one of the best teams in europe.
Likewise with PSG, they think achievements can be bought instantly by recruiting many stars and that has proven to be a failure last season, I think there are many things that PSG must do so that they can excel on the European stage.
and in Ligue One at the moment I don't think there is a team that can rival PSG, they have financial strength that is very different from other teams so that there is a significant gap in team quality.

PSG will always stay on top in Ligue 1. Because the level of the league is not very high.

The reason why PSG didn't succeed in the Champions League is that when you build a team with only money, that team doesn't have cohesion. There are some moments in football and in those moments this thing I'm talking about manifests itself. When you don't play harmoniously in the game, you can't succeed in the big championships. Even if you fill the whole team with star players, what the team lacks is cohesion. And you can't buy this harmony with money. Winning trophies in the league means nothing for the Champions League. The level of the league seems very low. That's why they don't succeed in the Champions League.

[Cryptmuster]

PSG is always going to be at the top. Because there are simply no other teams which can actually compete against PSG. At least not in the Ligue 1. And so it honestly does not make sense to expect some other club to outperform PSG. I know that in the upcoming season, there is a chance because a lot of players are actually leaving PSG and the club is also not in a very stable state. but I still do not think that other clubs will be able to take the league title away from PSG. The truth is, PSG's precarious state holds little significance. The crux of the matter lies in the insufficiency of the other clubs. Whenever there is a situation where someone else can actually beat PSG, for some reason that club becomes inconsistent, and PSG takes advantage of that.

Neither Lance nor Marseille could compete with PSG, I don’t think that this season something will change globally, maybe someone else will try to get closer to PSG, but the result will be the same. Messi left, but PSG won many times in Ligue 1 without him, most likely Mbappe will leave, but this is not the only forward who knows how to score goals, especially since PSG is an attacking team and they will create many chances for any forward.

[wmaurik]

Ligue 1 is very different from other league competitions because in Ligue 1 only PSG is strong enough compared to other teams, so there is no competition that will make Ligue 1 more competitive in every season. Monaco were the strongest team in previous eras but they lost their strength in a few seasons. Apart from that, PSG without Mbappe seems like they are still quite strong if we look at the players they have recruited in this transfer window.

I also think so because PSG's strength is not only based on Mbappe, but also on several other players as well as on players who have been recruited by PSG in this season's transfer market. Apart from that, the weakness of other teams in Ligue1 is also a factor if PSG are still strong enough next season, although they are still not necessarily strong when competing in the UCL next season.

Lens, who last season were quite strong in Ligue 1 but I doubt they will be able to compete in the race for the title next season. Moreover, PSG has succeeded in bringing in an experienced coach next season and I am sure that Luis Enrique will bring PSG to maintain their dominance as the strongest team in Ligue 1.

Luis Enrique will not only make PSG dominate Ligue1 next season, but he will also try to make PSG stronger in the UCL next season even though it is a very difficult task because if you only want to make PSG stay strong in Ligue1 I think that it won't be so difficult for Luis Enrique, because as you said PSG are still the strongest team in Ligue1 because the others are still quite weak.

[Velvet78]

We rarely see a different champion in this league from now on. Lille's championship was an example of high consistency. Otherwise they didn't have a squad quality that could even race with PSG's. They showed a much more extra performance in that season to make it to the title. Consistency was the key for them.

However we don't see it from such teams often because it is a really difficult task to perform while you don't have a high level squad. Lens were the team that might have had a chance but they couldn't stay more consistent than PSG. They only needed a few more points while PSG were having a more inconsistent season.

[shinratensei_]

I wonder in what sense this is a trio of "dream"? They showed very average results (and the results are the most important thing if we talk about sports and not about brands) and by the way, if you remember, they had very long periods when the three of them played significantly worse than when, for various reasons, one of this trio on field was missing.

People called that world class trio. that's trio MNM.  that reminds me when people were over hyping and they said that if PSG will be winning everything. I talked with some friends in the past and they were saying if PSG would become the best team in the world with trio MNM.
The fact that if PSG was only able winning farmer league which has been repeating so many times. If PSG continues to win only the Farmer's League, it wouldn't be surprising if they perform worse than before.

This kind of trio will be gone soon. It's a matter of time till mbappe gonna leave from PSG to join in the new club. It will be also make the club to be even worst.
As you can see that how difficult PSG is to win against mediocre team from asia. That proves that how bad this club is right now. No hype anymore for PSG. Mbappe gonna leave soon and no more league 1 trophy, probably.

[Strongkored]

PSG will always stay on top in Ligue 1. Because the level of the league is not very high.

The reason why PSG didn't succeed in the Champions League is that when you build a team with only money, that team doesn't have cohesion. There are some moments in football and in those moments this thing I'm talking about manifests itself. When you don't play harmoniously in the game, you can't succeed in the big championships. Even if you fill the whole team with star players, what the team lacks is cohesion. And you can't buy this harmony with money. Winning trophies in the league means nothing for the Champions League. The level of the league seems very low. That's why they don't succeed in the Champions League.

