French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[TelolettOm]

I think Enrique tends to give younger players a chance every now and then, but of course it ultimately depends on the players themselves. If they have the quality to use any opportunity given to them, then I think chances are not too bad if Enrique is the one in charge. But if he doesn't see the potential, then he can be a tough guy to deal with.

Yes, it seems like that, but it all also has to be considered and I'm sure Enruqie knows more about this. But in this match, indeed, unfortunately their performance was not that good, and even almost did not win, it was too difficult for them to achieve victory, and even only drew 1 - 1. even though they had:
- 68% ball possession
- 18 Shots
- 6 Shots on target
But only 1 goal. and fortunately, they were able to win with a very tight number of goals in penalty shootouts.

[LUCKMCFLY]

By the way, Enrique rotated players again, this time Dembele became the center forward on paper in the formation that Enrique applied. Sometimes I wonder, what does Luis Enrique want even though he has Ramos who has recovered and also Kolo Muani. It seems that he is not satisfied with the players available, I conclude that is why Enrique always changes some of his players almost every match. I wonder in this transfer window whether Erique will target the center forward he wants, but it seems he will target several names for his team's needs. By the way, PSG has widened the points gap from the team below them again and it seems it will be quite difficult for Monaco and Marseille to overtake them.

What Luis Enrique did by making all these decisions is out of pure desperation, they are not getting results, the material they have at PSG is not enough to give good results, for me what he has done is good, but you can see the desperation and that is something that we always see, at least I see it, and of course now things can be changed, but what has him most frustrated is the UCL, I am sure that Ligue 1 does not affect him much, because he knows that they are leaders and that they lead the baton in that, so this is something that he is doing well, what he is settling on is in the UCL results.

[Hirose UK]

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Yes, it seems like that, but it all also has to be considered and I'm sure Enruqie knows more about this. But in this match, indeed, unfortunately their performance was not that good, and even almost did not win, it was too difficult for them to achieve victory, and even only drew 1 - 1. even though they had:
- 68% ball possession
- 18 Shots
- 6 Shots on target
But only 1 goal. and fortunately, they were able to win with a very tight number of goals in penalty shootouts.

Enrique has always been coach who is indeed difficult to predict, even every decision taken for the PSG squad often makes many people wonder.
As for today match, PSG should have won absolutely without penalty shootout, but we all saw how PSG game was quite good but failed to take advantage of several good opportunities they had created, in the penalty shootout it provided dramatic condition because it could be very possible for Lens to win it.
Quite unlucky, I had to lose the bet because I predicted PSG would be able to create at least 2 goal or more today.

[tusandii]

Paris Saint Germain is the best team, we have seen this many times. There is no better team in the French league. Lille won the championship in the past years, but PSG never gave this title to another team after that. This team is perfect for young players. This team will be a good place for them to complete their development in the best way. I am sure they will win League 1 this year too.

Indeed, the fact cannot be denied that financial balance and having quality players have indeed made PSG the best club in League 1 and it is difficult for any club to surpass them, although a few years ago Lille was able to break PSG's dominance but that only happened once and after that PSG won the title again in the following seasons and this season I think no one can stop PSG even if it is Marseille, Monaco or Lille because PSG has widened the gap of 10 points from them.

[bitgolden]

Does anyone know why they let just Monaco and PSG to have that extra game before everyone else got their game? I mean I can see that everyone else is at 15 games, and only they had their games, so they are at 16 for some reason. In any case, we could say that this put PSG up enough that they could just relax after a while.

I would say they could try to find some young players that can start and be good, usually that's the most important part, all these superstars came out from somewhere before, and that would only happen if you give them time when they are young. Giving an 18 year old Mbappe time, or 17 year old Yamal time is easy, they are super talented, but finding the role players around them is the hard part, so PSG should try to find more under 20 year old players to play since they guaranteed the league basically, maybe not mathematically, but it's obvious.

