Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 1372. (Read 184616 times)
March 27, 2022, 06:38:17 PM
As we are talking about the Nice - Rennes match, I also think that it is a really tight one. We can't say anything for sure about these teams. Maybe there won't be even a winner at the end of the match. Because this is one of the matches between very close teams in strength. And in the recent times, Rennes have been more attention getting than Nice in the league. This is the main reason they have got the third position now. Nice found themselves in the fourth position suddenly and they will want to win this. Maybe a double chance for Nice would be a nice choice to give a chance.
March 27, 2022, 06:15:03 PM
I think that it is going to be great to open the coming match week with a game that is very important for the second place in the league table. And although the game is going to be played in Nice, Rennes are favoured to win this game. It is like Rennes have a 2.25 winning odd while Nice are having around 3.20. Rennes are already two points ahead of Nice and they are at the third place too. Moreover, Nice beat them once in this season away by a score like 2-1. If we take all of these into account here, I don't expect Nice to lose.
But still, it's not easy money because after all, Nice has a chance to be able to take over the position of Rennes. Having a gap of only 2 points is not that much of a difference, so this home match is certainly the right moment for Nice to beat Rennes again for the 2nd time this season. Indeed, Rennes can be said to be the favorite team in this match and that is only because the results obtained by Rennes are indeed better recently than Nice, but that is still not a guarantee because they will be fighting for third place in the standings. 
March 27, 2022, 05:33:20 PM
I feel that one reason for their sudden decline is the uncertainty whether Poch is staying or going, and unless that’s resolved I expect them to suffer few more shock defeats till the end of the season. Lastly PSG needs to trim their squad and only then will they start playing well, because currently their squad is too big and that’s clearly holding them back.
looks like it would be a good choice for PSG. when some of their players who still have very few opportunities to play must be cut off from the squad.PSG's management is too crazy to spend big money on many star players. they should focus on selecting the best squads and backup squads. those who don't get much of a chance would be better off being let in on the transfers for next season.
March 27, 2022, 05:20:37 PM
I think that it is going to be great to open the coming match week with a game that is very important for the second place in the league table. And although the game is going to be played in Nice, Rennes are favoured to win this game. It is like Rennes have a 2.25 winning odd while Nice are having around 3.20. Rennes are already two points ahead of Nice and they are at the third place too. Moreover, Nice beat them once in this season away by a score like 2-1. If we take all of these into account here, I don't expect Nice to lose.
March 27, 2022, 05:11:01 PM
to win the French league title for PSG is a very easy thing to reach where in recent years they have always won League 1 but their target is the European Champions league which until now they have not been able to realize including this year they were eliminated by real Madrid in the round of 16, maybe PSG should be more patient in order to become king of Europe in an indefinite period of time, considering the quality of the French league and the Champions League is certainly much different where many big teams take part in the competition
did you forget that last year Lille was the champion of the Francis league. PSG being the leader of the standings in the francis league is not easy either, they fought a lot so they could be in first place, indeed the target of PSG is to win the champions league but they still don't deserve to be champions of the UCL. 
March 27, 2022, 04:58:38 PM
changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy.
I am not entirely sure. Of course just one coach would not change a lot, they need to retain Mbappe or get someone at that level. The talks have been about Salah, and truth be told they could pay for Salah for sure, they have that much money without a doubt. If they could Salah, and maybe like one scorer, that would be insane for them.At left wing Neymar, at right win Salah, at behind striker Messi, and a decent level striker (not even like Haaland, just a good one is enough) would mean that they would be able to use Zidane to win UCL. I know it wouldn't be easy, but they will certainly be doing better under Zidane than how they did with Pochettino.
Zidane is both french, so that should help, and one of the best managers with that much little games played. Unless that was just pure luck for him, then he would be insanely well here. The difference is big enough that just one manager change could make a big difference.
March 27, 2022, 06:52:05 AM
changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy.
