French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Awaklara]

Yes they can buy all of what you have mentioned. Players, coaches, facilities, marketing and whatever else a club could need to improve everything. But there is one thing they can't buy and this has been mentioned here before in the thread and that is competition. They can't buy high level competition and therefore they play below their maximum level most of the time and then when they have a game in the Champions League they suddenly need to play on a higher level. I think that is a huge disadvantage because imagine you are a marathon runner and you never compete with the best runners in the whole world for a whole year. You can check their times, that is different of course, but in general the idea is that the best runners push you to new maximum performance levels. That is what PSG doesn't have in Ligue 1.

There is no competition in Ligue 1 for PSG. They always dominate and if any other team wants to take over PSG's throne in Ligue 1, it will be tough competition.
If financially the French clubs can't keep up with PSG, then what happens every season will only be like this. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 will be unmatched. and as you said, that will also be PSG's weakness when they have to be forced to play with other teams in Europe who are used to tough competition.
Ligue 1 must be like La Liga or EPL.

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[Tipstar]

Yes they can buy all of what you have mentioned. Players, coaches, facilities, marketing and whatever else a club could need to improve everything. But there is one thing they can't buy and this has been mentioned here before in the thread and that is competition. They can't buy high level competition and therefore they play below their maximum level most of the time and then when they have a game in the Champions League they suddenly need to play on a higher level. I think that is a huge disadvantage because imagine you are a marathon runner and you never compete with the best runners in the whole world for a whole year. You can check their times, that is different of course, but in general the idea is that the best runners push you to new maximum performance levels. That is what PSG doesn't have in Ligue 1.

There is no competition in Ligue 1 for PSG. They always dominate and if any other team wants to take over PSG's throne in Ligue 1, it will be tough competition.
If financially the French clubs can't keep up with PSG, then what happens every season will only be like this. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 will be unmatched. and as you said, that will also be PSG's weakness when they have to be forced to play with other teams in Europe who are used to tough competition.
Ligue 1 must be like La Liga or EPL.

Even Serie A and Bundesliga have more competition than League1. The french football authorities should focus on creating balance between the teams whether restricting the amounts they can use to buy and retain players or by restricting the number of foreign and national team players on each team. This may make every of the team weaker for a few years, considering the level of youth in football in France, they'd recover better than ever.

[rendravolt]

It's rare that I see Clermont being in the relegation zone half way through the season and they continue to get bad results in the last 6 games without a win. Even though last season they managed to finish in 8th position in the standings and now they have turned around sharply and are at the bottom of the standings. What they are missing is something they have to solve and must fix immediately because the rest of the season will be very tight for the weak teams at the bottom.

If we look at the competition, there is only a difference of around two points between the teams and Clermont needs at least 6 points if they want to immediately escape the relegation zone. That means they need 2 wins and 2 losses for the team above them. It looks like it will be quite difficult for Clermont and this season just not being relegated is quite an achievement for them. Well, their next match is against Nantes and I think they have to start winning through that match.

[klidex]

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This has both advantages and disadvantages. Since there are no very challenging matches in the league, they should normally focus on European tournaments comfortably. They also have the chance to rest their important players by making less effort, but PSG is experiencing big problems because they do not do this. Most of the criticism comes for this reason.

Many Ligue 1 matches are actually difficult matches for PSG, but because of the depth of their squad and the right strategy, they can be expected to win. PSG basically will never be able to win all the league matches throughout the season even though they have a good squad above the average of other teams, but it is true that no other team can provide real competition every season for PSG in the league.

PSG always has competitors in the race for the title in Ligue 1, but the problem is that other teams always fail to maintain consistent performance throughout the season. This is what makes PSG successful in dominating Ligue 1, meaning that apart from their superior squad depth, the competing teams are also not too strong in providing competition until the end of the season.

A difficult match for PSG in League 1 is when they play against clubs that challenge them at the start, but in the end the clubs that challenge PSG over time will start to lose when they have to compete with PSG, which has better squad depth when compared to other clubs. I don't think there is any club that can win throughout the season without losing because throughout the season there are long matches, especially PSG always has a busier schedule compared to other clubs in League 1 because PSG always competes in the Champions League every season.

