French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[rendravolt]

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PSG is still having difficulty winning the UCL even after the club owner spent a lot of money. I think winning the UCL is the biggest challenge and money can't give you the UCL. PSG must look for chemistry between players, officials, club management and coaches to form a solid squad, and not just how many star players you have.

We have discussed this many times and no matter how much money PSG spends, it will still be useless in winning the UCL title. We know that this is not an ordinary competition like Ligue One and even if PSG is studded with star players, this will not guarantee them winning it.

The problem here is that PSG must really reorganize everything and not rely on existing star players and it would be better if they could start from academy players or hire an experienced coach and the selection of Luis Enrique is very suitable for this job. It's just that one season is still too short and PSG must give Luis Enrique more time to organize his young players.

[MAAManda]

This season is a bad season for Marseille, even though for the past 7 seasons (2016/2017 - 2022/2023) they have always ended their season at least in 5th place.

A season like this happened to Marseille in the 2015/2016 season, they only finished in 13th place, only 1 season passed before Marseille performed well again, so I think Marseille will have a better performance next season. Not playing in European competitions isn't a problem, what they have to solve first is their consistency problem.

If no changes are made then chasing the top five in the standings next season will be much more difficult. Marseille is one of the best clubs in Ligue 1, but this season has gotten out of hand and instead they have had more defeats and draws than they have achieved complete wins. Not playing in the European league should make them much more focused on facing the league next season because they don't have a busy match schedule.

The small defeat they got against Reims was a form of the coach's lack of ability to manage the team and they didn't even have the opportunity to play more openly with the strength of the players they had. So there are many tasks that must be completed and when this cannot be controlled it will be much more difficult to face the competition next season.

Yep, because they will have a lot of free time next season, they should be able to finish in a more decent position next season. With what has happened this season, of course the club will carry out an evaluation after this season is finished, and the lost against Reims is a form of the club no longer being motivated. Even if they win against Reims, nothing will change apart from their better position in the Ligue 1 standings, they cannot easily overtake Nice and return to play in the UECL next season.

[Minor Miner]

This season is a bad season for Marseille, even though for the past 7 seasons (2016/2017 - 2022/2023) they have always ended their season at least in 5th place.

A season like this happened to Marseille in the 2015/2016 season, they only finished in 13th place, only 1 season passed before Marseille performed well again, so I think Marseille will have a better performance next season. Not playing in European competitions isn't a problem, what they have to solve first is their consistency problem.

If no changes are made then chasing the top five in the standings next season will be much more difficult. Marseille is one of the best clubs in Ligue 1, but this season has gotten out of hand and instead they have had more defeats and draws than they have achieved complete wins. Not playing in the European league should make them much more focused on facing the league next season because they don't have a busy match schedule.

The small defeat they got against Reims was a form of the coach's lack of ability to manage the team and they didn't even have the opportunity to play more openly with the strength of the players they had. So there are many tasks that must be completed and when this cannot be controlled it will be much more difficult to face the competition next season.

Yep, because they will have a lot of free time next season, they should be able to finish in a more decent position next season. With what has happened this season, of course the club will carry out an evaluation after this season is finished, and the lost against Reims is a form of the club no longer being motivated. Even if they win against Reims, nothing will change apart from their better position in the Ligue 1 standings, they cannot easily overtake Nice and return to play in the UECL next season.

In the previous season as well, we saw excellent performances from Marseille players. The team was third in the points table. And Marseille players performed very well throughout the season. But we don't see good performance from this team this season. And the eighth place in the points table is the Marseille team.

Marseille can not qualify for the European League. Marseille's defense and attack are both weak. Marseille's main target next season will be to perform well in Ligue 1. If Marseille's players are diligent and give full effort only in Ligue 1 matches then the team has the potential to stay at the top of the Ligue 1 points table. However, it is very difficult to make predictions about the performance of Ligue 1 teams. Except for PSG, every team's performance has been erratic.