I am not entirely sure. Of course just one coach would not change a lot, they need to retain Mbappe or get someone at that level. The talks have been about Salah, and truth be told they could pay for Salah for sure, they have that much money without a doubt. If they could Salah, and maybe like one scorer, that would be insane for them.At left wing Neymar, at right win Salah, at behind striker Messi, and a decent level striker (not even like Haaland, just a good one is enough) would mean that they would be able to use Zidane to win UCL. I know it wouldn't be easy, but they will certainly be doing better under Zidane than how they did with Pochettino.
They have money, they have highest paid players in French Ligue 1. Top most are Neymar, Messi and Mbappe respectively. Mbappe is the third most highest player at PSG, however he is the most focused among them. Waste off money exception of Mbappe is worth it, but can they retain him? He can be paid more only if stay at PSG however nothing is permanent. He could leave, yet they should need to supplant him with a quality striker. Till now, all that money for nothing. Recently lost at Bernabéu and their dreams to win Champions League trophy disappear. Best substitution is here the only solution, under best coach. Pochettino have not any more opportunity.
March 27, 2022, 05:57:29 AM
changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy.
I am not entirely sure. Of course just one coach would not change a lot, they need to retain Mbappe or get someone at that level. The talks have been about Salah, and truth be told they could pay for Salah for sure, they have that much money without a doubt. If they could Salah, and maybe like one scorer, that would be insane for them.At left wing Neymar, at right win Salah, at behind striker Messi, and a decent level striker (not even like Haaland, just a good one is enough) would mean that they would be able to use Zidane to win UCL. I know it wouldn't be easy, but they will certainly be doing better under Zidane than how they did with Pochettino.
yes of course Zidane is PSG's main target next season because Zinade is very experienced on the UCL stage even Zinade is the UCL record holder who won successively while coaching Real Madrid.
March 27, 2022, 05:26:06 AM
changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy.
I am not entirely sure. Of course just one coach would not change a lot, they need to retain Mbappe or get someone at that level. The talks have been about Salah, and truth be told they could pay for Salah for sure, they have that much money without a doubt. If they could Salah, and maybe like one scorer, that would be insane for them.At left wing Neymar, at right win Salah, at behind striker Messi, and a decent level striker (not even like Haaland, just a good one is enough) would mean that they would be able to use Zidane to win UCL. I know it wouldn't be easy, but they will certainly be doing better under Zidane than how they did with Pochettino.
yes of course Zidane is PSG's main target next season because Zinade is very experienced on the UCL stage even Zinade is the UCL record holder who won successively while coaching Real Madrid.
March 27, 2022, 02:28:54 AM
changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy.
I am not entirely sure. Of course just one coach would not change a lot, they need to retain Mbappe or get someone at that level. The talks have been about Salah, and truth be told they could pay for Salah for sure, they have that much money without a doubt. If they could Salah, and maybe like one scorer, that would be insane for them.At left wing Neymar, at right win Salah, at behind striker Messi, and a decent level striker (not even like Haaland, just a good one is enough) would mean that they would be able to use Zidane to win UCL. I know it wouldn't be easy, but they will certainly be doing better under Zidane than how they did with Pochettino.
March 26, 2022, 04:36:43 PM
The only way for PSG to win the UCL title is to change the coach, because in terms of the squad, basically PSG are already extraordinary but unfortunately they don't have the right coach. I personally hope that the rumors about Zidane being signed by PSG as a replacement for Pochettino are true, so I believe that PSG will be able to penetrate the UCL even further.
I would rather call the squad of City or Liverpool (and Real Madrid next season) extraordinary. PSG are strong on paper, but in fact Neymar played average (injuries can be taken into account here), Messi is old and also plays average, Donnarumma also plays poorly - he has failures. Next season, the situation will get worse - Mbappe will leave, Messi will age even more, what will happen to Neymar is unknown, but it is unlikely that he will change for the better. In fact, the new coach will build a team almost from scratch.
PSG's performance is still more or less the same as before, both individually and not as a team.
It's very difficult to unite great players with so many egos out of them and this happened to PSG.
