French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Litzki1990]

Football is not like a math and we must include many other changes in PSG in future. They can change their strategy and avoid building up a squad like Real Madrid Galaticos. They still can buy star players but in their squad, they must have better balance between star players and normal players, between attacking players and defensive players. They must have only one super star player and other should be players who will support that one. They must have better defensive capability that must be contributed by many players.

With Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in a same squad, we simply can see their defense is not strong and no proactively pressing as well as defense at their frontline.

PSG can definitely build a good team but if they want to build a strong team, they must make a lot of changes in their team and PSG should also look at the fact that the club has a good relationship with all the players that PSG will sign. Bad relationship of players with players and bad relationship of management with players, if these things remain in a team, then how will that team do well. PSG planned to build one of the best team in history with Messi Neymar Mbappe but conflict with his players and conflict between Neymar and Messi with the management all pushed PSG towards failure instead of success. Therefore, PSG should consider these issues in order to form a new team.

Mbappe will very likely stay in PSG after this summer transfer that makes his future again unknown. PSG still have months to convince Mbappe signing a new contract if he stays in Paris after this summer.

Mbappe has made it clear long ago that he will not sign a new contract with PSG.  PSG offered Mbappe more money but Mbappe declined the offer, Mbappe is only waiting until the end of his contract to avoid paying PSG a transfer fee when he changes clubs.

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[BALIK]

Since PSG did not get success with Neymar Messi, it is difficult for PSG to get success with other stars. The transfer window is about to close today but we haven't seen any significant transfers from PSG. It was almost certain that Mbappe would stay at PSG this season, although PSG tried to sell Mbappe, but Mbappe refused to leave the club this season.

PSG did not add any players to the squad as replacements for Messi and Neymar. We are not sure if PSG can continue their good performance without these two important players. Mbappe is PSG's most important player. The team will probably be dependent on Mbappe this season.
PSG added Dembele to the squad. Dembele is a good enough player but not a regular scorer. Can't expect many goals from this Dembele. PSG will depend on Mbappe for the score.
PSG have two more talented players in their squad. Goncalo Ramos and Asensio are talented enough. And I think Enrique will rely on these two players this season.

The number 9 jersey of Real Madrid is still empty, maybe Mbappe will wear the number 9 jersey of Real Madrid from the next season or maybe Luca Madrid can be released in the next season, in that case, the number 10 jersey will be free and the number 10 jersey can be accepted by Mbappe.  Everything is just a matter of time now. Time will tell where Mbappe's final destination is.

Mbappe's future is still uncertain. Many are speculating that Mbappe will be seen at Real Madrid next season. There are also rumors that Mbappe will once again renew his contract with PSG. I think Mbappe will renew his contract with PSG if Luis Enrique is able to strengthen PSG's squad.

[ancafe]

To be fair PSG didn't really needed help from Neymar and Messi to win Ligue 1, they won it before Messi was there and Neymar spent the season mostly injured as well. It is normal for them to be ready for a season like this and they will win the title again anyway. They are trying to build a team for UCL and we all know that Mbappe will leave, so they are trying to make sure that it goes smooth enough and they do a good job replacing him.

Maybe they won't get someone who is as good, but they will get some good players and I think it should be important to remember that it will take a while before they could end up with a result that is bigger than just ligue 1 title. They are still quite young, they could grow to be better.

It is too big to link Messi, Neymar and Mbappe in the PSG squad so that it seems that without them PSG cannot achieve success in the future, even though not only that there are other problems that make PSG not perform optimally in the Champions League. They have plenty of money to build a new squad and even before the arrival of these three players at PSG they were also able to get the ligue 1 title. So forget those three players and build another strength under Luis Enrique will be much better and buying some of the required players will help Luis Enrique build a more terrible PSG squad and it will take time for him to bring PSG to the pinnacle of success.

Manchester City building the greatest squad to achieve success and they also need time to achieve it and it doesn't happen instantly like PSG did before. At every era there must have been players who were able to reach the pinnacle of their careers, such as Neymar, Messi and Mbappe. PSG's task now is to see the talent and potential of every young player that exists so that they can build a great squad in the future, it takes patience to achieve that success and nothing is instant.

