French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[len01]

It seems like discussing PSG has become boring because whatever happens, the guarantee of this season's title will still be held by PSG. The 10-point difference is very far and it is very difficult to catch up. On the one hand, it will be more interesting if we discuss the competition for the runner-up position which is currently being fought over by Marseille and Monaco. Maybe it's too early, but I think Marseille will be more worthy of being the runner-up this season.

[Jody.Drummer]

It seems like discussing PSG has become boring because whatever happens, the guarantee of this season's title will still be held by PSG. The 10-point difference is very far and it is very difficult to catch up. On the one hand, it will be more interesting if we discuss the competition for the runner-up position which is currently being fought over by Marseille and Monaco. Maybe it's too early, but I think Marseille will be more worthy of being the runner-up this season.

It actually happens every season and I think it's more interesting to talk about the competition like at the bottom of Ligue 1. Talking about Paris Saint Germain is interesting when they compete in the Champions League, but it's not interesting because of something good, it's interesting because they can't really compete in the Champions League. Like this season for example, they have to be outside the top 24 in the Champions League standings. For a club that has a big name in Ligue 1 like them, I think that's something that's not fun at all and even bad, but that's the reality.

[karabiber]

It seems like discussing PSG has become boring because whatever happens, the guarantee of this season's title will still be held by PSG. The 10-point difference is very far and it is very difficult to catch up. On the one hand, it will be more interesting if we discuss the competition for the runner-up position which is currently being fought over by Marseille and Monaco. Maybe it's too early, but I think Marseille will be more worthy of being the runner-up this season.

Every year the French league becomes less and less competitive. Ligue 1 is getting boring now. I don't see any team that can break PSG's hegemony. When PSG's dream squad disbanded, the ratings of the league dropped. The Arab capital in PSG has not been successful in the European Cups and maybe in the coming years they can shift the capital to another league. In my opinion, Ligue 1 is a league where teams give importance to their infrastructure. With the exception of PSG, the other teams develop and polish players from their youth and usually market them to the EPL. So for this reason Ligue 1 has become a dull league without much excitement.

[Altryist]

PSG is the team that is always on the top side of the French League table but they wanted to win the Champions League but they couldn't do that so far yet. They even hired Messi and Neymar and even they had Mbappe but they couldn't do anything in the Champions League. Now even they have a good coach like Enrique in their team since people were saying they didn't have a good coach but still PSG is not strong in the Champions League.

PSG does strange things, one time they buy all the stars of the world, but choose questionable coaches, another time they take a good coach but at this time they frankly have problems with the composition, especially the attack, in this case the team cannot achieve some optimal balance, because they are constantly lacking something. Enrique is a very good coach, but now PSG is at risk of stopping at the group stage of the Champions League and this will be a very bad result, it is clear that not everything is in order in the team.

[Pandu Geddon]

Yes, maybe they should focus more on their defense and also their midfield so that they can make the stability of the game in the team even better. Although they may seem to have a gap in the back line, the midfield that supports it must also be improved. Because the midfield or defensive midfielder must be the first person who can stop the opponent's attack or they don't give the opposing player space to go deeper into the defense. They actually need it more in the Champions League, because in Ligue 1 they look fine, while in the Champions League they have a hard time getting a win to maintain their position in the standings.

The ability of a defensive midfielder is indeed very important in cutting off the flow of the ball from the opponent's attack. It must be the responsibility of a player who is strong enough in possession of the ball as well.
We can see that PSG's midfield will be fine when they face opponents who are equal or weaker than them. But their midfield will look difficult when facing a stronger team and dominating the match. When they don't have a player with a strong enough defensive type then they will have a lot of difficulty. Maybe they really need a player like that for the competition in the Champions League.

My personal view of the midfield at PSG is pretty good, it's just that they need more performance improvement with existing players, occasionally needing improvement to be maximized and not having to replace with new players, it might be much more efficient and much better than always having to find a replacement, I think as long as it can be improved in terms of its ability it is better to train to be better to be able to get optimal performance from existing players.

For Ligue 1 of course it is not a problem for PSG. But to be able to compete in the Champions League, and fulfill their ambitions so far. With what PSG is showing right now it seems impossible to achieve it.
I know what you think, it is acceptable for clubs with limited or sufficient funding. But with PSG, they should be able to get better. I don't know if they may be pessimistic about their ambition to achieve the Champions League trophy. Or their ambition will only collect more Ligue 1 trophies until they have no place to store them.