Maybe not but it's not impossible to happen because last season Lens managed to stick tight because the point difference in the standings is very small, but you are right in saying that competition in Ligue 1 is not high, relatively in every season only 2-3 clubs dominate but in the end winning the league is PSG although sometimes there will be other clubs like Lille and AS Monaco who will win but they will find it difficult to defend the title.
This season PSG will again dominate Ligue 1 and the material of their players who have undergone several changes will not be an obstacle and PSG will win Ligue 1, it's just that for the champions league their strength will still be in doubt, now their new coach is expected to be able to provide something different so that PSG is no longer a mediocre team in the champions league, but to become champions they still need several seasons because it is the most stringent competition in Europe all the strong teams in their respective leagues gather to get the championship title.
It seems that PSG have started to change their strategy by no longer gathering star players at the club with the aim of winning the champion's league and indeed such a strategy should not be carried out because maintaining a team with more star players is more difficult to do.

[Docnaster]

Kylian Mbappe is one of the best players in the PSG team. But Kylian Mbappe doesn't want to stay at PSG right now. I believe Kylian Mbappe will be the next generation to leave PSG. PSG's aim to do well in the Champions League seems unlikely this season.

Why is it not possible? Is the reason simply because Kylian Mbappe wants to leave PSG, I think this can only be said as speculation because next season PSG could do well in the Champions League because everyone won't know how PSG will perform in the Champions League this season front. Even though it is predicted that if there are not the best players in a team, it will be very difficult for any team to perform well in the Champions League. But who knows if next season PSG's performance will look a little different from next season.

No one actually knows if mbappe really wants to leave PSG or he wants to punish the club and leave as a free agent next season. The whole rumour is becoming complicated and I do not understand what is actually happening. Some years ago PSG gave Kylian one of the finest bid and salary structure in football history and yet he wants to pay them back this way. What wrong has PSG done to him?
If bappe really wants to leave today, he will leave but he is just being silent over the whole issue.
And when you ask the Real Madrid boss, his will say that he does not discuss any footballer that is not in his team.

[len01]

Kylian Mbappe is one of the best players in the PSG team. But Kylian Mbappe doesn't want to stay at PSG right now. I believe Kylian Mbappe will be the next generation to leave PSG. PSG's aim to do well in the Champions League seems unlikely this season.

Why is it not possible? Is the reason simply because Kylian Mbappe wants to leave PSG, I think this can only be said as speculation because next season PSG could do well in the Champions League because everyone won't know how PSG will perform in the Champions League this season front. Even though it is predicted that if there are not the best players in a team, it will be very difficult for any team to perform well in the Champions League. But who knows if next season PSG's performance will look a little different from next season.

No one actually knows if mbappe really wants to leave PSG or he wants to punish the club and leave as a free agent next season. The whole rumour is becoming complicated and I do not understand what is actually happening. Some years ago PSG gave Kylian one of the finest bid and salary structure in football history and yet he wants to pay them back this way. What wrong has PSG done to him?
If bappe really wants to leave today, he will leave but he is just being silent over the whole issue.
And when you ask the Real Madrid boss, his will say that he does not discuss any footballer that is not in his team.

he would go in free agency, that was the answer.
if you look at the problems between Mbappe and PSG it will be very complicated and maybe you will have a headache understanding it because there is a connection between personal problems and problems with other players so Mbappe best way is to leave for free. its not like PSG leniency but it can be said if he wants to say that he is the best player and a lot of people want him, its not a question of money.
looks a little arrogant but many admit that he has good quality talent so if he feels he is not valued anymore in his own team he will prove that way and even though it is not the best way but indeed this is his decision.

but lets see what happens because we really dont know the real story and whether what I'm saying is true.

[armanda90]

Luis Enrique will not only make PSG dominate Ligue1 next season, but he will also try to make PSG stronger in the UCL next season even though it is a very difficult task because if you only want to make PSG stay strong in Ligue1 I think that it won't be so difficult for Luis Enrique, because as you said PSG are still the strongest team in Ligue1 because the others are still quite weak.

PSG have dominance in Ligue 1 almost every season and not special achievement if Luis Henrique winning domestic league only next season because all previous manager success winning domestic league. Has bigger ambition from PSG become the winner in UEFA Champion League next season and Luis Henrique position not secure if fail with highest European competition level. Current PSG manager Christophe Galtier season 2022/23 sacked from his position after failure in UEFA Champion League although winning domestic league, its not really important impressive performance or best achievement in domestic league if PSG fail in Champion League.

I doubt with Luis Henrique winning Champion League for PSG next season after rumor many player leaves PSG and they have loss Lionel Messi for next season.