Topic: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) - page 216. (Read 189367 times)

PSG since being taken over by Naseer has spent a lot of money to fulfill its ambition in winning the Champions League trophy, but it is strange indeed when a team that is full of stars and able to dominate the league so far has only been able to reach the final round as their best achievement in the Champions League and even that only happens once, PSG has been building a team with a short time so indeed their team balance is often disturbed when there are players who leave and enter,  we can see that so far PSG has often made player transfers every season and made the coach have to continue to change their main line-up which has the effect of team not being cohesive and not creating chemistry between players so far.
What you said is true, it is better for PSG to do what Manchester City is doing at the moment, it is better for PSG to start looking for young talents and form them into a unit in the team so that they have a very good cohesion like other teams, the arrival of Luis Enrique of course gives great expectations to PSG,  Even though they failed this season, I think with his experience and ability to coach a team like Barcelona so far, of course it is possible for Enrique to provide a new nuance for PSG by forming a team that relies on collective play and also young talents later.

PSG management should definitely follow the strategy of Manchester City management. City management has appointed an experienced coach like Guardiola. He has been given ample opportunities and funds to strengthen the squad. And Manchester City management does not interfere in any of Guardiola's decisions. And in the end Manchester City succeeded. They have been able to dominate the Premier League while also winning the Champions League title.

PSG management has spent a lot of money in the last few seasons. But the party does not get any benefit. PSG can not win the Champions League title. Last season PSG hired an experienced coach like Luis Enrique. Now hopefully the PSG team will gradually stabilize. It is definitely time consuming.

When it comes to winning the UEFA Champions League competition, I don't think there's anything about the competition that's unknown to Paris Saint Germaine manager Luis Enrique who once won the European title with Barcelona in 2015. He was appointed as the manager of Paris Saint Germaine last summer and in his first season at the club, he won all the domestic trophies in France but winning those trophies aren't a new thing to Paris Saint Germaine because they surely have been winning multiple times before the arrival of the Spanish manager. The club's biggest concern at the moment is how they'll win the UEFA Champions League title, a trophy they've never won since the formation of the club.
The club's best player of the past decade Kylian Mbappe left the club at the end of the just concluded season which is why I strongly believe that the manager will take a little time to build a teams that'll be strong enough to challenge and win the UEFA Champions League but if the club management can believe and trust the tactical abilities of Luis Enrique, they're very likely to win the European title in few seasons to come

That's right, PSG management must learn from the experiences of other elite clubs that have won the Champions League trophy, Manchester City being a very relevant example. PSG must learn patience from Manchester City, where Pep Guardiola took 6 seasons to build a squad that could win the Champions League, at least PSG can give the same confidence to Luis Enrique. Ligue 1 cannot make PSG more competitive, in that case they can learn from the experience of Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga giants also come from a league that is not as competitive as Premier League, La Liga and Serie A, but they can always be one of the favorite teams in the Champions League. We realize how important all these processes are, there are no instant results that can be obtained, sometimes not all problems can be solved with money.

Marseille doesn't have a very old squad at least. But they would indeed make use of a good improvement anyway. There isn't a proper goal contribution from their midfielders. Maybe working on that might be better.

When it comes to defense I also agree. The number of goals they conceded in the previous season was just too many. It makes things more difficult for them to be in the competition for top positions. For example they conceded nearly the same amount as Monaco the last time. However Monaco's being much more effective in scoring goals helped them finish the season as the second anyway. If Marseille don't manage to improve the defending then they should focus on scoring many more. 

Marseille desperately needs major reform right now. In order to compete in the french league next season.



Let's look at the goals conceded and scored above. Look at that. There is no significant disparity between both. It demonstrates that if Marseilla has two problems, de Zerbi must address them here. This must be zerbi's major concerns.
There are two taks zerbi shall do that.

1. Upgrade its attackers.
2. Upgrade its defenses.

I'm not saying de zerbi has to do anything right away, but he must be concerned about it. Zerbi also failed in the EPL. Marseilla can be improved if Zerbi addresses the club's major problems as soon as possible after signing a contract as coach of the club for several years.