Speaking of Donaruma, I even prefer Navas' performances in goal from PSG
March 26, 2022, 11:05:15 AM
PSG could not have been in the top 4 if they had been in the Premier League and would not have qualified for the Champions League. They may have a lot of money. The squad has a lot of star players. But still their match strategy and style of play is very weak. PSG's management should hire experienced coaches before spending money on star players. If the coach is not experienced enough, no matter how much money they spend, they will not get the desired result.
I disagree, you are thinking the top teams of premier league and can name some good teams, but we are talking about PSG playing against Everton, Norwich, Watford and so forth as well, so they would be doing fine for sure. They could be in top 4, looking at it right now, do you really think that they are worse than Arsenal? I mean even Chelsea wouldn't have this easy time.The only two teams I would put ahead of PSG would be LFC and City easily, but aside from those two, I would guess that with enough money like this, they would be doing fine. You want proof? Newcastle was nearly the last in the league and spent 100 million and they became better overnight and just kept on winning games.
We all know that there is a serious quality difference between the French League and the Premier League. But I also do not allow PSG not to make it to the top four. It could have been behind City and Liverpool, but we would have seen it in the top 4 for sure.
Although we have seen PSG playing weaker than we thought in European games, things are a little different in league games and I think they are a good team
March 26, 2022, 06:27:54 AM
The only way for PSG to win the UCL title is to change the coach, because in terms of the squad, basically PSG are already extraordinary but unfortunately they don't have the right coach. I personally hope that the rumors about Zidane being signed by PSG as a replacement for Pochettino are true, so I believe that PSG will be able to penetrate the UCL even further.
Change the manager won't solved the issue because PSG already did this several times but until now their highest achievement on UCL was only final match on 2019 and in my view the current issue from PSG is they were ignoring the process to build good team because they want instantly and as you can see from PSG players that mostly star players only available for forward players but for position defenders or midfielders mostly available for mediocre players so PSG won't get champion league trophy only rely on the forward playersI agree with you, changing coaches will not make PSG win the Champions League. Because PSG since 2012 have tried to replace their coach
with a popular coach. But none of the coaches have succeeded in making PSG win the Champions League trophy, when Laurent Blanc was PSG
coach from 2013 to 2016, he managed to give 11 trophies and became the most successful PSG coach. Of the 11 trophies there is no Champions
League trophy, so it's not because of a coach problem that made PSG fail to win the Champions League trophy. But as you said PSG brought in
too many forwards, even though their midfield and defender are too many mediocre players. PSG's midfield was only Verratti who in my opinion
played quite well, then their left wing back didn't play well. And for the central defenders they rely too much on Kimpembe and Marquinhos.
PSG must strengthen their midfield and defender, because a good team is not enough to have good strikers, but must also have quality midfielders
and defenders as well.
March 26, 2022, 05:53:12 AM
The only way for PSG to win the UCL title is to change the coach, because in terms of the squad, basically PSG are already extraordinary but unfortunately they don't have the right coach. I personally hope that the rumors about Zidane being signed by PSG as a replacement for Pochettino are true, so I believe that PSG will be able to penetrate the UCL even further.
Change the manager won't solved the issue because PSG already did this several times but until now their highest achievement on UCL was only final match on 2019 and in my view the current issue from PSG is they were ignoring the process to build good team because they want instantly and as you can see from PSG players that mostly star players only available for forward players but for position defenders or midfielders mostly available for mediocre players so PSG won't get champion league trophy only rely on the forward players 
March 26, 2022, 01:19:48 AM
PSG could not have been in the top 4 if they had been in the Premier League and would not have qualified for the Champions League. They may have a lot of money. The squad has a lot of star players. But still their match strategy and style of play is very weak. PSG's management should hire experienced coaches before spending money on star players. If the coach is not experienced enough, no matter how much money they spend, they will not get the desired result.