Every league definitely has competitors, but sometimes every league has a club that always dominates the title, such as the Bundesliga which is dominated by Bayern Munich, La Liga which is dominated by Real Madrid, the Italian Serie A League which is dominated by Juventus, but it seems like only the Bundesliga and League 1 are dominated it's too boring compared to other leagues such as the English League, La Liga, Serie A League because there are many clubs that enjoy the title, making the league more competitive and exciting every season, while PSG League 1 has won the title in the last few seasons so it looks boring.

[FanEagle]

That is the biggest problem PSG has. They don't have financial issues and they had some coaches that were not too bad, but the average competition in their domestic league makes it hard for them to peak at the right moment when they play in the Champions League. Premier League teams have to peak almost every week and in La Liga it is at least more often than it is in Ligue 1. In Ligue 1 PSG really has to peak every few weeks, if at all. They could play at 90% the whole season and still win the title easily.

A club that's 100% balance when it involves finances and the president is not ready to watch his club fold up other than generating quite enormous profits. PSG always comes first when it involves winning Ligue One trophy but I don't think they would be able to compete in UCL because it's an elite competition formulate only for tougher clubs that are craving for extreme titles. They always have this issues of appointing mediocre coach, incompetent coach that doesn't stand in any solid position to elevate the club to next level. They have Luis Enrique as headcoach, he will do more better than the previous manager.

Maybe Luis Enrique could have won the UCL if he had the squad of Messi-Neymar-Mbappe trio. I think PSG fans must also think that they are working with bad coaches in this regard. At that time, there was no other team in the world that had the squad they had. They were the best squad on paper and looked even stronger than City. However, coaches and team balance may change. I think that's exactly what happened.

I also feel, but I have one more thing if PSG Management gives some time to Luis Enrique and also players which heeded then I have feeling he still can win this Champions League because just having big players never been guaranteed to win trophies you can achieve this without many big stars on just behalf of quality and performance of the players and Luis Enrique is having ability to bring things like these as he is well reputed coach and have good experience with quality as well.

From here now time for them to keep faith and give good time which help him for creating good strategy and other fundamentals which helps the players for better mutual understanding and chemistry which is important for the win like we have in current Real Madrid which is doing impressive job.

[Belarge]

Even Serie A and Bundesliga have more competition than League1. The french football authorities should focus on creating balance between the teams whether restricting the amounts they can use to buy and retain players or by restricting the number of foreign and national team players on each team. This may make every of the team weaker for a few years, considering the level of youth in football in France, they'd recover better than ever.

There's something called levels when it involves football, there are different leagues in the world of football but only several have become chosen to be top and competitive, these leagues are not build today but in decades and beyond. How is it the French football authorities fault that their league is dormant and not improving. You're right though, Seria A and Bundesliga are better than Ligue One over these past years and they will continue to be, there's no level of top competition these French clubs can boosts of winning other than getting eliminated in the early stages.

[Swordsoffreedom]

That is the biggest problem PSG has. They don't have financial issues and they had some coaches that were not too bad, but the average competition in their domestic league makes it hard for them to peak at the right moment when they play in the Champions League. Premier League teams have to peak almost every week and in La Liga it is at least more often than it is in Ligue 1. In Ligue 1 PSG really has to peak every few weeks, if at all. They could play at 90% the whole season and still win the title easily.

A club that's 100% balance when it involves finances and the president is not ready to watch his club fold up other than generating quite enormous profits. PSG always comes first when it involves winning Ligue One trophy but I don't think they would be able to compete in UCL because it's an elite competition formulate only for tougher clubs that are craving for extreme titles. They always have this issues of appointing mediocre coach, incompetent coach that doesn't stand in any solid position to elevate the club to next level. They have Luis Enrique as headcoach, he will do more better than the previous manager.