[Moreno233]

PSG should learn from other teams to buy young players who are talented and have the potential to become stars, at least it is more productive because buying players who have experience alone is not necessarily productive and reliable, just like buying Messi and Neymar at that time did not lead PSG to win the UCL. At that time, PSG just wasted money but didn't produce any trophies except Ligue 1, that's why PSG had to be more careful in choosing players who were much younger and experienced because it was important to be able to replace Mbappe because next season the competition was quite tight.

If we want to be specific on this subject,  then PSG should learn from Real Madrid that know how to blend old players with fresh bloods. Real Madrid have actually integrated some new and unpopular players into their squad, who grew and help the team with their energy. This is the reason Real Madrid is able to maintain their play both in terms of skill and physicality.  Instead of following this synergy, PSG prefer already-made players, perhaps they think that this is still the time big names players football. Maybe they will make this vital adjustment from next season.

They are doing extremely well in the French league although the league is more or less looking like a forest with only one tree. We are yet to see any team that will sincerely challenge PSG. Maybe that will happen in the future.

[hahay]

It is over for Nice when it comes to their Champions League chance. I was expecting the PSG game to be difficult even though PSG announced their championship. But at least Nice guaranteed the Europa League title qualification. If they were a more productive team I would expect a bigger success from them. Because the season actually started really well for them.  

By the way we didn't see Mbappe in this game. As these are his last days at PSG I would expect him to take part in the remaining games. I wonder whether he didn't want it or Luis Enrique didn't want to.  

Although Mbappe will leave, but in the match against Nice the fact that Mbappe suffered a muscle injury and made Mbappe not included in the squad and also not on the bench. But that doesn't mean that Mbappe has left or no longer respects his contract at PSG because I'm sure that if Mbappe is in a fit situation, of course Mbappe will also be available to play. But about Nice, the truth is that Nice was only able to get a Europa League ticket although indeed, Nice managed to start this season well. But anyway, Nice is still not strong enough to be able to maintain its position in the Champion League zone in the Ligue 1 standings but at least, Nice has been confirmed to play in the Europa League next season.

[Palakka]

It is over for Nice when it comes to their Champions League chance. I was expecting the PSG game to be difficult even though PSG announced their championship. But at least Nice guaranteed the Europa League title qualification. If they were a more productive team I would expect a bigger success from them. Because the season actually started really well for them. 

By the way we didn't see Mbappe in this game. As these are his last days at PSG I would expect him to take part in the remaining games. I wonder whether he didn't want it or Luis Enrique didn't want to. 

Mbappe has confirmed that this season is his last with PSG and he will leave at the end of the season, but as far as I know mbappe still has the responsibility for him to play with PSG until the end of the season so it seems that Enrique is preparing Mbappe for his last match with PSG when he faces Lyon in the French Cup final,  For now PSG no longer need points in the remaining Ligue 1 matches so it is very natural that Luis Enrique dropped almost all of his reserve players in the match because indeed the game against Nice is no longer a priority for PSG.

At the moment Nice only have a chance to play in the Europa League next season, but after all their failures this season of course playing in Europe will be a great achievement for them, even if Nice can reach the Champions League play-offs, of course I am not sure they can get through it with the performance they are now, this season Nice can end the season ranked 5th and certainly that's not a bad thing with the inconsistency they have had so far in Ligue 1.

[beerlover]

If there is any confirmed news on this matter, here is the news that Mbappe has not extended his contract with the club until 2025. PSG will never let a player like Mbappe leave the club as a free agent member. As long as Mbappe had a contract with the club, Mbappe was responsible to the club, that is, Mbappe was obliged to listen to any decision of the club. Between the two terms, Mbappe signed a contract extension until 2025 and then decided to leave the club while still under contract with PSG. Only PSG why no club will release a player like Mbappe as a free agent member.

