Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 195. (Read 189584 times)

Comparing the league 1 with the other big leagues is not really fair to me because still takes a lot of time to be a big league and in fact it's all in PSG's possession that brings star players to attract football fans and boost financial traffic. But the way the PSG is doing it is actually wrong to bring the star players because the team cannot be recognized if it can't score a good young player. And in this case the other team in the league 1 is not even able to follow a team from the league to be able to score a talented young player from the academy so that it can be known with a popular team and have a good reputation and also can compete with other top teams.

And with regard to the PSG being able to compete at UCL, it's actually all thanks to star players like Mbappe who helped the team fight to the semi finals. In the next season we can see how far PSG can compete in UCL without star players and I don't doubt PSG but this is a fact.

I agree with your opinion that Ligue 1 is one of the weakest leagues among the top European leagues. In fact, we can see how dominant PSG is in Ligue 1 and how other teams are unable to compete with them. This is different from other top leagues such as La Liga, Premier League, Serie A or even the Bundesliga which have rivalries in competition. But I think PSG is not a weak team when compared to teams from other leagues. PSG dominates Ligue 1 because other teams are weaker than them, but I see PSG can also become one of the best teams in European competition. PSG made it to the semifinals in the UCL and that shows their level. It's just that they have never been among the favorites to win the UCL in my opinion.

Exactly!
For one team to have all these players that have played with each other in some clubs before and have enough experience in Champions League and yet failed to win the Champions League, there is a question tag among the team management because I don't know who to blame because the team PSG had then, even without a coach they should perform and probably win all any team in the European top teams, but yet they failed; I don't think the coach is the problem because they have tried several coaches and no result yet; therefore, no player will join the team to help them win the Champions League unless if the management has changed somethings and maybe sign new players in the team.

I am thinking that if the players will play as a team for the next coming season without depending on single payer as they used to do during Mbappe's time, they can do better even in the Champions League, because the attention of the oppositions will be divided as they will not know who to target.

It's not confirmed yet if PSG is really interested in hiring Osimhen or not but I'm sure there are some offers for this player and since PSG lost Mbappe recently, Osimhen can be a good option for them to fill his place however these two players are not in the same level at all and Osimhen can't fill the place of Mbappe in PSG.
Napoli made a smart move when they extended the contract of Osimhen and as you said I think Napoli will not lose him easily.

I feel like the reason why they sucked those times is not because of players but because they just bought names and did not care about how it would fit. Like if they needed some defender with passing skills, but had a good defender who was a famous player that is known by everyone, but was a no-nonsense style, they would get him instead, or if they needed some quick winger, they would get a player maker one, if they need a striker, they would get a false nine.

They always ended up doing things that were not that great and this resulted with them having some sort of issues. They did not look at what they needed, they looked at who they can afford was the most famous player. If they stop getting the most famous they can, then they will do fine.

Everybody is expecting to see PSG's performance without Mbappe. The club has been preparing for his departure which was why Luis Enrique kept on the bench in some games to test the abilities of other players. Replacing him will be difficult but some quality players in the market can be impactful in the club's pursuit of Champions League glory. The French player is not the first superstar to leave PSG without winning the UCL. Top players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani, Ángel Di María, Neymar, and Lionel Messi failed to lead the French side to Champion League glory. Maybe they will have to search for another world-class player.

Victor Osimhen has already started pre-season with Napoli. He is one of the five players who have arrived at Castel Volturno for the season's preparations. He will be expected to undergo some medical tests and get ready for a new era under Antonio Conte. We all know the striker wants to leave but if there are no offers, remaining in Napoli will also not be a bad decision for both the player and the club.

A reasonable reason, because when talking about Ligue 1 in this era, then of course anyone will agree that PSG is the best. Although indeed, in the past Ligue 1 at least had Marseille which also managed to have a good  history in the Champions League,because Marseille had won the Champions League trophy in the past. But in this era, even though PSG has made great efforts by buying great players, but PSG still failed in the Champions League.

What's worse, the other teams in Ligue 1 are unable to put up a strong fight against PSG in the race for the Ligue 1 trophy. Thus, even though PSG is the best team in Ligue 1, but in reality PSG is still veryweak if PSG are in difficult competition with teams that have another great level in the Champions League. So yes,it's not wrong if you say that Ligue 1 is the weakest league compared to other big leagues in Europe.

