French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[mamesso]

Quite interesting to leave Palmer out of the conference league squad, I do get that they want to rest him, and they do have a huge squad as well so they do not really need to do anything crazy with their squad and overload them, they can relax the way they want. But at the same time, we are looking at Palmer who could be their very best player, couldn't they find someone else to rest and make him play there?

I think Conference league is important, and they will have a chance to put him back in after the group stages, but I would say making him play there, and resting him on FA cup games would make more sense. This looks like a mistake to me, but of course I am not a manager so what do I know, maybe they have a better understanding of the situation.

Are you talking about Chelsea dropping Cole Palmer from their Europa Conference League squad?
I think you've entered the wrong room, this isn't the place to discuss the Europa Conference or the Premier League where Chelsea compete. As per the title above, this thread was created to discuss matters related to Ligue 1. This error is very often caused by not double checking before posting, so, immediately move your comment to a topic related to your discussion because if it continues to be here it will be considered off topic.

[sp4rhawk]

Not only now the PSG be favorite to win Ligue 1 even before the league starts, they have become a strong candidate to become champions this season, so I think there is nothing surprising about their current statistics including consecutive wins at the start of the season, PSG has a squad that is very capable and they are still better than the current rival teams, the quality of the squad and also the financial differences have been a strength for PSG to be able  their to easily win Ligue 1, but unfortunately the greatness that PSG have in Ligue 1 is not comparable to their performance and mentality in the Champions League which very bad so far, to be honest if we talk about Ligue 1 of course we can't deny that they are the strongest candidate to be champhionsip, while other teams are currently only competing for a place in the UCL, but for this season Champions League, I personally don't expect much from PSG.

 I get what you're saying about PSG being favorites to win Ligue 1, they definitely got a strong squad and all that. But you know, their performance in the Champions League hasn't been all that great, so I ain't expecting much from them this season. Gotta see how it plays out though, never know what could happen in football, am I right?

[DanWalker]

Not only now the PSG be favorite to win Ligue 1 even before the league starts, they have become a strong candidate to become champions this season, so I think there is nothing surprising about their current statistics including consecutive wins at the start of the season, PSG has a squad that is very capable and they are still better than the current rival teams, the quality of the squad and also the financial differences have been a strength for PSG to be able  their to easily win Ligue 1, but unfortunately the greatness that PSG have in Ligue 1 is not comparable to their performance and mentality in the Champions League which very bad so far, to be honest if we talk about Ligue 1 of course we can't deny that they are the strongest candidate to be champhionsip, while other teams are currently only competing for a place in the UCL, but for this season Champions League, I personally don't expect much from PSG.

I get what you're saying about PSG being favorites to win Ligue 1, they definitely got a strong squad and all that. But you know, their performance in the Champions League hasn't been all that great, so I ain't expecting much from them this season. Gotta see how it plays out though, never know what could happen in football, am I right?

PSG's squad may not have any big-name star players. But the bonding between the players in PSG's squad is very strong. So if the players of PSG can continue this kind of performance then there is a possibility of this team performing well in the Champions League as well. Due to the good understanding between the players, the team played well in all three matches in Ligue 1 and managed to win each match by a big margin. PSG got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique. Luis Enrique is also an experienced coach for the Champions League platform. So I think PSG has a great chance to do well in Champions League matches this season.

[Fiatless]

PSG's squad may not have any big-name star players. But the bonding between the players in PSG's squad is very strong. So if the players of PSG can continue this kind of performance then there is a possibility of this team performing well in the Champions League as well. Due to the good understanding between the players, the team played well in all three matches in Ligue 1 and managed to win each match by a big margin. PSG got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique. Luis Enrique is also an experienced coach for the Champions League platform. So I think PSG has a great chance to do well in Champions League matches this season.

PSG is still able to play high quality football because they didn't sell most of their key players. They lost Mbappe on free transfer and sold Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United), Hugo Ekitiké (Frankfurt) and Danilo Pereira (Al-Ittihad Club). All other key players were maintained. I guess this is the reason why they are still coordinated, unlike others that are trying to find rhythm due to the introduction of new players. PSG gives priority to the Champions League and I am sure Luis Enrique will be doing all he can to make the club make an impact in the competition. I am not sure that Qatar Sports Investments headed by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi will be patient with Luis if he fails to win the competition this season.

[Pandu Geddon]

PSG's squad may not have any big-name star players. But the bonding between the players in PSG's squad is very strong. So if the players of PSG can continue this kind of performance then there is a possibility of this team performing well in the Champions League as well. Due to the good understanding between the players, the team played well in all three matches in Ligue 1 and managed to win each match by a big margin. PSG got an experienced coach like Luis Enrique. Luis Enrique is also an experienced coach for the Champions League platform. So I think PSG has a great chance to do well in Champions League matches this season.