Not extending his contract was a smart decision on his behalf, because Real Madrid was willing to pay 150-180 million for him, which means that now he doesn't have to be paid to be bought from a team but needs to pay directly to him. This means that he could not only charge 50-60 million a year for salary, which would be insane when you think about it, but he could ask for like 150+ million as a signing fee as well. That would make it 80-90 million a year when you think about it.

Yes, that is a lot of money and yes Real may not offer that much, but I think somewhere near that level would not be impossible, I think he will definitely get a lot of money from Real, he is not the typical get 20-25 million star, he is the 50+ million a year star that can change a team.

[SOKO-DEKE]

PSG should learn from other teams to buy young players who are talented and have the potential to become stars, at least it is more productive because buying players who have experience alone is not necessarily productive and reliable, just like buying Messi and Neymar at that time did not lead PSG to win the UCL. At that time, PSG just wasted money but didn't produce any trophies except Ligue 1, that's why PSG had to be more careful in choosing players who were much younger and experienced because it was important to be able to replace Mbappe because next season the competition was quite tight.

I don't think it's all about getting young players into the squad before they can win the Champions League,but getting the right players for the right position. Looking at the great players that pgs like signing always, all of them are wingers; they believe much in wingers than any of the positions, and the truth is that it is not only wingers that can do all the work; to get the perfect team, the team needs to get great players at any position. Seriously,  if psg is really interested in winning the Champions League, the team needs to have great talented and experienced players at each of their positions. Let us take Real Madrid as an example. Real Madrid have great players in each position except the striker, which they are lacking, but with great players in other positions, the striker position is a little bit of a of a cover-up. 

[wmaurik]

Compared to Rashford, I think Osimhen is much more worthy to replace Mbappe's role on PSG's front line.
Mbappe's departure means the PSG team has to move quickly to get a replacement and PSG management has quite a lot of money so I think it won't be too difficult for them to get the players they want.

A team with a lot of money like PSG will not find it difficult to find a replacement player to be placed in the position left by Mbappe. But the problem here is that PSG must be able to be better when Mbappe is no longer in their squad next season so that PSG is still seen as a team that is not only strong in Ligue1. But also in other leagues such as the UCL.

Winning the UCL is not an easy thing, PSG has to go through quite a lot of processes to get it, just like Manchester City before, even though they have a lot of money, it took a long time to win the UCL.

The struggle to win the UCL is a struggle that is quite different from the domestic league because any team will not know how strong the opponents they face there are. Meanwhile, the opponents they often face in their domestic league can clearly see the level of strength the team has, so in terms of winning the UCL there must be a more different struggle than usual.

[Oneandpure]

At the moment Nice only have a chance to play in the Europa League next season, but after all their failures this season of course playing in Europe will be a great achievement for them, even if Nice can reach the Champions League play-offs, of course I am not sure they can get through it with the performance they are now, this season Nice can end the season ranked 5th and certainly that's not a bad thing with the inconsistency they have had so far in Ligue 1.

Losing against PSG last match make Nice over their opportunity for playing in Champion League and remaining four points from Brest its can't catch up yet behind four points left with one match remaining. Nice just participants in Europe League next season and Ligue 1 has another debut team will participants in Champion League next season will get the same such as Lens performance in this season?

Actually Ligue 1 not get extra quota for champion league participants, the fourth teams Brest will get champion league spot by qualifier round and Nice have been over after remaining four points with one match left. I think Nice fail get winning against PSG and make their opportunity close indeed Brest have loss at last match but can't help more for Nice reach to fourth position although get winning on the last match.

[Weawant]

I don't think it's all about getting young players into the squad before they can win the Champions League,but getting the right players for the right position. Looking at the great players that pgs like signing always, all of them are wingers; they believe much in wingers than any of the positions, and the truth is that it is not only wingers that can do all the work; to get the perfect team, the team needs to get great players at any position. Seriously,  if psg is really interested in winning the Champions League, the team needs to have great talented and experienced players at each of their positions. Let us take Real Madrid as an example. Real Madrid have great players in each position except the striker, which they are lacking, but with great players in other positions, the striker position is a little bit of a of a cover-up. 

