French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[Asiska02]

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.

The modern day football has really shown that only teams that can invest well in good players will have a chance to dominate the league, that we have seen in some clubs in the premier league. Alongside signing of good players, you also need to have a very good coach to be able to put them through that success path, if not, they may still end up not a formidable team. PSG will continue to reign in the French league until we see a big investment in one of the teams playing there, an investment that will make them more stronger and can fight for the league title like them.

This has also shown that the French league which is not that strong like other leagues is because of one team that is dominating it. It is very obvious in the champions league competition when they play there. Smaller teams from other top leagues use to outshine them in the champions league and that shows how not too serious of a league they play with mediocre teams there. Mostly, they don’t stand a chance against big teams in all ramifications in the champions league. They are good as a club, but it seems they need more tough games in the league in order to be stronger when participating in European competitions.

[shogun47]

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

They don't have unlimited money, but relative to what they have it is not a big problem for them to spend billions over a couple of years. It impacts peoples' perception of Qatar as a country and thereby they increase their options to build out business abroad. I don't know how much they now spent in total, but I think for transfers it is somewhere around 1.5 billion euros and 0.5 billion euros they made from player sales over a period of 10 years. When you now calculate the total value of PSG (the sources are very different about that number), and then deduct what they have paid and what they have gained over the years, it was a good deal.

They bought the club because as Todd Boehly said about Chelsea, they are looking forward to the sports market becoming bigger and bigger. The money involved is increasing and while it looks so weird when PSG spends these enormous sums of money on transfers and salaries, it does pay off for them. Consider the relationship between the Qatar guys and the French government because of themn being the owners of PSG. There are reasons and it is not like they are losing money all the time.

Maybe they consider it a hobby to a certain degree, but the priority is about networking and a presence among ordinary people.

I think QSI once bought the club for 100 million dollars and promised to continue financing the club. But if they had to sell it today, I think they would make serious gains.

[Franctoshi]

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.

This is a very important thing for PSG to do after that they sold Mbappe to Real Madrid, they haven't gotten a good player replacement for Mbappe who will , Therefore , come January 2025 transfer window is indeed a good time for them to enter market.
Ramos is a defender and doesn't have much to offer even looking at his age and playing position.

And for Osimhen,  I think he will be pleased with an offer from the premier league side than considering moving to the French Ligue 1

[jaberwock]

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

I think it would be the right manager for that job that could take them there, would be a lot better. Considering Louis Enrique looks like he is not good at UCL situation and doing terrible at the moment, I would say he is not the one. I also think, Pep Guardiola won whatever he can win at Manchester City, and right now most of his players are just not even playing because they are all fed up winning enough and do not want to play to win, they just don't care about winning anymore because they won so much already.

This is why I think it would be a perfect fit to get Pep Guardiola to PSG this summer. It would allow them to restart basically, do whatever he asks to do and eventually they will get to UCL title, like how he did that with City.

[baeva]

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.

They have one more match than Marseille, but I don't think it makes much difference in a global sense. It's almost halfway through the season and I think it's obvious again that PSG are going to be champions this time too, so I don't think they'll be so badly affected by the wishes of the team's detractors, except in the Champions League, in which they're already doing quite badly.

[bitgolden]

At the league, testing out some younger players for a few games isn't a bad idea. But, you don't do that with all the players, like you put in 2 of them one game, and see how that looks, the best 2 you have, and then maybe the more league continues and they guarantee, you put in another different two, and then another different two, that way, you always have at least 8-9 starters in the game, and 2-3 younger players, and never more.

This would allow them to be still the best team without a doubt, but also have a chance the younger players too. This is a great situation to be in because it allows you to make it work one way or another, it allows you to get a greater result whenever you have some time with it at the same time.

[aylabadia05]

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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.