[Republikcoin.com]

Indeed, the fact cannot be denied that financial balance and having quality players have indeed made PSG the best club in League 1 and it is difficult for any club to surpass them, although a few years ago Lille was able to break PSG's dominance but that only happened once and after that PSG won the title again in the following seasons and this season I think no one can stop PSG even if it is Marseille, Monaco or Lille because PSG has widened the gap of 10 points from them.

In Ligue 1, only PSG is still consistent enough in making its squad better every season so that when PSG was left behind by other teams, PSG continued to make changes by relying on the things they had at that time. So the results we can see clearly that PSG's ability to make its squad better is very real and it cannot be matched by its other rivals. Moreover, at this time PSG is already ahead with 10 points, which will be quite difficult for any team in Ligue 1 this season to surpass, so the other teams only hope to be able to occupy second place because first place is no longer possible to achieve.

[xzone]

I would say they could try to find some young players that can start and be good, usually that's the most important part, all these superstars came out from somewhere before, and that would only happen if you give them time when they are young. Giving an 18 year old Mbappe time, or 17 year old Yamal time is easy, they are super talented, but finding the role players around them is the hard part, so PSG should try to find more under 20 year old players to play since they guaranteed the league basically, maybe not mathematically, but it's obvious.

PSG's goal should not be to be champions in the league. They do not have a rival in French football anyway, the real goal will be to approach the championship in Europe. Of course, it is very difficult for them to do this, but if they set the right goal and can discover the star players of the coming years, their chances will increase. If there is no suitable opponent for you in your league, you think you are very strong, but the truth is not like that, competition is always good

[Majestic-milf]

I agree with you but if you look at it on the other side, the smaller teams are trying to make a statement and they can't do that if is not PSG they're playing against and the PSG in question have a way of letting the smaller teams to humiliate them before you see them start struggling to gain dominance. This game between Len and PSG was suppose to end at FT without going to Penalty shootout but PSG as we know them don't know when to act as the bigger team in these domestic competition, how I wish Lens was a bit stronger than what we saw to eliminate PSG from the competition.

Normally, there's this morale booster these smaller teams get when they're able to beat the bigger teams and if Lens had been successful in removing PSG from the tournament, it would have pushed them to feel like they can beat them in the league and knowing how PSG can be shaky in their playing pattern like you observed, I don't think it would be a difficult thing for them to do.
 With how careless they played with Lens but we're lucky thanks to the penalty shootout, I doubt if PSG would be able to survive if they meet a bigger and stronger opponent in the next round.
 

[mammusu]

I would say they could try to find some young players that can start and be good, usually that's the most important part, all these superstars came out from somewhere before, and that would only happen if you give them time when they are young. Giving an 18 year old Mbappe time, or 17 year old Yamal time is easy, they are super talented, but finding the role players around them is the hard part, so PSG should try to find more under 20 year old players to play since they guaranteed the league basically, maybe not mathematically, but it's obvious.

PSG's goal should not be to be champions in the league. They do not have a rival in French football anyway, the real goal will be to approach the championship in Europe. Of course, it is very difficult for them to do this, but if they set the right goal and can discover the star players of the coming years, their chances will increase. If there is no suitable opponent for you in your league, you think you are very strong, but the truth is not like that, competition is always good

Ligue 1 is no different like a ladder for them to be able to play in the Champions League, so actually winning the Ligue 1 championship trophy is not their main target all along, PSG has won a lot of Ligue 1 titles in the last few seasons without any strong competition at all, so I think it has made them very comfortable and finally made their mentality untested when facing strong teams in the Champions League, We cannot deny that PSG main target so far is to achieve success in the Champions League, but they cannot realize it if they only rely on a strong squad, but do not have a champion mentality in more competitive competition

[hyudien]

