French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

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PSG might not be as old as the big teams in the Premier League but with the way they have been consistently performing in their games, it will be difficult for them to be beaten easily by other teams. They as a club have a good management who has been consistently looking for their strength and using it to make more decisions which will favor the team. I believe even if they find themselves in Premier League, they will still work hard to remain at the top as a team. There is always a reward for hardworking clubs and if a club is constantly on the verge of working hard for their success, they will mostly come out victorious.

At this point and level that PSG is, one thing is very sure, no team across Europe will meet them and just get it easy with them, they have grown that strength and form that will and has given them the edge that is uncommon and will keep them at that position where they are now very formidable even in their domestic league and beyond.
Even if they do not win the champions league again this new season, they will still be be regarded as a top team because they have the chances still to win it subsequently since the now have the experience.

[martinom]

PSG should have no problems on winning the Ligue 1 another time next season. Unless Filipe Luis does wonders...  

He is an attention getting manager in the very first years of his manager career! His achievements with Flamengo were really impressive.

This is his first time in Europe in his job. If he is a manager who likes to work with young and talented names then he can do quite well at Monaco I think.

Paris Saint-Germain has never had problems, these players certainly have the best conditions to win and continue to do so for years, yesterday i saw France and i must say that they are truly incredible players, these players always continue to improve, and with France we saw all their potential.

[AYOBA]

Paris Saint-Germain has never had problems, these players certainly have the best conditions to win and continue to do so for years, yesterday i saw France and i must say that they are truly incredible players, these players always continue to improve, and with France we saw all their potential.

It’s not under must France has been really incredible, because if look at their performances throughout this tournament they has been very successful in every of their matches they’ve played so far their also of the best country in the World Cup. France has finally roundup to the semifinal their now waiting for their features in the Semifinal, and with their the way their performances is going on currently I’m sure they will do everything possible to get the best result in the next match.

[ndutndut]

PSG should have no problems on winning the Ligue 1 another time next season. Unless Filipe Luis does wonders...  

He is an attention getting manager in the very first years of his manager career! His achievements with Flamengo were really impressive.

This is his first time in Europe in his job. If he is a manager who likes to work with young and talented names then he can do quite well at Monaco I think.

It's obvious that Paris Saint-Germain, the French League, will win again, there are no other teams as good as Paris Saint-Germain, this is something so obvious, so obvious, that even the walls know it.

More than anything, will Paris Saint-Germain be able to win the Champions League again, as its fans promise?

Haha. PSG is so strong in the French league that even the walls know they'll win the French league trophy again. But honestly, it feels so boring. Sometimes I think next season, one of the French league teams whether it's Lens, Monaco, Lille or Lyon could cause a big surprise or create a miracle like Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and Leicester City in the EPL. Because these two teams were initially unimaginable but thanks to hard work, passion, and teamwork they were able to win their respective league trophies.

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

[cakir1]

Mason Greenwood to Turkish league?! That news wowed me.

This is exactly why the other Ligue 1 teams always struggle to compete with PSG. It feels like they don't really care about winning the title and are more interested in making a profit. Greenwood is a quality player with real talent, someone you can truly rely on. Marseille should be making smarter decisions to build a stronger squad if they genuinely want to compete at the highest level.

But at the end of the day, a farmers' league is still a farmers' league. Most of the other clubs are more focused on making money from player sales than seriously challenging for the title. 

Mason Greenwood is a great talent, just 25 years old, and did a good job in the last season, but still Marseille did business instead of having something special to challenge PSG in the coming season, which is a great loss for this club and league as well because this is going to be not good for Marseille, which is having a spot in the Europa League.

Greenwood scored 16 goals and has the second spot in the top scorers list, while his performance has been consistent in the last few years. This coming season is going to be improved because he was adjusted to the conditions; this could be a big plus for Marseille, who can go through for the Champions League, but now they have to give their best for having good performance.

[LUCKMCFLY]

No other coach is like great coach Klopp, he has special manner of reaching the hearts of his players. Others have their impressions due to the fact that their hard work is displayed on pitch. In case Luis Enrique can be given another title, the competition between the teams will be even more intriguing to follow. I believe that someday, Klopp make worthy coach of the German national team.

You're right about that, Klopp is a very special person and has unique empathy. Now, the advantage they have is that he's German. In fact, I've already seen news reports saying that the new coach is him, the great Jürgen Klopp. But this is a fact. I think that with the performance of the German team, we'll see that Klopp will come in with his infallible methods to improve everything.

[el kaka22]

PSG isn't good because they have good stars, and they are not good because they have Louis Enrique, they are good because they fit together so well and work so well together. Team chemistry means so much for a lot of teams. Just imagine, Dembele, the dude that got the Ballon D'or and the best player for the past 2 years, was a player who failed at Barcelona and got 50 million transfer, so cheap compared to what he has achieved.

Louis Enrique is the same, did not have this much success anywhere else. The point is not because they got players who are great, the players they got were not "that" great, not treble winners great at least, before they got them, but when you put all of these together, it became a great team.