Ligue 1 belongs to PSG again this season and they have been really strong until now. PSG have collected 40 points in 16 matches in the first half of this season, and they are even unbeaten. PSG dominates Ligue 1 and they always maintain that consistency, but unfortunately PSG always fails in the Champions League. The 7th match will be exciting because PSG will compete against Manchester City in the Champions League, but it's still too long to wait. No team can truly stop PSG's dominance in Ligue 1, which is why it is difficult for anyone to prevent PSG from securing the title every season.

In the match against Monaco that has finished, PSG really proved that they are a strong team by winning the match 2-4. Dembele scored 2 goals, the other 2 goals were scored by Desire Doué and Goncalo Ramos. PSG is also the most productive team in Ligue 1 this season, scoring 44 goals in 16 matches.

[tusandii]

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.

Last season PSG was also rumored with Victor Oshimen but in fact PSG did not recruit this striker to replace the position left by Mbappe but they instead stuck with the players they had and did not recruit Oshimen because the price tag set by Napoli was too expensive but isn't PSG quite capable of buying Oshimen considering this player is an active striker I hope PSG will really make the reality of recruiting a striker in the transfer market later.

[mammusu]

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.

That is why so far ligue 1 is considered a peasant league that does show the lowest level of competition in European football, Ligue 1 is a less competitive league and it has affected PSG mentality and readiness when facing pressure in big competitions like the champions league, but uniquely we see that currently PSG rival teams that are difficult to compete in ligue 1, precisely are more able to provide resistance in the champions league (Brest, Lille and Monaco) , and I think it happens because of mentality which accustomed to high intensity and situations that demand maximum performance in every their match in ligue 1, especially against big teams like PSG in domestic league.

[Farma]

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.

Last season PSG was also rumored with Victor Oshimen but in fact PSG did not recruit this striker to replace the position left by Mbappe but they instead stuck with the players they had and did not recruit Oshimen because the price tag set by Napoli was too expensive but isn't PSG quite capable of buying Oshimen considering this player is an active striker I hope PSG will really make the reality of recruiting a striker in the transfer market later.

PSG does have strong finances but it's not just that they have to spend a lot of money like Napoli wants, especially Victor Oshimen is in a position that the team doesn't want at the end of last season.
PSG coach Luis Enrique is not the type who likes to recruit many players, especially expensive players. Luis Enrique tends to take advantage of existing players and make effective purchases. I think Luis Enrique will build the PSG team framework slowly, unlike before when PSG spent a lot of money but did not meet the team's targets.
For now, PSG's front line is not significantly affected by the loss of Mbappe, although the PSG team is still struggling to compete in the Champions League, but this is because overall this team does not have sufficient team strength and I think it's not just the front line that needs to be fixed but all lines.

[Palakka]

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.

Last season PSG was also rumored with Victor Oshimen but in fact PSG did not recruit this striker to replace the position left by Mbappe but they instead stuck with the players they had and did not recruit Oshimen because the price tag set by Napoli was too expensive but isn't PSG quite capable of buying Oshimen considering this player is an active striker I hope PSG will really make the reality of recruiting a striker in the transfer market later.

PSG does have strong finances but it's not just that they have to spend a lot of money like Napoli wants, especially Victor Oshimen is in a position that the team doesn't want at the end of last season.
PSG coach Luis Enrique is not the type who likes to recruit many players, especially expensive players. Luis Enrique tends to take advantage of existing players and make effective purchases. I think Luis Enrique will build the PSG team framework slowly, unlike before when PSG spent a lot of money but did not meet the team's targets.
For now, PSG's front line is not significantly affected by the loss of Mbappe, although the PSG team is still struggling to compete in the Champions League, but this is because overall this team does not have sufficient team strength and I think it's not just the front line that needs to be fixed but all lines.