Ligue 1 is no different like a ladder for them to be able to play in the Champions League, so actually winning the Ligue 1 championship trophy is not their main target all along, PSG has won a lot of Ligue 1 titles in the last few seasons without any strong competition at all, so I think it has made them very comfortable and finally made their mentality untested when facing strong teams in the Champions League, We cannot deny that PSG main target so far is to achieve success in the Champions League, but they cannot realize it if they only rely on a strong squad, but do not have a champion mentality in more competitive competition

I agree with you that the level of competition in the domestic league will affect the competition at a higher level. In Ligue 1 their mentality cannot be formed perfectly because the competition here is not as tight as the competition in other leagues such as the English League, so this is one of the reasons why Ligue 1 teams have difficulty competing in the Champions League. Mentality is very important for a team, because one of the factors that can make a team successful is mentality. If their mentality is not formed well, then it will also affect the achievements they get in big competitions. because in big competitions the pressure will be much greater too.

[Weawant]

In Ligue 1, only PSG is still consistent enough in making its squad better every season so that when PSG was left behind by other teams, PSG continued to make changes by relying on the things they had at that time. So the results we can see clearly that PSG's ability to make its squad better is very real and it cannot be matched by its other rivals. Moreover, at this time PSG is already ahead with 10 points, which will be quite difficult for any team in Ligue 1 this season to surpass, so the other teams only hope to be able to occupy second place because first place is no longer possible to achieve.

Literally PSG is one team I see puts in the effort every season to fix their squad and get it some more strength possibly better than it has been the previous season but last season Marseille did made that move against this season and literally the effort did paid off though they aren't exactly where PSG is currently but if they could continue adding some more consistency to it, maybe they would be getting so better they will be at same level soon. It's only that it may take them some more time and by then PSG may have further advanced again.

[len01]

In Ligue 1, only PSG is still consistent enough in making its squad better every season so that when PSG was left behind by other teams, PSG continued to make changes by relying on the things they had at that time. So the results we can see clearly that PSG's ability to make its squad better is very real and it cannot be matched by its other rivals. Moreover, at this time PSG is already ahead with 10 points, which will be quite difficult for any team in Ligue 1 this season to surpass, so the other teams only hope to be able to occupy second place because first place is no longer possible to achieve.

Literally PSG is one team I see puts in the effort every season to fix their squad and get it some more strength possibly better than it has been the previous season but last season Marseille did made that move against this season and literally the effort did paid off though they aren't exactly where PSG is currently but if they could continue adding some more consistency to it, maybe they would be getting so better they will be at same level soon. It's only that it may take them some more time and by then PSG may have further advanced again.

We all will not know what the future of teams other than PSG in this league 1 will be. As long as some teams are able to bring in professional players, surely competing with PSG will be an easy problem. I am sure that even though PSG dominates league 1, it does not mean that they will not experience bad times and one day PSG will definitely have problems that will have an impact on declining performance. And that's when other teams like Marseille will take over the top of the standings. Currently, there is no other way to continue to maintain consistency in the runner up position every season. And when PSG starts to make mistakes, Monaco or Marseille will find it easier to take the opportunity.

[Jody.Drummer]

I was surprised when I saw the distance of the match in week 16 so far, I mean the match for Paris Saint Germain and Manaco has been held, but for the other matches it will take place in January. I mean why can this happen, because in my opinion they can postpone the first match in week 16 also in January, or they can finish everything this week. Because this can also cause jealousy from other clubs, because of course the schedule will benefit Paris Saint Germain and Monaco for week 17. I also don't see any postponed matches from these 2 clubs, so for me this is just a little strange.

[Palakka]

In Ligue 1, only PSG is still consistent enough in making its squad better every season so that when PSG was left behind by other teams, PSG continued to make changes by relying on the things they had at that time. So the results we can see clearly that PSG's ability to make its squad better is very real and it cannot be matched by its other rivals. Moreover, at this time PSG is already ahead with 10 points, which will be quite difficult for any team in Ligue 1 this season to surpass, so the other teams only hope to be able to occupy second place because first place is no longer possible to achieve.