[LUCKMCFLY]

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

I think many are expecting something like this, but it's difficult. As long as PSG are this unstoppable, things will always be tough. Personally, I have high hopes for Monaco and Marseille, teams that can compete, but they need to buy very good players because PSG already has great players, and that's what makes the difference.

But PSG has Luis Enrique, and he makes any player play very well, so that's what we should focus on: it's not so easy.

[len01]

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

There won't be any surprises as long as PSG still has Dembele, Hakimi, Vitinha, Mendes, and, of course, coach Enrique. These few are crucial members of PSG's core, and as long as they remain at PSG, it will be difficult for any other team to break their dominance. Unless Enrique or several other PSG players leave, that could present a significant opportunity for the club to break PSG's dominance. So, for now, don't expect too much from other teams in Ligue 1.

[Velvet78]

Marseille is so close to losing Mason Greenwood in the summer... He is very likely to sign for Fenerbahçe. Even if that deal collapses, there are still teams in line from Europe.

But Marseille has been in need of selling players, right? Not to have any financial problems for the new season.    However losing maybe their best player must be feeling awful. They will lose power in offense if they can't fill his place with a decent player.

[Altryist]

PSG isn't good because they have good stars, and they are not good because they have Louis Enrique, they are good because they fit together so well and work so well together. Team chemistry means so much for a lot of teams. Just imagine, Dembele, the dude that got the Ballon D'or and the best player for the past 2 years, was a player who failed at Barcelona and got 50 million transfer, so cheap compared to what he has achieved.

Louis Enrique is the same, did not have this much success anywhere else. The point is not because they got players who are great, the players they got were not "that" great, not treble winners great at least, before they got them, but when you put all of these together, it became a great team.

Why do you say Luis Enrique has never achieved such success anywhere else? He won the Champions League with Barcelona, he also won the UEFA Super Cup with them. So he's a coach who knows how to win the Champions League and achieve success in major tournaments. With PSG, he did it twice in a row this is, of course a great achievement, considering PSG had never won the Champions League before. He may even have more opportunities here than he had at Barcelona.

[M47AK16]

Some places (like capology) shows PSG as the 5th team with highest salaries. City, Bayern, Real, Arsenal all have higher salaries total than PSG. I can't be sure of this, I do not have the official numbers, this is what some websites show, and not my claim. But if that is the case, we can safely say that, money is not the only reason why PSG wins. They have done treble last year, and won double this year, and yet they spent less than many teams.

So we can assume that while money matters, PSG is also great at utilizing that money successfully. This wasn't the case all the time, we have seen them do bad before, so it is not like we have seen them win every year, we have seen them fail at UCL many years in a row until they achieved back to back.

I do agree that PSG does very well with transfers, they paid for example 70 million or so for Kvara and got Ballon D'or levels of contribution from him, there are many teams who paid 70+ million for their players and got absolutely nothing back, hell United got Cunha for around that level.

So yeah, the real achievement that United has is about the fact that we are seeing how PSG is doing very well on the long run with something that is not changing all that much, and should not be a big deal at all. I think PSG does well, all because they do have money and know very well how to spend it.

[Swordsoffreedom]

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

There won't be any surprises as long as PSG still has Dembele, Hakimi, Vitinha, Mendes, and, of course, coach Enrique. These few are crucial members of PSG's core, and as long as they remain at PSG, it will be difficult for any other team to break their dominance. Unless Enrique or several other PSG players leave, that could present a significant opportunity for the club to break PSG's dominance. So, for now, don't expect too much from other teams in Ligue 1.

You are right. It is very difficult to break the dominance of this psg  squad. A great  bond has been formed between  the players. The chemistry between them is amazing. That is why the  team is able to perform consistently well.

I will definitely give the biggest credit for this improvement of PSG to Luis enrique. Even after Enrique came to psg , the players have  become more confident. The understanding between them is now much better than before. Dembele, Hakimi, Vitinha and Mendis are  undoubtedly important players in the PSG  squad. But PSG is not dependent on any particular  player. This is very important to perform consistently well.

[bangjoe]

No other coach is like great coach Klopp, he has special manner of reaching the hearts of his players. Others have their impressions due to the fact that their hard work is displayed on pitch. In case Luis Enrique can be given another title, the competition between the teams will be even more intriguing to follow. I believe that someday, Klopp make worthy coach of the German national team.

You're right about that, Klopp is a very special person and has unique empathy. Now, the advantage they have is that he's German. In fact, I've already seen news reports saying that the new coach is him, the great Jürgen Klopp. But this is a fact. I think that with the performance of the German team, we'll see that Klopp will come in with his infallible methods to improve everything.

Klopp has been very positive to the German national team, so many people are talking about it, or is it official? I haven't read it yet.
But if Klopp really comes in it will be a good thing for the national team, as you said that his strengths will be very useful here, but we seem to be waiting a long time to see his action if we wait for the next World Cup.
Actually I'm not sure it will be easy to bring Germany to be champion but at least it can be better than before.

[Shadiq]

You are right. It is very difficult to break the dominance of this psg  squad. A great  bond has been formed between  the players. The chemistry between them is amazing. That is why the  team is able to perform consistently well.