Financial strength has been their weapon to conquer ligue 1 so far, although it turns out that it has not been effective for them on conquer more competitive competitions like the UCL so far, I don't see any other problem that prevents PSG from winning the UCL at this time besides mentality, they managed to conquer ligue 1 with a better mentality and squad than other teams, But it is precisely the ease of competition in Ligue 1 that has affected their mentality in the UCL so far, so it is not surprising if they  very difficult to win the UCL, I don't see any problems in their  team framework, because previously they had a great coach and many great players in every line from goalkeepers to dangerous strikers, but what we see, doesn't they also failed to UCL trophies?

[Phoenix Anka]

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.

The only dominant force in the French league will be Paris Saint-Germain. Because no other French team can provide these conditions financially. Paris Saint-Germain is a team that is economically strong enough to buy any player it wants. That's why their championship is almost guaranteed. There may be teams that can beat them, but at the end of the year, the champion will still be Paris Saint-Germain.

[Marvell1]

The only dominant force in the French league will be Paris Saint-Germain. Because no other French team can provide these conditions financially. Paris Saint-Germain is a team that is economically strong enough to buy any player it wants. That's why their championship is almost guaranteed. There may be teams that can beat them, but at the end of the year, the champion will still be Paris Saint-Germain.

The owner of PSG club is very rich. The important thing is that PSG management is also ready to spend a lot of money to strengthen their squad. That is why we see PSG's squad is the strongest every season. And PSG's dominance is seen in Ligue 1 every season.

There are several other clubs in Ligue 1 whose owners are very rich. But no club management prepares big funds to buy players. That is why we see PSG's every season. And Ligue 1 is not very competitive either. Ligue 1 clubs should take necessary measures to strengthen their squad. Otherwise Ligue 1 will not be competitive.

Like the past few seasons, this season too we can see PSG's dominance in Ligue 1. Although Marseille and Monaco performed well at the beginning of the season, the performance of these two teams is irregular at the moment. So PSG is the frontrunner on the road to winning the Ligue 1 title this season.

[RaltcoinsB]

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.

This is a very important thing for PSG to do after that they sold Mbappe to Real Madrid, they haven't gotten a good player replacement for Mbappe who will , Therefore , come January 2025 transfer window is indeed a good time for them to enter market.
Ramos is a defender and doesn't have much to offer even looking at his age and playing position.

And for Osimhen,  I think he will be pleased with an offer from the premier league side than considering moving to the French Ligue 1

Osimhen, in my opinion, can also play in the French League. Because he is currently playing in the Turkish Super League. The French League is of higher quality in the Turkish Super League. If he went to Turkey, he can also go to France. Of course, the Premier League will probably be a better option, but it is definitely right to say that he will not go. If Paris Saint-Germain's ideals and what they offer him can convince Osimhen, I think he can play in France.

[bering]

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.

Kolo Muani is dissapointing because since joining with PSG he seems unable to find his best performance even so with Ramos that when he was joining i thought he could being an next Mbappe because his goal records at Benfica was very impressive but until now Ramos performance too unstable but luckily while other striker cannot in form Bradley Barcola can appears as PSG top scorer but indeed they still needed new striker

In Ligue 1 PSG indeed can rely on their current squad because they still very strong compared other teams in this league but for European competition such Champion League i think Luis Enrique should be bought new players this winter and about Osimhen PSG almost bought him from Napoli but the transfer cancelled because Napoli demanding high price but the rumours has been said PSG will attempts to bought Osimhen again this winter

[Lidger]

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.

PSG has always been a strong team in the France league and they won most of the matches even if they did not win all the matches of the season, which is why they have been champions of the France league for several seasons in a row. PSG are unbeaten so far this season as they have played 16 matches where they have won 12 matches and drawn four matches. They have more than half of their matches ahead, if PSG does not drop a point in any of the matches, then at the end of the season we can say that PSG have secured the league title by going undefeated this season. But it is not saying anything for sure if they can stay unbeaten but I will say for sure this season too that PSG will definitely secure the local league title this season.