[Abu-Naim]

It seems like discussing PSG has become boring because whatever happens, the guarantee of this season's title will still be held by PSG. The 10-point difference is very far and it is very difficult to catch up. On the one hand, it will be more interesting if we discuss the competition for the runner-up position which is currently being fought over by Marseille and Monaco. Maybe it's too early, but I think Marseille will be more worthy of being the runner-up this season.

I was expecting Monaco to be tough competitor of PSG in the League considering how they have signed a lot of young players and they started playing well this season, but as time went on, they couldnt get consistency in their performance and they are now below PSG with like 10 points difference instead of following them back to back.

I can only be certisfied if Monaco can win PSG in their next match, so as to reduce the points gap and to mount pressure on them to keep droping points; if they lose to PSG, they will definatly be behind PSG for the rest of the season.

[Mustang Shelby]

It seems that if the assumption is aimed at the League 1 competition, I agree if PSG does not need a higher quality attacker. But if this assumption is aimed at UCL, I disagree a little.
As we see that PSG from 6 matches at UCL is only able to score 6 scores and it is still very far from the hope for the team to be able to compete strongly at UCL. On the one hand PSG also not only requires more reliable attacking players, but requires a higher experience through coaches who have greater experience to bring PSG closer to the title at UCL.

PSG has got a very experienced coach, he may actually not have that perfect experience for the champions league but for the domestic league, he's been so experienced that ever since his arrival in the domestic league he's been able to win most of the domestic titles except for once but then he's been able to make  up for it at this time. their squad may actually need that adjustments with their forward and attack but as it has to do with their coach, they may not really need that much of an adjustment already until probably by the end of this season they will be bale to tell.

PSG is the team that is always on the top side of the French League table but they wanted to win the Champions League but they couldn't do that so far yet. They even hired Messi and Neymar and even they had Mbappe but they couldn't do anything in the Champions League. Now even they have a good coach like Enrique in their team since people were saying they didn't have a good coach but still PSG is not strong in the Champions League.

Paris Saint-Germain was not lucky in terms of a manager when Messi, Neymar and Mbappé were there. Now Enrique is a manager who understands Paris Saint-Germain. If he had been at the helm at that time, they probably would have achieved better results. However, the current squad at Paris Saint-Germain is weaker than it was then. Becoming champions in the French League is no longer an achievement for them, we know that. The main goal for Paris Saint-Germain is now the Champions League, but their performance was a little lower this year, probably because of the squad. They will probably take it as a playoff and try to advance to the next round by playing in the Champions League playoffs.

[ITExpert]

PSG is the team that is always on the top side of the French League table but they wanted to win the Champions League but they couldn't do that so far yet. They even hired Messi and Neymar and even they had Mbappe but they couldn't do anything in the Champions League. Now even they have a good coach like Enrique in their team since people were saying they didn't have a good coach but still PSG is not strong in the Champions League.

PSG does strange things, one time they buy all the stars of the world, but choose questionable coaches, another time they take a good coach but at this time they frankly have problems with the composition, especially the attack, in this case the team cannot achieve some optimal balance, because they are constantly lacking something. Enrique is a very good coach, but now PSG is at risk of stopping at the group stage of the Champions League and this will be a very bad result, it is clear that not everything is in order in the team.

Every team has their own thinking and they choose players and coaches according to their calculations, but really PSG get so many good players and not good coaches and they become weak after winning a few matches. In fact their players should get the same coach who made them capable, if they train them, they should never be weak and not change players and coaches frequently. Their players should also keep this in mind. If they play well, they won't need anything if their players turn around and choose this coach, they really can win Champion Night But PSG think differently and make their new choice and become stronger for a while.

[LUCKMCFLY]

They are already feeling the pressure of not being able to do well in the Champions League. PSG may be the only team who chased the Champions League a lot and despite trying hard to win the Champions League title, they could not win the Champions League title, on the other hand, they are constantly winning the local league title despite not thinking much about the local league title. This season they are at the top of the France League points table and if they perform like they are, they will surely win the France League title this season as well. The crown of European excellence is the Champions League title that PSG has yet to claim. But even if they fail multiple times, I believe they will try again and once again they will put together a good team to win the Champions League title.

