Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 1288. (Read 184778 times)

As the French league is about to start for next season, are there plans by other clubs to put nice competition to psg or will it be as usual. The squad of psg is overwhelming and the salary scale of the players. I wish there could be meger of clubs to fight psg for the trophy. Meanwhile with what is available, the league is not open to other clubs, it is just for psg

They had the same potential to win the champions league last season and a few seasons back, but they didn't, and it isn't like there was any significant addition to their team this summer, except the arrival of Galtier their new manager, it will take more than 'potential' for psg to win the champions league, Galtier has to work on harmony between all of his superstars, there are too many of them that discipline becomes a problem, but if he can harmonize the team and find a winning strategy, then they might stand a chance to be champions of europe next season.

Galtier's great achievement not only gave Lille the Ligue 1 trophy but also managed to make NICE finish second standing last season

Many still doubt whether Galtier will shine in the UCL, but with the composition of PSG's extraordinary players and intelligence, I believe PSG is a team that has the potential to win the UCL trophy next season

Christophe Galtier's match strategy was not bad. I watched Lille's performance when Christophe Galtier coached Lille. A very organized and beautiful performance by Lille. But Christophe Galtier is not experienced in a platform like the Champions League. Looking forward to seeing how his match strategy will impact Champions League matches. PSG's squad is very strong. Now their team has a strong bonding and a good match strategy.

Monaco and Marseille may still be competing with PSG for the title but it will be difficult for them to match the strength that PSG currently has, not without a fight but in the end we will all know that PSG will still win Ligue 1 if there are no surprises. happens and the chances of it happening are very small.

Meanwhile, Christophe Galtier is an experienced coach. PSG recruited him to be able to excel on the European stage, but all possibilities are still possible because the quality of PSG's players is very good, now it's just a tactic and strategy from the coach to be able to form a strong team.

How and why would you label him as inexperienced , As far as I know once he organizes he's team and avoiding quarrels between them then it's clearly okay for him to lead thrm to whatever glory ahead of them. They will be well focused on the Champions League as they have won the local league too numerous times that one can disrespect in the last ten or eight years.
Lens are also God side's, but Monaco and Marseille has good team to face them up.

There is no doubt after having some most reputable Coaches in last few years now PSG management is having big gamble on Galtier and this could be a big challenge for him and surely maker or breaker for PSG management as well because we all know how desperate they are for winning Champions League.

But, sadly this dream is not coming true even just for this they are already spending some good amount for this and having too many star players in their team, but sadly they all fail to do something special for this which is surely big setback for them. In French League there is no competition for them, and they are completely failure in Champions League which is surely misery for them, and they are looking for solution hopefully with this new system they will be done this all.

After the collapse of the Juventus Domination, Serie A is more exciting to watch, the competition for the championship ladder is getting more and more difficult. As happened last season, Milan must fight until the last game to secure the Scudetto title.
The Premier League is already very competitive, although Manchester City continue to be champions at the end of the season, but Manchester City's journey is not easy, because Liverpool continues to provide competition.
League 1 is far from being competitive, the same thing is happening in the Bundesliga. Resistance from other teams cannot break PSG's dominance, The match has just entered its 30th week, it is already predictable who will be the champion, PSG always celebrates its success before the season ends.

PSG should be able to beat Quevilly with a higher score, moreover PSG played some of its main players in that match. But maybe some PSG players
still need time to return to their best form after returning from vacation. So I hope in the next friendly PSG can show a better game. I hope Galtier
can also find a suitable formation and can make PSG's performance better than the previous season. I also don't want to overestimate PSG's game
against Quevilly, because it is still difficult to judge if only from one match. I still want to see PSG play in the next few friendlies, in order to see how
PSG have played since Galtier became PSG coach. But to be honest PSG's win against Quenvilly still doesn't convince me that Galtier is the right coach
for PSG.

Few days ago Galtier has just made his debut match against division 2 team Quevilly and on that match PSG playing with some of their main players such as Messi and Marquinhos and their new player Vitinha also played and final score is 2-0 for PSG but second goals looks interesting for me because after Messi was fouled in the penalty box he give a chance to Ramos to score goals and next match on July 20 PSG will against Japan team Kawasaki Frontale and against Urawa Reds on July 23

Christophe Galtier has not coached a big team of PSG standard before, his previous teams as head coach being Saint-Etienne, Lille and Nice, and i will not call him a 'big team' coach, neither will i call him inexperienced because he has been in the game for a long time, working as assistant coach for some clubs, before finally becoming a head coach; he hasn't handled a job this big, but he has been on the touchline for a long time.

PSG is a difficult club to manage for any manager, not only Galtier, the egos the big stars in the team have will constantly be problematic for the manager to control, and there is gonna be player clashes for one reason or the other, there is rumor that Neymar and Mbappe do not see eye to eye right now, these are the things that can undermine the work of a manager. Galtier's first duty is to bring harmony into the team, if they are not a group, they can only win the French League which is easy for them and not the champions league.