[beerlover]

PSG does have strong finances but it's not just that they have to spend a lot of money like Napoli wants, especially Victor Oshimen is in a position that the team doesn't want at the end of last season.
PSG coach Luis Enrique is not the type who likes to recruit many players, especially expensive players. Luis Enrique tends to take advantage of existing players and make effective purchases. I think Luis Enrique will build the PSG team framework slowly, unlike before when PSG spent a lot of money but did not meet the team's targets.
For now, PSG's front line is not significantly affected by the loss of Mbappe, although the PSG team is still struggling to compete in the Champions League, but this is because overall this team does not have sufficient team strength and I think it's not just the front line that needs to be fixed but all lines.

I mean it's a different thing to have the money, different to want to spend it like a stupid person. For example in this case, Napoli wanted 100+ million for Osimhen, they were rumoured to be offered 100 million even, and they still didn't accept, and because of that PSG (and Chelsea) didn't buy him, 100 was good enough.

In any case, just because PSG could offer to pay 130 million or even 200 million, doesn't mean they will want to spend that much on a player, because Osimhen doesn't worth "that" much, sure he worths a lot, now his release clause is said to be 75 million and he definitely does deserve that much, but this doesn't mean that we are going to end up with a bad result at all, it is going to be something to take some time for them to realize his real value.

[hahay]

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.

Last season PSG was also rumored with Victor Oshimen but in fact PSG did not recruit this striker to replace the position left by Mbappe but they instead stuck with the players they had and did not recruit Oshimen because the price tag set by Napoli was too expensive but isn't PSG quite capable of buying Oshimen considering this player is an active striker I hope PSG will really make the reality of recruiting a striker in the transfer market later.

Basically PSG is a rich team that can bring in the desired players but it seems, Luis Enrique will still maximize the young talents in the PSG squad. Thus, maybe PSG will still not make big purchases in the January transfer window, because Enrique himself has made a statement that their team is good and there is no need to buy many players. But yes,atleast that might just be Enrique's plan, I also don't know if for example maybe the PSG owner wants to have new players, then maybe they will still bring in new players in the transfer window. But yes, the point is that PSG do need some new players of course to make the rotation of players run well to have good results also in the Champions League, and not  only for the domestic league.

[Silence Scream]

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.

PSG has always been a strong team in the France league and they won most of the matches even if they did not win all the matches of the season, which is why they have been champions of the France league for several seasons in a row. PSG are unbeaten so far this season as they have played 16 matches where they have won 12 matches and drawn four matches. They have more than half of their matches ahead, if PSG does not drop a point in any of the matches, then at the end of the season we can say that PSG have secured the league title by going undefeated this season. But it is not saying anything for sure if they can stay unbeaten but I will say for sure this season too that PSG will definitely secure the local league title this season.

There are two teams that can claim the championship against PSG. Monaco and Marseille. However, we see that these two teams play inconsistently. In some matches, they win by playing very well, and in some matches, they experience great surprises and lose to undemanding teams. When this happens, the winning rate in matches decreases. PSG, on the other hand, is still trying to play professionally in every match. They have no opponents for the French league, what is important for them is the Champions League. They are currently outside the top 24 in the Champions League. However, if they win the next two matches, they will be in the top 24 and will be eligible to play in the playoffs.

[bitgolden]

PSG and Gyokeres doesn't make that much sense if you ask me, Osimhen feels like a better fit. Why? Because Osimhen is way too athletic, he is a pure striker, all he does is get the ball and I do not care where you throw it, it could be some far distance and he will outrun and get it, it could be high up and he will jump higher than everyone else and get it, it could be anything, you just throw the ball and he will get it, but he is not a clinical finisher, he isn't one touch and score type of guy, his aim is still scoring, but it's more about the effort.

PSG  needs that because they do not have a world class level midfield unfortunately, definitely a problem that they have, so they need to have a player like Osimhen. Gyokeres is a strong one, so if you put the ball at the opposition field, like with some players, then Gyokeres could just bully a few and can score, different style, and clinical finishing too.