Literally PSG is one team I see puts in the effort every season to fix their squad and get it some more strength possibly better than it has been the previous season but last season Marseille did made that move against this season and literally the effort did paid off though they aren't exactly where PSG is currently but if they could continue adding some more consistency to it, maybe they would be getting so better they will be at same level soon. It's only that it may take them some more time and by then PSG may have further advanced again.

We all will not know what the future of teams other than PSG in this league 1 will be. As long as some teams are able to bring in professional players, surely competing with PSG will be an easy problem. I am sure that even though PSG dominates league 1, it does not mean that they will not experience bad times and one day PSG will definitely have problems that will have an impact on declining performance. And that's when other teams like Marseille will take over the top of the standings. Currently, there is no other way to continue to maintain consistency in the runner up position every season. And when PSG starts to make mistakes, Monaco or Marseille will find it easier to take the opportunity.

If you are curious about PSG rival teams, on the contrary I am curious about PSG future, because after all they are the most prominent and dominant team in ligue 1, but how can they last for a long time if they continue to fail to get the UCL trophy due to their poor mentality because of the easy competition in Ligue 1 ?

Honestly there will be a time when every star player is reluctant to join PSG, although they have the finances and ability to dominate the domestic league, because after all the UCL trophy is the dream of all footballers in the world so far.

Marseille and Monaco has improved their squad for the better this season, but in fact they still fail to compete with PSG who has lost many of their star players, doesn't that just show that there is no other team that has a winning mentality in Ligue 1 besides PSG at this time?.

[Docnaster]

Indeed, the fact cannot be denied that financial balance and having quality players have indeed made PSG the best club in League 1 and it is difficult for any club to surpass them, although a few years ago Lille was able to break PSG's dominance but that only happened once and after that PSG won the title again in the following seasons and this season I think no one can stop PSG even if it is Marseille, Monaco or Lille because PSG has widened the gap of 10 points from them.

It's been proven time and time again that for a club to actually succeed in modern day football, the club must be financially strong so I'm actually not surprised that Paris Saint Germaine is dominating the French league. The club management have invested hugely in the club since they took over and that's why it seems like the other French teams aren't serious enough like PSG.
Lille like you rightly said broke PSG's dominance but it lasted just one season before the reigning French champions reclaimed their dominance. PSG will continue to dominate the French league till when the other clubs will start investing hugely in signing quality players.

[irhact]

We all will not know what the future of teams other than PSG in this league 1 will be. As long as some teams are able to bring in professional players, surely competing with PSG will be an easy problem. I am sure that even though PSG dominates league 1, it does not mean that they will not experience bad times and one day PSG will definitely have problems that will have an impact on declining performance. And that's when other teams like Marseille will take over the top of the standings. Currently, there is no other way to continue to maintain consistency in the runner up position every season. And when PSG starts to make mistakes, Monaco or Marseille will find it easier to take the opportunity.

While you're praying that PSG will have a bad form or game don't forget that the other clubs might have the same fate waiting for them as they can lose too. PSG will not win all their games as they're going to have some few bad games but still they're always the favourite to win the league and this season they have showed that again by topping the table and I think the reason is as they're the better funded club among all the clubs playing in the french league. PSG is topping the table with 10 points and it'll be very difficult for them to lose 3 games straight while other title contenders won't lose any game and for then Marseille to take over the 1st position.

[Fuso.hp]

Paris Saint Germain is the best team, we have seen this many times. There is no better team in the French league. Lille won the championship in the past years, but PSG never gave this title to another team after that. This team is perfect for young players. This team will be a good place for them to complete their development in the best way. I am sure they will win League 1 this year too.