PSG has had more money than anyone else in the world, but they havent won the Champions League. Why? They always search for the next great thing and change coaches. They lack direction.

Mbappe leaving calls for wake-up call. Its time to get serious. Look at Manchester City. They've got Guardiola, they've got a system. They construct, they grow, they conquer. They are investing in a future rather than merely throwing cash at the issue.

PSG should thus learn from their book. Stop the chaos, hire a coach you believe in, and let him build. Find some consistency and foster a winning culture. You've got the talent, now you need the brains. Its time to start acting like champions, not just buying them.

Whether or not de Zerbi changes the shape of the whole team, his results will be bad or better is not to be said. According to my opinion, de Zerbi can do well this season. So, big changes can happen in De Zerbi squad. If their preparation is good and if they can play well, their success will be massive. So, since the Premier League will compete and it is a very competitive game - it is necessary to have good playing ability.

If De Zerbi doesn't make major changes to the squad but De Zerbi is able to improve the quality of Marseille's performance next season, then of course that will be very great. After all, managers who carry out major changes do not always succeed in improving the quality of team performance. Therefore, whether De Zerbi change the shape of the entire team or not, but the results can still be good or bad, but regarding De Zerbi, I personally still quite confident that De Zerbi will be able to make Marseille better next season. Indeed, De Zerbi last season with Brighton was not very good but despite this, they still managed to finish in the middle of the standings. Therefore, because the competition in the Premier League is very competitive, then I sure that De Zerbi has good abilities to be able to compete strongly in Ligue 1 next season for Marseille.

We are all quite curious about how PSG will restart their struggle in the Champions League without Mbappe, there is no worry whatsoever about their chances of dominating Ligue 1. It is indeed better for PSG management to change their transfer style, it is not necessary to recruit star players, but they should not waste their budget big for just one player.

It's true, PSG ever been built a star studded squad, their failure to win the Champions League trophy should be an important lesson. PSG management must proceed by building foundations, maintaining good transitions, and building a healthier environment within the team. Enrique is an experienced manager, he has won the Champions League trophy, and I am sure Enrique can lead PSG to success in the future.

Maybe at the start of the season, PSG's performance will be a little unstable, because they are used to Mbappe. Enrique must build new schemes and strategies to continue the struggle with other players.

Youssouf Fofana has made a statement that he will be staying much longer in Monaco but the most problem is until now Youssouf Fofana still have no plan to extended his contract with Monaco so that's why the speculation about his future in Monaco is appears and this season based on his statistics with Monaco Youssouf Fofana can recognized as one of the best holding midfielder in Ligue 1 so i have no wondering if some of big clubs were showing their interest to him and besides Arsenal it says Youssouf Fofana was into Manchester United radar and why they interested to him because Manchester United will lost Sofyan Amrabat because the loan duration of this player have already ended and Sofyan Amrabat will return to Fiorentina besides that Manchester United also will lost Casemiro who linked to Saudi Arabian clubs then they feel Youssouf Fofana is the right player who can replace the position of those players above besides that Manchester United feel with his quality Youssouf Fofana has cheap price because if Manchester United really want him then they only have to spend 30 million so Manchester United feel this is good transfer for them

When a club relies mostly on a player it is will be disaster for the club if the player leaves the club. I agree with you that since Mbappe is gone, it will be a problem to PSG to win UCL. I was thinking that the best time for them to win UCL was last two seasons when they had Mbappe, Messi and Neymar but it was still a floppy for them. Meaning, PSG might still be able to win UCL without Mbappe if they get a good striker and should not depend on only one player but they should get players that are capable of scoring goals. So that is the main player is being focused on in a match, the others can score making the players unpredictable for their opponents.

It seems like you are exaggerating my friend but indeed Nantes and Arsenal are almost no different when it comes to winning major league titles because they have been fasting for more than 20 years. I don't think Nantes can provide a different color in the Ligue One competition which is completely controlled by PSG and it's really difficult for Nantes to even break into the top 10 zone.