Marseille won the Champions League in 1993 and at that time they also won Ligue 1, but unfortunately from the history that I read, Marseille Ligue 1 trophy was revoked after they were proven to have committed a bribery violation and made Marseille relegated in the next season, in that era, strength and competition in Ligue 1 it is still very competitive and even PSG is a team that is no different from Monaco or Lyon  in the fight for the title of champion of Ligue 1, the ability of clubs in Ligue 1 at that time was very balance, so there was indeed fierce competition between teams and that is why Marseille was able to won the Champions League because their mentality was tested by the tough competition in Ligue 1.

What we see now is of course very different from the past so we cannot equate two very different eras, In this era of modern football we can see how competition continues to increase and teams that have very strong finances will definitely be able to dominate the league, previously PSG was no different from other teams in Ligue 1, but the entry of large investors has changed their status to become a very strong team in Ligue 1 with the finances they have, unfortunately the effect of PSG  current dominance is actually starting to make reduce the level of competition in Ligue 1 has reached its lowest point and makes PSG mentality very low when competing with other teams in the Champions League.

Napoli cannot sell a player who will strengthen Napoli without a high profit. The transfer fee he will bring to them must be too high for them to allow Osimhen's transfer. Osimhen will be one of the important names for Conte next year. So he will be a player who will contribute if he stays in the team, but we heard last year that he wanted to go to the Premier League. I think he is less likely to go to Paris. If he goes, it will be the Premier league.

Paris Saint Germain is by far the best team in League 1. Their performance last year was not bad at all, but now the UCL championship is expected from them and the League 1 championship is out of the success line for them. Winning League 1 is the easy thing. There will be no Mbappe next year, let's see how the squad will be structured in PSG.

When compared with previous games, of course it is very different from today's football games, especially as we know that many changes have occurred, for example the use of VAR and many other new things that are used in today's football, so there may be difficulties and differences in team play, we You can see how Marseille currently is definitely very different from the previous season as well as PSG, don't compare the two in the past and present, it's clear it's difficult to find similarities too.

But PSG still has to learn from all their failures and this must be corrected immediately, there are many mistakes made by PSG. They are very happy to pay high prices for expensive and great players but they don't prepare support players to make the players more productive, for example buying players for the line. front, while for the midfielders there are no updates in the main squad, it is clear that there will be difficulties due to the lack of assists to score goals, PSG still has a lot to improve and hopefully they will improve everything in the main squad, especially looking for a replacement for Mbappe.

In this case it seems like we are talking about the context of leagues in Europe and one of them is Ligue 1 which is too monotonous in terms of competition between clubs so far, Ligue 1 can be said to be the least competitive league in Europe and even not makes it difficult for PSG to achieve success,  the championship trophy has been very difficult for other teams in Ligue 1 so far because the significant differences in finances have created a large gap between one and other clubs in the Ligue 1 which indirectly makes competition too easy for teams like PSG, but in fact it is very difficult for other teams.

 PSG is the ruler of Ligue 1 and we can say that every season the championship trophy belongs to PSG, while other clubs in Ligue 1 tend to only compete to get one ticket in the Champions League without the possibility of breaking PSG dominance have been champions so far, previously actually Ligue 1 it was quite competitive before when PSG had not been taken over by Naseer Al Khelafi, and we can see that the teams in the Ligue continued to take turns getting the championship trophy at that time so that in the end PSG, which was acquired by Naseer Al Khelafi, became the team the most dominant and made Ligue 1 a farmers league today.

In this case, not only Osimhen’s desire plays a role, perhaps De Laurentiis will play a decisive role, if he decides that he will not sell Osimhen for less than 130 million, then he will remain in the team. Napoli bought Osimhen for 70 million (possibly some other bonuses, I’m not sure), does De Laurentiis really think that his value has doubled during this time. By the way, Arsenal is ready to buy Osimhen now for exactly this price, that is, it is quite possible that Osimhen’s market value is as such. And by the way, if PSG are not ready to buy Osimhen at the price for which Napoli wants to sell him, then the price is still too high, because PSG have money and they could start bargaining if they wanted. I suspect he may stay at Napoli again for another season.