You're right, for me the solution is to look for new strikers , those strikers who can make the difference. It is said that Mo Salah wants another challenge, Rashford is available, so Luis Enrique can and has the means to ask for any player because in that club what there is most to do is money, so he must be broad in his requests, not limit himself, because it is the club that needs material to be able to perform well. At the moment I think they can go much further if in the transfer window they move in search of the best strikers available. He has to convince them because that is the only solution I see for PSG.

[ancafe]

I was expecting Monaco to be tough competitor of PSG in the League considering how they have signed a lot of young players and they started playing well this season, but as time went on, they couldnt get consistency in their performance and they are now below PSG with like 10 points difference instead of following them back to back.

I can only be certisfied if Monaco can win PSG in their next match, so as to reduce the points gap and to mount pressure on them to keep droping points; if they lose to PSG, they will definatly be behind PSG for the rest of the season.

Although they have recruited many young players to make the team stronger, they have not been able to be maximized properly by the coach and they are even below Marseille even though the number of points they have collected is the same. PSG are still quite strong in Ligue 1 and they have shown one of the most consistent teams so far, 10 points is a very long distance for Ligue 1 and I don't see either of PSG's challengers having a chance to catch them.

Looking at the statistics of the wins in the previous five matches for both teams, PSG are still quite favored to win the match. This is a match in the Super Cup and the meeting between the two will be much more in PSG's favor, especially since the match will take place at PSG's home ground.

[Palakka]

~snip~

If we talk about ligue 1 then there is no other team that is better than PSG so far, but the toughness they have is still unable to conquer the tight competition in the UCL so far, when they have the lot world best players previously, but still they are still unable to win the UCL, Especially now when they have lost these players, of course their chances of winning the UCL are getting smaller at this time, in my opinion, before they fix and improve their mentality, then it will be difficult for them to become UCL champions, so the only way to improve their mentality is of course Ligue 1 must also be more competitive and tight at this time, but unfortunately it is beyond PSG ability to do so.

We know the times when PSG was great when they had great players. But their efforts are still very far from the Champions League trophy. However, Ligue 1 is not as competitive as other European Leagues. PSG is too dominant and other teams can't catch them. But for the Champions League, they have to improve everything. Adjustment if PSG becomes very strong, is the same as leaving everything in Ligue 1. It will be quite difficult to expect PSG in the Champions League. We don't see PSG like a few years ago.

Their biggest achievement in the UCL is only reaching the 2019/20 final but when the trophy was getting closer to them, but their precisely were defeated by Munich, the failure continues until now even after the departure of messi and neymar they are unable to go further than just reaching the UCL final again, this season they has lose mbappe although they still dominate ligue 1 but their condition is very concerning in the UCL at this time, That's why so far, I think apart from quality of their  squad, their main problem is mentality, strengthening the mentality should be the first goal taken by any coach who wants to bring PSG to the UCL, but as I said before, it can't be done if they continue to be in a league that is too easy for them dominate.

[cryptoWODL]

They are already feeling the pressure of not being able to do well in the Champions League. PSG may be the only team who chased the Champions League a lot and despite trying hard to win the Champions League title, they could not win the Champions League title, The crown of European excellence is the Champions League title that PSG has yet to claim. But even if they fail multiple times, I believe they will try again and once again they will put together a good team to win the Champions League title.

Yes, it is true that they are already feeling the pressure of not doing well in the Champions League, I think it is normal for them to feel this pressure because they have not won the Champions League despite spending a lot of money. In my opinion, PSG is probably the only football club that bought three of the best strikers in the world, not only that, they had many of the best midfielders in their squad and yet they did not do well in the Champions League.

on the other hand, they are constantly winning the local league title despite not thinking much about the local league title. This season they are at the top of the France League points table and if they perform like they are, they will surely win the France League title this season as well.

PSG are at the top of the France League points table this season, there is no team as strong as PSG in this league for which they consistently perform well here. If they continue to perform like this, they will win the French league title this season as well.

[bangjoe]

My personal view of the midfield at PSG is pretty good, it's just that they need more performance improvement with existing players, occasionally needing improvement to be maximized and not having to replace with new players, it might be much more efficient and much better than always having to find a replacement, I think as long as it can be improved in terms of its ability it is better to train to be better to be able to get optimal performance from existing players.

Agreeing to this will have to come with some forms of relativity in that if its within their domestic league, they are going to be seen as having that very good midfield which could even be seen as the best across ligue1 but beyond that i don't see their midfield been really capable enough to really get them ranking to having one of the best midfield when we have got teams like Liverpool in the champions league as well as that of Manchester city which used to be good before now that they are now in the current form they have found their selves. If they are able to make necessary replacements around the midfield, it will really be of help to them and help them a long way to making their team better.

