French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Fara Chan]

I think they need to stop expecting immediate success and put the system in place. PSG has a strong economic situation. Their presidents are investing heavily in the club financially. Therefore, it would be more logical and long-term to be systematic rather than acting hastily.

It makes sense to organize things systematically in the long term, especially if it is supported by enormous economic power to be used by a team like PSG. Because it is also often seen clearly in every season that PSG has a pretty good drive so they don't need to do anything in such a hurry, especially in Ligue1 there is no team that is able to match PSG in every season so PSG looks like they are not competing in Ligue1, but will pay more attention to other competitions so that they can win even though PSG also often wins in Ligue1 because most of the teams here are teams that do not exceed PSG's strength.

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[Docnaster]

I think they need to stop expecting immediate success and put the system in place. PSG has a strong economic situation. Their presidents are investing heavily in the club financially. Therefore, it would be more logical and long-term to be systematic rather than acting hastily.

It makes sense to organize things systematically in the long term, especially if it is supported by enormous economic power to be used by a team like PSG. Because it is also often seen clearly in every season that PSG has a pretty good drive so they don't need to do anything in such a hurry, especially in Ligue1 there is no team that is able to match PSG in every season so PSG looks like they are not competing in Ligue1, but will pay more attention to other competitions so that they can win even though PSG also often wins in Ligue1 because most of the teams here are teams that do not exceed PSG's strength.

One of the main problems of Paris Saint Germaine since the their current owners took over the management of the club is that they spend all the huge money to buy big players and expect an immediate success and that has been working for them in the league but not in the UEFA champions league competition and if they really want to succeed in the UEFA champions league, they'll have to learn how to be patient with the process and build a team that'll end up winning club football's biggest trophy for the club.

If they can start doing a long-term plan at the club, I think they'll have more chances of winning the UEFA champions league than what they're current short term strategy.

[shogun47]

But the imbalance between their offensive game and their defensive game has been PSG's biggest problem ever since I know the club and ever since I have been following their games. Their offense has never really been a problem, but the issue was that their defense was out of balance because they afforded three players in their attacking line that never did defensive work. I think in modern soccer no team can afford three players of the same type who are just waiting at the midfield line to get the ball and start an attack. If you look at players like Lewandowski or Harry Kane, the effort they put in to help their defense is incredible. A team may have one player like Mbappe who is just waiting for the ball, but PSG often had three of them.

Yes, that's true and I agree with you that PSG always doesn't have a balance between the attack line and the defense line and what I don't like the most about Mbappe is that this player often doesn't want to help in defense line and more often waits for the ball and scores and this often happens in several matches and anyone who doesn't believe it can see for themselves when PSG competes that Mbappe will rarely help defense line.
In fact, as quality player he must be able to control all lines to make maximum contributions without having to wait for the ball but it is better to also help secure the ball and on one hand, PSG defense often makes mistakes by being too focused on helping score but not seeing the empty space in their defense. so there was a break.
So I often say that PSG actually doesn't deserve the Champions League trophy even though every line isn't perfect.

They would have to make sure that they have two world class strikers and then put a lot of emphasize on the quality of a broad and balanced midfield. They have had too many potential offensive players in all of their lines. Even Hakimi is an offensive defender and that was too much attack at once. They have always had problems in their backwards movement and that is where other top teams knew they could hurt PSG. Every single time in the Champions League there was a team that understood how to exploit that PSG weakness.

[rendravolt]

I think they need to stop expecting immediate success and put the system in place. PSG has a strong economic situation. Their presidents are investing heavily in the club financially. Therefore, it would be more logical and long-term to be systematic rather than acting hastily.

It makes sense to organize things systematically in the long term, especially if it is supported by enormous economic power to be used by a team like PSG. Because it is also often seen clearly in every season that PSG has a pretty good drive so they don't need to do anything in such a hurry, especially in Ligue1 there is no team that is able to match PSG in every season so PSG looks like they are not competing in Ligue1, but will pay more attention to other competitions so that they can win even though PSG also often wins in Ligue1 because most of the teams here are teams that do not exceed PSG's strength.

There is no team that can compete with PSG in terms of finances or achievements each season so it is clear that the winner in Ligue 1. It would not be surprising if PSG continues to dominate even for the next decade and as long as teams in Ligue 1 do not get worthy investors like PSG then it is possible to Even being able to be on par with PSG will be difficult. Maybe Monaco or Nice, who are currently in the top flight with PSG, are nothing more than teams participating in the competition and at the end of the season it will be clear who the title will be. vIt is very difficult for other teams to catch up with PSG and that is why this league is always labeled the farmers' league by most people because that is what it is.

[JariKriting]

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.

PSG's finances are so strong that no club in the French league can come close to PSG's financial strength.
With very strong financial strength PSG can build its squad with the best players and the best coaches too. because they can buy players or pay players and coaches expensively without any financial problems.
So to win the French league for PSG is very easy.

[tbterryboy]

There is no team that can compete with PSG in terms of finances or achievements each season so it is clear that the winner in Ligue 1. It would not be surprising if PSG continues to dominate even for the next decade and as long as teams in Ligue 1 do not get worthy investors like PSG then it is possible to Even being able to be on par with PSG will be difficult. Maybe Monaco or Nice, who are currently in the top flight with PSG, are nothing more than teams participating in the competition and at the end of the season it will be clear who the title will be. vIt is very difficult for other teams to catch up with PSG and that is why this league is always labeled the farmers' league by most people because that is what it is.

I agree with you on few points like most chances if PSG will be stayed under control of Qatari owners then no one will be able to compete with them but if they fail to have Champions League then surely we will have some move from them in near future because this was in news few months back if they fail to win this event then most chances they will look for the new owners and who could be this nothing is sure about this and if we have things like these surely we will have impact on team and its performance as well even this could be positive or negative like Chelsea nothing is sure.

Currently, they are doing good job and have some improvement with needs more consistency which can bring good results and depth in team which is important for the win of Champions League now it's time for them to keep Luis Enrique which can bring good improvement and good results in Europe as well.

[temple]

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.

PSG's finances are so strong that no club in the French league can come close to PSG's financial strength.
With very strong financial strength PSG can build its squad with the best players and the best coaches too. because they can buy players or pay players and coaches expensively without any financial problems.
So to win the French league for PSG is very easy.

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.

[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.

[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.