[Litzki1990]

Mbappe's future is still uncertain. Many are speculating that Mbappe will be seen at Real Madrid next season. There are also rumors that Mbappe will once again renew his contract with PSG. I think Mbappe will renew his contract with PSG if Luis Enrique is able to strengthen PSG's squad.

Trying to reconcile some things, it seems that Mbappe will go to Real Madrid next season. First of all, after Karim Benzema's departure, Real Madrid definitely needed a good quality experienced striker, Real Madrid did not sign any player to replace Karim Benzema, but the position is still vacant and Karim Benzema's jersey number is the same jersey number, but no player has been given so far. Mbappe was offered a billion from Saudi Arabia as well as a pay rise from PSG but he refused any offer. For these reasons, PSG thought that maybe Mbappe's verbal agreement with Real Madrid was completed. With Mbappe and Real Madrid issue, PSG tried a lot to sell Mbappe but no club showed interest to take Mbappe for one season. All this looks like maybe Mbappe will not be at PSG next season.

[poodle63]

If PSG are without Mbappe, then it's exactly the same as Real Madrid without its best striker. Even though the team can still win matches without their best players, this does not really support the team's big plans in a match. If Mbappe leaves PSG then the team will just try to sign another quality striker so we don't insult them as much as we can.

A quality striker will support the team's big plan to win matches to win the title at the end of the season. So I can only imagine that if next season PSG loses Mbappe, then they seem ready to find a worthy replacement.

PSG really depend a lot on Mbappe because he can make a difference in every game he plays. Well, if Mbappe leaves PSG next season, of course PSG strength will lose a sizeable balance on the front lines because only Mbappe can bring change to PSG after we saw his big contribution in the previous game.

PSG shall try to build a good team without him. We don't know how long he will be playing in PSG. We can see that how differences in the performance from PSG when the club play with/without him.
PSG was always suffering the bad result against another club when he doesn't play. Mbappe makes the club perform differ than the first match in league 1. Goncalo ramos is not really a flop for PSG but he needs time in adapting to the club.

Therefore a team must be prepared if one day they lose their star player. So PSG must be able to recruit a wonderkid who has quality talent in the winter window to anticipate any gaps in weakness if Mbappe leaves after his contract expires.

True and enrique shall put this as his major concern. Galtier was only relying upon messi, neymar and mbappe last season. PSG needs to build a proper squad that is not relying on the star player.
It will make the club can survive even longer in the UCL as the star player can suffer injury anytime. That's pretty much the same like madrid when it's only relying on vini and benzema before bellingham has come.

[borovichok]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title. I'm believing Paris Saint Germain will always make good path to the first position, furthermore the team's healing after important players exits the team, it's definitely going to affect their performance a little bit, but the new boss, Luis Enrique will make sure he strengthen and enchance the team.

[Oneandpure]

If PSG are without Mbappe, then it's exactly the same as Real Madrid without its best striker. Even though the team can still win matches without their best players, this does not really support the team's big plans in a match. If Mbappe leaves PSG then the team will just try to sign another quality striker so we don't insult them as much as we can.

A quality striker will support the team's big plan to win matches to win the title at the end of the season. So I can only imagine that if next season PSG loses Mbappe, then they seem ready to find a worthy replacement.

Believe or not, Mbappe is most important player for PSG and opening match difficult scoring any one goals after his name withdrew from PSG squad list few hour match begin against Lorient. Mbappe is the best quality striker for PSG and he can contribution well after success scoring three goals in last two matches. Seems close all possibilities with Mbappe leaves PSG in this season and actually difficult for Luis Henrique to sign another striker with few day left before deadline of summer window transfer.

PSG have leave by Neymar and Lionel Messi, they need new chemistry for new player adapting well with Luis Henrique tactic and how well build teammates working with Mbappe. Need time for PSG back to top performance after losing important player on crucial position, not only with Neymar and Lionel Messi but also PSG possibility will leaves by Marco Veratti.