Indeed, the fact cannot be denied that financial balance and having quality players have indeed made PSG the best club in League 1 and it is difficult for any club to surpass them, although a few years ago Lille was able to break PSG's dominance but that only happened once and after that PSG won the title again in the following seasons and this season I think no one can stop PSG even if it is Marseille, Monaco or Lille because PSG has widened the gap of 10 points from them.

No other club has ever spent as much money as PSG to improve their team's performance. PSG spent money on players but they didn't actually make a profit by selling any players against spending that money. PSG's plans were certainly flawed, if they had hired a quality manager first and spent money as planned to bring quality players into the team, their team performance would have improved. Now there is an experienced manager in the team who has been able to manage Barcelona well for a long time but this manager does not seem to be very active when it comes to buying players. If we can clearly understand the weaknesses in different positions of the team then this manager has understood the weaknesses better but my question is why he is not offering money to any quality player. Let's see how his activities are when the transfer window opens.

[imamusma]

No other club has ever spent as much money as PSG to improve their team's performance. PSG spent money on players but they didn't actually make a profit by selling any players against spending that money. PSG's plans were certainly flawed, if they had hired a quality manager first and spent money as planned to bring quality players into the team, their team performance would have improved. Now there is an experienced manager in the team who has been able to manage Barcelona well for a long time but this manager does not seem to be very active when it comes to buying players. If we can clearly understand the weaknesses in different positions of the team then this manager has understood the weaknesses better but my question is why he is not offering money to any quality player. Let's see how his activities are when the transfer window opens.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi took an instant path to build PSG as a force to be reckoned with in Europe, especially in Ligue 1. So it is not surprising that since 2011, PSG has spent a lot of budget to recruit a number of star players. In Ligue 1, PSG managed to achieve great success by relying on this financial strength, but until this season, they have not been able to achieve success in the Champions League.
After losing Mbappe, PSG seems to have started to change their approach in the transfer market, where Luis Enrique seems not so aggressive in recruiting other star players. I think PSG still needs star players, to make the team reckoned with in the Champions League. In addition, PSG management should start to focus on promoting young academy players every season, this can provide sustainable success and save expenses.

[Velvet78]

PSG will probably go for a new striker signing in January or next summer at worst.    I feel confident about that because Ramos and Kolo Muani couldn't make the expected impact yet. At least one of them will probably leave. It hasn't been much time since Ramos came back from an injury though. Maybe he could be the one staying. But Kolo Muani? He isn't given enough amount of chances recently. I feel like he will be the one leaving.

In his place, they would go for a striker who has proven their scoring skills already. Such as Osimhen, Gyökeres or someone else like them. But I believe they will do this at the end of the day.

[Juse14]

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No other club has ever spent as much money as PSG to improve their team's performance. PSG spent money on players but they didn't actually make a profit by selling any players against spending that money. PSG's plans were certainly flawed, if they had hired a quality manager first and spent money as planned to bring quality players into the team, their team performance would have improved. Now there is an experienced manager in the team who has been able to manage Barcelona well for a long time but this manager does not seem to be very active when it comes to buying players. If we can clearly understand the weaknesses in different positions of the team then this manager has understood the weaknesses better but my question is why he is not offering money to any quality player. Let's see how his activities are when the transfer window opens.

I also don't really understand the clubs owned by Middle Eastern businessmen, as if they don't have unlimited money, they continue to recruit star players at fantastic prices, then just let them go. PSG is a team that is quite wasteful almost approaching the competition season, and one more thing PSG is a club that damages market prices, because PSG always makes big offers when they are targeting the players they want. However, if we talk about profits and achievements, yes it can be said that they are a big club with minimal achievements, apart from achievements in the domestic league.

and in my opinion for now, PSG is still not satisfied with the depth of the squad they have, because the players they have have not given satisfactory results, especially in the European arena, where PSG is threatened with being eliminated early in the qualifying round. In addition, after the main star left, their popularity slowly decreased, so for this season they not only have to find players with the best quality, but the players must also have quite high popularity. so let's see, who will be recruited by PSG this summer