Maybe Luis Enrique could have won the UCL if he had the squad of Messi-Neymar-Mbappe trio. I think PSG fans must also think that they are working with bad coaches in this regard. At that time, there was no other team in the world that had the squad they had. They were the best squad on paper and looked even stronger than City. However, coaches and team balance may change. I think that's exactly what happened.

I also feel, but I have one more thing if PSG Management gives some time to Luis Enrique and also players which heeded then I have feeling he still can win this Champions League because just having big players never been guaranteed to win trophies you can achieve this without many big stars on just behalf of quality and performance of the players and Luis Enrique is having ability to bring things like these as he is well reputed coach and have good experience with quality as well.

From here now time for them to keep faith and give good time which help him for creating good strategy and other fundamentals which helps the players for better mutual understanding and chemistry which is important for the win like we have in current Real Madrid which is doing impressive job.

I would say that if Luis Enrique had got PSG's previous year's squad, he could have  brought PSG the Champions  League. PSG management had a lot of bad decisions. Over the past  few seasons, the Stars have brought in some of the  best players in the world in their  squad. Messi, Neymar and Mbappe were in their attack. But  their coach was not experienced enough. So  the coach could not help much to  strengthen the bonding between the players.

PSG should offer Luis Enrique  big funds in the winter transfer  window and give him the freedom to  build his squad as he wishes. PSG  should rely on Luis Enrique. Enrique  is one of the best coaches in the  world. He is experienced enough. He might be able to dominate the Champions League if he can form a squad with the players of his choice.

[Republikcoin.com]

I would say that if Luis Enrique had got PSG's previous year's squad, he could have  brought PSG the Champions  League. PSG management had a lot of bad decisions. Over the past  few seasons, the Stars have brought in some of the  best players in the world in their  squad. Messi, Neymar and Mbappe were in their attack. But  their coach was not experienced enough. So  the coach could not help much to  strengthen the bonding between the players.

PSG should offer Luis Enrique  big funds in the winter transfer  window and give him the freedom to  build his squad as he wishes. PSG  should rely on Luis Enrique. Enrique  is one of the best coaches in the  world. He is experienced enough. He might be able to dominate the Champions League if he can form a squad with the players of his choice.

It's not that easy to win the UCL, I don't think PSG deserves to win the UCL even though last season they had a lot of star players, but to become champions in the most prestigious competition on the blue continent, it's not enough just to have a lot of star players, we can see regarding what happened to Manchester City from the time they first rose until it took quite a long time to go through the process until they finally became UCL champions, nothing is instant like what PSG did.

Luis Enrique is a quality coach, I think PSG just needs to build this team in the right way without having to force something in the near future and PSG management just needs to give Luis Enrique a long time so he can make this process.

[indah rezqi]

I would say that if Luis Enrique had got PSG's previous year's squad, he could have  brought PSG the Champions  League. PSG management had a lot of bad decisions. Over the past  few seasons, the Stars have brought in some of the  best players in the world in their  squad. Messi, Neymar and Mbappe were in their attack. But  their coach was not experienced enough. So  the coach could not help much to  strengthen the bonding between the players.

PSG should offer Luis Enrique  big funds in the winter transfer  window and give him the freedom to  build his squad as he wishes. PSG  should rely on Luis Enrique. Enrique  is one of the best coaches in the  world. He is experienced enough. He might be able to dominate the Champions League if he can form a squad with the players of his choice.

It's not that easy to win the UCL, I don't think PSG deserves to win the UCL even though last season they had a lot of star players, but to become champions in the most prestigious competition on the blue continent, it's not enough just to have a lot of star players, we can see regarding what happened to Manchester City from the time they first rose until it took quite a long time to go through the process until they finally became UCL champions, nothing is instant like what PSG did.

Luis Enrique is a quality coach, I think PSG just needs to build this team in the right way without having to force something in the near future and PSG management just needs to give Luis Enrique a long time so he can make this process.