I disagree, you are thinking the top teams of premier league and can name some good teams, but we are talking about PSG playing against Everton, Norwich, Watford and so forth as well, so they would be doing fine for sure. They could be in top 4, looking at it right now, do you really think that they are worse than Arsenal? I mean even Chelsea wouldn't have this easy time.The only two teams I would put ahead of PSG would be LFC and City easily, but aside from those two, I would guess that with enough money like this, they would be doing fine. You want proof? Newcastle was nearly the last in the league and spent 100 million and they became better overnight and just kept on winning games.
March 25, 2022, 05:56:36 PM
I totally agree with you. The main reason for PSG's poor performance is their coaches. PSG's squad had a lot of experienced players from Forward, Midfield and Defense 3 places. But the coach's match strategy was very weak.
I kinda love it when people just goes straight and blame the manager for all these. What were you guys expecting anyway? PSG literally played in Ligue 1 and they have it the easy way though. They just lose 3 games out of the last 5 games and they are still 12 points ahead of the 2nd position so its kinda understandable that they are getting it rough on the UCL but they are still going to win the Ligue 1 anyway so thats atleast something this season rather than getting none I guess
March 25, 2022, 05:22:40 PM
The only way for PSG to win the UCL title is to change the coach, because in terms of the squad, basically PSG are already extraordinary but unfortunately they don't have the right coach. I personally hope that the rumors about Zidane being signed by PSG as a replacement for Pochettino are true, so I believe that PSG will be able to penetrate the UCL even further.
I think realistic ideas with PSG for possibility to champion league trophy by change coach and let give chance for getting Zidane as new coach for PSG, I think need coach with a lot experience and know how to make team keep working together without any individual skill showed, Pochettino not have any character how to change PSG will be better although have potential on Ligue 1 but also he was got many time loss on domestic league and eliminating from champion league on 16 round. 
March 25, 2022, 03:22:08 PM
PSG have not much thing left for this season. They are like aimless for this season from now on. Of course, they are aiming to win the title of the Ligue 1 now. And they won't have much trouble while getting to it. But it was already an easy-to-reach target for them to me. The main target was to win the Champions League title but they couldn't even reach the semi final. What a disappointing experience for them! And Pochettino is very likely to get sacked after the end of the season.
to win the French league title for PSG is a very easy thing to reach where in recent years they have always won League 1 but their target is the European Champions league which until now they have not been able to realize including this year they were eliminated by real Madrid in the round of 16, maybe PSG should be more patient in order to become king of Europe in an indefinite period of time, considering the quality of the French league and the Champions League is certainly much different where many big teams take part in the competitionI totally agree with you. The main reason for PSG's poor performance is their coaches. PSG's squad had a lot of experienced players from Forward, Midfield and Defense 3 places. But the coach's match strategy was very weak. Also, no friendship was formed between the players. Even coaches should have applied and experimented with different match techniques. But he did not take any steps to change his weak match strategy. If Zidane takes over as PSG's coach, PSG will definitely become stronger.
March 25, 2022, 02:57:07 PM
PSG have not much thing left for this season. They are like aimless for this season from now on. Of course, they are aiming to win the title of the Ligue 1 now. And they won't have much trouble while getting to it. But it was already an easy-to-reach target for them to me. The main target was to win the Champions League title but they couldn't even reach the semi final. What a disappointing experience for them! And Pochettino is very likely to get sacked after the end of the season.
PSG was disappointed even when they did not expect the disappointment. When the fixtures were made between Madrid and psg, I predicted that Madrid will qualify due to bunch of experience in the club(individual and team champions league experience). Then after the first leg, I was still tipping Madrid to qualify, but during the second leg as psg scored, I lost hope for Madrid, not knowing that Benzema has wonders to perform. As for ligue 1, it belongs to psg, next season they can fight again
March 25, 2022, 02:56:21 PM
PSG still haven't found the right manager for themselves. And this makes them become more unsuccessful in the Champions League. Pochettino is not the right guy for this job as it seems. And there is a feeling in me like that Zinedine Zidane is going to be the best manager choice for them. As he is French too, I think PSG won't have a big difficulty in convincing him to come here. Zidane is a really great manager and every team that have him are really lucky. If this deal happens, I'll be looking forward to seeing his strategies here.
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