Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 120. (Read 184956 times)

I have always said that PSG is a waste of time for top players and top coaches. The only reason I understand that top guys go there is the money. It is not as bad as Saudi Arabia of course, but if a player like Mbappe wants to play on the highest competitive level, PSG is not an option. What's the chance that he could have ever won a ballon D'or there? It was close to zero unless they pulled off a miracle and won the Champions League, but that wasn't to be expected.

But it was a bit of a surprise that he didn't win the La Liga game with Real Madrid today. I guess even Mbappe is just a human being who needs some time to get accustomed to the new environment.

Olympique Marseille will always ensure they keep an eye on their key players especially the new signings from the transfer window this season. One of the them is Mason Greenwood, he's been really contributing and active on the pitch, portraying his stellar performance and giving true hints to his teammates. Mason Greenwood fits in so well on his debut and scored a brace. Mason Greenwood will explore more in his new club. The Englishman fall out of favour under Erik Ten Hag and Manchester United, not to worry because there's possible future with Marseille and Greenwood.

Mason Greenwood is a top quality player no doubts. Despite two years without playing football after everhiwith his girlfriend, he has come back with full force like he never left football after all these while. I so glad to see a Manchester United academy product doing brilliantly great not just in the Premier League Competition but he also did in La Liga with Getefe and also Marseille now. You can see how much qualities he adds to Roberto De Zebri's side.

Two goals in his debut would fuel enough confidence for the next game and fixture. I'm sure he'll do great. In between, I never wanted him to leave Manchester United but so many haters wanted him out.
What's now tiring is seeing same people who want him gone forever still mad that he is doing well elsewhere. Can they let man be for Godsake?

Undoubtedly Manson Greenwood has always been a fantastic and brilliant player all his days at Manchester United untill the whole incident that led to him having to leave Manchester United, just maybe if not for the incident he would have been in Manchester United still you Never can tell but then here he is in Marseille doing our standingly well. I believe Marseille will help revive his career once again and for them it was a really good deal they had as his debut is already giving them green light of a promising future ahead this season, I will be super proud of he's able to get Marseille to winning a trophy this season.

Because with the strength that PSG currently has when they manage to win in a match in Ligue 1, it will seem ordinary considering the difference in their level of strength is still very different so that no matter how good their performance is, it will not get too much appreciation and praise when they do it in Ligue 1.

It will be a different story if this happens in the Champions League especially when they can outperform some big clubs who are subscribed to the current champions then it can be an extraordinary thing even Enrique can be said to be able to change the philosophy that PSG has by not relying on their star players at high prices to get optimal results.
Consciously or not until now PSG is still required to do that and if in the end in the Champions League they don't do well then it could be that any form of good performance in Ligue 1 will not be considered a big achievement for Enrique and PSG.

I was delighted with the result in the Brest - Marseille game.    A 5-1 win... Greenwood also started his journey great there with 2 goals. Signing him for like only 26 million euros is one of the best works of Marseille.

How do you see this season for them? I feel like they will be in top 3 race easily. As long as they keep this determination I mean. But when it comes to title race I don't know. Maybe they can keep up with PSG for a while. But after a point I expect PSG to open the gap as usual. Mbappe has left but this team isn't all about one player. You have all seen how they started the season. As long as teamwork is strong there shouldn't be big problems. 

The match ended with a score of 1-1 and made them have to get 1 point in the first Ligue 1 match, the two teams played quite evenly in that match and it was difficult to create a lot of creativity to score goals, whereas if we look at the course of the match it was actually very boring, because both of them played too carefully and the game often had to be stopped after many violations occurred which resulted in the referee having to issue many yellow cards in match, looking at the game from both teams it is clear that one point is a fair result for both teams because their have not showed a good performance in his first match today.