That's true and i really think that the fans are not interested any more in getting the Ligue 1 title and They are looking for something more interesting, getting the Ligue 1 is not enjoyable anymore for neither the team or the fans that's why the club will do everything to get the ucl next season

I agree that getting the ligue 1 title is not really a big deal for PSG right now, but it's not nothing neither, just a year prior they lost it to Lille, which was super unexpected, sure not at a Leicester level maybe but it was still unexpected. Considering this, I have to say that it's clear to me on how PSG would still would love to get it, and work hard to get it if anything goes wrong in between.

This is something we have to realize and accept. On top of that, if they get the cup and also UCL that would be sweet, it would be amazing, but if they can't, they haven't so far anyway, so it's not "getting worse" like some people claim, it's staying the same.

The PSG team has a lot of players that are very much capable of doing almost anything at any moment of the match. But because of the lack of teamwork and an ineffective strategy, they were not able to do very well in the last season. They did not do well in the Champions League and they also have drawn and lost some matches that they definitely shouldn’t have. They did get a replacement manager. But I really don’t think that is going to be a big upgrade for them in any way. And we really cannot say that this team is unlucky because with this squad they should get every bit of luck there is.


Clearly, the coach's strategy had some issues and that's why PSG failed to win the Champions League and also why they didn't look the most promising in the league. I know a lot of people are tempted to say that they have won the league one title very easily. But we all know that the performance was not there, and neither was the chemistry between the players.


There is no reason why a team like PSG shouldn’t win, in almost everything that they participate in. The only logical thing that comes to mind is that the plans were not suitable. That’s why they did not do very well. And the teamwork was not there at all. They really need to upgrade the midfield significantly. The main problem is that the attacking lineup is much better. Compared to the midfield. That’s why there is a big communication gap on the field between the players.

Everyone is curious about how strong the bond between PSG players and Galtier will be of course. Due to his being a quite inexperienced manager, there have been some question marks in the minds of people considering the season ahead. Their Champions League performance is going to be the focal point. The Ligue 1 is already easy for them as long as there isn't any surprise. I see only Monaco and Marseille which can make difficulties for them but they have a long way to go for that.

Messi won't do anything before seeing how far PSG could go in Champions League. If they win it, he will most likely stay for another year imo, if PSG will leave it before the final game, he will say goodbye and move to another club. Returning to Barcelona might be possible if he will get back his performance, otherwise if he kept performing like he did the last season, I doubt Barcelona will be interested on him.

I see you all arguing whether Ligue 1 is as important and equivalent to the others leagues or not.
I think everyone agree that EPL is the best league by far followed by La Liga then comes Serie A then Bundesliga and Ligue 1. There might be slight differences in terms of spending, quality of players and how much good teams there is in each league.
Unfortunately in Ligue 1, if we merge it with EPL for example, a part from PSG that will pick one of the first 4 spots, OM and Monaco, somewhere between 5-10, the others will be in the second part of the table and maybe +15 for most. That's hypothetical of course but the quality of most teams in Ligue 1 is medium to low, that's why they can't compete much in european competitions. This is could be understood since the spending is very limited there.

This could be an excuse but with great players in it with individual qualities that are above average it's definitely not a good reason to say they are not ready to be in the Champions League because this implies they can't do anything more than Ligue. 1.
In this case if that is the reason they have to maintain their motivation if indeed it becomes an obstacle and they have to work extra.

actually, I have also said that (cohesiveness between the coach and the players) is an important factor in the success of a team winning trophies and the UCL winning team on average has proven that (cohesiveness and harmony are very important)

Galtier said firmly that he was very inspired by the former Chelsea coach "Di Matteo" who led Chelsea to the UCL champions for the first time, he also said he would try to emulate his coaching style"

many people are optimistic about galtier at PSG

I definitely think so too. The more competitive the local league is, the more teams develop and play better. There are strong teams in France, but the gap between them and PSG has widened so much that the strong teams of the past are now mid-level. There is no need to have six big teams like in the English league, just three teams like Italy would do the work. When France was mentioned, Bordeaux, Marseille, Monaco, Lyon used to come to mind. Now we have PSG and "others".
PSG plays differently in the league, plays differently in Europe. They are not mentally prepared for matches. So even if they put an embargo on the local league, I don't think they will have any success in European cups anytime soon.

There is a major reason why PSG keeps losing at any big stages of football. Thus, PSG has no real competition in the league, and they face their opponents almost all the time in Ligue 1. That does not actually prepare them for participation on big stages like the Champions League.

Obviously, the opponents in the Champions League are not going to be as easy as the Ligue-1 teams. On the other hand, any English Premier League team or even Real Madrid does face a significant amount of difficult opponents in the league. This is why these teams are better conditioned for big tournaments.