It is not only in midfield when compared to teams like Liverpool because they are different now, if they get a replacement not only in midfield to be able to balance with Liverpool even the back and front lines need to be replaced if you want to be balanced with this Liverpool SATA state , I mean how not some of the existing midfielders must be increased their abilities by training that can make them look better and solid in midfield, but if there is no hope then it needs to be replaced but before that it needs to be considered especially In the past so that everything could run as you wish.

[Velvet78]

I was expecting Monaco to be tough competitor of PSG in the League considering how they have signed a lot of young players and they started playing well this season, but as time went on, they couldnt get consistency in their performance and they are now below PSG with like 10 points difference instead of following them back to back.

I can only be certisfied if Monaco can win PSG in their next match, so as to reduce the points gap and to mount pressure on them to keep droping points; if they lose to PSG, they will definatly be behind PSG for the rest of the season.

Monaco is indeed a very young team now with an average age of 23.    There are really good talents in every position at the squad as well. But I feel like being that young brings about some negative sides at the same time.

Like not being able to go on consistently for most part of a season. They couldn't hold off PSG players in their last game and got a 4-2 home loss too. This was another big hit to the dream of winning a Ligue 1 title after many years.

Monaco still have a long way to go for a league title. However as long as they finish the season at a position to join the Champions League league phase directly, it would still be a decent result.

[Weawant]

Their biggest achievement in the UCL is only reaching the 2019/20 final but when the trophy was getting closer to them, but their precisely were defeated by Munich, the failure continues until now even after the departure of messi and neymar they are unable to go further than just reaching the UCL final again, this season they has lose mbappe although they still dominate ligue 1 but their condition is very concerning in the UCL at this time, That's why so far, I think apart from quality of their  squad, their main problem is mentality, strengthening the mentality should be the first goal taken by any coach who wants to bring PSG to the UCL, but as I said before, it can't be done if they continue to be in a league that is too easy for them dominate.

Reaching the finals of the UCL was actually a really  big achievement,  literally  some other big teams are yet to get to that point in the champions league so for them been able to get to that point at a time, they have actually done well and that means they have hopes that some day they will  be able to still get to the finals of the champions league and actually win the trophy aswell.  Bayern Munich stopping  them from proceeding last season for me was a normal thing  we actually could  expect and then as it has to do with  their performance this. Season,  I'm hoping city doesn't do same to them again.

[tusandii]

PSG is the team that is always on the top side of the French League table but they wanted to win the Champions League but they couldn't do that so far yet. They even hired Messi and Neymar and even they had Mbappe but they couldn't do anything in the Champions League. Now even they have a good coach like Enrique in their team since people were saying they didn't have a good coach but still PSG is not strong in the Champions League.

PSG does strange things, one time they buy all the stars of the world, but choose questionable coaches, another time they take a good coach but at this time they frankly have problems with the composition, especially the attack, in this case the team cannot achieve some optimal balance, because they are constantly lacking something. Enrique is a very good coach, but now PSG is at risk of stopping at the group stage of the Champions League and this will be a very bad result, it is clear that not everything is in order in the team.

I believe the coach or the players are not the real problem for PSG, they once had a good coach, Thomas Tuchel in 2018 and at that time PSG already had Neymar and Mbappe but still PSG were unable to win the UCL title but they were once Runner Up after that they were unable to reach the final again even when they added Messi nothing changed at all PSG still struggled in the UCL and they always changed coaches to achieve what they wanted, now PSG no longer has a star player so that Luis has difficulty balancing PSG's performance in the league and UCL.

[hyudien]

I believe the coach or the players are not the real problem for PSG, they once had a good coach, Thomas Tuchel in 2018 and at that time PSG already had Neymar and Mbappe but still PSG were unable to win the UCL title but they were once Runner Up after that they were unable to reach the final again even when they added Messi nothing changed at all PSG still struggled in the UCL and they always changed coaches to achieve what they wanted, now PSG no longer has a star player so that Luis has difficulty balancing PSG's performance in the league and UCL.

The more specific thing I can say is probably because their mentality is still below other teams in this Champions League and also when they have some of the best players in the world, ego is one of the reasons. Some time ago we heard that internal problems occurred at Paris Saint Germain, both between players, or players and coaches. Like it or not, it will affect the game, because with the problem, their chemistry becomes messy. Not to mention the high level of ego, that is one of the big problems for any team.