That's right, PSG management must learn to be patient in building a club so that it can win the UCL like Man City, there is no instant way to achieve this unless you have great luck, like other favorite teams experiencing a drastic decline in performance. Having star players in each line is indeed promising, but it does not guarantee that the UCL trophy will be easy to get. A very basic foundation needs to be built in this case, namely a winning mentality and a solid squad without any gaps in it.

Regarding Enrique, we have seen his performance at club and national team before taking charge of PSG, it must be acknowledged that he has the qualities needed to win the UCL trophy. As you said, Enrique needs time to bring PSG to success in Europe, just as Pep was given time by City management for several seasons, so that in the end they could realize their dream of becoming kings of Europe last season.

[Cryptmuster]

That's right, PSG management must learn to be patient in building a club so that it can win the UCL like Man City, there is no instant way to achieve this unless you have great luck, like other favorite teams experiencing a drastic decline in performance. Having star players in each line is indeed promising, but it does not guarantee that the UCL trophy will be easy to get. A very basic foundation needs to be built in this case, namely a winning mentality and a solid squad without any gaps in it.

Regarding Enrique, we have seen his performance at club and national team before taking charge of PSG, it must be acknowledged that he has the qualities needed to win the UCL trophy. As you said, Enrique needs time to bring PSG to success in Europe, just as Pep was given time by City management for several seasons, so that in the end they could realize their dream of becoming kings of Europe last season.

They seem to have already realized that having a lot of star players does not guarantee that a team can win all the trophies (although it is worth noting that a team needs such players anyway). But as for their patience with coaches, this is a very important issue that they have always neglected.

For a coach to be able to build a team, he needs more time than one season. PSG had the best coaches, but they were simply not given the time to achieve results. Will Enrique be able to achieve this goal, definitely yes, with proper funding and enough time it will only be a matter of time.

[wakier]

Yes they can buy all of what you have mentioned. Players, coaches, facilities, marketing and whatever else a club could need to improve everything. But there is one thing they can't buy and this has been mentioned here before in the thread and that is competition. They can't buy high level competition and therefore they play below their maximum level most of the time and then when they have a game in the Champions League they suddenly need to play on a higher level. I think that is a huge disadvantage because imagine you are a marathon runner and you never compete with the best runners in the whole world for a whole year. You can check their times, that is different of course, but in general the idea is that the best runners push you to new maximum performance levels. That is what PSG doesn't have in Ligue 1.

There is no competition in Ligue 1 for PSG. They always dominate and if any other team wants to take over PSG's throne in Ligue 1, it will be tough competition.
If financially the French clubs can't keep up with PSG, then what happens every season will only be like this. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 will be unmatched. and as you said, that will also be PSG's weakness when they have to be forced to play with other teams in Europe who are used to tough competition.
Ligue 1 must be like La Liga or EPL.

League 1 seems like it belongs to PSG because only PSG always dominates the title, as there is no chance for other teams to win the title because the depth of their squad is far below PSG. So as long as no other team has recruited players like PSG has, it feels difficult for the team other teams in league 1 to compete closely with PSG to win the title.
Many people want League 1 to be like other competitive leagues, but it seems like this will be difficult to achieve if other teams don't make significant changes. Nice, which was initially a challenger to PSG at the start of the season, has started to show signs of decline, so I think PSG still has a chance to win the title this season.

[Velvet78]

Marseille can't be competitive for top 3 in the league so far unlike the previous season. They weren't able to stay in the title competition previously maybe but they at least earned the last Champions League ticket by finishing as third. This season the Ligue 1 has gained an extra spot for the Champions League group stage so being even fourth is enough to have a chance for the Champions League by qualifiers.

But Marseille's performance at the beginning of this season wasn't good at all. They newly started to maintain a solid form but we will see in the long run. The competition for the Champions League is likely to be really fierce this season.