I will definitely give the biggest credit for this improvement of PSG to Luis enrique. Even after Enrique came to psg , the players have  become more confident. The understanding between them is now much better than before. Dembele, Hakimi, Vitinha and Mendis are  undoubtedly important players in the PSG  squad. But PSG is not dependent on any particular  player. This is very important to perform consistently well.

This dominance may be broken in the upcoming season, the last two seasons the rest of the teams were not in a good condition. There were only two strong teams to compete with PSG, Arsenal and Bayern Munich. They had to struggle a lot against Arsenal, but Bayern Munich did not succeed despite raising their potential. If teams like Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United and Bayern Munich find their form, then it will be very difficult for PSG to maintain dominance. PSG's biggest strength is unity and strong confidence.

Luis Enrique must be given credit for this success of the team, he is a great manager who has given us Messi and turned Dembele into a star player. After he joined PSG, the context of PSG has changed.

[Obim34]

Why do you say Luis Enrique has never achieved such success anywhere else? He won the Champions League with Barcelona, he also won the UEFA Super Cup with them. So he's a coach who knows how to win the Champions League and achieve success in major tournaments. With PSG, he did it twice in a row this is, of course a great achievement, considering PSG had never won the Champions League before. He may even have more opportunities here than he had at Barcelona.

I'm surprised someone could say Luis Enrique is not a successful manager, coaching PSG and winning the Champions League twice in a row, without having any of the big names, even when he had them, they could not win the Champions League.

For the records, Luis Enrique won nine major trophies with Barcelona, any trophy that is winnable he did win them, including the Club World Cup, he won the Copa del Rey thrice in a row, what else didn't he win, dear el kaka22  .

[Mame89]

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

I think many are expecting something like this, but it's difficult. As long as PSG are this unstoppable, things will always be tough. Personally, I have high hopes for Monaco and Marseille, teams that can compete, but they need to buy very good players because PSG already has great players, and that's what makes the difference.

But PSG has Luis Enrique, and he makes any player play very well, so that's what we should focus on: it's not so easy.

Yes, it's not that easy. PSG under Enrique has consistently maintained their consistency and they remain enthusiastic and motivated to continue making history each season. Unless Enrique resigns and is replaced by another coach it's possible for a new team to win the French League trophy capitalizing on PSG transitional period. But with Enrique still at PSG, I think it will be difficult for another team to achieve.

All football fans especially French league fans certainly hope for a new champion making the league more competitive and exciting to watch. However, the problem is that teams like Monaco, Marseille, and Lille who are reliable rivals for PSG aren't strong enough to consistently compete in every match because their squad depth isn't as strong as PSG which boasts an even mix of core and reserve players. I actually predict PSG will be even stronger next season as they aim to break Madrid record of winning three consecutive UCL titles. Their preparations for UCL will undoubtedly also impact the French league making them even stronger.

[MAAManda]

Marseille is so close to losing Mason Greenwood in the summer... He is very likely to sign for Fenerbahçe. Even if that deal collapses, there are still teams in line from Europe.

Yes, the rumors about him joining Fenerbahçe are gaining momentum. Apart from the Turkish club, I also see that Atlético Madrid is interested in signing him. I think we'll know about his future soon.

But Marseille has been in need of selling players, right? Not to have any financial problems for the new season.    However losing maybe their best player must be feeling awful. They will lose power in offense if they can't fill his place with a decent player.

He's indeed a good player, but losing him doesn't mean the end for Marseille. Besides, Timothy Weah is still there, he could step in to fill Mason Greenwood's position.

[FanEagle]

I hope there's a miracle next season in the French league that can end PSG dominance, even if only for one season, so that the French league becomes more interesting and less boring. Because not only the walls know that PSG will win the trophy but even the dead know.

There won't be any surprises as long as PSG still has Dembele, Hakimi, Vitinha, Mendes, and, of course, coach Enrique. These few are crucial members of PSG's core, and as long as they remain at PSG, it will be difficult for any other team to break their dominance. Unless Enrique or several other PSG players leave, that could present a significant opportunity for the club to break PSG's dominance. So, for now, don't expect too much from other teams in Ligue 1.

I agree, and not even with player names, if they sell any of those players, they can just go get some good ones and still dominate the league because they have the money for it. I get that it may not be all that easy but at the end of the day we are dealing with something that is a big club with very smart people behind it.

There are other teams, like Liverpool, who spent half a billion dollars and still ended up being bad, and yet we are seeing PSG spend very smartly, so even if they lose any players, they will just do fine. This is the team that lost Mbappe and then became better, so it is not like anyone else leaving would be a big deal, they will keep on being a good team without a doubt, and there isn't a miracle coming up.

[len01]

But PSG is not dependent on any particular  player. This is very important to perform consistently well.

I know that PSG are not overly dependent on the players we mentioned earlier. But, some of those players seem to be the strongest foundation of the squad. Therefore, if any of them were to leave the club in the future, PSG's performance would likely decline. This is not something unique to PSG; many major clubs in other leagues have experienced the same situation.

That is why I believe the biggest giant in Ligue 1 will remain firmly at the top of the table as long as the current core of the squad stays intact.