[irhact]

I believe the coach or the players are not the real problem for PSG, they once had a good coach, Thomas Tuchel in 2018 and at that time PSG already had Neymar and Mbappe but still PSG were unable to win the UCL title but they were once Runner Up after that they were unable to reach the final again even when they added Messi nothing changed at all PSG still struggled in the UCL and they always changed coaches to achieve what they wanted, now PSG no longer has a star player so that Luis has difficulty balancing PSG's performance in the league and UCL.

It's not star players that make you to win the champions league or other competitions that's very tough as the champions league but it's a great coach and some decent players that play together as a team and not as individual talents. Real Madrid are always winners not as they have star players but as all the players come together play with each other. PSG did not have such balance in the team as the same manager that couldn't win the champions league with all the star players, came to Chelsea that didn't have a serious team and still won the champions league with them. Thomas tuchel was a great manager but PSG didn't have a balanced team.

[Silence Scream]

I believe the coach or the players are not the real problem for PSG, they once had a good coach, Thomas Tuchel in 2018 and at that time PSG already had Neymar and Mbappe but still PSG were unable to win the UCL title but they were once Runner Up after that they were unable to reach the final again even when they added Messi nothing changed at all PSG still struggled in the UCL and they always changed coaches to achieve what they wanted, now PSG no longer has a star player so that Luis has difficulty balancing PSG's performance in the league and UCL.

The more specific thing I can say is probably because their mentality is still below other teams in this Champions League and also when they have some of the best players in the world, ego is one of the reasons. Some time ago we heard that internal problems occurred at Paris Saint Germain, both between players, or players and coaches. Like it or not, it will affect the game, because with the problem, their chemistry becomes messy. Not to mention the high level of ego, that is one of the big problems for any team.

Of course, when there are problems within the team, this will affect the team as a whole. Problems between players may cause them not to pass the ball in the right position during the match. This may also cause the team not to score a goal. If there really is such a situation within Paris Saint-Germain, they should solve it as soon as possible. If they continue in such a problematic way, they will not be able to play well for the Champions League. Yes, they can win the French league, but we know that Paris Saint-Germain's main goal is the Champions League.

[Litzki1990]

~snip~

If we talk about ligue 1 then there is no other team that is better than PSG so far, but the toughness they have is still unable to conquer the tight competition in the UCL so far, when they have the lot world best players previously, but still they are still unable to win the UCL, Especially now when they have lost these players, of course their chances of winning the UCL are getting smaller at this time, in my opinion, before they fix and improve their mentality, then it will be difficult for them to become UCL champions, so the only way to improve their mentality is of course Ligue 1 must also be more competitive and tight at this time, but unfortunately it is beyond PSG ability to do so.

We know the times when PSG was great when they had great players. But their efforts are still very far from the Champions League trophy. However, Ligue 1 is not as competitive as other European Leagues. PSG is too dominant and other teams can't catch them. But for the Champions League, they have to improve everything. Adjustment if PSG becomes very strong, is the same as leaving everything in Ligue 1. It will be quite difficult to expect PSG in the Champions League. We don't see PSG like a few years ago.

Their biggest achievement in the UCL is only reaching the 2019/20 final but when the trophy was getting closer to them, but their precisely were defeated by Munich, the failure continues until now even after the departure of messi and neymar they are unable to go further than just reaching the UCL final again, this season they has lose mbappe although they still dominate ligue 1 but their condition is very concerning in the UCL at this time, That's why so far, I think apart from quality of their  squad, their main problem is mentality, strengthening the mentality should be the first goal taken by any coach who wants to bring PSG to the UCL, but as I said before, it can't be done if they continue to be in a league that is too easy for them dominate.

In the 2019/20 season Neymar's great performance helped PSG to play in the Champions League final but unfortunately PSG lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich during the Corona period. This was PSG's greatest achievement in the Champions League. After that PSG tried a lot to change their fortunes in the Champions League and spent a lot of money just to do well in the Champions League but luck didn't help them. So far it can be said that PSG is a failed team in the Champions League. Although we did not see any activity from their side in the last transfer season that they are taking Champions League preparations. Since PSG is the biggest team in the France League, they may not give up like this, of course they will prepare the team for the Champions League again next season.