[topbitcoin]

Yes they can buy all of what you have mentioned. Players, coaches, facilities, marketing and whatever else a club could need to improve everything. But there is one thing they can't buy and this has been mentioned here before in the thread and that is competition. They can't buy high level competition and therefore they play below their maximum level most of the time and then when they have a game in the Champions League they suddenly need to play on a higher level. I think that is a huge disadvantage because imagine you are a marathon runner and you never compete with the best runners in the whole world for a whole year. You can check their times, that is different of course, but in general the idea is that the best runners push you to new maximum performance levels. That is what PSG doesn't have in Ligue 1.

There is no competition in Ligue 1 for PSG. They always dominate and if any other team wants to take over PSG's throne in Ligue 1, it will be tough competition.
If financially the French clubs can't keep up with PSG, then what happens every season will only be like this. PSG's dominance in Ligue 1 will be unmatched. and as you said, that will also be PSG's weakness when they have to be forced to play with other teams in Europe who are used to tough competition.
Ligue 1 must be like La Liga or EPL.

I think for now the competition is still there especially when looking at last season when Lens managed to continue to stick to PSG with a difference of 1 point until the end of the season then it has been seen that competition in Ligue 1 is still there it's just that it's jaeang to happen and the champion is still PSG because of the advantages they have from their resources.

Currently, we have some clubs like Nice who are quite a surprise but the result will remain the same as usual where PSG have the advantage and still get the trophy because in the end it is just a stumbling block but not too troublesome because no matter how bad PSG is at the beginning of the season in the end for the end of the season everything will be the same where they are the ones who win the trophy.

The difference this time is a little more striking than last season and it looks like this season will be an easier season for PSG than the previous season considering the mid-season conditions alone have seen what the gap is like.

[QueenVera]

A difficult match for PSG in League 1 is when they play against clubs that challenge them at the start, but in the end the clubs that challenge PSG over time will start to lose when they have to compete with PSG, which has better squad depth when compared to other clubs. I don't think there is any club that can win throughout the season without losing because throughout the season there are long matches, especially PSG always has a busier schedule compared to other clubs in League 1 because PSG always competes in the Champions League every season.

Every league definitely has competitors, but sometimes every league has a club that always dominates the title, such as the Bundesliga which is dominated by Bayern Munich, La Liga which is dominated by Real Madrid, the Italian Serie A League which is dominated by Juventus, but it seems like only the Bundesliga and League 1 are dominated it's too boring compared to other leagues such as the English League, La Liga, Serie A League because there are many clubs that enjoy the title, making the league more competitive and exciting every season, while PSG League 1 has won the title in the last few seasons so it looks boring.

PSG are doing well in the French Ligue 1 race, even though it's not as balanced as it ought to. They're a team expected to perform better than they're doing now judging from the performances of previous seasons. They're just a few points ahead and it's very much not buoyant for them as the increase in the league's intensity may unintentionally lead to their drop in position which they as a team shouldn't let to happen.

 They've also been able to advance to the round of 16 of the UCL and their Spanish opponent, who's not really a tough side as them but maybe stands a chance to advancing to the next stage. They'll have to be extra prepared for the game ahead. They also have to be careful about their league race. They've got to stay in shape and capacity too. They've got to use the games during the early second half of the season to cover up their tracks and also strive to be far better than Sociedad and even advance to the quarter finals.

[Weawant]

There's something called levels when it involves football, there are different leagues in the world of football but only several have become chosen to be top and competitive, these leagues are not build today but in decades and beyond. How is it the French football authorities fault that their league is dormant and not improving. You're right though, Seria A and Bundesliga are better than Ligue One over these past years and they will continue to be, there's no level of top competition these French clubs can boosts of winning other than getting eliminated in the early stages.

Sometimes ago I did mentioned in one of my post that the Ligue 1 is becoming so boring such that it could be classified as one of the mediocre league across Europe because you don't find any competition there, there's nothing to keep you intrigued enough to drag your attention to the league and the only team which brings a few attention to the league is PSG.

The french authorities seem not to have noticed this well enough, this season has been one of the most interesting season across Europe as a good level of tension can be seen across all the leagues in Europe except for the Ligue one where PSG continually dominate even up until this season similar case was seen in the bundesliga before but now it quiet different as this season the dominant team is literally working hard to get to the top of the standing but Ligue 1 continually makes it so easy for PSG they they go up and down the stands at will literally.