[len01]

True and enrique shall put this as his major concern. Galtier was only relying upon messi, neymar and mbappe last season. PSG needs to build a proper squad that is not relying on the star player.
It will make the club can survive even longer in the UCL as the star player can suffer injury anytime. That's pretty much the same like madrid when it's only relying on vini and benzema before bellingham has come.

what I know is that Galtier does not only rely on this star player but also tries to maximize the performances of other players so that the important role is not only in the star players but also all PSG players and as a result PSG was able to get the title last season and on the one hand if we talk about Enrique with Galtier to be honest I prefer Galtier because in terms of experience I trust Galtier to be able to keep PSG in the UCL and its only about time for Galtier but unfortunately PSG officials prefer to fire him and replace him with a coach who for me is not enough experience.

but after all it is Enrique responsibility to be able to keep PSG at the top of the standings and also in the UCL even though he does not have a strong chemistry with PSG players.

[makishart]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title. I'm believing Paris Saint Germain will always make good path to the first position, furthermore the team's healing after important players exits the team, it's definitely going to affect their performance a little bit, but the new boss, Luis Enrique will make sure he strengthen and enchance the team.

Enrique is thinking if its team was not depth enough in competing on league 1. The impact of playing without Neymar and Messi was significant, as it affected the club's overall performance. It has been reflected from 1 draw and 1 lose. Mbappe become savior for PSG against lens which has been telling us if PSG is only able winning the match once it would be using its star player. Therefore, PSG is trying to convince mbappe to play again for the club. The result is far from my expectation if PSG would be able beating lens in the previous match.
Im thinking about if PSG will not survive without its star players. Even though PSG had been dominating before mbappe and neymar came but the impact from the star players is really big for the club.
Enrique shall have tried to remove this image from the club. People just knew this as a club that only relies on mbappe.

[Patrol69]

Need time for PSG back to top performance after losing important player on crucial position, not only with Neymar and Lionel Messi but also PSG possibility will leaves by Marco Veratti.

A number of players are likely to leave PSG after PSG appoint a new manager, with new manager Luis Enrique's plans for the players leaving many players out. Luis Enrique has asked players left out of his plans to find new addresses as being out of his plans means missing out on a place in the starting XI. Neymar has found his destination and now only Marco Veratti remains. Marco Veratti may be looking to find a new address if he fails to find a new address before the transfer window closes, Marco Veratti could spend an entire season sitting on the side bench. Marco Veratti certainly wouldn't want to be an irregular pupil of Luis Enrique.

[Juggy777]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title. I'm believing Paris Saint Germain will always make good path to the first position, furthermore the team's healing after important players exits the team, it's definitely going to affect their performance a little bit, but the new boss, Luis Enrique will make sure he strengthen and enchance the team.

Enrique is thinking if its team was not depth enough in competing on league 1. The impact of playing without Neymar and Messi was significant, as it affected the club's overall performance. It has been reflected from 1 draw and 1 lose. Mbappe become savior for PSG against lens which has been telling us if PSG is only able winning the match once it would be using its star player. Therefore, PSG is trying to convince mbappe to play again for the club. The result is far from my expectation if PSG would be able beating lens in the previous match.
Im thinking about if PSG will not survive without its star players. Even though PSG had been dominating before mbappe and neymar came but the impact from the star players is really big for the club.
Enrique shall have tried to remove this image from the club. People just knew this as a club that only relies on mbappe.

@makishart PSG has changed way too many coaches quickly now and the player’s will take time to adopt to the new coach and on top of that they need to play with Mbappe who didn’t even want to be there so I can understand why they’re struggling for now. However if anyone feels that they won’t win the league due to their current performances I feel that they should be ready to be disappointed because PSG will soon bounce back and reclaim the top spot.

[wmaurik]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title. I'm believing Paris Saint Germain will always make good path to the first position, furthermore the team's healing after important players exits the team, it's definitely going to affect their performance a little bit, but the new boss, Luis Enrique will make sure he strengthen and enchance the team.

It is indeed Luis Enrique's main task to make the PSG team successful again this season even though PSG only has one more star player on their front line. Slowly PSG will continue to create competition again in Ligue1 in order to be in a better place even though Marseille and Monaco have also shown their good performances at the start of this season, but these two teams still have to be wary of PSG because PSG can still make greater dominance in Ligue1 this season.

[MAAManda]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title.

It's true that it's too soon to draw conclusions about which teams will be strong candidates to win the Ligue 1 title, there are still 31 games remaining ahead of us. We are also used to seeing underdog teams ranked at the top at the start of the season, soon we'll see how the big teams will get rid of them. Ligue 1 has only played 3 matches so far, and the interesting thing I see is that of the three matches that have been completed, not a single team has finished with a perfect result (9 points).