In as much as getting young players will also have it's own advantage on the club, I know well too that the right players will do much more than just young players would because with young player they will only have the advantage of stamina but will not get that delivery the team needs to keep the team productive enough to be able to get to win trophies and even explore other top league away from the Ligue 1.

Building up from the defense line up to the top nine such that they have a very solid team is enough to keep the team very much ahead of their opponent for a chance to winning the trophy, by next season PSG will not be having mbappe who has been a very vital player and contributor to the success of the team will not be playing in their  team and then the champions league is aswell going to effect some new rules which may actually get to affect the pattern of Olay in the champions league so considering all of this then we get to understand that it's nice going to be business as usual so PSG needs to step up their game if they must maintain their name.

Real  Madrid is one team that has got a really solid form such that they have been able to really get to show resilience season long a d now it's brought them to the point of reward, it wasn't resulting only from the fact that they have young no players but alongside they have got the right players aswell too and so they literally get to enjoy the benefits of having the young and right players because they have got both stamina and the right from all together in. Place.

[TelolettOm]

Actually Ligue 1 not get extra quota for champion league participants, the fourth teams Brest will get champion league spot by qualifier round and Nice have been over after remaining four points with one match left. I think Nice fail get winning against PSG and make their opportunity close indeed Brest have loss at last match but can't help more for Nice reach to fourth position although get winning on the last match.

Exactly, even though Nice may win the last match, their position will stay at number 5. At least, they will qualify for the Europa league, right and get into much better achievement for the league. However, the reality is that Nice will play against LOSC where so far, LOSC's performance and development has been quite high. So it could make it difficult for Nice to win in the last game. Their fate has to be against 2 big clubs at the end of the season so their statistics look quite bad.

A team with a lot of money like PSG will not find it difficult to find a replacement player to be placed in the position left by Mbappe. But the problem here is that PSG must be able to be better when Mbappe is no longer in their squad next season so that PSG is still seen as a team that is not only strong in Ligue1. But also in other leagues such as the UCL.

Of course it doesn't matter to PSG when it comes to money, the problem is which players they will target who can replace players like Mbappe. There are several names that have been rumored regarding Mbappe's replacement. Like Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Well, even though Mbappe is at PSG, it doesn't mean that PSG can win the UCL. So, PSG doesn't just need strong players on the front lines, but everything. This will be the next work that must be evaluated to build PSG even stronger. As the PSG boss said, this is a long project and they have to make sure it all goes well. But what we are asking is how long it will take until finally PSG will actually at least be in the UCL final.



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[hd49728]

PSG is still having difficulty winning the UCL even after the club owner spent a lot of money. I think winning the UCL is the biggest challenge and money can't give you the UCL. PSG must look for chemistry between players, officials, club management and coaches to form a solid squad, and not just how many star players you have.

PSG can do it better with better strategies that can learn from Manchester City. They are both very rich clubs with abundant money for player transfers and salary but they have different strategies. Recent years, we can see Manchester City gained more success than PSG and dominate Premier League is more impressive than dominate Ligue 1. Moreover they already won one Champions League title last season and have more stable performances in Champions League than PSG.

This summer, Mbappe will leave PSG and he already announced it publicly on media. This summer will be another chance for PSG to continue their strategic change  last summer, to build up a team that does not rely on a single super star player. With Enrique on their coach position, if PSG gives him time and a long term development plan, I really believe Enrique will be able to bring Champions League trophy to Paris.

[klidex]

PSG must change their transfer policy if they want to win the UCL trophy, so far they have brought in too many quality players at high prices, but have not been able to establish good cooperation between players and coaches. This season PSG failed again in the Champions League, they have also lost one of their best players. Enrique must make players understand each other like Xabi Alonso did with Leverkusen if he wants to win the UCL trophy.