Results of today other matches in the first week of Ligue 1:
1 . Reims 0 Vs 2 Lille
2. Monaco 1 Vs 0 Saint-Etienne
3. Auxerre 2 Vs 1 Nice
4. Angers 0 Vs 1 Lens
5. Montpellier 1 Vs 1 Strasbourg
6. Toulouse 0 Vs 0 Nantes
7. Rennes Vs Lyon (not yet played)

Indeed, they destroyed Le Havre 4-1, but don't get overly thrilled. Le Havre equalised, and PSG appeared wobbly for a short period. That is not a good indicator. Mbappe's absence is really evident. Their onslaught loses edge without his continual threat. They scored three more at last, although it was scrazy rather than overpowering

For the Champions League, this presents major questions. Le Havre turned up a flaw. Ramos is hurt; Mbappe's MIA; and now PSG seems weak. Ligue 1 could be a stroll, but Europe is another animal entirely. They are in peril if they cannot locate a consistent goal-scorer. Luis Enrique must solve this quickly; otherwise, PSG's aspirations for the Champions League would be dashed

Last season Nice was coached by Francesco Farioli, a young coach who had led Nice to progress quite well in Ligue 1. This season, I just found out that Fanck Haise is handling Nice. After all, last season several elite teams in this competition experienced a decline in performance. In addition, Nice did not make many changes in the summer transfer window. Naturally, their finances are not as rich as other teams. Nice played their first match with unsatisfactory results, they fell at Auxerre's headquarters. In fact, Auxerre had just returned to Ligue 1 after they were relegated in the 2022/23 season. A bad start for Nice and the coach, Fanck Haise. However, Nice is a team that always occupies the middle of the competition. So it is very natural that they lose, after all this team is not strengthened by the depth of qualified players in all lines. As for Auxerre, a good victory as their first match in Ligue 1. Auxerre was able to win their home game, successfully overthrowing Nice and getting full points.

There is still a chance for PSG to bring in new players to replace Mbappe, because the transfer window is still open until the end of August, but PSG management can no longer be too relaxed because time is running out. Enrique certainly needs a quality striker, so that he can increase the chances of winning every match, not only in Ligue 1 but also in the Champions League. If he fails to bring in a suitable replacement, maybe this is the time for Enrique to start their campaign with a collective team, no longer relying on just one or two players. I think it will be more effective even though it cannot bring instant success, of course everything must be a process.

Indeed, there are a number of teams that have the potential to threaten PSG dominance in Ligue 1, but I think it is only temporary, and Enrique has balanced rotation options to overcome competition until the end of the season. I don't mean to underestimate other Ligue 1 contestants, but the fact is that it is. In the end, PSG might think twice if they want to use the available players, because after all they want to protect their bargaining value in the Champions League. Therefore, even though it is not convincing, PSG seems to still continue to try to recruit a quality striker, who is sharper than Kolo Muani and Goncalo Ramos.

Last season Nice were able to start the season well, even until the middle of the season they were still able to maintain their position in second place in the standings, until finally a decline happened to them so they had to be thrown out of the top competition. However, this season they started the season not well, they had to lose the first match when they visited Auxerre headquarters with a score of 2-1. It's still early days so we can't yet conclude what they will be like in the future.

If we look at the previous season, actually the decline of the club in the following season is not something strange. Almost every club here will experience a decline after they played well in the previous season. Maybe it's records like this that make me doubt them, especially after seeing such a bad start. Not only from match results, but from match statistics they are behind Auxerre.

At this time we can still say that PSG will be fine without Mbappe but after there are strong challengers like Lille or Monaco who will later improve their performance, we will definitely say that PSG needs a player like Mbappe. Indeed, at this time we already know that PSG can appear more solid with the contribution of all the players who are very reliable without relying on 1 player like when Mbappe was still there but as you said if PSG actually wants to compete strongly in the big league but will not be strong enough to face the challenge in the UCL later. Maybe we are too early to say about the future of PSG this season but the fact will happen if difficulties come after reaching the middle of the season after Enrique has to rotate players perfectly in different competitions.

Its one game. ONE game. Indeed, they were crisp and clearly have depth. Remember, though, they were playing against Le Havre, hardly really a powerhouse. Now, Im not stating PSG is a poor team. Quite the opposite. They are piled with talent even without Mbappe. Enrique also looks to be maximising their potential really well. To be honest, though, the real test will come when they square against the Champions League's big boys. This is where we'll find out whether this squad can really compete at the top level.