[Pulsar77]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title.

It's true that it's too soon to draw conclusions about which teams will be strong candidates to win the Ligue 1 title, there are still 31 games remaining ahead of us. We are also used to seeing underdog teams ranked at the top at the start of the season, soon we'll see how the big teams will get rid of them. Ligue 1 has only played 3 matches so far, and the interesting thing I see is that of the three matches that have been completed, not a single team has finished with a perfect result (9 points).

It is normal to see PSG in this situation now. Because they have been making big changes in the squad. Mbappe was also nearly leaving and he has been integrated into the squad again after some issues between him and the team. They tried a trio without Mbappe first. Despite the dominance it didn't work out as they couldn't score a goal. Whenever Mbappe was in the game he made a direct impact on the game with his goals later on. As I said before he is the mainstay for now.

As long as they have him in the starting eleven their win percentage should be increasing by a high sum. But I don't have big expectations from them anyway as I need to see the adaptation process of the new players first.

[rahmad2nd]

Olympique Marseille is ranked second on the Ligue One table, they're competing with Monaco who's sitting at the first position. Checking out I didn't see PSG in the crucial positions, moreover it's very early to start concluding on the club's that would be in the race to fight for the domestic league title. I'm believing Paris Saint Germain will always make good path to the first position, furthermore the team's healing after important players exits the team, it's definitely going to affect their performance a little bit, but the new boss, Luis Enrique will make sure he strengthen and enchance the team.

It is indeed Luis Enrique's main task to make the PSG team successful again this season even though PSG only has one more star player on their front line. Slowly PSG will continue to create competition again in Ligue1 in order to be in a better place even though Marseille and Monaco have also shown their good performances at the start of this season, but these two teams still have to be wary of PSG because PSG can still make greater dominance in Ligue1 this season.

IMO, PSG have some great players even though they are not as big as Mbappe, we cannot rule out the other players. Luis Enrique has other players, namely, Dembele, Assensio, Goncalo Ramos and several other players. these players, will work together properly as a team. although Mbappe is the only superstar in the PSG squad, without his teammates he is nothing. that is why, every player has their own role which the coach combines with the system he implements to achieve the results they want.

Now, Enrique is trying to build a squad for his team. Unfortunately, Goncalo Ramos, Kang-in Lee, Marco Assensio, have not found the rhythm of play that the coach wants. In the first two matches they only got minor results, in the third match Mbappe was the difference and won his first match this season. no one can deny how great this player is, but football is not just a matter of one player. there are 11 people who will work together, to achieve the desired result. I'm pretty sure, gradually the other players will find their rhythm. especially, for the front and middle line players. Enrique will maximize his team and bring PSG to the best level. although currently the standings are occupied by Manoco and Marseille, it does not mean that PSG cannot reduce the difference in points between these two teams. after all, it's only a two point difference. this week, it is possible that the top position of the standings will change.

[MAAManda]

It's true that it's too soon to draw conclusions about which teams will be strong candidates to win the Ligue 1 title, there are still 31 games remaining ahead of us. We are also used to seeing underdog teams ranked at the top at the start of the season, soon we'll see how the big teams will get rid of them. Ligue 1 has only played 3 matches so far, and the interesting thing I see is that of the three matches that have been completed, not a single team has finished with a perfect result (9 points).

It is normal to see PSG in this situation now. Because they have been making big changes in the squad. Mbappe was also nearly leaving and he has been integrated into the squad again after some issues between him and the team. They tried a trio without Mbappe first. Despite the dominance it didn't work out as they couldn't score a goal. Whenever Mbappe was in the game he made a direct impact on the game with his goals later on. As I said before he is the mainstay for now.

As long as they have him in the starting eleven their win percentage should be increasing by a high sum. But I don't have big expectations from them anyway as I need to see the adaptation process of the new players first.

That's not normal at all mate, even though PSG were left behind by some of their important players, they still have a lot of talented players in their squad, of course there will be changes, but I mean the changes shouldn't be this significant. We can see all this when PSG played matches against Lorient and also Toulouse in the first and second weeks of Ligue 1, how can PSG only get 1 point at home when facing Lorient? it's ok if their opponent is Lyon, Marseille or AS Monaco.