PSG has always thought that bringing in players at high prices can make the club perform well and be successful in the Champions League, but in reality, no matter how much money PSG spends to buy star players, it still can't make PSG appear successful in the Champions League, they really need to learn many of Leverkusen do not have star players but in fact the cooperation between players and coaches is good enough to make Leverkusen perform well in all competitions even though Leverkusen does not waste money to buy quality players, they only recruit coaches who are really suitable in building strategies and Xabi Alonso was able to do very well in building the club's performance.

Just look at the moment Leverkusen is not as rich as PSG but they are still able to prove to everyone that they can also be a strong club if the coach can provide the right strategy so I think PSG can also recruit a coach who can develop the overall performance of the players, proving that without star players PSG can also perform strong in the league but also hope to perform well in the Champions League if PSG can make an offer to Xabi Alonso I think this coach can make PSG stronger like Leverkusen.

[mamesso]

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PSG has always thought that bringing in players at high prices can make the club perform well and be successful in the Champions League, but in reality, no matter how much money PSG spends to buy star players, it still can't make PSG appear successful in the Champions League, they really need to learn many of Leverkusen do not have star players but in fact the cooperation between players and coaches is good enough to make Leverkusen perform well in all competitions even though Leverkusen does not waste money to buy quality players, they only recruit coaches who are really suitable in building strategies and Xabi Alonso was able to do very well in building the club's performance.

PSG must learn from their failure so far, having never succeeded in winning the UCL trophy even though they have spent a lot of money to bring in quality players. They must realize that money cannot buy the UCL trophy. PSG relied too much on their money to form a luxurious squad filled with the world's top players, they forgot to form a mentality and cohesiveness as capital in achieving their mission.
Mbappe departure is a new chapter for PSG next season after previously losing Messi and Neymar. Luis Enrique must form the mentality of a player who always consistently gives his best game and does not easily lose enthusiasm when his team is behind. Team cohesion also needs to be prioritized to keep their game solid, now PSG must be more serious in building a squad to achieve goals that have never been achieved even though they have spent a lot of money.

[Hirose UK]

Actually Ligue 1 not get extra quota for champion league participants, the fourth teams Brest will get champion league spot by qualifier round and Nice have been over after remaining four points with one match left. I think Nice fail get winning against PSG and make their opportunity close indeed Brest have loss at last match but can't help more for Nice reach to fourth position although get winning on the last match.

Exactly, even though Nice may win the last match, their position will stay at number 5. At least, they will qualify for the Europa league, right and get into much better achievement for the league. However, the reality is that Nice will play against LOSC where so far, LOSC's performance and development has been quite high. So it could make it difficult for Nice to win in the last game. Their fate has to be against 2 big clubs at the end of the season so their statistics look quite bad.

It was the last match of the remaining matches this season and in this match LOSC was the host, this was clearly something that would be difficult for Nice considering that in every away match Nice could not always perform well.
Moreover, LOSC is also one of the strongest teams this season and in every home match LOSC can really perform very well, I think Nice will really have difficulty trying to chase victory in this match.
Plus, whether Nice wins or loses, it still won't be able to improve its standings considering they are 4 points adrift of Brest who are in 4th position and 4 points adrift of Lens who are just below Nice, it clear there isn't single good chance.

But for LOSC they are in worrying condition because they are the same as Brest in terms of points scored and in terms of goals scored both are also equal, the last match will determine the position of LOSC and Brest.

[mammusu]

PSG must learn from their failure so far, having never succeeded in winning the UCL trophy even though they have spent a lot of money to bring in quality players. They must realize that money cannot buy the UCL trophy. PSG relied too much on their money to form a luxurious squad filled with the world's top players, they forgot to form a mentality and cohesiveness as capital in achieving their mission.
Mbappe departure is a new chapter for PSG next season after previously losing Messi and Neymar. Luis Enrique must form the mentality of a player who always consistently gives his best game and does not easily lose enthusiasm when his team is behind. Team cohesion also needs to be prioritized to keep their game solid, now PSG must be more serious in building a squad to achieve goals that have never been achieved even though they have spent a lot of money.