PSG is still able to play high quality football because they didn't sell most of their key players. They lost Mbappe on free transfer and sold Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United), Hugo Ekitiké (Frankfurt) and Danilo Pereira (Al-Ittihad Club). All other key players were maintained. I guess this is the reason why they are still coordinated, unlike others that are trying to find rhythm due to the introduction of new players. PSG gives priority to the Champions League and I am sure Luis Enrique will be doing all he can to make the club make an impact in the competition. I am not sure that Qatar Sports Investments headed by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi will be patient with Luis if he fails to win the competition this season.

PSG still has a good performance in Ligue 1. Their quality is indeed better than other teams. But we'll see later how they play in the Champions League. There are strong teams that PSG must face and they must be ready to compete.
The group phase faces Girona, Arsenal, PSV, Atletico Madrid, Munich, Salzburg, Man City, and Stuttgart. It is clearly not an easy opponent for PSG. And Enrique must prepare his team well if they want to qualify for the next round.

PSG remains one of the strongest teams in Europe. They must prove it.

[Roseline492]

PSG's squad may not have any big-name star players. But the bonding between the players in PSG's squad is very strong. So if the players of PSG can continue this kind of performance then there is a possibility of this team performing well in the Champions League as well. Due to the good understanding between the players, the team played well in all three matches in Ligue 1 and managed to win each match by a big margin.

When it comes to bonding PSG is one of the club that has so much love with each other but we should also no that performance of a club is not only enforce by the bonding they have because bonding is only a measure that keeps them in unity and have one focus, however when it comes to having a big name yes they do have a big name because they are currently recognized as the most high performance club in the French league but the only thing I no they don't have much is the star players and the only star player they had was Mbappe but now they don't have much but the good thing for them is they are managing there players very well but let's hope they have the performance to come out with a good result on this champions league.

[MAAManda]

Ligue 1 always belongs to PSG and AS Monaco, that's why the average person makes AS Monaco the main challenger to PSG almost every season, although sometimes we see different competitions, for example Lille who managed to win the Ligue 1 title in the 2020/21 season. This season we have an old challenger who is worthy of being a challenger again, yes, I'm talking about Marseille here, De Zerbi + Greenwood are signings that bring good luck to the team, I don't understand why Brighton doesn't extend De Zerbi's contract, even though he's a great manager.

The problem now is that Monaco is not in a good situation, even in the last few seasons they have had a hard time breaking through the competition at the top and they have been thrown to 5th and even 6th position. Monaco is still not that consistent, so that is also the reason why I personally still doubt Monaco's progress in Ligue 1. Not to underestimate, but that's what I've seen in the last few seasons. However, it is possible that they will be able to play better and more consistently this season, so that they can provide very tight competition to Paris Saint Germain. At least they can make Paris Saint Germain not easily win the title in Ligue 1, because during the seasons they were very comfortable to become champions.

I don't think you're looking too deeply into this league, which seasons are you referring to? AS Monaco have had a good record over the past 4 seasons, they have only been out of the top 5 zone once, apart from that they have always been in the top 3 of the standings. You also said that AS Monaco are not in good condition, what are you basically saying, look at the standings, they're in fifth place with the same points as Marseille, Nantes and Lens. It's not good to draw conclusions too quickly, especially since the standings in this league still have a lot of dynamics going forward.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Not only now the PSG be favorite to win Ligue 1 even before the league starts, they have become a strong candidate to become champions this season, so I think there is nothing surprising about their current statistics including consecutive wins at the start of the season, PSG has a squad that is very capable and they are still better than the current rival teams, the quality of the squad and also the financial differences have been a strength for PSG to be able  their to easily win Ligue 1, but unfortunately the greatness that PSG have in Ligue 1 is not comparable to their performance and mentality in the Champions League which very bad so far, to be honest if we talk about Ligue 1 of course we can't deny that they are the strongest candidate to be champhionsip, while other teams are currently only competing for a place in the UCL, but for this season Champions League, I personally don't expect much from PSG.

 I get what you're saying about PSG being favorites to win Ligue 1, they definitely got a strong squad and all that. But you know, their performance in the Champions League hasn't been all that great, so I ain't expecting much from them this season. Gotta see how it plays out though, never know what could happen in football, am I right?

But in this thread, PSG's performance in UCL has nothing to do with their results in League One. They struggle in UCL, but completely overpower their competitors in League One.

I expect nothing from PSG in this competition. They will obviously win it easily. It's because they're the strongest team. However, some clubs can compete with them, like Marseille and Monaco. But believe me, it's simple to know if PSG will win the current season without put lots of effort.

It's different when you're talking about PSG's performance in UCL. You shall write it in UCL thread instead of here.