Maybe it was a mistake in their management that had this impact because teams like Lyon or Marseille are still quite reliable and have not fallen as far as Nantes in the standings. But I do agree that Nantes would rather survive than prepare for the future. In the end, a once-glorious team like Nantes will be more easily forgotten.

We will be very curious about how PSG will fare next season without Mbappe especially in the UCL. Remembering that Mbappe goal contribution to PSG has succeeded in taking this club to the Semi-Finals. Meanwhile in the Domestic League I wouldn't be too surprised, whether Mbappe is there or not, this club can still be champions every season. The hunt for a striker is underway several names are already on the list: Marcus Rashford, Victor Osimhen, and Leao are the ones I'm listening to so far, but of the three options the one that can come closest to expectations is only Osimhen.

Hopefully with the presence of a new manager at PSG there will be more changes in the PSG team itself, especially in terms of dominating the Champions League and also their own local league because the more difficult level of competition is of course in the Champions League, not in their own local league. . I'm pretty sure that PSG fans still really hope that PSG can win the Champions League, which at least they can get next season because PSG still hasn't experienced the beauty of winning the Champions League during their career.

Did you blame Mbappe when he decided to leave Paris Saint Germain? If it's true, I don't think it's wise to judge someone who wants to pursue their career to make it even better. However, Mbappe is still young and he definitely wants to be more experienced and go to another team, not just stay in one place which is his comfort zone. The reason is that if we talk about comfort, Paris Saint Germain has given him that, he gets a very high salary and he even has privileges that other teams don't have.
In fact, I saw that he made good decisions because he was willing to get out of his comfort zone. Talking about loyalty, I think it should be relevant and to be honest, when there is a business involved, loyalty becomes taboo. I mean will Paris Saint Germain prioritize Mbappe when he is not performing well or he is not a star player? I don't think so, if they did the same thing to just average players, then I think talking about loyalty would be a bit relevant. In short maybe "money knows quality"

Even so, in the last few seasons PSG have played in the Champions League trophy, they have not been able to perform significantly in any of the Champions League trophies. No matter how much they strengthen their team, the highest performance of this team is their local league title.  PSG without Mbappe can certainly win the league title but since they have appointed a quality manager to their club, the manager at least will not want to be content with just winning the league title. The manager will definitely try to do well in the Champions League tournament in addition to dominating them in the league title. Since they have lost several players this season and last season, they will surely sign several players this season.

Not having a striker is a very big problem no doubts but for PSG it's not their biggest of problems, and this is my personal taught, reason been that PSG can always buy a striker, they have got the financial and technical abilities to taking care of all of that but what they seem to not have fixed just yet is the team build up, like I said earlier this is my point of view, just like Madrid and Leverkusen did, they didn't have to buy too many players but the team already have a very firm structure already.

PSG can focus more on building the team even if it means working with the young available players on ground, it will still go a long way helping them attain a better position than they are currently but they seem to have focused more on acquiring top players only with the mind that they are going to get results that way meanwhile these players come and meet no solid structure on ground a d reduce their performance because the team throws some dependency on them thereby giving them some level of burne to bare, contrarily they were supposed to help the team and not bear the teams Borden, so if they keep buy they will keep getting same results.

PSG have still not solved their biggest problem, the lack of a striker who could take Mbappe's place. In fact, PSG needs several good forwards who would completely close this issue. PSG have always had the best strikers, I think that the solution to this issue is taking place slowly because they want to get the best of the best, even so that in the end he becomes better than Mbappe, and is loyal to the team, and does not try to run away to another team where it will be easier to win treasured trophies. The issue of loyalty to the club is also an important point that can affect the player’s results.

Fofana is getting more and more interests from several clubs and he has no intention to renew his contract with Monaco since he wants to get a better salary. Monaco increased his value by €15m to €35m and Arsenal seems putting an eye on him in order to strengthen the midfield of the team.
Lille wants also more money for their defender Yoro and the €50m offered by Liverpool is not enough for them.
I have the feeling Ligue 1 is getting emptied from its stars and they will have serious troubles finding sponsors from now on with the departure of Kylian Mbappe.