Paris Saint Germain must start a new chapter for their future, until now they have only relied on their money to get big-name players and it looks like an instant process that they want to get. They have to start from the bottom and build the foundation of the team very well and reduce their habits a little to bring in star players. Because in reality, up to now, what they have done has not produced significant results, because they have always failed in the Champions League.

I use the Champions League as a benchmark, because in Ligue 1 they don't have reliable competitors. And we can see their journey in the Champions League so far, the results are always the same, no matter they have lots of star players but the results are still not there. Now the choice is that they will carry out the same habits or change their strategy. And I think they have to change what they have been doing, it may not bring quick results, but it is good for their future.

[Velvet78]

I'm really curious about next season squad of PSG as even Mbappe is going to leave. It is time for them to learn how to play effectively as a team. They can't always rely on a single player like Mbappe.

They should of course find a solid replacement for Mbappe. I assume they have started working on it already. There are quite talented young players in the squad actually but we couldn't see a very impressive performance from them so far. I have bigger expectations from players such as Kolo Muani, Gonçalo Ramos and so on. I should exclude Vitinha from them though. Because I'm really impressed with him. He is one of the best contributors in the squad now. 

[Luzin]

Mbappe's achievements are not too bad, but he seems to want more from the Ligue 1 champions. With this season's record, Mbappe deserves enough to go to Madrid. Leaving 1 match Mbappe became the player who made the most goals.

List of 5 top score Ligue 1.
1. Klyan Mbappe 27 goals
2. Jonathan David 19 goals
3. Alexandre Lacazette 17 goals
4. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 16 goals
5. Wissam Ben Yedder 15 goals.

This condition does not seem to change much, especially Klyan Mbappe, the goal difference between him and David is quite a lot. Mbappe will definitely be Ligue 1's top scorer this season.

Source: https://www.ligue1.com/ranking/scorers

[QueenVera]

PSG must learn from their failure so far, having never succeeded in winning the UCL trophy even though they have spent a lot of money to bring in quality players. They must realize that money cannot buy the UCL trophy. PSG relied too much on their money to form a luxurious squad filled with the world's top players, they forgot to form a mentality and cohesiveness as capital in achieving their mission.
Mbappe departure is a new chapter for PSG next season after previously losing Messi and Neymar. Luis Enrique must form the mentality of a player who always consistently gives his best game and does not easily lose enthusiasm when his team is behind. Team cohesion also needs to be prioritized to keep their game solid, now PSG must be more serious in building a squad to achieve goals that have never been achieved even though they have spent a lot of money.

Well I think at this point, PSG must understand that it’s no more about their money because they’re financially buoyant and over the years have been able to aquire star players that interest the club. Well all of those players being acquired haven’t been able to bring UCL success to the club at all just yet and as such I think it’s high time they understand the dynamics of the UCL.

 ⁠The UCL yes requires you to have a great squad but with great team work and I think that’s what PSG are lacking; the teamwork as you can see them always relying on the likes of Mbappe to do the magic. I think now the departure of Kylian Mbappe should spring up a new phase for the club as this will be a great time to rebuild a great team with much teamwork. They'll need good replacement for that role.

 ⁠Now it’s time to rebuild from the lowest level and make sure all the players are actively involved in the project and also try to carry all of them along and as such, you’ll sure see what this will offer the club. In the league they’re doing just fine as I don’t think anyone can be able to match them in the league, so it’s safe to say that they should now focus more on the UCl. ⁠The UCL is Europe’s elite competition and as such they must see that competition as one very top one and approach it with all sense of winning rather than them relying on one player to do the heavy magic for the team.