In my opinion, League 1 is not the weakest league among other competitors because there are still several leagues that are weaker, but compared to the top 5 leagues such as Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, English League and League 1, yes, League 1 is the lowest league because have competition that is not very competitive, apart from that, they also do not have the financial support, only PSG is the most striking among the others, so it is very natural that League 1 is left behind, maybe if they have the same finances as PSG and can recruit star players, most likely League 1 This will be on par with other top leagues and can compete competitively in the Champions League.

It is recorded that the only League 1 club that won the UCL title was Marseille, but that was a long time ago, even PSG, who dominated League 1 for years, have not been able to achieve results like Marseille

For PSG to improve as a club, players are not enough. Your point about the Messi-Mbappe-Neymar trio failing is actually the reason why I said this. When a club had stars like Ramos, MNM trio, Donnarumma, Veratti and so on and so forth, and had to exit the UCL at the Round of 16, no player can join the team and fix it. The Paris Giants have a lot of problems structurally and in terms of mentality too. They need a rebuild and need to set clear expectations, without that nothing is going to change.

The French League is absolutely nothing compared to other standard league with fierce competitive race amongst themselves. Ligue One have only entertaining features but when it comes to the real deal, they snapped out of it because they're incompetent to face major clubs. For instance, in the UEFA Champions League, we all know what always happen to Paris Saint-Germain failed attempts in numerous times.  They've tried and tried until they get no hope left. Perhaps it doesn't mean they will give up but continue to make attempts because winning is sure.

It is undeniable that French young talent is actually very good, and it is not uncommon for young talents to be priced high when going to other leagues, just like Camavinga or Tchouameni, who were brought by Madrid from Rennes and Monaco.
If from the beginning PSG did that and were not too obsessed with becoming galacticos in Ligue 1 I think they would have a lot of good talent especially since France is one of the countries known for its quality players.

They have the resources, they also have many opportunities for that but they don't see good potential from the start. But it seems that now PSG really wants to change the image of the club at this time because they realize that their approach by looking for star players who are old enough cannot be forced in the Champions League competition so starting from scratch by looking for a new scheme is actually a very good thing for PSG.

There are very high-quality young talents in the French league, but PSG is currently working so well that it is collecting young, promising 15-16-year-old French players into its infrastructure and releasing them to the market a few years later. The latest example of this is Zaire-Emery. That's why other good young players cannot leave the infrastructure. When teams like Monaco and Marseille move away from their policies of transferring good players, this becomes an inevitable end. In addition, PSG is so financially strong that the team that can compete with them is not located in France.

French Ligue 1 is looking for the revival, but things are looking not ideal because we are having good investment from the PSG with no other club is having enough funds to spend and having quality players which is surely big trouble for them even we have good potential but still we are having things which are not working, and they are going down after every season even now few clubs which were doing good job losing their quality and consistency which is creating problems for them in last few years we are having too much money involved which is making things challenging for the clubs.

Monaco, Lille and Nice are also losing their depth which is big trouble for the league in last season we are having Marseille also dropped due to lack of quality and consistency with these things are going the worst day by day French soccer league management needs to check reality check and having their part for the stability before it's too late.

Osimhen has above average individual quality, last season his performance declined due to being affected by injuries, and the change of three Napoli managers made it difficult for Osimhen to find his best playing form. If PSG is serious about recruiting Osimhen, I think it is the right step as a replacement for Mabppe departure.

For PSG, high prices are actually not a big problem, as PSG has very stable financial strength, and their expenses will decrease drastically after Mbappe leaves. Enrique certainly admires Osimhen quality, and will probably ask management to immediately complete his move. Even though PSG can perform well without recruiting a replacement for Mbappe, that can only happen in Ligue 1, not in the Champions League.

So far, Osimhen transfer saga looks stagnant without any significant developments, clubs interested in him have not increased, perhaps this is due to the high price that Napoli wants. Despite all that, it is better for Osimhen to leave, for the sake of a brighter future career. With PSG, Osimhen can experience lifting trophies and playing in the Champions League every season.