[tusandii]

That is the biggest problem PSG has. They don't have financial issues and they had some coaches that were not too bad, but the average competition in their domestic league makes it hard for them to peak at the right moment when they play in the Champions League. Premier League teams have to peak almost every week and in La Liga it is at least more often than it is in Ligue 1. In Ligue 1 PSG really has to peak every few weeks, if at all. They could play at 90% the whole season and still win the title easily.

A club that's 100% balance when it involves finances and the president is not ready to watch his club fold up other than generating quite enormous profits. PSG always comes first when it involves winning Ligue One trophy but I don't think they would be able to compete in UCL because it's an elite competition formulate only for tougher clubs that are craving for extreme titles. They always have this issues of appointing mediocre coach, incompetent coach that doesn't stand in any solid position to elevate the club to next level. They have Luis Enrique as headcoach, he will do more better than the previous manager.

Maybe Luis Enrique could have won the UCL if he had the squad of Messi-Neymar-Mbappe trio. I think PSG fans must also think that they are working with bad coaches in this regard. At that time, there was no other team in the world that had the squad they had. They were the best squad on paper and looked even stronger than City. However, coaches and team balance may change. I think that's exactly what happened.

I also feel, but I have one more thing if PSG Management gives some time to Luis Enrique and also players which heeded then I have feeling he still can win this Champions League because just having big players never been guaranteed to win trophies you can achieve this without many big stars on just behalf of quality and performance of the players and Luis Enrique is having ability to bring things like these as he is well reputed coach and have good experience with quality as well.

From here now time for them to keep faith and give good time which help him for creating good strategy and other fundamentals which helps the players for better mutual understanding and chemistry which is important for the win like we have in current Real Madrid which is doing impressive job.

Talking about winning the Champions League title, PSG could win it provided they retain their coach for several seasons to read how the right strategy can compete and win against other strong clubs in the Champions League, but if this season fails and fires the coach again, I'm sure there is no chance for PSG. winning the champions league trophy because the coach has a big influence on the performance of a club.
But I actually have doubts about Enrique, even though several people, even PSG management, believe in him and give him the opportunity to take his club to the Champions League final round. I still doubt him because looking at history, experience is not convincing, but if Galtier is retained, I am sure that Galtier can bring PSG to lifting the champions league trophy.
Right now all we can do is try to believe despite our doubts and see how strongly the management maintains the coach and how smart Enrique can bring PSG to higher achievements.

[Blitzboy]

But this is not the whole truth. Winning the Champions League isn't easy and just look how long it took Manchester City to finally win the Champions League. Pep Guardiola has been the coach since 2016 and it took them seven attempts to finally win it. There is money needed, luck needed, high quality players needed and so on and so forth. PSG did achieve something on the domestic level and they made it into the final once as well. But they never had a coach who understood how to develop a team for many years.

The sheikhs don't necessarily have to understand a lot about football as they can hire their managers, which is what they do. But money can make a big difference if all the rest is taken care of, too. That is why it worked for Manchester City and they could establish themselves as the best team in the Premier League despite all the fierce competition.

Well Winning the UCL requires a different tactics because it’s so different from most domestic leagues and we can see from ManCity. Winning the UCL requires experience, massive investments that could last a good time. PSG needs not just the investment but also fierce competition in their league, else they’ll still remain inferior when competing with several top clubs in Europe.

 They can get a good manager but when the team is still playing on average in the league, then they’ll not know the full potential of themselves to be able to compete in Europe. Well hopefully more foreign investors would come investing in the Ligue 1 to make it more tougher and competitive compared to other top European leagues, however I still have this believe that with Luis Enrique they could manage to reach the semifinals in this season's tournament.