Can they win without of Mbappe? Possessively. That will not be simple, though. Every player will have to step up and they will have to be firing on all cylinders. They cannot now depend only on their genius. They have to be tactically good as well as team players.

in the first half there were no goals scored, there were only yellow cards for both teams. most likely in the second half that will start soon there will be a surprise shown. hopefully there will be improvements for Montpellier later, who played less well in the first half and took advantage of playing in front of their own supporters. if you look at last season's record, both Montpellier and Strasbourg are both in the middle of the board, the strength of both teams is balanced. now we see who can play optimally and get good results at the end of the match.

I bet on Nice in the match between Auxerre v Nice but unfortunately, I lost because the match ended with a score of 2-1. Despite the fact that Nice managed to score first, it wasn't enough for Nice to get three points in today's match. I don't really know what actually happened to Nice because after all, Nice only excelled in ball possession but Nice lost in other statistical records. Nice should still be able to have good results in this match, because Auxerre is also a promoted team this season.

Moreover, as I consider Nice had a good start last season and could have finished fifth last season. Thus, I have hopes that Nice can start this season well too because the first opponent will be promoted team Auxerre. With such considerations and that it might be a good moment for Nice, I chose Nice to win and I was happy when Nice won 0-1. But in the end Nice lost and that was probably quite painful too, because Auxerre's second goal came in the 90+ injury minute.

Today's match of French Soccer League has already started. Today's match is Montpellier vs Strasbourg between two teams. So far no team has scored a goal. I still don't understand which team will score between the two teams. It seems that today's match will be a draw because both teams  The players have started with equal performance. If we look at the points table of the two teams, the two teams are almost at the same position.

Even we are having too much talk about this but still as things are going we have good result for the PSG without any big name they have few good players those can bring good results for them in this season with their start is impressive because mostly peoples were expecting things will be not easy for them, but they have done good job and having 4 goals are always amazing start for any team coach is well experienced, and he can bring good results with good team, and they are surely proud on their start.

Now Mbappé is having his new life and PSG is also surely going to do things for having better results and good development because without good results they can't stay at the top in this season while we have few teams are doing good, and they are going to create challenges for them so it's going to be interesting specially Marseille is having good depth to challenge them.

Mason Greenwood is truly a hidden gem and fortunately Marseille managed to get his contract from Manchester United. Through last night's match between Marseille and Brest he performed very well and scored two goals for Marseille's away win. In fact, we know that Marseille made a big shopping spree this summer and the result was that they managed to win with a very convincing score of 1-5 and this was a big win for Ligue 1 so far in the first week.

In fact, if we look at Brest, they are quite a strong team, especially their performance last season was amazing and they even managed to finish in 3rd place in the standings. But it seems that even with such a big achievement, Marseille is not discouraged and immediately shows their prowess under the guidance of new coach Roberto De Zerbi. I really look forward to another win from Marseille and hope to heat up the competition at the top for this season.

This is something i expect because of the nature of the league, this league is not so competitive so it will be easier for PSG to win the league again although they will definitely miss Mbappe and his goals.

Now we are bound to see a lot of players scoring goals for PSG because they don’t have a clinical scorer and they won’t have to depend on just one player to score goals for them anymore. We saw how different players scored their goals in their last game so i don’t think they will struggle much except in big matches.

If we don’t see any surprise performance from any team then PSG still have the advantage to win the league this season.

PSG continued to dominate Ligue 1 without Mbappe and this big win shows their strength in Ligue 1. Goncalo Ramos made some impression in World Cup 2022 but now, 2 years after that tournament, he did not grow up well. In the summer, he did not have good performances for Portugal in Euro 2024. With a departure of Mbappe as a free player to Real Madrid, Goncalo Ramos is expected to partially carry that important role and can be one of main goal sources for PSG. This injury is bad for him and PSG but with two latest seasons, it seems Goncalo Ramos won't be able to grow up to a higher level.

It is a big win for PSG to start this season and with good and deep player resource, Enrique and PSG will have good ability to dominate the domestic league again. They are able to do this but a biggest task for them in this summer will be Champions League, go far and win it will be a most ambitious and important task for them in this season.