[piebeyb]

That's not normal at all mate, even though PSG were left behind by some of their important players, they still have a lot of talented players in their squad, of course there will be changes, but I mean the changes shouldn't be this significant. We can see all this when PSG played matches against Lorient and also Toulouse in the first and second weeks of Ligue 1, how can PSG only get 1 point at home when facing Lorient? it's ok if their opponent is Lyon, Marseille or AS Monaco.

Yes, it's true and But it seems that PSG needs to anticipate that it will find a new striker if in the end Mbappe moves to another club and does not extend his contract with PSG, even though there are several quality players in the squad without Mbappe in the previous game, nothing can be produced even for just getting a win is difficult and I think there is a need to add a few players on the front lines.

At least PSG's attacks don't look dull when Mbappe leaves PSG later or if indeed Mbappe stays at PSG at least look for additional new players to make PSG's attack power even better. The departure of Messi and Neymar also had a slight impact on their attacking power, even though there was Dembele but he didn't look any better

[QueenVera]

That's not normal at all mate, even though PSG were left behind by some of their important players, they still have a lot of talented players in their squad, of course there will be changes, but I mean the changes shouldn't be this significant. We can see all this when PSG played matches against Lorient and also Toulouse in the first and second weeks of Ligue 1, how can PSG only get 1 point at home when facing Lorient? it's ok if their opponent is Lyon, Marseille or AS Monaco.

Yes, it's true and But it seems that PSG needs to anticipate that it will find a new striker if in the end Mbappe moves to another club and does not extend his contract with PSG, even though there are several quality players in the squad without Mbappe in the previous game, nothing can be produced even for just getting a win is difficult and I think there is a need to add a few players on the front lines.

At least PSG's attacks don't look dull when Mbappe leaves PSG later or if indeed Mbappe stays at PSG at least look for additional new players to make PSG's attack power even better. The departure of Messi and Neymar also had a slight impact on their attacking power, even though there was Dembele but he didn't look any better

They narrowly escaped losing Mbappe this summer and where so strategic in trying to keep him in the team thereby making him to sign another contract, but I think Mbappe might likely move to another team next summer and it would be best that they start looking for a replacement while they enjoy his stay at the team this season, he's been so impressive for them so far and his recent performance has shown that they made the right choice in trying to keep him for another year, and making him extend his contract instead of termination it or loosing him for free next summer.
 He's of a great influence to the player and is currently the highest goal scorer in the team this season, imagine PSG'S attack without Mbappe, it would had been weak even with the fact that they got Dembele, Mbappe is the key player currently for PSG, since they've lost Messi and Neymar and I believe he'll help them performan better in the Champions league this season.

[rendravolt]

As quoted from Marca, it is true that Kylian Mbappe has just uploaded an Instagram story on his Instagram and this has given rise to further speculation regarding his possible departure this summer. It is clear that there are 3 emojis and one white heart emoji which indicates his departure but this is only a possibility because we often see oddities in Kylian Mbappe's posts so far on his Instagram account.

Is it possible that Kylian Mbappe will not stay at PSG this season and it turns out that there has been an agreement with Real Madrid to make a splash with his transfer to Real Madrid at the last minute of the transfer market? If this is true, PSG must prepare to go through this season without Kylian Mbappe, especially with other news that Kolo Muani wants to join PSG and is just waiting for Frankfurt's decision.

[Doell]

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It seems that Lyon does not always have a good performance in each season but unfortunately, Lyon does not have a good ability to recover because Lyon has decreased performance until now. Of course, that is a very bad performance for a team as big as Lyon because after all, in the previous two matches Lyon also only played against mediocre teams like Montpellier and Strasbourg. With bad results in the three matches that have been played, then of course against PSG in the next match later will be a very difficult match for Lyon when the performance is so bad like this.

In the match against weak teams like Montpellier and Strasbourg, yes Lyon they performance very bad especially against Montpellier. Because at home Lyon made helpless by a mediocre team, I'm pretty sure their mentality is very down at now, their confidence might drop in the next match against PSG. But if Lyon can recover and win in match against PSG, their confidence will increase. Although I doubt that because PSG now has found their confidence again after defeating Lens very well.