That is the biggest problem PSG has. They don't have financial issues and they had some coaches that were not too bad, but the average competition in their domestic league makes it hard for them to peak at the right moment when they play in the Champions League. Premier League teams have to peak almost every week and in La Liga it is at least more often than it is in Ligue 1. In Ligue 1 PSG really has to peak every few weeks, if at all. They could play at 90% the whole season and still win the title easily.

I've considered PSG's situation, and their financial strength is a double-edged sword. On one hand, they can afford top-tier talent and managers like Luis Enrique, which should prepare them for Champions League victory. They dominate Ligue 1, but it hurts them. Without regular high-level domestic competition, they're not challenged. Their lack of challenge in their domestic league makes them unprepared for UCL battles. Top athletes training without competition may be excellent, but are they Champions League good? PSG needs regular high challenges to succeed in Europe.

[shogun47]

Talking about winning the Champions League title, PSG could win it provided they retain their coach for several seasons to read how the right strategy can compete and win against other strong clubs in the Champions League, but if this season fails and fires the coach again, I'm sure there is no chance for PSG. winning the champions league trophy because the coach has a big influence on the performance of a club.
But I actually have doubts about Enrique, even though several people, even PSG management, believe in him and give him the opportunity to take his club to the Champions League final round. I still doubt him because looking at history, experience is not convincing, but if Galtier is retained, I am sure that Galtier can bring PSG to lifting the champions league trophy.
Right now all we can do is try to believe despite our doubts and see how strongly the management maintains the coach and how smart Enrique can bring PSG to higher achievements.

So you think that all they have to do is to keep their coach for a while and then they can win the Champions League? Honestly you can't be serious about that. Laurent Blanc tried and failed, Unai Emery tried and failed, Thomas Tuchel tried and failed, Christophe Galtier tried and failed, Mauricio Pochettino tried and failed and now I am sure Luis Enrique will also fail. If it was that easy that they just have to stick to their choice and let Enrique work for several years and then win the Champions League, they would have done it before. But it doesn't work like that. This PSG team has less quality than some of the PSG teams from the past. There chances aren't very high and Enrique can't change anything about it. 

[bitgolden]

It's rare that I see Clermont being in the relegation zone half way through the season and they continue to get bad results in the last 6 games without a win. Even though last season they managed to finish in 8th position in the standings and now they have turned around sharply and are at the bottom of the standings. What they are missing is something they have to solve and must fix immediately because the rest of the season will be very tight for the weak teams at the bottom.

If we look at the competition, there is only a difference of around two points between the teams and Clermont needs at least 6 points if they want to immediately escape the relegation zone. That means they need 2 wins and 2 losses for the team above them. It looks like it will be quite difficult for Clermont and this season just not being relegated is quite an achievement for them. Well, their next match is against Nantes and I think they have to start winning through that match.

To be fair, they weren't really that good to be 8th last season neither, they just had a few lucky streaks that got them there, normally even when they finished 8th, if they finished it 13th we wouldn't have been shocked would we? That would have been realistic.

On top of that, we have seen them do not that great this season and looking at their roster we could see why, it wasn't really meant to be and they are doing not so great, which does result with them not getting the attention that they deserve, so it will definitely cause a lot of problems for them. I believe that they will be relegated, but their roster is good enough to comeback, so depending on what they do this summer, it shouldn't take more than a year for them to come back.

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For a coach to be able to build a team, he needs more time than one season. PSG had the best coaches, but they were simply not given the time to achieve results. Will Enrique be able to achieve this goal, definitely yes, with proper funding and enough time it will only be a matter of time.

It's not easy to build a strong team in one season even though there are several coaches who can do it, perhaps because communication with the players is very close so that there is a match in carrying out the strategy given by the coach to each player. There is a point in giving Enrique time to make PSG performed better even though his quality was at stake in the UCL matches this season.

Even if in the end it fails, Enrique will at least succeed in making PSG qualify for the next round which will make them perform much better than last season, PSG still has a long way to go and Enrique seems to need more time to make the PSG team stronger and ready to compete in the competition. UCL next season will be able to show a better game compared to the domestic league which is so dominated by them.